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A new book collecting the Madonna portraits show by Richard Corman in New York City in the early 80's will be published by Damiani on November 30, 2013. Madonna NYC 83 celebrates a moment in early...

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH): Current price $62.04 UnitedHealthcare Community Plan has enlarged its New York State government-sponsored health insurance programs to include 13 more counties in the Hudson Valley, and the Capital and Central New York regions. UnitedHealthcare’s New York State government-sponsored health insurance programs were already available in New York City, on Long Island, and in Central New York. The Plan offers products for individuals and families who might qualify for Medicaid, Family Health Plus, Child Health Plus or New York Medicaid Advantage, or dual-eligible plans. These plans offer comprehensive health coverage that include hospitalization, prevention, primary care, prescriptions and other services, typically with little or no cost. NEW! Discover a new stock idea each week for less than the cost of 1 trade. CLICK HERE for your Weekly Stock Cheat Sheets NOW! Don’t Miss: Will Consumers Be Hurt By Obamacare? Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ): Current price $86.69 The company recently won FDA approval for the expansion of Simponi’s label, as the agency awarded Simponi approval for the treatment of adults suffering from moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis in case of corticosteroid dependence, or when the patients have not responded sufficiently to or are intolerant of oral aminosalicylates, oral corticosteroids, azathioprine, or 6-mercaptopurine. The label expansion makes Simponi the first and sole subcutaneously administered anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy to obtain approval for the induction and maintenance of clinical response and improvement of endoscopic appearance of the mucosa during induction. NEW! Discover a new stock idea each week for less than the cost of 1 trade. CLICK HERE for your Weekly Stock Cheat Sheets NOW! Don’t Miss: Are These Companies Rigging Oil Prices? Merck & Co. (NYSE:MRK): Current price $47.11 On Wednesday, Merck’s experimental insomnia drug moved one step nearer FDA approval, after a panel of medical experts pronounced it effective and safe at lower doses. The advisory panel assisted the FDA in its decision whether or not to clear the drug, suvorexant, which would represent the first in a new class of sedatives that block chemicals in the brain called orexins that help keep persons awake. The drugs were created to help people fall asleep and stay asleep. On Monday, the FDA’s internal reviewers released a report expressing some fears regarding suvorexant’s potential to lead to next-day sleepiness and impaired driving, requesting the committee to consider whether patients should be started at a lower dose than that recommended by Merck. Merck has ceased development of preladenant, which is an experimental drug for Parkinson’s disease, after initial data from three late-stage trials was  disappointing. The company said that the decision to discontinue the studies was not based on any safety findings. Vice President, Clinical Research, Neuroscience and Ophthalmology at Merck Research Laboratories David Michelson said in a statement: “Parkinson’s disease is very complex, making it difficult to treat patients and develop novel therapeutic approaches. We are committed to neuroscience research and will be conducting further analyses of the data to inform the scientific community’s efforts in finding new approaches to treat this debilitating disease.” Merck announced that results of the studies will be presented at an upcoming scientific meeting and also submitted for publication in a medical journal. NEW! Discover a new stock idea each week for less than the cost of 1 trade. CLICK HERE for your Weekly Stock Cheat Sheets NOW! Pfizer (NYSE:PFE): Current price $29.03 Pfizer has recently suffered a pipeline setback with its discontinuing a late-stage evaluation being conducted with its oncology candidate, inotuzumab ozogamicin. The randomized, open-label, two-arm phase III study was being conduct

The national conversation of late has revolved around a trio of Washington scandals, a weather disaster, and the seesaw views in financial markets about whether crisis looms. Yet for all their prominence, none are as tied to trends that will shape our collective future as the myriad events that took place this week in New York City under the banner of "Internet Week." Now in its sixth year, Internet Week is a loosely coordinated series of gatherings ranging from daylong symposiums to open houses of tech companies large and small to the Webby Awards, which is the online version of the Oscars. Topics cover the gamut from health care in the digital age to marketing your startup to crowdfunding. The attendees are young and at times terminally hip. The whole thing is, quite frankly, fun. Read more...More about Internet Week, Startups, Business, Us, and World

