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A Review of the Food at the Great Googa Mooga 2013
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Food and music lovers focused on Prospect Park this past weekend for the second annual Great Googa Mooga on the Nethermead Meadow. Though the weather didn't cooperate for the Sunday portion, those who were able to make it out on Friday evening or Saturday were rewarded with delicious eats and great ...
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How Americans Can Travel To Cuba
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Many Americans think traveling to Cuba is off limits. In fact, there is a way to travel to the island nation, legally. Here to tell us how was is Tom Popper, president of Insight Cuba, a licensed travel provider. The U.S. government allows travel for ';people to people'; trips. To learn more, ...
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Report Knicks’ Anthony To Have Shoulder Re-Examined Prigioni’s Wife Wants Out
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Knicks star Carmelo Anthony won’t need surgery on his troublesome knee, and the team hopes it’ll be the same for his injured shoulder, according to the New York Daily News. Anthony will have his left shoulder ...
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Commutes long slow after Conn. train derailment
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut commuters planned for long, slow trips to and from work Monday following last week’s train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York ...
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Actress Katrina Bowden marries musician Ben Jorgensen in NYC
Katrina Bowden arrives on the red carpet when Acer and Microsoft present a New York special screening of 'Star Trek Into Darkness' at AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York City on May 9, 2013. UPI/John ...
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Court Case Winds Down In New Yorks Stop-And-Frisk Challenge
Closing arguments are set to take place Monday in the federal class action trial involving New York City's stop-and-frisk policy. The trial has been going on for two months in Manhattan. Plaintiffs in Floyd v. City of New York claim the New York Police Department, its supervisors and its union pressured police officers to stop, question and frisk hundreds of thousands of people each year, ...
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Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
Commuters who manage to make it from southwest Connecticut to New York City for work should consider staying in the Big Apple all week as crews begin rebuilding 2,000 feet of track following a commuter ...
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Metro-North Service Plans Tips For New Haven Line Commuters
commuter trains collided just outside Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday evening, damaging the tracks and snarling travel in the Northeast. Here’s a look at what commuters can expect Monday as the work week gets under way and ...
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Tortorella Says There’s ‘No Give’ In Rangers As Series Shifts To N.Y.
Rangers head coach John Tortorella watches his team warm up prior to Game 2 against the Boston Bruins. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty ...
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NY man faces child abuse charges in Mass.
ARLINGTON, Mass. (AP) - A former Arlington man charged with sexually molesting children at the town’s Boys and Girls Club in the 1970s has a court ...
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Anti-Taliban leader among 14 killed in suicide bombing in Afghanistan
The leader of a northern Afghan provincial council was among 14 people killed in a suicide bombing Monday, officials said. Officials said Rasul Mohseni, considered the most powerful man in Baghlan province who once led a revolt against Afghanistan's former Taliban regime, was killed along with four bodyguards, three police officers and six civilians, The New York Times reported. Five ...
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Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne attend event together
Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne attend the premiere of the motion picture crime comedy "Seven Psychopaths", at the Bruin Theatre in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on October 1, 2012. UPI/Jim ...
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Heat-Related Deaths In Manhattan Expected To Increase Significantly
Increasing temperatures could cause heat-related deaths in Manhattan to increase by one-fifth by the end of the decade, and nearly double before the end of the century, according to new research published in this week's edition of the ...
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Stories From Main Street Building A Record-Setting Sand Castle In Point Pleasant
POINT PLEASANT, N.J. (CBSNewYork) - Just about every kid has dreamed of it, but Ed Jarrett from Maine is doing it. He’s the king of the castle, the sand castle, that is. ';I did it by accident. I’ve been doing snow and ice carving for many years,'; he told WCBS 880′s Sean Adams. He holds the Guinness World Record for tallest sand castle at 37 feet, 10 inches. That ...
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‘Extremely Challenging’ Work Week Begins For 30K Metro-North Commuters
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP)– Conn. Gov. Dannel Malloy warned that Monday’s commute is expected to be ';extremely challenging'; following the collision and derailment of two trains outside Bridgeport last week that injured 72 people. Metro-North officials have a fleet of 120 busses at the Bridgeport train station to help rail commuters make their way around the scene ...
