NEW YORK - Ben and Jen finally made it to City Hall, but it had nothing to do with a marriage license.

NEW YORK - Ellen Pompeo promised she wouldn't have a big wedding. She kept her promise. Pompeo, who plays Dr. Meredith Grey on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," tied the knot with record producer Chris Ivery last Friday in a ceremonial office at City Hall, with Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a witness.

NEW YORK - Mayor Michael Bloomberg and police officials questioned reports on Tuesday that an alleged subway bomb plot that spread fear through the city was a hoax.

NEW YORK - Authorities stepped up mass transit security Thursday after receiving a credible threat that the city's subway system could be the target of a terrorist attack in coming days.

“Someone should advise Mayor Bloomberg of NYC to keep his money out of Arizona politics. The recent ‘negative’ TV campaign against Jeff Flake is being paid for all across the country by Bloomberg. Let him concentrate on his war against 40-ouncers and MacDonald’s. He’d have a fit if he saw what folks in Arizona take out of Circle K’s and QT’s...”

Mayor Greg Stanton and City Manager David Cavazos announced that Phoenix has been selected as a finalist for the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge, a competition created to inspire American cities to generate innovative ideas that solve major challenges and improve city life — and that ultimately can be shared with other cities across the nation.

"After years of alarm, I am renewed with hope for the future of personkind. Even in the event that all-out nuclear holocaust wipes out most life on the planet, we are told cockroaches will likely survive, meaning they will eventually evolve into salmon and tigers and people again, according to evolutionists. So, not to worry."

NEW YORK - Ricky Martin reigned as king at the 50th anniversary of the Puerto Rican parade on Sunday as tens of thousands gathered to celebrate their homeland.

The Arizona Small Business Association is hosting its first annual National Small Business Week Mixer on May 22. The event is free and open to the public, but a reservation is required. The mixer is at Gateway Community College, 275 N. Gateway Drive. in Phoenix. For information, go to www.asba.com.

New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s decision to ban supersized sugary sodas has resurrected the age-old debate over the role of the state in protecting the public health. In recent years, this debate involved bicycle helmets, car seat belts, tobacco, trans fats, saturated fats in meat and dairy products, and sugar (or more aptly, high-fructose corn syrup). Public subsidies for tobacco, meat and dairy, and corn production added fuel to the debate.

NEW YORK — An Arizona congressman who believes it's a security risk to prosecute suspected Sept. 11 terrorists in Manhattan apologized Tuesday for suggesting New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's family could be in danger with such a high-profile case in town.