It all went on harmoniously, that is, until they hired the other typist. - from The Other Typist - It is Prohibition and Rose Baker is working as a typist in the New York City Police Department. Each day she carefully records confessions, then returns to her gloomy boarding house where she shares a room with a woman she dislikes. The times are changing – gone are the Victorian standards women have become accustomed to, and behind the closed doors of Speakeasy’s, women with bobbed hair are drinking and dancing on tables. Rose, who is rather traditional, views all these changes as an outsider…until the Police Department hires a new typist, a woman with shiny bobbed hair and a charismatic personality named Odalie. Rose is smitten, and as she and Odalie become friends, everything Rose has come to depend upon begins to change. The Other Typist is Suzanne Rindell’s debut novel and it is a wonderfully plotted page-turner. Early on, the reader begins to suspect that Rose, as well as Odalie, are not who they first appear. Rose narrates the tale after the fact, hinting that things go terribly wrong, but keeping the reader on the edge of her seat as she unspools the story. A horrible disaster was looming on my horizon, so to speak, but from the very moment I met Odalie I was rendered utterly powerless to do anything other than watch it hurtle toward me. But, of course, if I am to tell it all in order, as I keep promising to do, there are other things I must tell first. – from The Other Typist - Rose is a fascinating, unreliable character and throughout this novel I was never sure whether the “facts” she was relating were true, embellished, or simply false. Rindell spins her story deftly with plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader guessing…and the ending was perfect. Rindell captures the mood and feel of the mid-1920s spectacularly with wonderful descriptions of New York Speakeasy’s. The police characters and the suspects they interview reminded me of the hard boiled detective novels that have been so popular. I could almost see this as a black and white noir film. I cannot reveal more about this novel without spoiling it, so all I will say is: Pick up a copy and read it for yourself. I guarantee that readers are going to be talking about this book and book clubs will be choosing it to discuss. It is hard to believe this is a first novel. Readers who love unreliable narrators, twisty tales, and stories set during Prohibition, will want to read The Other Typist. Highly recommended. FTC Disclosure: Many thanks to Amy Einhorn Books for sending me a copy of this novel for review on my blog.

This is the one.  This is the game that if the Rangers win, it means we can really start talking about a possible run at four straight.  Because frankly speaking right now it’s just not realistic to think that the Rangers are going to win this series.  Like if anyone of us had to put all of our life savings and worldly possessions on the line for a chance at $1 billion on who would win this series, every single person would pick the Bruins.  Why would anyone bet on the Blueshirts?  They basically won the last game because Tukka was so bored he had checked out of the series and was already thinking about Pittsburgh.  They played their without a doubt worst game of the season only four days ago, and it would basically be a god damn sports miracle if they managed to rattle off three straight, two of them on the road where they’ve been notoriously awful, against a team that’s going to be playing way better than the Boston team that showed up to our Garden on Thursday.  It seems impossible.  Physically impossible.  But then again… Before Brian Boyle rifled a wrister from the slot past Rask’s blocker midway through the third period of Thursday’s game four, I would have said a Ranger scoring a power play goal seemed impossible.  Before Chris Kreider bolted past Dougie Hamilton and managed to get his stick onto a perfectly placed pass from Rick Nash seven minutes into the subsequent extra session, winning in overtime seemed impossible.  Before the Boston Bruins became the first team to blow a three game series lead since Ford was in office, coming back from the brink of being swept seemed impossible.  So nothing’s impossible.  This Rangers team has shown glimpses of being good all season long.  They’ve shown up for short winning streaks here and there before regressing to their regular .500 selves a week later.  So is it possible that this group of under-performing hockey players can magically all click at the same time and, against all odds, spark a historic comeback by winning a hockey game tonight in Boston tonight to force a sixth in New York?  You’re god damn right it’s possible. Anything’s possible.  Let’s Go Rangers!  @PhilOsgood

Owner John McDonald responds to the buzz surrounding the possible closure of his treasured Lure Fishbar with a very matter-of-fact evaluation of the local real estate scene: "All neighborhoods change with time. I still think it's one of the best areas, despite the fact that some local favorites have not survived. It's business—it's the market—in this case, we want the opportunity to pay market rent based on comps/deals. If we cannot match it, that is the way the market works. And while losing Lure would be a very undesirable outcome, we would have to accept it, having been given a fair shot." [Curbed NY]

Amanda Bynes is still free on her own recognizance after being arrested for allegedly throwing a bong out the window—and for marijuana possession—on Thursday night. However, she took the Twitter to clear her bizarre name. [ more › ]

A Brooklyn teen was arrested for going on a three day mugging spree last week—a spree during which he allegedly only demanded $1 from each of his victims. Police say that the 15-year-old suspect, whose name has not been released, robbed at least six kids between the ages of 12-16 between Monday and Wednesday last week in Carroll Gardens. [ more › ]

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Well, this can't be good for diplomacy. A high-ranking Chinese diplomat's sister was arrested at Macy's in Herald Square Thursday after staffers caught her allegedly trying to shoplift. [ more › ]