New York, May 17 (ANI): A 1991 painting depicting actress Bea Arthur - best known for her roles in 70s and 80s shows 'Maude' and 'Golden Girls'- nude from the waist up was sold for nearly 2 million dollars at an auction in Manhattan on Wednesday.

Washington, May 17 (ANI): Bernie Madoff, the American investor accused of ruining countless lives through his bogus pyramid scheme, has said he should be blamed for the suicide of his son in 2010.

New York, May 9 (ANI): John Legend cheated on his Sports Illustrated swimsuit model fiancee, Chrissy Teigen, by smooching a young woman at a Manhattan hotspot, it has been revealed.

New York, May 8 (ANI): An early casting of 'The Thinker' by Auguste Rodin was sold for 15.285 million dollars at Sotheby's in Manhattan on Tuesday.

Beijing, Apr. 27 (Xinhua-ANI): A piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the hijacked planes that crashed into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, has been discovered wedged between two lower Manhattan buildings, police said Friday.

New York, Apr 23 (ANI): Indian-origin Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has said that the rampant public corruption infecting New York is due to a lack of government transparency.

New York, April 8 (ANI): The grandson of Mahatma Gandhi- Arun Gandhi, 48- is set to make his modelling debut at the annual 'From Scotland With Love' at Stage in Manhattan on Monday.

Washington, March 28 (ANI): The impact of the Manhattan-sized asteroid into a region of Mexico in the dinosaur days could have triggered a global firestorm that would have burned every twig, bush and tree on Earth and led to the extinction of 80 percent of all Earth's species, a new University of Colorado Boulder study has suggested.

Washington, March 25 (ANI): Scientists have revealed that the dramatic fireball that lit up skies over the U.S. East Coast on Friday evening was caused by an asteroid just 3 feet (0.9 meters) or so wide.

Washington, March 23(ANI): New York City prosecutors will not be charging Lindsay Lohan for allegedly fighting at a Manhattan nightclub in November, her attorney has revealed.

London, Mar. 13 (ANI): A police officer in the New York City has been found guilty of plotting to murder his wife, and cook and eat other women.

New York, March 12 (ANI): Alex Rodriguez, who is on the hunt for a new Manhattan apartment, is looking at a series of high-end places, including Ichiro Suzuki's old digs.

Washington, Mar 12 (ANI): A US judge has struck down New York's groundbreaking and controversial limits on large sugary drinks one day before they were to take effect.

Washington, Mar 10 (ANI): The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is preparing to be able to operate without human traders in case another disaster forces the shutdown of its historic trading floor in downtown Manhattan.

New York, Mar. 5 (ANI): Former basketball player Dennis Rodman was reportedly asked to leave a Manhattan hotel after spending hours at the bar, loudly telling everyone what a "great guy" Kim Jong-Un is.

New York, February 19 (ANI): Boutique hotels in Manhattan are fast becoming the go-to spot for clandestine sex since they have started offering discounts on daytime-only rooms for romantic afternoon romps.

Washington, February 18 (ANI): A man from Manhattan is suing Alec Baldwin's wife over a bad yoga class.

Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked a court to freeze assets in a Switzerland-based trading account that was used to reap over 1.7 million dollars from trading in advance of public announcement about the acquisition of H.J. Heinz Company.

Washington, February 15 (ANI): Indian-American Fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander, who is currently serving 59 years to life in California for raping and sexually assaulting models, has pleaded guilty to one count of forced oral sex in a similar case in New York.

New York, Feb 9 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan is not staying at her mother Dina Lohan's Long Island home as was previously reported, but is sharing a Manhattan penthouse with a gal pal.

London, Jan 30 (ANI): Miranda Kerr has sold her Manhattan bachelorette pad after telling friends that she wants more room for her family.

Washington, Jan. 28 (ANI): An Indian-origin real-estate titan accused of raping a woman he met on a sugar-daddy Web site burst into tears in a Manhattan jail, a cellmate has said.

New York, Jan 19 (ANI): Lady Gaga's plagiarism trial over her hit track 'Judas' is to be held in her hometown of Manhattan, it has been revealed.

New York, Jan. 13 (ANI): A Manhattan restaurant has put up a new pasta dish on its menu, which is topped with fresh lobster and one ounce of black truffle, for a whopping 2,013 dollars.

Washington, Jan. 9 (ANI): A federal judge in Manhattan has ordered the New York Police Department to stop the controversial 'stop and frisk' tactic outside a privately owned Bronx apartment building without first having reasonable suspicion.