Why New York is the ‘The Naked City’

September 19th, 2009 Woman's body found at Central Park luxury hotelNEW YORK — The body of a naked woman with her throat slashed has been found at a luxury hotel on the south end of New York City's Central Park. Police say investigators were at the Jumeirah (joo-MEER'-ah) Essex House hotel on Saturday looking into the woman's death.

September 5th, 2009 Naked Cowboy drops bid to become NYC mayorNEW YORK — The Naked Cowboy of Times Square says he's dropping out of the race for mayor of New York City. Robert Burck is a tourist attraction known for strumming his guitar in the square while wearing only white briefs, boots and a cowboy hat.

August 26th, 2009 Naked City: Hotel guests offer unobstructed viewsNEW YORK — Some guests at a Manhattan hotel that straddles the city's new elevated park have been offering unobstructed views of themselves. Guests at the Standard Hotel keep failing to close the curtains as they frolic naked in front of their rooms' floor-to-ceiling windows, which can easily be viewed from the High Line park below.

August 26th, 2009 New park offers X-rated views of NYC hotel guestsNEW YORK — Some guests at a New York City hotel near an elevated park have been offering unobstructed views of themselves. Guests at the Standard Hotel in Manhattan keep failing to close the curtains as they frolic naked in front of their rooms' floor-to-ceiling windows, easily viewed from the High Line park below.

August 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Four frisky frillies galloped naked on horsebacks around a racetrack to promote an upcoming Ladies Day. They recreated Lady Godiva's epic ride at Kempton Park in Surrey.

August 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Chinese man, who loves to stay naked in his balcony in summers, has attracted fury of his neighbours. His neighbours in Suining, Sichuan province have begun to pelt him with soybeans from slingshots, reports the China Daily.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A pretty girl has irked her old neighbours because she roams around naked in her house. The couple from the Tanxia township of Dongguan, Guangdong province, can't open their windows because the young women does not shut hers.

July 25th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A New York street performer, who calls himself "The Naked Cowboy" and entertains crowds of tourists in his underwear in Times Square year round, has launched a bid to run for the post of Mayor. Robert Burck, who dresses in nothing but cowboy hat, boots, and a pair of white underpants emblazoned with the words "Naked Cowboy", shared his views on the matter.

July 22nd, 2009 Naked Cowboy runs for NYC mayor _ in his underwearNEW YORK — The Naked Cowboy wants to be the city's mayor, promising transparency in politics — while running almost buck naked. "I know how to do more with less," said entertainer Robert Burck, clad as usual in a pair of white briefs, boots and a cowboy hat, as he announced his bid Wednesday in Times Square.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW YORK - Robert Burck, a New Yorker, has decided to run for the post of mayor of the city, but he has said that he will launch his campaign dressed in nothing but a cowboy hat, boots, and a pair of white underpants emblazoned with the words "Naked Cowboy." According to The Telegraph, the longhaired, tattooed Burck has become a Times Square feature and plans to make an official announcement on his web site www.nakedcowboy.com. "No one knows how to do more with less than yours truly, and that's the kind of thinking I plan on sharing with my fellow New Yorkers when you elect me," said Burck, announcing his bid to run against Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - Hundreds of nudists across the US and Canada created a world record by simultaneously jumping naked in a pool. The American Association for Nude Recreation had organised a simultaneous naked dips across the US and Canada at exactly 3 p.m.

July 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A business consultant, who was called in to help an ailing design and marketing company pull itself together, has managed to get the staff to perform better after he asked them to work naked. David Taylor, a self-styled business psychologist, was enlisted by company onebestway, in Newcastle upon Tyne, after they were forced into six redundancies at the start of the credit crunch.

June 24th, 2009 Ohio politician objects to Naked Cowboy's returnGREENHILLS, Ohio — The entertainer known as the Naked Cowboy says he will continue with plans to perform in his hometown, despite objections from a mayoral candidate who considers the act indecent. Robert Burck says he has nothing to be ashamed of and is proud to have grown up in Greenhills, Ohio, near Cincinnati.

June 20th, 2009 NEW YORK - Nature lovers in America are excited to celebrate Naked Hiking Day-the annual ritual in which people venture out into the woods without their clothes on. The Naked Hiking Day is typically observed on the first day of summer, and this year it is coinciding with Father's Day (June 21).

June 19th, 2009 DA: NY mom's voodoo ring of fire burns daughter, 6NEW YORK — A New York City woman has been accused of burning her 6-year-old daughter during a voodoo ritual and then ignoring her cries for help and sending her to bed. Prosecutors say Marie Lauradin poured an accelerant over her daughter during a Haitian practice known as Loa and made her stand naked in a ring of fire, engulfing her in flames.