New York City's Famed Plaza Hotel Reopens

Hundreds of New Yorkers and tourists alike flocked to The Plaza Hotel on Saturday for the landmark's reopening after a three year, $400 million renovation. The doorman said that they say this place is the world's most famous hotel. He worked for the hotel for 15 years until it closed in 2005. The Plaza, a National Historic Landmark overlooking Central Park, first opened in l907. Marilyn Monroe was photographed here and guests included the Beatles and Frank Lloyd Wright. Its ballroom was the setting of Truman Capote's "Black and White Ball" and the wedding of Richard Nixon's daughter, Julie. It is a very famous place.

New York Investigates Study Programs

Study abroad programs at 15 colleges and universities, including Harvard and Columbia, are being scrutinized by the New York attorney general's office to ensure that business deals are not cheating students, according to a top investigator on Monday. Investigators are focusing on the schools after a probe of more than a dozen companies worldwide that arrange for students to study overseas for as long as a year identified questionable practices. They have found indications there were financial relationships between some study abroad providers and schools and some evidence of perks.

Breakdown Stalls Train Traffic in Northeast

An electrical breakdown snarled train traffic on the Northeast rail corridor for hours on Sunday, delaying trains arriving at New York's Penn Station from Philadelphia and Boston. Damage to overhead electrical wires halted a passenger train about 8:30 a.m. initially blocking New Jersey Transit service and stranding passengers on one northbound train for nearly 2 1/2 hours. Amtrak trains from Boston got backed up too at New York'sPenn Station and northbound trains from Philadelphia and points south got as far as Newark before they, too, were forced to halt. What a mess that had to be.

Explosive Devices Thrown at Mexican Consulate

The Mexican consulate in central New York had to be evacuated because two explosive devices were apparently thrown at it. They found fragments of one of the devices in front of the building in midtown Manhattan. So far no injuries have been reported and the consulate would only confirm that there had not been an explosion. The New York Police Department is handling the ongoing investigation.