ANNUAL NASCAR NEXTEL CUP CHAMPION AWARDS BANQUET AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA
Jeff Burton arrives on the red carpet during the Nascar Nextel Cup Champion Awards Banquet at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on December 1, 2006. (UPI Photo/John Angelillo) .
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President Obama attended three fundraisers in New York Monday, saying the gridlock in Washington isn't reflective of the American people.
Actor/comedian Don Rickles is to be honored with the Friars Club's Lifetime Achievement Award for Comedy at a gala in New York, organizers announced.
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President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney poked fun at themselves and each other at a white-tie charity fundraiser in New York's Waldorf Astoria.
U.S. President Barack Obama told Comedy Central's Jon Stewart Thursday he still wants to close Guantanamo but needs help from Congress to do so.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney travels to New York Thursday, his campaign said.
U.S. President Obama told late-night television kibitzer David Letterman Tuesday people in emerging democracies need to learn tolerance.
Comedy icon Jerry Lewis was transported to a Manhattan hospital after collapsing at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, the New York Post reported.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Monday the Republican Party and presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney "have adopted Europe's economic policies."
An investment group in Chicago said it had purchased the Elysian Hotel, which Conde Nast Traveler magazine called the best hotel in the United States.
ABBA, Kiss, LL Cool J, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Stooges are among the nominees for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in 2010.
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