Category Archives: Exclusive

Dr. Nelson: Let’s Hear It For The Boys!!

According to the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the life expectancy for New Yorkers is at an all time high, with life expectancy at 79.4 years. However, according to this report, men continue to die six years younger than women, 76 vs 82 years with more than 1/3 of deaths among NYC men occurring before the age of 65. Let’s forget about statistics for a moment, take a look at your family, how many men past away before the age of 65? I know in my family the majority of men died before 60 much less 65!! Why is this the case? And what can be done about it?

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Exclusive: 138th St. Harlem River Bridge Burns (update)

HW was on the scene with the Fire, Police department and Harlem residents today during noon at a fire on the underneath south side of the Harlem River bridge, east of the FDR highway. Continue reading

H&M Grand Re-Opening In Harlem

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On July  29th, 2010, H&M had a private press showing for the re-opening of their 125th street store and of course Harlem World was in the house.

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Salters Scene: Fashion and Football.com Official Launch

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New York Giants Sinorice Moss, on Tuesday night, hosted the Fashion and Football.com official launch presented by Absolut Vodka at La Pomme in downtown Manhattan.

The website will bring together news about both professional and college football players with fashion tips for both men and women. An interactive site, visitors will be able to leave comments and style tips for their favorite football players. Continue reading

‘Baby Doc’ Pledges (return) of $8 Million

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Reclusive former Haitian ruler Jean-Claude Duvalier has lived in France since he fled his homeland nearly a quarter-century ago. But Duvalier, famously known as “Baby Doc,” emerged from the shadows via email late Friday night. In an exclusive email to The Daily Beast’s Eric Pape, Duvalier offered comforting words in the aftermath of the earthquake that leveled the country he once led, lauding the international “wave of solidarity,” and asking Swiss authorities to direct $8 million to emergency relief efforts.

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NY Marathon Group Moving to Harlem?

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In a related story connected to the Harlem real estate hustler Henry Vargas selling a prime property he didn’t own to the group that oversees the New York City Marathon.

We find out that the spokesman Richard Finn told the Associated Press that the group is seeking another spot in Harlem for a planned running center.

Salters Scene: The Darrelle Revis Experience

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Darrelle Revis

Tuesday July 28, Darrelle Revis from NY Jets celebrates his 24th birthday at Greenhouse with the Darrelle Revis Experience. Taking a moment to enjoy things, Darrelle has been working hard on his football career. He was drafted in the first round by the NY Jets in 2007 and has started every game. With an eye past football, Darrelle has jumped into fashion by becoming the co-owner of Loco Superstar – a t-shirt line.

On his day, Darrelle’s family, friends and supporters packed Greenhouse to party with this NY Jets cornerback. Yes! Harlem was in the building! BET Networks Harlem Heights’ ladies Briana Bigham and Ashlie Gray both worked the red carpet.

Of course a birthday is not a birthday without birthday cake. Fittingly, the cake was decorated with the NY Jets colors.

Check out the HWMag gallery to see party attendees arriving.

Happy Birthday Darrelle!

Interview With Amira Baraka At The Harlem Book Fair

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Harlem-based All Things Harlem spoke to writer Amira Baraka at his booth last week on 135th Street in Harlem and discussed president Barack Obama and much more at the Harlem Book Fair:

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Harvard Prof. Gates Arrested At Cambridge Home

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From Moriba Jackson on Facebook

Henry Louis Gates Jr.Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of the nation’s pre-eminent African-American scholars, was arrested Thursday afternoon at his home by Cambridge police investigating a possible break-in. The incident raised concerns among some Harvard faculty that Gates was a victim of racial profiling.

Police arrived at Gates’s Ware Street home near Harvard Square at 12:44 p.m. to question him. Gates, director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard, had trouble unlocking his door after it became jammed.

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Jackson 1984 Pepsi Burn Accident (video)

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Us Weekly magazine has obtained video it says shows never-before-seen footage of Michael Jackson’s head catching on fire during filming of his 1984 Pepsi commercial.

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Jackson suffered severe burns after a pyrotechnics mishap caused his hair and scalp to catch afire. Still photos of the accident have been seen before, but the new video on Us Weekly’s Web site shows the moment Jackson’s hair caught on fire and the top of his head became engulfed in flames.

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