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Yoshitomo Nara Exhibit Surveys His Unique Brand Of Kute Kulture In New York
On the surface, [Nara's works are] pretty damn cute. But Nara has stepped outside that world in a big way, " Byrne wrote in the catalogue essay for Nara's newest exhibition in New York. "The kids and dogs in his pictures and bronzes are defiant, angry, annoyed, and pissed off. They have rebelled against their roots, and their big eyes are cold." The exhibit, on view now ...
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Canada uneasy about oil-sands byproduct accumulation
A member of the Canadian Parliament said he wants an investigation with the United States into a three-story mound of coke piling up at a refinery in Ontario. The coke is a by-product of the refining of oil sands and has been piling up quickly at the Marathon refinery in Windsor along the Detroit River. "Here's a little bit of Alberta," said Brian Masse, one of Windsor's ...
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Cops investigating after Long Island college student killed
By Frank Eltman Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Last Sunday Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old Hofstra University junior studying public relations, posted a recipe for how to prepare July 4-themed strawberries covered in sparkling sugars on her blog. Less than a week later, Nassau County police announced that Rebello, who was with her twin sister Jessica and several other college students inside ...
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NY spending $90 million upgrading parks and historic sites
ALBANY - The Cuomo administration says about $90 million will be spent this year on construction projects at 50 of the state's parks and historic sites.It says that will cover almost 90 projects to upgrade infrastructure or fix potential health and safety problems.Planning will also begin on 60 more projects to be undertaken in coming years. There are 179 state parks and 35 historic sites ...
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Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth Vote is imminent
Minnesota appears poised to legalize gay marriage, as the Democratic speaker of the state House said Tuesday that a gay marriage bill endorsed by the governor and likely to pass in the state Senate also now has enough backing in his ...
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FDNY Welcomes 285 New Firefighters
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week presided over a graduation ceremony for 285 probationary FDNY firefighters. As WCBS 880's Rich Lamb reported, it was the first class of new FDNY firefighters to graduate in almost 4 1/2 years. A court case caused the city to suspend training the new firefighters, known as "probies." Fire Commissioner Salvatore ...
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Human Rights Watch finds evidence of torture in Syrian prisons
Members of the Free Syrian Army perform prayers in Damascus in August 13, 2012 after government forces shelled a number of areas in northern Syria part of efforts by the regime to target rebel strongholds. ...
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Commuter rail snarled after Connecticut trains derail
It could take weeks to get commuter rail service in Connecticut back to normal following the derailment of two trains Friday, the mayor of Bridgeport said. The evening rush-hour derailment between Bridgeport and South Norwalk caused about 70 injuries and tore up the tracks, which Mayor Bill Finch said would need extensive repairs that would greatly complicate transportation into the New York ...
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4 LI store employees arrested for selling alcohol to a minor in underage drinking sting
Police say employees of four Long Island businesses have been arrested in an underage drinking sting.Suffolk County police sent a volunteer under the age of 21 to four businesses Friday night and had the person attempt to buy alcohol.Police say employees at all four businesses agreed to sell alcohol to the volunteer.They were two delis in Greenlawn and a convenience store and a tavern in ...
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Man shot dead on Village street corner police
A brazen gunman shot and killed a 25-year-old man on a Greenwich Village street corner last night, cops said.The victim was blasted in the head around midnight at West 8th Street and Sixth Avenue and died at Beth Israel ...
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NTSB To Probe Connecticut Metro-North Derailment That Injured 60
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (CBSNewYork) — Crews remained on the scene Saturday morning, following the derailment and collision of two crowded Metro-North trains in Connecticut. As CBS 2's Janelle Burrell ...
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Preparing Your Yard For The 17-Year Cicada
RHINEBECK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The 17-year cicadas will come out of hiding before you know it, and if you have just landscaped your yard, you might want to take some precautions. As WCBS 880's Deborah Rodriguez reported, when the cicadas poke their heads out of the ground in the next week or two, they will latch right onto trees and bushes - posing a problem to smaller, tender ...
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Plane Crash-Lands With No Gear At Newark Airport
NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — It was a scary morning Saturday for passengers at Newark Liberty International Airport, as their plane made a crash landing. During the 8 a.m. hour, the plane was hauled off the tarmac at the airport. A video shared on social media apparently showed the moment of ...
