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New York City F.C. hires first employee
Claudio Reyna as its director of football operations. Reyna, hailing from New Jersey, played for the United States in four World Cups and earned a stint as captain for the national team. Reyna also spent time with Manchester City, playing for the British club from 2003-2007. He is ...
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FDA panel says Merck’s insomnia drug safe in lower doses
A Food and Drug Administration panel says Merck & Co.'s experimental insomnia drug is effective and safe at lower doses, moving the drug company a step closer to gaining approval for the U.S. sale of the sleeping pill. An FDA advisory committee met Wednesday to make recommendations on Merck's drug, suvorexant, which if approved would be first in a new class of sedatives that ...
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Duly Noted MSG permit cronut craze Mets shirt mogul
Now that The Madison Square Garden Co. (NYSE: MSG) has been given a 15-year permit to operate its arena above Penn Station, a new fight has emerged: when those 15 years are up, MSG can earn an indefinite permit for that location so long as it strikes certain deals with ...
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School did not respond fast enough Father of cyberbullied Queens 12-year-old girl
Gabrielle Molina The tragic Queens girl who hanged herself in her bedroom yesterday afternoon was mercilessly teased by classmates who called her a slut, a whore and mocked her failures with boyfriends and choices in music, friends and family said.Gabrielle Molina, 12, was found by her screaming sister at 2:30 p.m. yesterday in the small Queens Village home she shared with her parents and two ...
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Cops Man sold stolen autos for scrap
LI crime and police reports A Brooklyn man has been charged with selling nine stolen vehicles to a scrap dealer in New Hyde Park, Nassau County police said Thursday.Eric Robinson, 46, of 140 Schaefer St., was arrested at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday in East Meadow, police said. They declined to say what he was doing in East Meadow at the time.The nine vehicles had been stolen from locations in Nassau ...
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Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs Is Back Now With Wine And Clams
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Instead of a ribbon-cutting, there was a ceremonial cutting of the hot dog links at Nathan’s Famous hot dogs on Coney Island Thursday, as the establishment celebrated its return to operation aftersuperstom Sandy, and it was just in time for the Memorial Day weekend. ';And so I say, let the summer begin,'; said CEO Wayne Norbitz. It took about seven ...
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Bronx Borough President Demands Apology From Company Running ‘Ghetto’ Tour
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – A company that promised sightseeing tours to the Bronx that included a New York City ';ghetto'; has stopped the bus rides under fire from an outraged neighborhood. Real Bronx Tours, which took mostly European tourists from Manhattan to see life in the South Bronx ';from a safe distance,'; issued a statement this week saying it would ...
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Woman Charged In Murder Of 12-Year-Old Jersey City Boy
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – A 25-year-old Rahway woman has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy in Jersey City last week, Hudson County Acting Prosecutor Gaetano Gregory announced Thursday. Janice Everett is charged with felony murder and two counts of armed robbery in the death ...
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N.J. Bar Accused Of Substituting Rubbing Alcohol For Premium Liquor
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork) - Was that really a Jack and Coke you had in New Jersey? It might not have been, but authorities in the Garden State are working to do something about it. As ...
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Gotcha Derek Jeter Acts Under Alias At NYC Starbucks Calls Himself ‘Philip’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has always valued his privacy. Despite being the most beloved athlete in the biggest market in the country, he’s always managed to keep a low profile and stay out of the tabloids. The future Hall of Famer has never been the focus of controversy. How, you ask? Nobody is quite sure how the 13-time All-Star has maintained a ...
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Hoboken Councilman Coordinates Tornado Relief Efforts With Oklahoma Church
Lightning strikes during a thunder storm as seen over a tornado devastated home on May 23, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty ...
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Unemployment Benefits To Be Cut Due To Sequester
sequester . As WCBS 880 Connecticut Bureau Chief Fran Schneidau reported, weekly benefits are currently $330 on average. But starting in June, the checks will come in at $265. ';That could make the difference between paying your rent and not paying your rent,'; Conn. Labor Commissioner Sharon Palmer told Schneidau. ';We’re sending out letters over the next couple of days ...
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NYPD questions 1 in shooting death of 14-year-old
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says detectives are questioning a person of interest in the shooting death of a 14-year-old girl on a ...
