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Say Hello to American Airlines' First Ever Shade of Nail Polish

We've seen some cute airplane-theme nail art in our wanderings around the internet—creativity like this and this—but never before has an airline offered to paint your nails the same color as their aircraft.

Son of Brooke Astor seeks to avoid prison for stealing mother's fortune

Lawyers for Anthony Marshall, 89, say jail will have 'lethal consequences' as he suffers from Parkinson's and dementia

The ailing son of the late New York socialite Brooke Astor will find out on Thursday if he is to serve out a prison sentence for looting his mother's fortune, after a judge

Amazing Underground Scenes From NYC Subway Project (PHOTOS)

New York City hasn't built a new line since 1932, and after seeing these pictures one can begin to understand why. The $17 billion project to create the Second Avenue Subway is a massive undertaking - and that's an understatement.

This Is Where Manhattan's Payphones Go to Die

Payphones may be essential to pop culture, Supermen, and Matrix-escapees everywhere, but try to remember the last time you actually saw someone using a payphone for its intended purpose. What about the last time you just saw one...

Must Watch: Martin Scorsese's 'The Wolf of Wall Street' First Trailer

"Was all this legal? Absolutely not." Time to meet Jay Gatsby of the 1980's. Paramount has debuted the first trailer for The Wolf of Wall Street, the latest movie directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a young millionaire living the party life.

See The Glass Half Full In This Underwater Mirror

Joe Doucet's circular mirror isn't water-logged for nothing. He designed it as a reminder of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in lower Manhattan (where his studio is) and generally on the east coast.

Johnny Smith obituary

American jazz guitarist who played with all the greats and wrote Walk, Don't Run a 1959 hit for the Ventures

The guitarist Johnny Smith was meticulous enough to work under the martinet conductor Arturo Toscanini for six years in the 1940s; creative enough to record a unique interpretation

These Photos Of NYC's Subway Project Are Astonishing

New York City is doing some serious work on the Second Avenue Subway, the first new line built under the city since 1932. The $4,5 billion project aims to decrease commuter congestion for east Manhattan. Check out these pictures. They are incredible.

'PetroKoch': an art project for the Metropolitan Museum Jeff McMahon

As David Koch gets his name on the Met's new plaza, why not add Detroit's pile of his tar-sands sludge as an installation?

In Fall 2014, the David H Koch Plaza at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City will be revealed, the entire $65m project paid for by David H Koch.

Thousands of Mickey Mantle's First Topps Cards Were Dumped into Ocean

Nearly 45 years after he played his last game, New York Yankees legend Mickey Mantle still rivals a Greek God to many baseball fans and collectors.

A seven-time World Series champion, Mantle was a human highlight reel.