Actor Michael McKean, who portrayed the lead singer in the film 'This Is Spinal Tap', has been injured in a road accident in New York City.

President Michael D Higgins adjusted the green, white, and orange ribbons on the wreath and bowed his head.

Folk music legend Pete Seeger joined in the Occupy Wall Street protest on Friday night, replacing his banjo with two canes as he marched with throngs of people in New York City’s Upper West Side past banks and department stores.

Guy Ritchie is to move to New York this summer to take care of his two sons while ex-wife Madonna is on tour.

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.

GOVERNOR Eliot Spitzer’s resignation became official yesterday, paving the way for Lieutenant Governor David Paterson to take the oath of office and become New York’s chief executive.

The Upper West Side brownstone where Humphrey Bogart grew up has long ago been turned into public housing. But the block, like Paris, will always be his.

Pop superstar Madonna and her family were left stunned after a taxi exploded outside their New York home at the weekend.

FROM steaks to sushi to gallons of melting ice cream, restaurants, delis and bodegas around the city tossed out hundreds of pounds of perishable food just hours after the blackout zapped the Fried Apple.

THE hospitality industry is going through a particularly tough time. The closure recently of several high profile restaurants, including the Michelin-starred Commons restaurant in Dublin, has sent nervous jitters through the industry. The public perception is that restaurants, in general, are making a fortune — the reality, however, is very different.

A country in mourning poured its grief into prayer and defiant chants, showing unity in the flicker of thousands of candles at vigils across America.