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As ESPN downsizes Were hiring says NYCs SportsMedia 101
Yankees 101 is part of Sports Media 101,which hopes sports fans will continue to be drawn to alternative media and not just the big boys such as ...
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Knicks Unsure About Stoudemire’s Role
Searching for ways to improve next season, the New York Knicks could use a reliable second scorer and dependable low-post option. They have no way of knowing if Stoudemire can provide either because of his ...
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Pine Bluff Salvation Army Headed to Oklahoma to Help Tornado Victims First Responders
PINE BLUFF, AR -- The Salvation Army in Pine Bluff is headed to Oklahoma to feed first responders and people still in the area affected by the tornado.The responders in Pine Bluff have one of the newer disaster trucks equipped to serve more than 700 meals at breakfast, lunch and dinner."It's not too big where you can't get into some tight places," says Commanding Officer ...
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Brooklyn Center auto mechanic sues claiming co-workers uttered gay...
A mechanic says that his co-workers at a Twin Cities car dealership accosted him with gay slurs and threats and that when he complained to superiors, the company did nothing. In a lawsuit filed in Hennepin County District Court, Joel Michael Roland also says he was disciplined for "speaking in a high-pitched voice and lisping," which a customer interpreted as being demeaning to ...
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David Beckham To Earn Huge Windfall From New Yorks MLS Expansion
David Beckham is going to score big time with Manchester City and the New York Yankees bringing Major League Soccer to New York City for the 2015 season ...
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Captain in the NYPD arraigned on domestic violence charges
Photo credit: amNY An NYPD captain who is a commander in the Department's leadership bureau was arraigned Tuesday on an array of domestic violence charges in Brooklyn Criminal Court before being released on his own recognizance. Daniel Sosnowik, 49, of the Flatlands, Brooklyn, was arrested after his wife complained that Sosnowik pushed her into a doorway, wedged her in between the doorway ...
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GM Glen Grunwald On Knicks’ Season ‘I Think We Took A Step Forward’
NEW YORK (WFAN) – So the Knicks’ once-promising season is in the books. Three days after being eliminated by the Pacers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, New York’s management, coaches and players have nothing left to do but ponder what the 2012-13 campaign was — and what it could have been. Fans, too, are trying todecipherwhether or not the season was a success on ...
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Revel Casino Emerges From Bankruptcy Filing
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) -Just over a year after it opened, Atlantic City’s newest casino has gone into bankruptcy and gotten out of it, ready to start ...
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Nathan’s Famous Reopens On Coney Island In Time For Memorial Day Weekend
Nathan’s Famous reopens nearly seven months after superstorm Sandy. This photo was posted on the Nathan’s Facebook page on Monday, May 20, 2013. (credit: ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 21
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...
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Pfizer ends study of non-Hodgkin lymphoma drug
Pfizer Inc. said it has discontinued a late-stage study of an experimental compound being tested in patients with an aggressive form non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. New ...
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FDA may be losing sleep over Merck drug
Suvorexant, which temporarily blocks chemical messengers that keep people awake, may only be safe at lower doses than what Merck has ...
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Clippers Head Coach Vinny Del Negro Out After 3 Seasons
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- The Los Angeles Clippers will not bring head coach Vinny Del Negro for next season, according to reports Tuesday. Del Negro had been with the team for three seasons before owner Donald Sterling decided recently that the franchise would not offer their skipper a contract ...
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Knicks not sure what to expect from Amare Stoudemire next season
New York Knicks head coach Mike Woodson talks with Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony during the second half of an NBA Eastern Conference second round playoff basketball game versus the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, Indiana May 18, 2013. (BRENT ...
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Thugs arrested for attack on gay couple in hours after hate-crime protest
Two thugs were arrested today for attacking a gay couple in SoHo, just hours after demonstrators filled the streets of the nearby West Village to protest the hate-crime shooting death of another gay man, cops said.Steven Dixon, 42, and Michael Coleman, 41 were walking along Broadway near Houston Street at about 5 a.m. when two men started yelling anti-gay remarks in English and Spanish.Both ...
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Georgetown grad gets probation after threatening French actress Marion Cotillard
A Queens woman beset by mental health problems and diagnosed with bi-polar disorder was sentenced today to five years probation for sending threatening videos to Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard.Teresa Yuan, 33, apologized for sending the rambling and incoherent videotaped threats to the film star, who won an Academy Award for best actress in 2008 for her role as Edith Piaf in ...
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Library honors Carole King with US pop music prize
WASHINGTON -- Carole King isn't done with music - not yet anyway.The 71-year-old singer-songwriter known for such hits as "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "You've Got A Friend" is being awarded the nation's highest prize for popular music Tuesday. She'll receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at the Library of Congress and will be ...
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Brooklyn Beckham 14 is training with Queens Park Rangers
Brooklyn Beckham, pictured with his father, has started training at Queens Park Rangers aged 14, although he is not part of the academy. Photograph: Harry How/Getty ...
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Former High-Ranking Official and New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
Earlier today, Michael Provenzano, formerly director of Construction Services for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 18 months followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $30,000 restitution to the city of New York and a $5,000 fine following his corruption conviction for taking bribes. As ...
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L.I. Parents Get Free Alcohol Testing Kits To Keep Teens Safe During Prom Season
WEST ISLIP, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Suffolk County authorities are empowering parents to help keep their teens safe this prom season. Suffolk County Sheriff Vincent F. DeMarco handed out free alcohol testing kits at West Islip High School on Tuesday. The kits, which are part of the Sheriff’s ';Test, Don’t Guess'; initiative, are quick and easy to use. ';You rip ...
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Super Bowl L To Be Held In Santa Clara Super Bowl LI To Be Held In Houston
BOSTON (CBSNewYork/AP) -- It’s official. The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area. NFL owners voted Tuesday for the 49ers’ new stadium as host of the 2016 game. That facility in Santa Clara, Calif., is due to open for the 2014 season. San Francisco beat out South Florida, which was stymied in its bid to stage an 11th Super Bowl when the Florida Legislature ...
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Bloomberg Miss Piggy Announce New Muppets Exhibit Coming To Queens
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg speaks with Muppet character Miss Piggy during the Museum of the Moving Image and the Jim Henson Legacy collaboration press conference at the Museum of the Moving Image on May 21, 2013 in Queens. (Photo by D Dipasupil/Getty ...
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Silverman Baseball Must Fix Itself With Increased Instant Replay
More Columns The time has come for instant replay to become a staple in baseball. No, not just for home run or trap-catch calls. Major League Baseball has hinted that it is tired of seeing umpires blow calls on the bases and in the ...
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NY art dealer charged with tax fraud
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Long Island based art dealer has been charged with tax fraud in connection with the sale of fake works attributed to famous ...
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Bike Share in New York Built From Ideas Around World
Clockwise from top left: Ed Alcock for The New York Times; Alex Wong/Getty Images; Facundo Arrizabalaga/European Pressphoto Agency;and Lourdes Segade for The New York ...
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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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