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Amazon.com has unveiled their list of the best books of 2009 . 22 selected works made the list, including novels by T.C. Boyle , Dave Eggers , and others.

If a Vietnam Vet was exposed to Agent Orange while on the ground, the government will cover him for any health expenditures for related maladies.

Here's the view of the future in a new science museum according to the Telegraph.

The Kia Soul Collective circus is in town this weekend and ready to rock your dirty socks off at a secret Girl Talk show going down at an "undisclosed location" It's free, open to the public, and "includes an opportunity to test-drive the all-new Kia Soul," that isn't necessarily an included opportunity but more like a pay-to-play requirement.

Remember that free Girl Talk show that's happening Sunday ? Details on where it is and what kind of car you have to test drive to get tickets, below... LOCATED AT: PIER 94 55th Street & The West Side Highway In Manhattan Doors Open At 5 PM To get your two free tickets to see Girl Talk THIS Sunday, October 25th all you have to do is test drive the ...

Harlem Assembly Member Adam Clayton Powell IV is planning to open an exploratory committee "in a week or two" to test the waters for a possible run against embattled Rep.

When one parent makes a promise to another that they will protect their child, you expect them to do just that, but in the case of 31-year-old Carmen Huertas, it was an empty promise.

Earlier this year Lou Reed ranted and raved over the proposed $346 million Sanitation Department facility on Spring Street.

Share + Oct 14, 2009 9:19 am US/Eastern Reporting Magee Hickey 1 of 6 Leandra Rosado, 11, was killed after her friend's mother, 31-year-old Carmen Huertas, flipped the car they were in while apparently drunk.

Share + Oct 11, 2009 11:29 am US/Eastern Police were investigating a violent car crash on the West Side Highway that killed an 11-year-old girl.

Leandra Rosado, 11, was killed Sunday, October 11, 2009, when the car she was a passenger in crashed on the West Side Highway in Manhattan.

"Mad Men" star John Slattery says not in my back yard. The actor, who plays advertising executive Roger Sterling on the hit television drama, is fighting plans to build a $346 million sanitation department building in his Manhattan neighborhood.

Charmain and Antoine met in October 2007 while working for the same Bronx company, the NYC Administration for Children's Services .

Cowlitz County officials are giving back $225,000 worth of federal stimulus money after a highway project came in with such a low bid.

MORE magazine Editor-in-Chief Lesley Jane Seymour will host the third annual Reinvention Convention - geared towards women over 40 interested in revitalizing their careers, finances, style and health - on October 5, 2009 at Pier Sixty .

Lee Chappell by Gerry Visco / flickr.com/photos/gerryvisco/ My mind is usually in the gutter and so is my bowling ball.

Yesterday the city's somewhat obscure Public Design Commission reviewed the latest plans for the Tower O' Garbage , the Sanitation Department's proposed home for three districts' worth of garbage trucks along the West Side Highway between Canal and Spring Streets.

WHO: Mark Holgate OCCUPATION: Senior Fashion Writer for Vogue SPOTTED: At Milk Studios for the Boy by Band of Outsiders presentation WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE COLLECTION? DID IT MAKE YOU LONG FOR SUMMER? Well, it kind of does.

Hilary Alexander reviews the Alexander Wang show from New York Fashion Week. By Hilary Alexander , Fashion Director in New York Published: 12:57PM BST 13 Sep 2009 Before his show, down on wind-lashed Pier 94 on the West Side Highway, Alexander Wang was talking backstage about the inspiration behind his new spring/summer collection.

The anniversary of September 11th evokes difficult memories here in New York and all over the world.