It's not just people taking a vacation to warmer weather. Bed bugs are on the move too. But some are still hiding in New York, a state with one of the highest jumps in Orkin's annual list of Top 50 Bed Bug Cities.
New York City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Carter Strickland announced Wednesday that construction has begun on a $21.2 million project to connect the Catskill and Delaware aqueducts for the first time.
Superstorm Sandy severely damaged the Statue of Liberty national monument, which remains closed more than three months after the storm struck, with no estimated re-opening date.
The Coney Island Polar Bear Club's annual New Year's swim looks like a great time. People in costumes, swimming, having fun. We probably should've gone, but there was that whole hangover thing to deal with. Which makes us wonder, does jumping into the freezing Atlantic ocean cure a hangover? If so, we're totally there next year.