New York Governor David Paterson said he expects to sign a same-sex marriage bill into law in the coming weeks.

The United States has declared a health emergency to contain the swine flu outbreak.

The rebuilding of the World Trade Centre site is over-budget and years behind schedule -including the September 11 memorial that was once expected to open on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

David Bowie, Whoopi Goldberg, Fred Durst and director Doug Liman have all been named as jury members at the Tribeca Film Festival - which kicked off in New York on Wednesday.

WITH his predecessor’s term doomed by a sex scandal, New York Governor David Paterson came clean about his own skeletons just hours after assuming office by acknowledging he had affairs with several women, including a state employee.