Forget about the score and the amazing ratings—if there is one fact you need to know about the Super Bowl this weekend it is this : after the game ended, so many people evacuated themselves in our fair city that water usage spiked 13 percent, a jump so big it caused the water level in the 30-foot-deep Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers to drop 2 inches . That’s a whole lot of bowl bombing! [ more › ]
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Game Of Thrones: NYC Super Bowl Toilet Stats Will Scare The Poop Out Of You
With the Grammys on the horizon, Zillow has compiled a list of some of the most influential houses in music history. Highlights include the tiny bungalow where Bruce Springsteen wrote his game-changing record “Born to Run” and the Seattle mansion of ill-fated grunge man Kurt Cobain. [Zillow Blog]
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It was a very interesting Knicks game tonight as Carmelo Anthony missed the only seven shots he took and finished the game with a career-low 1 point. Yet, the Knicks cruised to an easy 111-78 win over Charlotte . Tyson Chandler was a monster, scoring 20 points to go with 17 rebounds. Landry Fields and Amar’e Stoudemire had 18 each. The Knicks shot 50% from the field while Charlotte managed only 33%. [ more › ]
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Last Night’s Action: Are They Learning?
President Obama’s third State of the Union address focused on economic fairness for Americans, “It’s time to apply the same rules from top to bottom: No bailouts, no handouts, and no copouts.” [ more › ]
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Obama’s State Of The Union: Millionaires Need To Pay Fair Share Of Taxes (And Bin Laden Is Dead)
Photo via Apartment Therapy SAN FRANCISCO —Through Twitter stalking, Curbed SF contributor Abby Pontzer learned that one-time Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky is gunning for an apartment in the Bay Area. So she compiled some options, which range from a two-bedroom for $3,700 to a junior one-bedroom asking much less. [Curbed SF] MIAMI —LES Casting is looking for area Realtors for a new TV series. “Ideally, you are at the top of your game in selling and brokering deals, have a reputation, and tell it like it is.” [LES Casting via Twitter ] NYC — Cindy Allen, editor in chief of Interior Design magazine, has been chairman of DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). Allen will sit alongside restaurant-design juggernaut David Rockwell on the board. [CurbedWire]
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CurbedWire: Helping a Bachelorette Find New Digs; Cindy Allen at DIFFA
When they visited Phoenix, the Rangers won on a last-second goal. On Tuesday at the Garden, they needed a shootout for a 2-1 win over the Coyotes . Derek Stepan scored in the sixth round, and Henrik Lundqvist then stopped Shane Doan (he of the last-minute hat trick against the Islanders) to finish the game. Ruslan Fedotenko scored the first goal of the game early in the third period, but the Rangers gave the lead back and had to win after overtime was over. They have their best start since their Stanley Cup season in 1994 and have a league-best 58 points. [ more › ]
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Last Night’s Action: Rangers Win A Squeaker
Thanks to the dispute between Time Warner and MSG, fans of the Islanders who live in New York City didn’t get to see their team come from behind and beat Carolina 4-3 in a shootout. . Frans Niesen tied things up at 2 with a goal early in the third period, but Carolina went ahead 3-2 with under 5 minutes left in the game. Kyle Okposo earned the Islanders a point by tying things up with a goal at the 18:30 mark of the third period. In the shootout PA Paranteau and Frans Nielsen scored while Evgeni Nabokov allowed only one goal to earn the win. [ more › ]
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Last Night’s Action: The Isles Win
Wearing throwback uniforms and playing outside at Citizens Bank Park, the Rangers proved they can play as well outside as they have performed inside so far this season. They rallied from a two-goal deficit and then held off the Flyers, 3-2 , in the 2012 Winter Classic. Henrik Lundqvist came up huge in the third period, stopping a penalty shot with 19 seconds remaining after Ryan McDonagh covered the puck in the crease. That came after Michael Rupp scored twice — once in the second period and once in the third — to tie the game and Brad Richards put the Rangers ahead. With 52 points, the Rangers sit atop the Eastern Conference. [ more › ]
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Last Night’s Action: Rangers Outclass Flyers in Winter Classic
With a 99-82 loss in Los Angeles , the Knicks have now dropped nine straight games to the Lakers. Kobe Bryant, who said he enjoys his rivalry with Carmelo Anthony because he always wins, had 28 points but didn’t key the fourth-quarter surge that blew the game open. Pau Gasol had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Anthony had 27 as he couldn’t prevent the Knicks from falling to 1-2. Amar’e Stoudemire had 14 points. “The Lakers were good, and we’re awful,” Mike D’Antoni said. That’s the second straight game the head coach has used that adjective. The Knicks play the Kings next. [ more › ]
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Last Night’s Action: Knicks Still Can’t Beat the Lakers
With two goals from Marian Gaborik and a short-handed strike from Carl Hagelin helped the Rangers to a 4-1 win over the Devils in Newark . Gaborik, who tallied his 600th career point, also assisted on Artem Anisimov’s second-period goal. That tied the game at 1, and the Rangers didn’t look back. Gaborik put the Rangers ahead before five minutes had elapsed in the third period (he got an assist from Anisimov as well) and Hagelin’s fourth goal of the season helped remove doubt with 5:18 to go. Travis Zajac scored the Devils goal in the first period. Patrik Elias was ill and did not play for New Jersey. The teams will meet five more times before the season ends. [ more › ]
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Last Night’s Action: Rangers Take First of Six from Devils