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Illegal Hotels Still Thrive in New York
You don't need to be a tourist to know how expensive it is to rent a hotel room in New York City. Those sky-high hotel prices have refueled a cottage industry. Apartment owners are looking to cash in, too, by renting out their places for short-term stays. But there's one big problem: it is illegal and potentially dangerous.

Asil Nadir and the 'dodgy' £14m property portfolio: Tycoon 'spent stolen money on luxury homes'
Nadir, 70, spent cash from his business empire on a £1.2m London townhouse and £7m country estate that he intended to turn into a hotel and golf course, the Old Bailey was told.

Planning Board OKs East Ferry townhouse project
Plan calls for 30 units to be build on former brownfield. The city Planning Board on Tuesday approved a $5.3 million plan for 30 townhouse units to be built on a former brownfield on East Ferry Street.

Malmaison, Smoak, Hotel Du Vin and Bistro Du Vin Create Two New Food and Beverage Clubs
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, January 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Hotel du Vin, Bistro du Vin, Malmaison and Smoak have announced the creation of two new food and beverage dining clubs - ClubMal and Societe ...

Giants Party With Katy Perry
The Giants celebrated their Super Bowl victory with Katy Perry.  The team partied with the pop star until 3:00am local time Monday in a second-floor function room at the team's hotel, the Marriott, in downtown Indianapolis.

Is L.A. Getting a Soho House Hotel?
Daniel Miller That's one possibility under consideration as billionaire Ron Burkle buys into Hollywood's favorite chain of private clubs. read more

Mother and daughter battle homelessness to build a life
With no stove in the modest Days Inn hotel room on Clark Road, Julie Ackermann could not make a

Friends arrange benefit for family left homeless by fire
The number of donations that Carmen Mayer has received since her townhouse on Downpatrick Road was destroyed by last Tuesday’s fire is virtually endless. From a new bed and a Nintendo DS for her eight-year-old daughter, Madison Moreno-Mayer, to an iPad, clothes, toiletries and cash, the generosity from friends and even strangers has been overwhelming, Mayer said.  She lost almost everything in ...

Porno Dan’s Adventures at Slamdance
The Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, is kind of like Sundance—the film gathering it competes with each year—but condensed to a single hotel.

Mind-bending quiz sets stage for baseball
Castrovince: Post-Super Bowl baseball pop quiz