New York-based artist Ultra Violet—who has been muse and friend of Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol—has created her own piece of art to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The 3-foot-tall magenta piece looks just like Robert Indiana's famous LOVE sculpture, and is called IXXI (a palindrome design of the numbers 9 and 11). The 76-year-old told the Daily News, "Nine eleven is a date that is imprinted on our memories. I'm a New Yorker, so 9/11 affected me. It is a marking of time, a date we will always remember."
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Salvador Dali Muse, Ultra Violet, Creates 9/11 Sculpture
Tanning Beds Are Killing You
With sand being a danger to beachgoers this summer, many might be seeking their sun-kissed glow from one of the many tanning beds around the city. But wait, those aren't safe either! 1010WINS warns they are now in the top cancer risk category, "deeming them as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas" and pointing towards a new study that says "the risk of skin cancer jumps by 75 percent when people start using tanning beds before age 30." What's most surprising is that we are hearing this in 2009. Anyway, since experts have now found that all types of ultraviolet radiation are carcinogenic (previously, only one type was thought to be lethal), what will it mean for tanning salons? The new classification places them alongside tobacco, the hepatitis B virus, chimney sweeping, and other things that can definitely cause cancer. Find out what else will likely kill you, tonight at 11.
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