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Why the NFL might put Radio City Music Hall on waivers
change is being made to accommodate Radio City Music Hall and the new "Spring Spectacular" that the famed venue is planning to reboot next year after a 16-year hiatus. But the move may be more than ...
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Cancer Genetics forms joint venture with Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic to develop cancer diagnostic tests. Their joint venture, OncoSpire Genomics, hopes to discover and commercialize biomarkers for multiple types of cancer, focusing on projects in ...
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Duly Noted Saks on the block Cohens not so RICO suave Walmart still searching
Steven Cohen and his SAC Capital Advisors hedge fund over alleged insider trading, and now comes word that prosecutors could use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, to gain even more leverage. ...
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NYCLU Stop-And-Frisk Ineffective At Taking Guns Off Streets
New York Civil Liberties Union has used the NYPD’s own statistics to dispute the police department claim that the stop-and-frisk program effectively takes guns off the streets. ';This is a program about putting fear into and disrupting the lives of young men of color and it’s about going after marijuana. It is not about going after guns because it just doesn’t work that ...
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Philadelphia Soul’s Ron Jaworski Serious About Tim Tebow In AFL
PHILADELPHIA (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Could it be Tebow Time in the Arena Football League? Philadelphia Soul part owner Ron Jaworski says he’s serious about his offer to former New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow to join the AFL team. Jaworski, a former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, reached out to Tebow a day after the Jets released him in April. Jaworski has yet to hear from Tebow, but ...
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Take The Love Capacity Quiz
Relationship expert Steven James Dixon will put Carolina, John and Lisa to the test to see how capable they are of love with his revolutionary Love Capacity ...
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Rep. King Blasts Okla. Lawmaker For ‘Absolute Hypocrisy’ In Voting Against Sandy Aid
voting against federal aid for victims of superstorm Sandy now that the tables are turned and Oklahoma is in need of federal assistance. ';We know the type of suffering that people go through during these types of crises and we’re not going to hold – I’m certainly not going to hold the good people of Oklahoma hostage because they may have some hypocrites in their ...
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L.I. Woman Becomes First Person In NYC To Receive New Hearing Implant
LYNBROOK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – A Long Island woman has her hearing back thanks to a cutting-edge implant procedure. Lizbette Martinez of Lynbrook has been hard of hearing for 17 years and became deaf in her right ear in 2011. ';To be told that you lost your hearing completely is devastating,'; Martinez said. Last month, she became the first person in New York City to get a ...
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AAA 31.2M To Hit The Roads Memorial Day Weekend
Memorial Day weekend on the nation’s highways. From Thursday through Monday, 31.2 million Americans will drive 50 miles or more to a beach, campground or other getaway, according to AAA. That’s a small increase from last year but still well short of the record 37.3 million people who drove during the holiday in ...
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Jets QB Geno Smith Signs With Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports
Geno Smith throws during the 2013 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 24, 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty ...
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Belmar Reopens Boardwalk Destroyed By Sandy
Governor Chris Christie joins Senator Robert Menendez and Mayor Matt Doherty and VIPs to cut the ribbon and officially open the newly rebuilt boardwalk in Belmar, N.J. on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (credit: Governor’s Office/Tim ...
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Homeowners sue NY over $4.6M in flood damage
Paul DeLorenzo, one of the attorneys representing property owners, said the lawsuit seeks $4.6 million for damage not covered by insurance. "Some of these people lost everything; others lost personal belongings or parts of their homes," DeLorenzo said Wednesday. "We maintain that this was foreseeable. The state didn't take any action to prevent ...
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Welcome to Wal-Mart Dan Bartlett
H+K Strategies for five years and was most recently executive vice president and global co-chair of its Corporate Advisory Practice, will replace Bartlett as the firm's U.S. president and CEO. In addition, H+K Strategies ...
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Weiner enters mayoral race I made some big mistakes
May 22 (Bloomberg) -- In today's "Movers & Shakers," Bloomberg's Betty Liu reports that former Representative Anthony Weiner is vying for a political comeback, running for mayor of New York City. She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "In The ...
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Whats next Earnings and business reports due May 23-27
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Should Anthony Weiner Run for New York City Mayor
video on his website . Weiner resigned from Congress two years ago following the revelation that he had sent inappropriate photos of himself to young women via ...
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Anthony Weiner hides from press after mayoral bid vid prematurely leaks online
Anthony Weiner was lying low this morning after releasing a video announcing his last-minute entry into the race for mayor.A crush of reporters was camped outside his Park Avenue South apartment for so long that campaign aides treated them to three boxes of pizza and made plans for individual interviews later in the day.Some of Weiner's rivals, meanwhile, wasted no time poking fun at the ...
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Tick Tock diner manager charged with plotting to kill uncle co-owner freed on bail
CLIFTON, NJ - The manager of a New Jersey diner is free on bail six weeks after he was charged with plotting to kill the co-owner of the restaurant, his ...
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Free-Agent-To-Be Shin-Soo Choo Won’t Rule Out Signing With Mets
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The Mets need outfield help … badly. Yes, we knew that in the offseason. But it’s become even more abundantly clear through the first quarter of the 2013 campaign. As many predicted, the outfield — both offensively and defensively — has been a disaster for the Amazin’s this season. With the club not likely to acquire a key addition ...
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NJ Changes Handicap Parking Rules To Crack Down On Abusers
handicapped parking spots . People with disabilities will now be required to have their medical conditions recertified every three years to qualify for New Jersey’s handicapped parking privileges. The changes take effect August 1. As WCBS 880′s Levon Putney reported, officials decided to act on the issue ...
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Euro Trip Yankees Open To Playing Games In Manchester
New York Yankees’ soccer partnership with Manchester City could also have an impact on the baseball scene. The Yankees are open to the idea of going nine innings across the pond at Man City’s home stadium, team president Randy Levine told the London Telegraph. "The idea has come up through Major League Baseball about us maybe coming over to play," Levine told the ...
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NYC Democratic Mayoral Candidates Weigh In On Weiner Entering Race
Anthony Weiner is entering the race , but his fellow candidates didn’t seem too concerned. Several candidatesweighed in on the latest addition to the raceWednesday morning at the Crain's New York Business Democratic debate, just hours after Weiner released a YouTube videodeclaring hisbid for ...
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BC Morning Show Wednesday’s Podcast And MOTD
For Wednesday’s ';Moment Of The Day,'; Boomer and Craig are amazed at how being the managerof the New York Mets can destroy a man’s confidence when speaking. Craigie started to do some impersonations of Jordany Valdespin,giving some confidence back to the ...
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The National Play Three Surprise Gigs in New York
The first venue, announced on Twitter, was a tiny bar (and flower shop) in Ditmas, Brooklyn, called Sycamore. ("Care to to join us for a liquid lunch? Doors at noon, show at 12:30," the band posted on Facebook.) The second was at Public Assembly in Brooklyn, at 5 p.m., for which tickets were raffled to fans online. The third, at 10 p.m., was at Manhattan's Mercury Lounge, a ...
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Why Michael Bloomberg Is Wrong About Stop-and-Frisk
May 22, 2013 11:00 AM ET The New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk strategy has sparked a heated national debate in the last two years, with attention-grabbing statistics on both sides. Critics point to data showing that the aggressive search tactic is used ...
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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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