While gold and gas prices were among the most searched financial terms in 2011, the number one query may come as a surprise to some.

Newly released figures show more Americans are opting to stay on the ground when traveling this year for the holidays.

WNYM Radio’s Curtis Sliwa and NY1 political commentator Gerson Borrero debate the week’s top New York City news stories.

A new report from the city’s Independent Budget Office argues the city’s fiscal problems may not yet be over thanks to the ongoing European debt crisis.

Director Steven Spielberg’s big screen adaptation of the Tony Award winning play “War Horse” opens in theaters this week.

A man found fatally shot and burned along a rural Pennsylvania road last month has been identified through DNA as a missing Brooklyn man, and the death is now being ruled a homicide.

NY1′s weekly segment “Your Weekend Starts Now” shows entertaining picks for great things to do this weekend all around the city.

Starting next month, Vulcan Society members within the FDNY will begin visiting prospective black firefighters to encourage them to follow up with their fire department applications.

Police are asking for the public’s help finding a man wanted for an assault on an Upper East Side subway platform earlier this month.

NY1 takes a look at what’s in today’s New York City newspapers.

A celebration is being held today to mark the 75th anniversary of the Rink at Rockefeller Center.

December 23

The MTA board on Wednesday passed next year’s $12 billion budget and capital plan, though four board members were unsuccessful in their push for an amendment that would have restored $20 million dollars of bus service cuts from last year.

For almost 50 years, the city has relied on federal funding for Head Start prekindergarten programs, but federal officials now say problems with how the city has managed Head Start may keep it from getting funded next year.

The lawyer for Levi Aron, the man accused of killing and dismembering eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky, was criticized Wednesday after suggesting that schizophrenia and even “a history of inbreeding” might be to blame for Aron’s mental problems.

Police continue their search for two burglary suspects in Queens who’ve struck 12 times since June, mostly within the last six weeks.

After weeks of negotiations and threats of a veto, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a controversial bill Wednesday that will soon allow livery cabs to pick up street hails throughout the five boroughs. | Read New Yorkers’ thoughts .

Police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down two people wanted for questioning in a string of burglaries in Queens since June.

Two firefighters and two civilians suffered injuries Wednesday when a fire truck collided with a jeep in Crown Heights while making its way to a fire.

NY1 VIDEO: NY1 Parenting Correspondent Shelley Goldberg discusses some great holiday craft projects for kids with Jodi Levine, Martha Stewart Living’s kids editor.

NY1 VIDEO: NY1 wraps up the day on Wall Street from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

The Rolex Deli in Fort Greene is being sued by the watchmaker for trademark infringement, but the bodega’s owner said there’s no reason to think his shop is diluting the luxury brand.

From New York Fashion Week to Alexander McQueen’s Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit, 2011 had its fair share of eye-popping looks.

Actors Tom Cruise, Paula Patton and Michael Nyqvist hit the red carpet Tuesday at the Ziegfeld Theatre for the U.S. premiere of “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.”

A Brooklyn teen is being charged with attempted murder after police say he stabbed a classmate in the head with a pair of scissors Tuesday during a pick-up basketball game at Erasmus Hall High School, sources tell NY1.

As Jewish families around the world prepare for the second night of Hanukkah, the Brooklyn Jewish Children’s Museum is giving children a hands-on approach to learning about the holiday.

Actors Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara recently sat down with NY1′s Neil Rosen to discuss their roles in “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”, the new action thriller directed by David Fincher.

Holiday travel can often be complicated by what to do with those four legged family members who can’t come along on the trip.

The U.S. Army today announced eight soldiers are facing serious charges in connection with the death of a fellow soldier from Chinatown, though questions still remain surrounding the 19-year-old’s death which officials say resulted from non-combat related injuries.

It was a tale of two new chancellors in 2011 for the city’s Department of Education.