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Mayor Bloomberg privately fuming over snooping scandal
EXCLUSIVE Mayor Bloomberg is privately fuming at the data breach that has imperiled the reputation of his global media company, according to sources."The mayor is very upset," one source said of the scandal that has been dubbed Bloomberg Spygate.A second insider said that Bloomberg made known his feelings to company executives once Goldman Sachs complained that Bloomberg News ...
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Five people critically injured and sixty hospitalized after two New York commuter trains collide in Connecticut
Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy ...
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Albert Seedman Former Chief of Detectives in New York Dies at 94
New York Police Department 's chief of detectives in the early 1970s who became something of a celebrity as the savvy, cigar-chomping personification of the tough-guy cop while modernizing a tradition-bound force, died on Friday in Delray Beach, Fla. He was ...
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Pilot makes emergency landing at Newark Airport after landing gear malfunctions
The pilot of a twin-engine plane carrying 31 passengers made an emergency landing at Newark International Airport this morning after his landing gear malfunctioned, sources said.The US Air flight was arriving from Philadelphia about 1 a.m. when pilot Ed Powers noticed one of the landing gears was not down, Port Authority sources said. Powers raised the other gear and landed the plane on its ...
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Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash
FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to Connecticut hospitals, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast ...
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New Jet in pot gun bust
Snared $6.9M pact. A tow-truck driver saw the SUV and called 911 "concerned about the condition" of Goodson, said police Lt. Stephen Jones.Goodson, 25, was taken by ambulance to St. Clare’s Hospital in Denville - but not before cops found the native of Irvington, NJ, had a "small amount of marijuana" on him, Jones said.State police also arrived at the scene and found ...
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‘Fraud’ owner shutters club
A swanky Russian-themed Brooklyn hot spot shut down yesterday, just over a week after its owner was busted on fraud charges.The feds accused Rasputin Supper Club owner Michael Levitis, 36, of masterminding a crooked debt-relief agency.Neighbors said they saw city marshals shut down the club and change the locks last night. Defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman said Levitis shut down temporarily to ...
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Axing Jay a liberal NBC laugh gaffe
Andrea Peyser Bring back Jay Leno!He hasn’t left the building yet? Maybe there’s still hope.This boneheaded move stands to go down along with history’s greatest mistakes:The ascent of Anthony Weiner. Tiger Woods, too. The public disembowelment of former NBC "Today’’ show host Ann Curry.Now we can add to this list the painful decision that, come February, the ...
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‘Glass’-action suit vs. Mickey D
A Brooklyn gospel singer says she bit into a piece of glass bigger than a penny while eating a chicken sandwich at a lower Manhattan McDonald’s and it ruined her voice."Now when I sing, I have a hoarse, rattly voice," said Jacqueline Simpson, 52, who yesterday filed suit in Brooklyn Supreme Court. "I still sing alto, but I can’t sing soprano like I used to."She ...
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LI Navy SEAL killed
A Navy SEAL from Long Island was killed and seven fellow service members were injured when their Humvee overturned during a training exercise, the Navy announced yesterday.Wednesday’s accident at Fort Knox, Ky., took the life of Special Warfare Operator Third Class Jonathan Kaloust, 23, of Massapequa, said Lt. David Lloyd.The cause of the accident is under investigation. No details have ...
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Juror Caroline gets a peek of the crack rock
Caroline Kennedy got what is presumably her first look at a crack rock yesterday - and she and her fellow jurors on a small-time Harlem buy-and-bust trial didn’t seem too impressed."I’m now going to show you what’s been offered into evidence as People’s Exhibit 7," a prosecutor announced before pulling two double-bagged crack rocks out of an evidence box in the ...
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Bank bandit tells yelling teller shhhhhhhhhh
A well-dressed bank thief desperately tried to quiet down a freaked-out Midtown teller - who screamed when he slipped her a note saying he’d kill people unless she handed over cash. The Bank of America worker - described as a "sweet girl in her 20s and not originally from New York" - began yelling, "Oh, my God!" when she read the letter, sources said.The dumbfounded ...
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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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