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Fans Slam Cee Lo for Changing 'Imagine' Lyrics

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:38:00 CST

Not everyone is thrilled with Cee Lo Green's lyric change on New Year's Eve, MSNBC reports. When singing John Lennon's "Imagine" at New York's Times Square celebration, he changed "Nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too" to "Nothing to kill or die for, and all religion's true....

Dead Megachurch Pastor Found With Suspected Drugs

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 02:20:59 CDT

The Florida megachurch pastor discovered dead in a Times Square hotel room was found with a white powdery substance believed to be narcotics, police sources have told several newspapers. Zachery Tims, founder of Orlando's 8,000-member New Destiny Christian Center, was discovered by hotel workmen lying on his back between...

Megachurch Pastor Found Dead in Times Square Hotel

Mark Russell — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:45:00 CDT

The founder of an 8,000-member church in central Florida was found dead in a W Hotel room in New York's Times Square this weekend, reports the New York Daily News . The cause of death will be determined by an autopsy. Criminality is not suspected, said police. Zachery Tims, 42,...

New York Goes Wild

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 02 May 2011 01:18:43 CDT

Throngs converged on Ground Zero and Times Square today to cry, sing, and cheer the news of Osama bin Laden's death, flashed on a digital ticker tape at 42nd Street. Mayor Michael Bloomberg hailed the killing of the terror mastermind as a " critically important victory " for America, and one that...

Bill Clinton Fondly Recalls Old Times Square, Hookers

Rob Quinn — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:56:49 CDT

New York City's Times Square is a lot safer than it used be, Bill Clinton says, but he's still a little nostalgic for the pre-Rudy Giuliani seediness. "I still have vivid memories of it. Romantic, fascinating," Clinton said, recalling a time when he was a wide-eyed 18-year-old visitor. "I saw...

Naked Cowboy to Run for President

Alp_Arslan — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:46:06 CDT

Times Square's Naked Cowboy, Robert Burck, announced today that he plans to run for the US presidency. His platform includes closing borders, requiring drug tests for welfare recipients, abolishing unions for government workers, cutting capital gains and income taxes and reversing Obamacare health legislation. No word on whether the Naked...

Times Square Bomber Planned a Second Attack

Kevin Spak — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:10:00 CDT

Prosecutors are throwing the kitchen sink at Faisal Shahzad, in an effort to get the would-be Times Square bomber put away for life. In a legal brief released today, feds allege that Shahzad had planned to launch a second attack after hitting Times Square. The failed terrorist also told authorities...

Bloomberg: No Smoking in Central Park

John Johnson — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:50:05 CDT

Mayor Bloomberg wants smokers to stay out of Central Park and parts of Times Square. The anti-tobacco mayor has proposed widening the city's smoking ban to cover parks, beaches, pedestrian plazas, and boardwalks, reports the New York Post . Scofflaws, tourist or not, would face a $50 fine under his plan,...

Bedbugs Invade NYC Cinemas

Emily Rauhala — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:02:18 CDT

Popcorn isn't the only thing getting eaten at cinemas in New York City. The AMC Empire 25 in Times Square was temporarily shuttered Tuesday night while a team of exterminators tried to rid the place of blood-sucking bedbugs —two weeks after it had initially been treated for the pests. Bedbugs...