NYC hot dog vendor evicted from prize spot outside museum over whopping rent bill

October 15th, 2009 Gates Foundation gives black history museum $10MWASHINGTON — The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is giving $10 million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture planned for the National Mall in Washington. The grant announced Thursday will support the capital campaign for design and construction of the new museum.

September 30th, 2009 Mexican taco cart wins NYC's street vendor awardNEW YORK — A husband and wife who sell tacos and quesadillas have been named New York City's best street vendors. Fernando and Yolanda Martinez took first place Saturday at the fifth annual Vendy Awards, which celebrate the best of the city's street food.

September 14th, 2009 PETA wants to turn Va. prison into chicken museumTROUTVILLE, Va.

August 20th, 2009 Seinfeld to salute Cosby with top humor prizeWASHINGTON — The comedian who kept NBC viewers entertained on Thursday nights well after "The Cosby Show" was gone will salute Bill Cosby when he receives the nation's top humor prize. Jerry Seinfeld will honor Cosby on Oct.

August 6th, 2009 Error nearly evicted NYC public housing residentsNEW YORK — Hundreds of families have been threatened with eviction due to a rent-calculation error at the New York City Housing Authority. Families whose sole income is public assistance were overcharged between $50 and $200 a month.

July 31st, 2009 Mr. Clucky may be evicted from owner's Fla. condoMIAMI BEACH, Fla.

June 25th, 2009 Kyrgyz lawmakers back US air base dealBISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan's parliament has unanimously approved a deal allowing the U.S. to continue using an air base crucial to operations in Afghanistan.

June 21st, 2009 Woman says she was evicted over Easter decorBOULDER, Colo. — A woman is going to court claiming she was wrongly evicted from her apartment because she kept her Easter decorations on her door for two weeks after the holiday.

June 11th, 2009 Holocaust Museum to close in slain guard's honorWASHINGTON — The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will be closed Thursday in tribute to the museum guard who was shot and killed by a gunman.

June 10th, 2009 Witness at museum knew 'someone had been shot'WASHINGTON — Mark Lippert was at the U.S. Holocaust Museum when he heard several loud pops and saw several schoolchildren running toward him.

June 6th, 2009 Children's car gets honor at Cleveland museumCLEVELAND — A classic toy car is being inducted into an auto museum in Cleveland. The Cozy Coupe, a plastic cherry-red sports car, allows toddlers to sit on a bench-style seat and poke their legs through to the ground.

April 22nd, 2009 Plans unveiled for new National Children's MuseumOXON HILL, Md. — The new National Children's Museum near Washington, D.C., will be a four-story building with a rooftop garden and a wall of living plants.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 52-year-old landlady was beaten to death allegedly by her tenants here after an argument over unpaid rent and an electricity bill, police said Wednesday. Devi Rani, who was staying with her son Vijay Kumar in Geeta Colony in east Delhi, had rented the first floor of her house to Inderjit and his son Rinku - both known by their first names only.

February 25th, 2009 CHENNAI - German car maker Volkswagen's India arm, which is setting up a 110,000-unit plant in Maharashtra, Tuesday said it will follow mixed vendor policy in the country. 'The issue of single or multiple vendors will depend on the component and its quality.

January 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The standing committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Wednesday passed the resolution that 15,000 properties owned by its slum department would be transferred on an ownership basis to the occupants - the 1947 partition refugees. The matter was pending in the committee since November last year and the approval of ownership transfer is a blessing in disguise for many of these refugees who struggle to make ends meet.