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Katie Holmes leaves a TV studio on Times Square in New York a day after filing for divorce from Tom Cruise
Occupy Wall Street participants march down Fifth Avenue as part of May Day events in New York in 2012
Peter Madoff, the younger brother of convicted Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard L. Madoff
People attend a free performance of Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca"
Claire Stadtmueller (R) as Floria Tosca and Alejandro Olmedo (L) as Mario Cavaradossi sing during "Tosca"
Vincent La Selva
People attend a free performance of Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" by the New York Grand Opera at Central Park
Bernard Madoff
Shoppers cross a street in New York
Bernie Madoff arrives at a New York court in 2009. His brother Peter is due in court on Friday
The UN building in New York, where delegates have resolved that the pursuit of happiness is a "fundamental human goal"
Empire State Building (L), the United Nations headquarters (C) and the Chrysler Building (R) in New York
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for August, dived $2.52
US-GRAFFITI-SPRAY-PAINT
Rupert Murdoch says he is "100% committed" to both parts of News Corp's business
Rupert Murdoch says he is "100% committed" to both parts of News Corp's business
A worker at Streit?s Matzo factory in New York is seen on May 9
Rupert Murdoch says he is "100% committed" to both parts of News Corp's business
Rupert Murdoch says he is "100% committed" to both parts of News Corp's business
JPMorgan will reveal the full extent of its derivatives losses on July 13
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N. Korea video depicts invasion of South, US hostages

By Staff Reporter  AFP Asian Edition
Mar 22, 2013 00:15 EDT
North Korea posted a new propaganda video Friday, showing paratroopers descending on Seoul in an invasion scenario that envisages taking around 150,000 US residents in South Korea hostage.
 

N.Korea video depicts invasion of South, US hostages

By Staff Reporter  AFP Asian Edition
Mar 21, 2013 23:11 EDT
North Korea posted a new propaganda video on Friday, showing paratroopers descending on Seoul in an invasion scenario that it said would see thousands of US citizens living in South Korea taken hostage.
 

US late-night TV hosts set for new shake-up

by Michael Thurston  AFP Global Edition
Mar 21, 2013 22:23 EDT
America's late-night TV hosts appear set for a new shake-up, with veteran "Tonight Show" presenter Jay Leno said to be hanging up his microphone after falling out with his NBC bosses.
 

Yoko Ono tweets her support for US gun control

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 21, 2013 18:55 EDT
A sobering image of John Lennon's bloodstained glasses ricocheted around the Internet on Thursday after his widow Yoko Ono posted them on Twitter in an appeal for tougher US guns laws.
 

White House will not rest on gun laws: Biden

by Sebastian Smith  AFP American Edition
Mar 21, 2013 18:45 EDT
The White House will keep pushing for tough gun ownership laws despite little support in Congress, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday, as fellow Democrats vowed to introduce a bill to halt violence.
 

New York's Metropolitan Museum to open 7/7

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 21, 2013 17:20 EDT
For the first time in four decades New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will open seven days a week starting this July, the director announced Thursday.
 

Rajaratnam's brother charged in Wall St insider case

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 21, 2013 16:31 EDT
US prosecutors unveiled insider trading charges Thursday against the brother of disgraced hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam in the latest chapter of a giant Wall Street fraud investigation.
 

Coca-Cola to lay off 750 workers in US

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 21, 2013 13:18 EDT
US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola will cut 750 jobs in the United States as part of a restructuring of its North America operations, a company spokesman said Thursday.
 

European stocks retreat on disappointing data, Cyprus

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 21, 2013 13:17 EDT
European stock markets slid Thursday as disappointing eurozone data and the Cyprus bailout impasse overshadowed strong Chinese economic performance.
 

Major hyperrealist painting show opens in Madrid

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 21, 2013 11:38 EDT
An exhibition of 50 paintings by hyperrealist artists whose works depict shop windows, camper vans, street views and other everyday scenes in such painstaking detail that they resemble photographs opens Friday in Madrid.
 

