New York City Informer

Watch the live stream conversation with six Broadway actresses: Judith Light, Jessica Hecht, Cicely Tyson, Kristine Nielsen, Holland Taylor and Maura Tierney.      NYT > Theater

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Police are looking for two women who assaulted a livery cab driver during a fight over the fare, officials said Thursday. amNewYork’s Urbanite

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The bold move of hiring Julie Hermann as the new athletic director of Rutgers University signaled an important recognition in the sports world: not only can women do a ‘man’s job’, but a female touch may be just what that world needs. My question is, what took so long? And, is Hermann the right choice? [...]

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An Army soldier has been charged with secretly photographing and videotaping women at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, including in a bathroom. WNYW – Local News

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Shocking new reports released Wednesday detail a litany of lurid, unwanted advances made by Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who groped, berated and threatened at least eight young women who worked for him. The reports also show top Assembly lawyers – with the support of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) – failed to take action to [...]

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An East Harlem man has been arrested and accused of forcing three women, including a teen, into prostitution. Taye Ellerby, 35, is accused of holding a 24-year old woman, a 21-year-old woman, and a missing 17-year-old from Connecticut, in a home in the Taft Houses on Madison Ave. near E. 112th Street. “He had [the [...]

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A limousine traveling on a major bridge in the San Francisco area burst into flames, killing five female passengers who were trapped inside.      New York News – NY Daily News

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American women are desperate to get their hands on Michelle Obama’s arms, according to the LA Times. The number of women seeking cosmetic “upper arm lift” procedures, or brachioplasties, has increased exponentially in the past few years, with the number of procedures up a whopping 4,378% from 2000 to 2012, according to a new report from the [...]

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NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – E! unveiled six new shows Monday, including a reality series about theWWE, and announced that its new series in development include the drama “Laurel Canyon,” from”Gossip Girl” co-creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage…. New York City

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BY DANIEL JEAN-LUBIN  |  New York University’s women’s tennis team notched their second consecutive win of the season, defeating the Ithaca College Bombers, 9-0, at the Stadium Tennis Center at Mill Pond, the Bronx, on Sat., April 13. The New York University Violets (3-3), 18th in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Region rankings, got [...]

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Following the article “Among The Real Mad Men” by Mona Abboud [April 16, op-ed], I would like to relate what went on within the largest fashion ad agency in New York City during those same years. There were not only Mad Men, but plenty of “Mad Women.”… New York City

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police at the Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Massachusetts—were arrested this week on horrifying charges of conspiring “to kidnap, torture, rape, and kill women and children,” the FBI announced today. [ more › ] Gothamist

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A former Stuyvesant High School librarian and the chief of police for a veteran’s hospital in Massachusetts were busted this morning in connection with the infamous “cannibal cop’’ case, and charged in a sick plot involving women, children and infants, authorities and sources said. The FBI raided the Greenwich… NY Post: Manhattan

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Two young women who lured a Brooklyn man to his death with sexy text messages and naked photos will testify against the men accused of ordering and carrying out the murder, prosecutors said at the opening of the men’s murder trial today. Ragene Powell-Dickerson, 29, paid Jimmy Copeland, 26… NY Post: Brooklyn

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Geno Auriemma has been chasing Pat Summitt since he started coaching. Now with his eighth national championship, he has finally caught her. It might not be long before Auriemma stands alone with freshman Breanna Stewart leading the way. Stewart scored 18 of her 23 points in a dazzling first half and [...]

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