New York, Nov. 27: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning of a possible Al Qaeda-orchestrated terror plot against New York City subway and other transit systems during the holidays.

According to a Fox News report, an internal FBI memo warned that such an attack is "plausible but unsubstantiated".

A person briefed on the matter, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the intelligence-gathering work, said the threat may also be directed at the passenger rail lines running through New York, such as Amtrak and the Long Island Rail Road.

New York  - A large US fitness studio chain is attracting members with a full cinema experience in its studios.

Instead of comfortable plush seats, treadmills are installed in the studio's Cardio Cinema areas, which are dark, just like regular cinemas. While exercising, members can watch movies such as Superman Returns or The Love Guru on a large screen. The programme changes daily, but for health reasons, no popcorn is served.

New York  - Instead of blowing their money in the New York Stock Exchange, Americans can now invest in the careers of models in the hope that they will someday become a top star on the catwalk.

New York - US stocks soared Wednesday for a fourth straight trading session.

Since its November 20 close, the broad-based Standard & Poor's 500 Index has gained 18 per cent as president-elect Barack Obama has announced appointments to financial posts within his administration and endorsed a push for major financial stimulus legislation. He takes office on January 20.

New York - Luxury goods concern Tiffany said Wednesday that the financial crisis had badly hurt company outlook, with the company now reducing payrolls and shelving new store openings.

In the third quarter which ended October 31, Tiffany's surplus had plunged more than 55 per cent to 44 million dollars.

However, the company said special bookkeeping factors accounted for some of the decline, noting that in the previous-year third quarter profts had been boosted by earnings from real estate sales.

Revenues in the third quarter, at 618 million dollars, were 1.4 per cent down from the same 2007 period, Tiffany said.

New York, November 25: Former high class call girl Natalie McLennan has described her time with New York Governor Eliot Spitzer''s favorite call girl, Ashley Dupre, in a tell all memoir.

Dupre, dubbed as an ‘informant’ during the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal, had been at the centre of the row that saw the politician patronising a prostitution service which ultimately led him to announce his resignation as governor.