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Fitch Affirms State University of New York Lease Revs at AA- Outlook Stable
Fitch: Sub-Saharan Africa Has Gradual Upgrade Potential Fitch Ratings says in a newly-published report that targeted reforms and policy initiatives could see Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) sub-investment grade ratings gradually upgraded, despite per capita income falling well short of peers. The challenge for Africa from a rating perspective is the low level of GDP per capita - most SSA ...
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Chase Consumer Bank CEO leaves for Visa Sommers promoted
Ryan McInerney , who is leaving the bank to become president of Visa Inc. Sommers previously was CEO of Chase's wealth management business, serving Chase's affluent customers, since 2010. He will continue to report ...
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Shazams new app turns your iPad into an insatiable eavesdropper
New Yorkers, you may have a new reason to bring your iPads along for your commutes -- or to leave them behind, depending on how you feel about a device eavesdropping on your entire day. Shazam ...
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Come see the priceless original Bill of Rights under its $600k protective case
New York Public Library is preparing to put one of the original copies of the Bill of Rights on public display for the first time in decades. The document, one of the original 14 that was drafted, will be shared with Pennsylvania and will begin its public display in fall 2014, the 225th anniversary of the document being drafted and proposed by Congress. Under an agreement ...
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Whats next Earnings and business reports due May 24-28
May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Betty Liu, Michael McKee and Dominic Chu report on today's ten most important stocks including Rue21, Ralph Lauren and Hewlett-Packard. They speak on Bloomberg Television's "In The ...
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Ralph Lauren boosts quarterly profits but sales disappoint
Customers enter a Ralph Lauren Corp. store in Auckland, New Zealand. The company's sales for the most recent quarter were up slightly but disappointed Wall ...
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Sports Verdict Who’s The NBA’s Biggest Villain LeBron James Vs. David Stern
With the Heat set to square off against the Pacers, the question on the mind of every fan is what, if anything, can manage to topple LeBron and his quest for a second title? As the feats, and really the legend of LeBron James grows ever larger, he has begun to transcend the game itself, much to the dismay of many fans. Consequently, is he, or Commissioner David Stern, the greatest villain ...
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Report Knicks forward Anthony has torn shoulder muscle
New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony during Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Indiana Pacers at Madison Square Garden in New York, May 16, 2013. UPI/John ...
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Anthony Weiner Is Too Liberal to Be New York City Mayor
Since 1993, New York's mayors have been Rudy Giuliani, a Republican, and Mike Bloomberg, who won his first two terms as a Republican and last as an independent. The result has been a city which has blossomed, with crime plummeting, real estate prices rising and the standard of living on a steady upswing. All this has been achieved while living, and persevering through, two major terrorist ...
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Video New York congressman rebounds from scandal announces run for mayor
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner, who resigned two years ago after posting a lewd photo online, announces he is running for New York City mayor. Lindsey Parietti ...
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Police question teen in shooting death of 14-year-old girl on Queens buss
Queens detectives picked up a 16-year-old boy for questioning, in connection to the shocking slaying of a 14-year-old girl, killed on a city bus this past weekend, police said. NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly disclosed this latest development, after appearing at City Council budget hearing today. New Yorkers were outraged after learning about the death ...
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Gov. Cuomo says if Weiners elected mayor shame on us
Gov. Cuomo ALBANY - Gov. Cuomo stuck it to mayoral wannabe Anthony Weiner yesterday when asked what he thought about the disgraced former Congressman's bid for Gracie Mansion. During a interview with The Syracuse Post Standard's Editorial Board yesterday, Cuomo said it's fine if Weiner wants to run, but "shame on us" for electing him. Question: "So if Anthony ...
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New York's community gardens creating tension once more
Community gardening in New York is under threat again, but what are the ideas and opinions surrounding this ongoing battle between the people and the city?
Community gardening is a well-known term and idea in New York City thanks to the much-publicized opposition between former Mayor Giuliani and members of the New York City public, who brought a lawsuit to have the gardens protected. The issue was eventually resolved when Mayor Bloomberg replaced Giuliani and introduced the Garden Settlement of 2002. Read more
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