European stocks head lower again

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 21, 2013 10:34 EDT
European stock markets slid Thursday as traders looked past strong Chinese economic data to focus on bleak eurozone news, notably fallout from the Cyprus bailout impasse.
 

Oil prices fall on profit-taking

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 21, 2013 08:46 EDT
Global crude oil prices turned lower on Thursday as traders banked profits despite strong Chinese manufacturing data.
 

Asian markets lifted by China manufacturing data

by Danny McCord  AFP Asian Edition
Mar 21, 2013 07:23 EDT
Asian markets were mixed Thursday as Chinese data showing manufacturing activity in the world's number two economy picked up in March, while Tokyo was lifted by renewed weakness in the yen.
 

Kosovo-Serbia solution close, says EU's Ashton

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 20, 2013 20:56 EDT
A deal to normalise ties between Serbia and Kosovo is close and could be sealed next month, the European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said, following high-level talks in Brussels.
 

Colorado gets new gun laws, as jail chief killed

by Michael Thurston  AFP American Edition
Mar 20, 2013 16:52 EDT
Colorado's governor signed landmark gun laws Wednesday following the Aurora theater massacre, hours after the US state's prison chief was shot and killed on his own doorstep.
 

Saudi-born man accused of terrorism in New York

By Staff Reporter  AFP American Edition
Mar 20, 2013 14:21 EDT
An alleged veteran of al-Qaeda's fight against US soldiers in Afghanistan who went on to plot a bomb attack on US diplomatic facilities in Nigeria was charged Wednesday in New York.
 

US counter-narcotics effort at risk: general

By Staff Reporter  AFP American Edition
Mar 20, 2013 13:44 EDT
Pentagon budget cuts will undermine the US military's efforts to seize illegal narcotics shipments out of Latin America and will open the way to more cocaine flowing to the United States, a top US general warned Wednesday.
 

European equities stage rebound

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 20, 2013 13:27 EDT
Most European stock markets rebounded on Wednesday following two days of losses caused by Cyprus' bailout drama.
 

French police raid IMF chief's Paris home

by Beatrix Baconnier Martin  AFP Global Edition
Mar 20, 2013 13:08 EDT
French police on Wednesday raided the Paris home of IMF chief Christine Lagarde in connection with a probe into her handling of a high-profile scandal when she was a government minister.
 

FedEx profits fall on weak international results

By Staff Reporter  AFP Global Edition
Mar 20, 2013 12:58 EDT
Global package delivery giant FedEx Wednesday reported lower quarterly earnings and slashed its profit guidance for fiscal 2013, citing weakness in the international freight market.
 
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Facts from the Wikipedia page:

State of New York
Flag of New YorkState seal of New York
FlagSeal
Nickname(s): The Empire State
Motto(s): Excelsior (Latin)[1]
Ever upward
Map of the United States with New York highlighted
Official language(s)None
DemonymNew Yorker
CapitalAlbany
Largest cityNew York City
Largest metro areaNew York metropolitan area
Area Ranked 27th in the US
 - Total54,555 sq mi
(141,299 km2)
 - Width285 miles (455 km)
 - Length330 miles (530 km)
 - % water13.3
 - Latitude40° 30′ N to 45° 1′ N
 - Longitude71° 51′ W to 79° 46′ W
Population Ranked 3rd in the US
 - Total19,490,297 (2008 est.)[2]
18,976,457 (2000)
 - Density408.7/sq mi  (157.81/km2)
Ranked 7th in the US
Elevation 
 - Highest pointMount Marcy[3]
5,344 ft  (1,629 m)
 - Mean1,000 ft  (305 m)
 - Lowest point0 ft  (0 m)
Admission to Union July 26, 1788 (11th)
GovernorDavid Paterson (D)
Lieutenant GovernorRichard Ravitch (D) [4]
U.S. SenatorsCharles Schumer (D)
Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
U.S. House delegation27 Democrats,
2 Republicans (list)
Time zoneEastern: UTC-5/-4
AbbreviationsNY US-NY
Websitehttp://www.ny.gov