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Palladino Yankees’ Girardi And Mets’ Collins Heading In Opposite Directions
More Ernie Palladino Columns Even as we sit well before Memorial Day, a two-sided debate has already started to take shape. Do we cancel the rest of the season and give Joe Girardi a contract extension and Manager of the Year honors? And do we just get it over with in Flushing and proclaim Terry Collins a goner after this year, if not sooner? It's an interesting dualism — on one ...
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New York City shocked as anti-gay hate crimes come out of closet
USA As the Big Apple struggles to come to terms with the murder of a gay man in Greenwich Village on Saturday, an uncomfortable question emerges: Are Americans less tolerant of gay lifestyles than the recent spate of same-sex union legislation indicates? The brutal slaying marked the 22nd hate crime targeting gays in New York City this year, compared to 13 incidents at the same time last ...
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Anheuser-Busch sued by New York distributor
McCraith Beverages, a beer and wine distributor in New York, is suing Anheuser-Busch for assigning new beers to a rival distributor. In the lawsuit, McCraith alleges it was granted exclusive distribution rights between 1994 and 2004 to distribute Rolling Rock, Stella Artois, Becks, Bass and other beers by Labatt USA, which was later bought by InBev USA, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. In ...
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Most voters believe government is becoming more dysfunctional poll
ALBANY – Gov. Cuomo might think "government is working again," but a new survey out today shows the public isn't so sure. In the Siena College survey, more than two-thirds, or 67 percent, of registered voters say government is becoming more dysfunctional every day while a quarter, or 26 percent, say it's more effective. And after the spate of lawmaker arrests and a ...
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Schmeelk Bad Ending To A Good Knicks Season
Raymond Felton of the New York Knicks looks on during Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. (Photo by Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty ...
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Knicks Acquire Four-Time All-Star Carmelo Anthony
from Minnesota. At 26 years old, Carmelo is in the prime of his NBA career having already established himself as a one of the games elite players and the opportunity to add him to our roster was one we could not pass up, Walsh said. I feel we now have a great frontcourt tandem in Amare and Carmelo and this is an exciting day for the New York Knicks and all our fans. It is extremely difficult ...
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NY Knicks vs. Miami Heat Sweepstakes Official Rules
NY KNICKS VS. MIAMI HEAT SWEEPSTAKES (The Sweepstakes) OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. 1. PERIOD: Sweepstakes begins at 12:00pm (noon) Eastern Time (ET) on Monday, January 24, 2011 and ends at 8:00pm ET on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 (the Sweepstakes Period). 2. ELIGIBILITY: Sweepstakes is open to ...
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Knicks Roster Coming Together
The New York Knicks roster is starting to fill out nicely. A day after the Knicks officially obtained five-time All-Star Amare Stoudemire, the team announced the acquisition of Anthony Randolph, Ronny Turiaf and Kelenna Azubuike from Golden State in a sign-and-trade deal for David Lee on Friday. The Knicks roster, including the three drafted rookies, now stands at 12. This trade gives us an ...
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Knicks Complete Sign Trade for Stoudemire
has been officially acquired from the Phoenix Suns, via sign-and trade, in exchange for a protected future second-round draft selection. Stoudemire, 6-10, 249-pounds, has career averages of 21.4 points, 8.9 rebounds, 1.40 blocks and 34.3 minutes in 516 career games (499 starts) in eight NBA seasons with the Phoenix Suns. The Lake Wales, FL-native has been named an NBA All-Star five times and ...
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Finance minister says Jerusalem will always be Israeli capital
Jerusalem will always be the capital of Israel, never the capital of a future Palestinian state, Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid said. "Jerusalem is not a place, Jerusalem is an idea. Jerusalem is the capital of the Israeli state," Lapid said in an interview with The New York Times. An interim Palestinian state should be created in the West Bank, with final borders drawn up in ...
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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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