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Congressman Jerrold Nadler represents New York's Eighth Congressional district. The Eighth, one of the most diverse districts in the nation, includes Manhattan's West Side below 89th Street, Lower Manhattan, and areas of Brooklyn including Borough Park,...

New York is a puzzle to be solved, or be defeated by. So it goes on "The City" and "The Real World: Brooklyn," both of which have recently premiered on MTV, a network that for years never thought to present itself as anything but an insider. With these...

HOLLYWOOD -- Private funeral arrangements were pending today for the man known simply as "Mr. Blackwell," who compiled lists of "worst dressed" celebrities for nearly 50 years. Publicist Harlan Boll says Blackwell died Sunday of complications from an...

LANCASTER, S.C. — On a sweltering afternoon, the Rev. Al Sharpton takes a swig of iced tea and rises to address the crowd at Etta's Kitchen. Hooking his thumbs in the vest of a three-piece suit, the Harlem Democrat explains why he's running for...

As political theater goes -- political theater of the absurd, that is -- you could not make this up. Sharing a Manhattan stage are Buddhism's most venerated holy man, the Dalai Lama, and presidential candidate Rev. Al Sharpton, the noisy civil rights...