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  • Artists return home

    Artists return home after career move to NYC

    Timothy M. Meinch

    NEW YORK CITY—After a near three-year stay in New York City, two Asheville artists are  coming home. Jason Weatherspoon and Lauren Gibbes helped start the Wedge studio alongside John Payne in the River Arts District after graduation from UNC Asheville in 2002.

  • Aspiring Athlete Draws Crowd With Freestyle Moves

    Aspiring Athlete Draws Crowd With Freestyle Moves

    Kevin Bratcher

    NEW YORK CITY- At 34th and Broadway in Manhattan in late May, an athlete attracted a crowd with his acrobatic freestyle moves using a soccer ball.  A South Korean immigrant known only by the initials "KBJ," this aspiring young performer demonstrated soccer moves using a free-styling approach that stuns passersby.

  • Barista school has more than coffee brewing

    Barista school has more than coffee brewing

    Trevor Normile

    NEW YORK CITY--The craft of brewing a good cup of coffee is something many take for granted. Not TampTamp. Located on Mercer Street in Greenwich Village, TampTamp is one of the East Coast's only barista-training schools, and one of the premier programs in the country.

  • Cleveland’s classical pride journeys to house that music built

    Cleveland’s classical pride journeys to house that music built

    Hannah Yanega

    NEW YORK CITY—Usually, one night stands are not bragging matters. For the Cleveland Orchestra's performance of Beethoven's Third at Carnegie Hall, the bragging should never cease. The Cleveland Orchestra is schedule to play Carnegie Hall Friday, May 21, as a part of their annual part in the "Great Orchestras" concert series.

  • Cyclists face new hazards, Are NYC’s streets safe for bike travel?

    Cycling: The new way to commute

    Lana Douglas

         Take a bicycle to work.     That's the message of Transportation Alternatives (TA) and the New York Department of Transportation (DOT).     In New York City, Wiley Norvell, communications director at TA, says the goal is to get as many New Yorkers on their bikes as possible and today's National Bike to Work Day is just one of the means TA is using to achieve this goal.

  • Cyclists face new hazards, Are NYC’s streets safe for bike travel? photo

    Cyclists face new hazards, Are NYC’s streets safe for bike travel?

    John Bianchi

    With the economy taking a turn for the worse, more people are looking to bicycles as an alternative form of transportation in New York City. But is it safe? New York's city streets are a dangerous place and as more cyclists take to the pavement, riders face many challenges.

  • Donors uphold Operation Exodus Picture

    Donors uphold Operation Exodus

    Adrienne Belz

    NEW YORK CITY – Vianca Martinez, a 2nd grade girl at Operation Exodus, wants to be a science teacher for kids, a scientist, or a maid when she grows up. Martinez has liked all three of her years at Operation Exodus in Washington Heights. During snack time Martinez bounced around in her chair, slurping down some pink and lime green Trix yogurt.

  • ‘Golden boy’ appeals to crowds after 30 years

    ‘Golden boy’ appeals to crowds after 30 years

    Jonah S. Taylor

    NEW YORK CITY—Nearly a month after his return to New York City, King Tut is still attracting crowds. Hundreds of people a day pour into the Discovery Times Square Exposition to see "King Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs." The New York showing, which began April 23, 2010 and ends January 2, 2011, is the first of its kind to visit the city in over 30 years.

  • IPad holds monopoly over still developing market

    IPad holds monopoly over still developing market

    Allison E. McLean

    NEW YORK CITY – After its debut in March, Apple consumers may wonder whether or not the new iPad is worth the $499 to $829 cost. The answer? It depends on whom you ask. Former Apple employee and enthusiast Winston Hearn said he wants to make the switch in the future but that the current model is not yet worth the price.

  • iPad sales remain strong

    iPad sales remain strong

    Alicia M. Cohn

    New York City – Imagine the death of newsstands and the rebirth of newspapers. This scenario may be the light at the end of the tunnel for many in the struggling news industry. Until Apple launched the iPad last April, the market for offline digital newspapers was a matter of limited geek appeal.

  • King Tut, so what? photo

    King Tut, so what?

    Laura Vaillancourt

    NEW YORK CITY--The King Tutankhamun Exhibit, with more than 120 original artifacts from King Tut's tomb, has made its way to the Discovery Times Square Exposition with a steady flow of visitors. After 3,400 years people are still intrigued to learn about the Boy King.

  • Local company explores the art of coffee making

    Local company explores the art of coffee making

    April Windham

    NEW YORK CITY--Part-classroom, part-office, TampTamp barista training features three espresso machines and contemporary metal tables in a small basement in Greenwich Village. They are serious about a good cup of coffee. "Coffee preparation isn't easy.

  • Miracle for alternative transit on 34th Street

    Miracle for alternative transit on 34th Street

    Sarah Einselen

    NEW YORK CITY—All during weekday afternoons, pedestrians stand pressed against each other on Herald Square, with toes hanging off the curb, at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 34th Street. Two years from now, the city plans to close a road to traffic and eliminate the problem.

  • NYC commuters look to simpler travel options

    NYC commuters look to simpler travel options

    Andrew Smith

    NEW YORK CITY – Many New Yorkers are saving money on their daily commute by choosing cheaper modes of travel. According to a study by the New York City Center for Economic Opportunity released in March, most New York City residents choose to ride the subway, take a bus or just drive alone, rather than using the taxi system.

  • Successful media producer trades career for inner city education

    Successful media producer trades career for inner city education

    Catherine Rogers

    NEW YORK CITY – Thursday evening around 50 men and women dressed in their Sunday best gathered at the Dillon Gallery of art in Chelsea. At the private event, they sipped expensive wine and sampled finely made hors d'ouerves. They casually viewed the exhibit, but not just to be cultured.

  • Using history as a tool for social change

    Using history as a tool for social change

    Kirsten Hall

        NEW YORK CITY-- As a visitor walks into 108 Orchard St., the first thing she notices is the lingering odor of more than 100 years of impoverished immigrant families.      They see the old mahogany banisters, worn to the bone, and the peeling burlap wallpaper, dripping down to the floor like seaweed.