Category Archives: Lifestyle

Manhattan men are nation’s 2nd-skinniest: report

Pearl Gabe/New York Daily News Actor David Singletary of East Harlem exemplifies the trim status that Manhattan men enjoy in a new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. He works out at New York Sports Club six days a week, and has lost more than 200 pounds after moving to New York ...

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Scotland is a fitting mecca for golfers

Hole No. 5 on the Old Course at St. Andrews, the ancestral home of golf. The Open Championship, known outside the U.K. as the British Open, may be wrapping up Sunday at Muirfield in Scotland, but the country is a great golf destination year-round. A recent trip there gave me the chance to not only play on many famous courses ...

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Chobani Yogurt may land spot in $11B. federal lunches

WASHINGTON – Chobani Yogurt was definitely not Greek to New York’s two U.S. Senators — as millions of American kids may soon learn. Chobani is the upstart, upstate Greek yogurt firm that’s come out of nowhere to make its Turkish immigrant founder a billionaire. And due to lightning-fast work by Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, it may find a ...

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Fans complete Talia Joy Castellano’s bucket list

Covergirl Talia Joy was an honorary CoverGirl and was beloved by fans for her bubbly personality and insightful make-up tutorials. She died of cancer July 16. She gave her fans beauty, and now her fans are doing something beautiful in return. Talia Joy Castellano made a bucket list full of things she wanted to do, from jumping in a pool ...

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Two NYC friends date for 40 days

Osvaldo Ponton via 40 Days of Dating Jessica Walsh and Timothy Goodman — two friends with opposite relationship problems — found themselves single at the same time. As an experiment, they dated for 40 days. As the old adage goes, it takes 40 days to make a new habit. But does the same apply to habits people make in relationships? ...

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My goal is to cut taxes – Cameron

21 July 2013 Last updated at 08:26 ET David Cameron: The economy is “starting to improve” David Cameron has refused to rule out tax rises after the next election, but said his goal is to “give people back some of their hard earned money” as the economy improves. Chancellor George Osborne said recently that further tax rises would not be ...

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PM urges firms to block abuse images

20 July 2013 Last updated at 19:01 ET There have been high profile cases where offenders had searched for child abuse images online The prime minister has warned companies they need to act to block access to child abuse images on the internet or face legal controls. David Cameron told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show search firms like Google needed ...

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MPs worried by police sacking powers

19 July 2013 Last updated at 19:38 ET Mr Vaz’s comments follow confrontations between PCCs and chief constables Police and crime commissioners (PCCs) are showing a “worrying” ability to evade rules when sacking chief constables, the Commons Home Affairs Committee chairman has said. Keith Vaz spoke out as the committee raised concerns that PCCs are too quick to call upon ...

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