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Six people are in custody after two homemade explosive devices were tossed outside Gracie Mansion Saturday during competing anti- and pro-Muslim protests, causing a panic. Dozens of demonstrators and counter-protesters fled as smoke started to billow from a device which appeared to have a lit fuse and was wrapped in duct tape. There were no injuries and no explosion at roughly 12:30 p.m. standoff, police said. A second device was also seen, according to the NYPD. Those devices were glass jars wrapped in electrical tape containing bolts, screws, and nuts and featuring a hobby fuse “that could be lit,” according...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is backing out of his promise to put up illegal migrants in Gracie Mansion, citing 'legal issues.' Back in January, Adams claimed he was 'leading from the front' by offering up the official mayoral residence to house some of the thousands of undocumented migrants flooding into his city each month. 'I don’t have a problem if I can put a migrant family in Gracie Mansion because I want to lead from the front. 'That’s the type of leader I am,' he said. But now, he claims red tape is thwarting the mayor from moving...

To all of you who prayed for GRACIE-- THANK YOU!! Gracie was released from the hospital yesterday! ...the doctors said she could continue to heal there. She is still in pain but incredibly happy to be home and her baby boy is doing great!! We know prayer brought her through- from the doctors telling her parents to prepare for her death to going home- PRAISE GOD! Truly THANK YOU for taking the time to pray, to send well wishes, for stopping in your day and whispering quietly to God about Gracie... we so appreciate you!

Only little by little did Gracie Attard learn the story of her twin Rosie, the sister who’d died shortly after their birth. There was no sudden revelation, just a drip-feed of information; a slow-dawning realisation. ‘Mum and Dad used to take me to the cemetery where Rosie is buried and tell me: “She’s your sister, and you were twins.” Actually, they said we were joined together,’ she says. ‘Later I heard them use the word “conjoined”. I didn’t know what it meant, and when I was about seven I got my first dictionary and looked it up. ‘Then I felt...

Developer of Mosque Near Ground Zero to Eat Iftar Dinner at Gracie MansionMayor Michael Bloomberg's holding a dinner to celebrate Ramadan, and Park51's developer is expected to attend. By Jill Colvin and Olivia Scheck DNAinfo Reporter/Producer Updated August 24, 2010 5:51pm MANHATTAN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg will break bread Tuesday with "Ground Zero Mosque" developer Sharif el-Gamal. El-Gamal and Daisy Khan, another figurehead of the controversial community center, are to attend the mayor's Iftar dinner, the evening meal that breaks the Ramadan fast, Tuesday at 8 p.m., a spokesman for the mayor confirmed. Bloomberg is scheduled to speak before the...

A fellow UFC fan emailed me about the greatest Closed Captioned faux pas ever in the history of UFC captioning, or so I believe. I honestly somehow believe that this "faux pas" closed captioning was done on purpose with malice when Matt Hughes was introduced to the crowd as "Saddam Hussein." The email sender, Dave, sent me a few pictures of the Tivo'ed shots of the CC faux pas.

When Marc Ratner resigned his office and took a position with the UFC, it signaled a major death toll for the sport of boxing. With mixed martial arts already grabbing a huge market share from boxing, the intelligent addition of Ratner as a mouthpiece to commissioners and politicians nationwide shows the dedication that UFC has to becoming the evolutionary replacement for our sport. Ratner, who is a fervent advocate for fighter safety, adds credibility to the UFC and further assists the genius business plan that someone has developed in that company. Or perhaps all the UFC executives had to do...

So, I wrote a column recently and mentioned what a shock it would be to see the Confederate flag flying at Gracie Mansion in New York City. So, then I got an e-mail from a gentleman in Alabama who reads The Sun News online.So, now I have to adjust my comment and tell you that if you were to see the Confederate flag flying at Gracie Mansion, the New York City mayoral home since 1942, it might not be a shock after all.Ben Thomas of Dadesville, Ala., wrote to tell me about Archibald Gracie Jr., who had moved from New...