The Food Bank for New York, which has been handing out groceries to poor New Yorkers for 25 years, reports that things are getting bad out there. The number of locals who say they have trouble paying for food has gone up 26 percent in the past recession year -- from 3.1 to 4 million, or about 48 percent of New Yorkers (!).

At least a handful of New Yorkers have spontaneously begun to copy the actions of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush as an insult by throwing old pairs of their own shoes up into neighborhood trees and telephone poles in a way that their soles are plainly visible to passersby.

New Yorkers bring her a plush white jacket, French newspapers, and even a "Garfield the Cat" statuette after she loses all her belongings and is hospitalized in New York City.

NYC subway hero Wesley Autrey Joins effort to save more lives by urging New Yorkers to get checked for colon cancer.