WIBX 950 » new york city http://wibx950.com Your News Talk and Sports Leader Mon, 20 May 2013 19:04:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 One World Trade Center Now Tallest Building in Western Hemisphere [PHOTOS] http://wibx950.com/one-world-trade-center-now-tallest-building-in-western-hemisphere-photos/ http://wibx950.com/one-world-trade-center-now-tallest-building-in-western-hemisphere-photos/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 12:57:44 +0000 Polly Wogg http://bigfrog104.com/?p=245482 The final piece was placed on top One World Trade center, to make it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere at 1776 feet. The Spire is made of of 18 pieces and stands 408 feet tall. Check out pictures of the monumental moment in New York City this morning.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/one-world-trade-center-now-tallest-building-in-western-hemisphere-photos/feed/ 0 Twitter Keeler's Madmen Cocktail of the Week – May 5th http://wibx950.com/keelers-madmen-cocktail-of-the-week-may-5th/ http://wibx950.com/keelers-madmen-cocktail-of-the-week-may-5th/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 01:14:27 +0000 Keeler in the Morning http://wibx950.com/?p=191396 One of New York

City's greatest

restaurants is the

famed 21 Club and

their Bloody Mary is

the original, it's

where the drink got

its start.  Cocktails

at breakfast are a staple for Don Draper

and the crew at Sterling and

Cooper and there's not a better place

in the world to enjoy this drink

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]]> http://wibx950.com/keelers-madmen-cocktail-of-the-week-may-5th/feed/ 0 queerty.com Plane Debris from Hijacked September 11 Attacks May Have Been Discovered Near Ground Zero http://wibx950.com/plane-debris-from-hijacked-september-11-attacks-may-have-been-discovered-near-ground-zero/ http://wibx950.com/plane-debris-from-hijacked-september-11-attacks-may-have-been-discovered-near-ground-zero/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:52:00 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=160997 Investigators are looking into the possibility that a part of a landing gear from one of the planes which crashed during the September 11 attacks has been found near Ground Zero in New York City.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/plane-debris-from-hijacked-september-11-attacks-may-have-been-discovered-near-ground-zero/feed/ 0 New York Police Department Judge Stops Bloomberg's Soda Ban http://wibx950.com/judge-stops-bloombergs-soda-ban/ http://wibx950.com/judge-stops-bloombergs-soda-ban/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:22:43 +0000 Gino Geruntino http://wibx950.com/?p=162814  

Don't start stocking up on large sodas just yet.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/judge-stops-bloombergs-soda-ban/feed/ 0 Mario Tama, Getty Images Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch Dead At 88 http://wibx950.com/former-new-york-city-mayor-ed-koch-dead-at-88-3/ http://wibx950.com/former-new-york-city-mayor-ed-koch-dead-at-88-3/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:55:13 +0000 Kristine Bellino http://wibx950.com/former-new-york-city-mayor-ed-koch-dead-at-88-3/ Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch is dead at the age of 88.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/former-new-york-city-mayor-ed-koch-dead-at-88-3/feed/ 0 Win McNamee, Getty Images Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch Dead At 88 http://wibx950.com/former-new-york-city-mayor-ed-koch-dead-at-88/ http://wibx950.com/former-new-york-city-mayor-ed-koch-dead-at-88/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:47:56 +0000 Kristine Bellino http://wibx950.com/?p=143528 Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch is dead at the age of 88.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/former-new-york-city-mayor-ed-koch-dead-at-88/feed/ 0 Win McNamee, Getty Images One Critically Injured In NYC Ferry Accident http://wibx950.com/one-critically-injured-in-nyc-ferry-accident/ http://wibx950.com/one-critically-injured-in-nyc-ferry-accident/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:38:09 +0000 Jim Rondenelli http://wibx950.com/?p=136394 New York, NY (WIBX) - At least one person is in critical condition following a ferry accident this morning in New York City.  

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]]> http://wibx950.com/one-critically-injured-in-nyc-ferry-accident/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt, Getty Images Hurricane Sandy Hits New York City [PHOTOS] http://wibx950.com/hurricane-sandy-hits-new-york-city-photos/ http://wibx950.com/hurricane-sandy-hits-new-york-city-photos/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:32:07 +0000 Gino Geruntino http://wibx950.com/?p=117723 As Hurricane Sandy continues its path toward Upstate NY and the Mohawk Valley, those living in New York City are documenting the event on Twitter and Facebook.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/hurricane-sandy-hits-new-york-city-photos/feed/ 0 Christopher Cooper, Facebook FBI Foils Plot to Bomb Federal Reserve Building in New York http://wibx950.com/terrorist-plot-stopped-federal-reserve-bank/ http://wibx950.com/terrorist-plot-stopped-federal-reserve-bank/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:10:59 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=146656 A man drove from Long Island, New York, into Lower Manhattan earlier today in a van he thought was filled with explosives. He parked the van close to the Federal Reserve building, just a few blocks from the World Trade Center, and planned to detonate it using a cell phone from a nearby hotel.

