As if New Yorkers aren’t under enough stress this week with an outbreak of Swine Flu in a Queens prep school, today they were also subjected to flash backs of September 11th 2001 when an Air Force One look-alike jumbo jet made 4 fly pasts the Statue of Liberty.

The back up plane for the one regularly used by president Barack Obama flew low over New York and New Jersey flanked by 2 F-16 fighter jets in a photo call for Air Force photographers.

But, without any notification of the exercise having been given to Mayor Michael Bloomberg or read more ....

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 The revered Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, last night stood among publicity hungry celebrities with a look on his face that said it all, ‘the things I do for New York!’

Mingling with the likes of Caroline Kennedy, Victoria Beckham, Alicia Keys, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ricky Martin and Liam Neeson, Mr Bloomberg’s attendance was aptly rewarded with a donation to the City by 74 year old Armani, of $1million to a public schools fund.

Inside the innovative Emporio Armani building, which is housed in a glass cube, Mayor Bloomberg said, ‘arts education is “an essential component of a well-rounded read more ....

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