Illusionist escapes cement box in Times Square
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U.S. illusionist Criss Angel appeared to escape on Tuesday from a cement box suspended above Times Square in New York after it crashed to the ground without anyone seeing him emerge.
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It opened in 1916 as a vaudeville theater called the Ideal and closed a few weeks ago as the Playpen, a seedy porno emporium on the ragged rim of Times Square. It now faces the wrecking ball despite a last-minute attempt to rescue it.
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RUTLAND, Vt. - A man who helped his friend fake a fall that had actually occurred during a botched burglary in another town could go to prison for it. Louis Stevens, 43, pleaded guilty Wednesday to fraud under a plea deal calling for up to 20 years in prison.
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A false door at the back of a cramped  New York City store swings open to reveal a secret room lined  with fake Prada, Gucci and Fendi bags and wallets.
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At dusk on New Year's Eve, Erika Gunderson got into a taxi in New York City and entered a digital-age mystery.
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A look-alike pretending to be French actor Gerard Depardieu walked into a luxury hotel in Rome and walked out with a gift basket weighed down with freebies, local media reports said Friday.
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LONDON: An activist dressed as Batman and campaigning for fathers&#39; rights evaded guards at Buckingham Palace on Monday to climb up to the main balcony of Queen Elizabeth&#39;s residence, in the latest security scare for the royal family.
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A federal courthouse was locked down for more than two hours Thursday and its courtrooms sealed after a suspect fled from U.S. marshals inside the building.
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A section of New York City's Times Square was closed down on Tuesday as police investigated what they described as a possible bomb scare.
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Several blocks of New York City's Broadway have been closed off near Times Square due to a suspicious package, police said on Thursday.
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LAPORTE, Ind. - A man wearing a white Halloween mask fell through the ceiling of a check-cashing store, but managed to escape with an unknown amount of money from the safe, police said.
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Security screeners at a US airport spot but then lose a bag containing a fake bomb, in a training blunder.
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David Blaine has escaped &#151; again. Shackled to a spinning gyroscope and hovering forty feet above Times Square, the magician managed to free himself Thursday about 2:15 p.m., bringing an end to his latest stunt.
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New Yorkers know how to hide when crowds roll in.
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Art is imitating news in New York, where a new exhibit features artists interpreting real world events in a day's time.
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The felt flew during a rain-drenched Times Square debate between President Bush and Democratic contender John Kerry &#151; in puppet form &#151; on the afternoon before the real deal in Florida.
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100-pound marble slab near the top of the Times Square building famed for the New Year&#39;s Eve ball suddenly came loose yesterday morning and fell 20 stories, shattering as it hit billboard supports and raining white marble chunks the ...