M&M World, a multi-story homage to the hard-shelled candies, has a roughly 30-foot high green M&M on second-story of its Times Square building posed as the Statue of Liberty.  There's an inscription that says "Give me your poor, your tired, your masses yearning for candy that melts in your mouth, not in your hand." A person in a red M&M outfit was posing with visitors for pictures. It’s a risky job. Store personnel have evacuated hundreds who tried to lick the costume. Read more...

The twenty-fifth anniversary performance of the musical “Les Miserables’ features one of the Jonas Brothers singing a lead role. It was so successful there are plans to have Justin Bieber star in “Pagliacci” in an attempt to draw a younger crowd to opera. Read more...

Our Continental flight was cancelled when the flight attendant didn’t show up and the airline couldn’t find another in the Newark area. “Why do we need a flight attendant on a plan this small?” a fellow passenger asked.  “To read us our rights,” I replied. "We don't have any rights." "Well, somebody has to tell us that." "We have the right to remain silent, don't we?" "Yeah, but it'll cost you." Read more...