Today's winner of the bonehead tweeting prize in my view goes to a 29-year-old hedge fund analyst Shashank Tripathi of New York, also known by the bold and audacious Twitter handle ComfortablySmug

Sandy is only the latest and most devastating incident in a pattern of extreme weather that's become impossible to ignore

Hurricane Sandy and the Living Planet

Suddenly we all know Sandy -- the superstorm that whacked New York City -- left many people dead across the East Coast, knocked out power to millions and caused billions worth of property damage

Hurricane Sandy Aftermath: New Jersey's Even-Odd System

Hurricane Sandy Aftermath: Mamaroneck Damage

Hurricane Sandy Aftermath: Brooklyn Looters Beware

New York Cancels Marathon for First Time Due to Sandy

City officials and race organizers have decided to cancel Sunday's New York City Marathon, giving in to public clamor to focus the city's resources on rebuilding efforts in the wake of Hurricane Sandy's devastation

Canceled NYC Marathon Disappoints Runners

More than 47,000 runners had been expected to take part in the world's largest marathon. Now many of them say they're angry Mayor Michael Bloomberg didn't cancel the event sooner

Hurricane Sandy Retrospective

As we end a week that has been nothing short of devastating for those on the East Coast, we take a look back at Hurricane Sandy's fury

The War on Soda Pop

We're famous for embracing the freedom to do the wrong thing, as often as we please

Should Supersize Soda Be Banned?

New York City is proposing to ban sodas and other sweetened drinks that are larger than 16 ounces. Gulp!

For Bloomberg's Government: No Limits

Are there no limits on government's power, no place where it cannot go?

Mayor Bloomberg Justifies Decision on Deputy Mayor Arrest

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg failed to satisfy critics with his defense of how he had explained former Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith's sudden departure

'Save' Money by Staying Out of Town

My take is that the decision to stay outside of a city center rests on how you might answer several main questions

Alec Baldwin Going Back To School To Become Mayor Of NYC

Alec Baldwin says he's going back to school. After announcing his interest in running for New York mayor in 2013, the 53-year-old actor said Monday he first wants to enroll in a master's program in politics and government in order to better understand the post

A Thorny Porny Issue for New York Public Library

The New York Public Library has gotten into the porn business. 'With adults, anything that you can get on the Internet, you can legally get on a computer in the library,' explained an official. 'It's difficult, but we err on the side of free and open access.' I'm hardly an anti-porn crusader, but the list of reasons why libraries didn't -- and shouldn't -- carry porn is vast

The Bloomberg Syndrome

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was a past master of lecturing about the cosmic while sometimes ignoring the more concrete. Governing the boroughs of an often-chaotic New York City is nearly impossible. Pontificating on the evils of smoking, fatty foods and supposed anti-Muslim bigotry was not only far easier but had established the mayor as a national figure

Stuyvesant and Bronx Science New York City Schools Share a Drive to Be Tops

Imagine a bustling, urban public high school whose alumni include Nobel Prize winners, government officials, world-class writers, musicians, actors, scholars. Now imagine two such schools: the Bronx High School of Science and Stuyvesant High School