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Contrary to popular belief, both models and mortals alike need to eat - especially during Fashion Week. Or so says model and now-restaurateur Wiedemann, whose pop-up eatery will return to Manhattan for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week for its second year.

05 Feb 2012 11:00am GMT

Ever so gradually, Frank McCourt has gone from the most villified owner in baseball to everyone's guardian angel; from Bud Selig's worst nightmare to the commissioner's fondest dream.

05 Feb 2012 12:40am GMT

Someone asked Cris Collinsworth if it was harder preparing to play in the Super Bowl or preparing to broadcast one? A better question: Is there more pressure playing in the ultimate game or yakking in a mike for four hours describing the action?

05 Feb 2012 12:18am GMT

Curtis Martin is running into Canton. Bill Parcells will have to wait at least another year. Parcells made it to the final 10, but no further.

05 Feb 2012 12:10am GMT

New York officials are pitching a plan to boost populations of one of the state's rare birds.

05 Feb 2012 12:02am GMT

The hits keep coming for the cruise industry. More than 200 passengers on two cruise ships headed to South Florida have been stricken with a gastrointestinal illness.

04 Feb 2012 11:55pm GMT

IT'S THE breast defense she could come up with. A Florida woman is facing DUI charges after telling cops her "big breasts" caused her to fail a sobriety test, WTVJ-TV reported. Maureen Raymond, 49, of Port St.

04 Feb 2012 11:48pm GMT

Mitt Romney looks to be drawing a royal flush in Las Vegas.

04 Feb 2012 11:42pm GMT

TGIF - you have a better shot of getting a seat on the bus!

04 Feb 2012 11:35pm GMT

Right around 8:15 on Sunday night, a sad reality will start to set in as the smoke and glitter are cleared away in time for the Giants and Patriots to play the second half of a football game: Our world is running dangerously low on superstars worthy of taking the stage at halftime of the Super Bowl.

04 Feb 2012 11:32pm GMT

Curtis Martin, who finished his 11-year career with the Jets and Patriots as the NFL's fourth all-time rushing leader with 14,101 yards, was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Martin ran for over a 1,000 yards in 10 of his 11 seasons, only failing to top the mark in his final season with the Jets at the age of 32.

04 Feb 2012 11:28pm GMT

City Controller John Liu likes to hit the fund-raising circuit in his free time, but he also powwows with campaign contributors during his work day, the Daily News has learned.

04 Feb 2012 11:26pm GMT

Nazareth took out its lingering anger on Christ the King Saturday in Middle Village, and the Royals took out their frustration on the Daily News.

04 Feb 2012 11:02pm GMT

The ball Phil McConkey caught off buddy Mark Bavaro's hands for a touchdown in Super Bowl XXI was a memory for a lifetime. It's just not the one McConkey remembers most from that game.

04 Feb 2012 11:01pm GMT

Legendary cyclist Lance Armstrong is smart enough to know that winning a big battle this week doesn't end the war that a diverse and determined group of people is waging against his legacy.

04 Feb 2012 10:58pm GMT

Maybe The Donald's endorsement isn't such a good thing for Mitt Romney, after all. A sizable 41% of Nevada Facebook users say Donald Trump's recent endorsement of the Republican presidential candidate negatively affects their view of the ex-Massachusetts governor, according to a new poll.

04 Feb 2012 10:58pm GMT

Reviews of Philippe Entremont with the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra; the pianist Simone Dinnerstein; and the composer Ezequiel Viñao.

03 Feb 2012 5:00am GMT

Emancipator performed at the Highline Ballroom on Thursday night, along with the violinist Ilya Goldberg.

03 Feb 2012 5:00am GMT

Verdi's sweeping and implausible Romantic drama "Ernani" has returned to the Metropolitan Opera and features the American soprano Angela Meade, who has received this year's Beverly Sills Artist Award.

03 Feb 2012 5:00am GMT

"Gran Fury: Read My Lips," an exhibition at New York University's 80WSE gallery, recalls when members of a collective of AIDS activists channeled their outrage through art.

02 Feb 2012 5:00am GMT

Good policy making, entrepreneurship and a little luck can ensure that a city doesn't just survive, but thrive, when hit with economic dislocation.

02 Feb 2012 5:00am GMT

Thanks to a gap between discrimination laws and disability laws, it's possible for a pregnant woman to be forced from her job.

30 Jan 2012 5:00am GMT

A proposal from the New York State Bar Association would remove some convictions from an offender's public record, but whether Albany would take it up was uncertain.

30 Jan 2012 5:00am GMT

Readers from across New York City share their stories and poems.

30 Jan 2012 5:00am GMT

Darren Weingrow has not made good on his commitment to help the family of Deloris Gillespie, who was burned to death in an elevator in Brooklyn.

30 Jan 2012 5:00am GMT

Jon Pareles reviews performance by experimental pop music band Antony and the Johnsons at Radio City Music Hall. Photo

30 Jan 2012 5:00am GMT

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's superintendent of the new office has taken on high-profile issues, and some see it as infringing on Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's territory.

30 Jan 2012 5:00am GMT

Following similar steps across the country, the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, plans to introduce a bill to raise the state's minimum wage, and for it to be adjusted each year for inflation.

30 Jan 2012 5:00am GMT

Anticipation was high when Enzo's on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx said it would have a sibling in Mount Kisco.

29 Jan 2012 5:00am GMT

The autumn of Occupy Wall Street has been followed in New York, however incongruously, by a winter of showcasing wealth's traditions.

29 Jan 2012 5:00am GMT

Gov. Chris Christie plugging the "New Jersey" Giants and the death of a "Kotter" cast member were among the favorite topics on Twitter.

29 Jan 2012 5:00am GMT