The explosives, however, were fake.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/terrorist-plot-stopped-federal-reserve-bank/feed/ 0 Andrew Burton, Getty Images Boating Season in NYC Reservoirs Best Ever http://wibx950.com/boating-season-in-nyc-reservoirs-best-ever/ http://wibx950.com/boating-season-in-nyc-reservoirs-best-ever/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:18:24 +0000 Ted Muehl http://cnynews.com/?p=12112 Environmental Protection commissioner Carter Strickland announced Friday that the 2012 recreational boating season on New York City reservoirs was the most successful to date.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/boating-season-in-nyc-reservoirs-best-ever/feed/ 0 THE Holy Hand Grenade, Flickr Would You Move Downstate For A Better Job? http://wibx950.com/would-you-move-downstate-for-a-better-job/ http://wibx950.com/would-you-move-downstate-for-a-better-job/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:57:33 +0000 Kristine Bellino http://wibx950.com/?p=95950 Marcy, NY (WIBX) - The number of New York residents between the ages of twenty and thirty-four is decreasing, many moving to places like Manhattan in search of better jobs.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/would-you-move-downstate-for-a-better-job/feed/ 0 Dan Kitwood, Getty Images Casino Coming To NYC? http://wibx950.com/casino-coming-to-nyc/ http://wibx950.com/casino-coming-to-nyc/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:26:44 +0000 Jim Rondenelli http://wibx950.com/?p=94955 New York, NY (WIBX) - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says lawmakers are taking a hard look at the possibility of bringing a casino to New York City.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/casino-coming-to-nyc/feed/ 0 Joe Raedle, Getty Images Chobani Opens First Yogurt Bar In Big Apple http://wibx950.com/chobani-opens-first-yogurt-bar-in-big-apple/ http://wibx950.com/chobani-opens-first-yogurt-bar-in-big-apple/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:30:03 +0000 Jim Rondenelli http://wibx950.com/?p=89066 New York, NY (WIBX) - The top maker of Greek yogurt in America is entering new territory as Chobani opens its first yogurt bar in New York City today. 

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]]> http://wibx950.com/chobani-opens-first-yogurt-bar-in-big-apple/feed/ 0 from Chobani Facebook Page Should Soda Be Limited Or Banned? http://wibx950.com/should-soda-be-limited-or-banned/ http://wibx950.com/should-soda-be-limited-or-banned/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:04:02 +0000 Kristine Bellino http://wibx950.com/?p=74105 Marcy, NY (WIBX) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made headlines for proposing that sugar-laden drinks packaged in containers with more than sixteen ounces be banned.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/should-soda-be-limited-or-banned/feed/ 0 Mario Tama, Getty Images New York Is Officially the Nation's Rudest City http://wibx950.com/rudest-city-in-america/ http://wibx950.com/rudest-city-in-america/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:14:13 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=85962 According to a ‘Travel + Leisure’ survey of their well-trodden readership, New York City, true to its reputation, is the rudest city in the nation.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/rudest-city-in-america/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt, Getty Images New Yorkers Live Longer http://wibx950.com/new-yorkers-live-longer/ http://wibx950.com/new-yorkers-live-longer/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:13:14 +0000 Althea Fung http://thecheckup.com/?p=9202 You want to live longer? Move to New York City.

In a press conference Tuesday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced New Yorkers are living longer than ever before. This is despite the many hazards of city living including crime, pollution and crazy taxi drivers.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/new-yorkers-live-longer/feed/ 0 Thinkstock New York Is the City Where Americans Would Most and Least Like To Live — Survey of the Day http://wibx950.com/new-york-is-the-city-americans-would-most-and-least-like-to-live-survey-of-the-day/ http://wibx950.com/new-york-is-the-city-americans-would-most-and-least-like-to-live-survey-of-the-day/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:34:51 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=60228 A new survey has found that New York is the city Americans where they would most and least like to live.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/new-york-is-the-city-americans-would-most-and-least-like-to-live-survey-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt, Getty Images Former New York State Worker Dangles from Bridge With Protest Banner [VIDEO] http://wibx950.com/new-york-worker-bridge-protest-banner-video/ http://wibx950.com/new-york-worker-bridge-protest-banner-video/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:42:10 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=58945 On Monday morning, Michael A. Davitt, a former New York State employee and known rabblerouser, delayed traffic on the Tappan Zee bridge in Rockland County. As a form of protest, he unfurled a rope ladder from the bridge and sat for hours with a 24-foot banner that accused county officials of a “cover-up.”

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]]> http://wibx950.com/new-york-worker-bridge-protest-banner-video/feed/ 0 NBC New York Which Cities Have the Best — and Worst — Commute Times? http://wibx950.com/cities-commute-times/ http://wibx950.com/cities-commute-times/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:36:07 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=48970 If you’re fed up with your long commute to work, you may want to consider a move to Great Falls, Montana.

While a new report from the Census Bureau shows the average US commute is about 25 minutes, those in Great Falls only have a 14-minute travel time, the shortest in the country.

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]]> http://wibx950.com/cities-commute-times/feed/ 0 Jeff J Mitchell, Getty Images Statue of Liberty to Close for a Year-Long Safety Renovation http://wibx950.com/statue-of-liberty-to-close-for-a-year-long-safety-renovation/ http://wibx950.com/statue-of-liberty-to-close-for-a-year-long-safety-renovation/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:25:33 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=35020 US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Wednesday that the Statue of Liberty will close on October 28 for a year-long, $27.25 million renovation. The upgrades will make the interior safer and more accessible, he said.

Code-compliant stairways will be installed, and electrical and fire suppression systems, elevators and bathrooms will all get an overhaul. The current staircases do not meet the newest fire codes, which dictate escape routes allowing the statue to be evacuated within two hours in case of an emergency.

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