NEW YORK

Occupy CUNY Masked Guy

CUNY Tuition Beef Aired on the Streets of New York

The aggrieved students of New York City's public university system took to the streets of Manhattan Monday evening to protest tuition hikes many of them say will cripple their ability to afford to earn a college degree.
Pew Survey of Text Usage

A New Yorker's Opinion: Frankly, I'd Rather Talk Than Text

I'm from New York, so when I'm on the street, I'm talkin' here, as Dustin Hoffman said in the movie Midnight Cowboy. I mean, as a New Yorker, I like to talk, live, to other people. That's half the fun of living in a crowded city. That's changing, it seems, as a new generation focuses more on texting than talking, and it's changing everything.
More news
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries

Kim Kardashian Yoga Session Hurt Marriage, Scores Ratings [VIDEO]

Last night's Kourtney and Kim Take New York episode featured a nude instructor coaching Kim and Kourtney Kardashian in Hot Naked Yoga, with Kris Humphries stumbling upon the steamy scene at home. Watch episode excerpts here, as the Kardashian marriage nears separation and divorce by the episode's close.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Democrats Push Payroll Tax Cut Amid Budget Showdown in Congress

New legislation introduced by Senate Democrats on Monday would prolong and increase a payroll tax cut pushed by President Barack Obama, while introducing a de facto millionaire's tax. The proposal is the first step in what will likely be a prolonged budgetary battle on Capitol Hill.
American Airlines

AMR Corporation Files for Bankruptcy

R Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection in New York despite the fact that the company has more than a reported $4 billion in cash on hand. AMR shares, traded on the New York Stock Exchange, were halted earlier on the news. But after trading resumed, AMR Corporation common stock is trading down 85.93 percent on the day to 23 cents -- near a 52-week low of 20 cents.
An American Airlines jet touches down at the airport in Port-au-Prince

American Airlines Parent AMR Files for Bankruptcy, Names Thomas Horton as CEO

AMR Corp. (NYSE:AMR), the parent company of American Airlines, has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to shed its debt load and reduce costs after failed negotiations with pilot unions and higher fuel costs forced the company to take the last resort.
Cast members Brad Pitt (L), Jessica Chastain (C) and Sean Penn pose on the red carpet as they arrive for the screening of the film ''The Tree of Life'', by director Terrence Malick, in competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, May

'Beginners,' 'Tree of Life' Win Gotham Film Awards

Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life and the Christopher Plummer film Beginners shared the top prize for best feature film on Monday at the Gotham Awards, a key event for independent movies which also marks the start of the film-awards season culminating in the Oscars.
Members of K-Pop idol group Girls' Generation perform during the Korean Pop Culture and Art Awards at the Olympic Hall in Seoul November 21, 2011.

Korean Pop Music out to Conquer the World

A host of young Korean stars are taking to the stage in London, New York and beyond in a bid to crack one of the final global frontiers for Asian culture -- pop music.
Reflections are seen in the window of an AT&T store in New York

AT&T in talks with Leap about divestitures: report

AT&T is in talks with Leap Wireless International about a potential sale of some assets to the smaller operator in a last ditch effort to gain regulatory approval for AT&T's proposed T-Mobile USA purchase, according to a New York Times report.
Internet Use

Laptop Wi-Fi Said to Nuke Sperm

In a report in the venerable medical journal Fertility and Sterility, Argentinian scientists describe how they got semen samples from 29 healthy men, placed a few drops under a laptop connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi and then hit download.
Heading a football 'could lead to brain damage'

Heading the Soccer Ball Can Cause Brain Damage: Study

Soccer players who have a high rate of heading the ball during games and practices can have brain abnormalities and cognitive problems similar to those experienced by patients with concussions, researchers suggest.
IBTimes Logo

Gay Sex at Occupy Oakland Scores on Internet, Porn Producer Says

Considering that a clip from Dirty Boy Video that appears to show two California men having sex in an Occupy Oakland tent is making headlines everywhere from Fox Nation to The Huffington Post since it went online Nov. 17, it figures porn producer Andy Fair would tell IBTimes Monday that he's been happy with his site's traffic lately.

Pages

IBT Spotlight

We Help Businesses Find B2B Service Providers They Can Trust.