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Medicine Cabinet Dangers What Every Parent Needs To Know
Some children are better at sharing toys than others, but all children are champs when it comes to sharing germs. Despite your best instructions about not using each other's sippy cups and covering mouths when coughing, all kids come down with colds at one time or another. Bed rest and lots of T.L.C. may be the best medicine you can offer a sick child, but medications will often be reached ...
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Rothstein Files Early 2013 NBA Draft Notebook Including An Early Mock
More Columns 1. IS THE 2013 NBA DRAFT AS WEAK AS PEOPLE ARE MAKING IT OUT TO BE? At the top? Yes. There are NO franchise players in this draft. Usually, the team that wins the lottery throws a party. We’re guessing that probably wasn’t the case on Tuesday night in Times Square when the Cleveland Cavaliersgot the top overall pick. The 2013 NBA Draft will be filled with role players ...
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Metro-North’s New Haven Line Back On Schedule After Repairs
five days after a derailment injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks. Commuter rail service from Connecticut to New York City, along with Amtrak service between Boston and New York, was back on schedule Wednesday ...
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Funeral For Hofstra Student Accidentally Shot By Police
SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP)– Mourners will be gathering in Sleepy Hollow Wednesday for the funeral of a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police. Andrea Rebello’s funeralis being held at St. Teresa of Avila Church. The service will be in Portuguese. The 21-year-old ...
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Holgate’s Jolly Roger Motel Rushes To Reopen
Long Beach Island , a woman is racing against time to reopen a motel and save her family’s business. ';What you’re standing on used to be a 12 foot clearance and now it’s probably six and a half foot,'; Judy Lobrutto told WCBS 880′s Peter Haskell as they stood in the basement of the Jolly Roger Motel. The space is filled ...
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Palladino Ending The Jets’ QB Saga Early Is A Good Plan
to see the Mark Sanchez-Geno Smith fight, er, quarterback competition , you might want to change those plans. If it goes according to offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg's plan, the Jets' starting-quarterback situation will be settled faster than a speeding hollow-point bullet. Mornhinweg apparently wants this thing in the rearview mirror by the time camp opens, which means that ...
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Pearl River Resident Mark Owens Prepares For Graduation From West Point
WEST POINT, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - The United States Military Academy is set to graduate its latest crop of second lieutenants, and among them is a man from Pearl River in Rockland County. The pomp and circumstance of West Point is being put behind him and Mark Owens is ready for what he calls the real army. ';It’s awe-inspiring for me and it’s definitely humbling, but at the ...
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Sree Tips YouTube Turns 8
the purchase of Tumblr by Yahoo! , there’s been other tech news worth noting. YouTube, the immensely popular video sharing site, turns 8-years-old this week. Sree Sreenivasan, tech expert from our partner network CNET and Columbia University’s chief digital officer, was here with some tips and new features you may not know about. It’s hard to believe it’s been only ...
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Quinn leads NYC mayoral poll among Democrats
NEW YORK (AP) -- A new poll finds that City Council Speaker Christine Quinn leads candidates for the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor with 25 ...
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New mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has less support among voters than he did last month poll
On the same day that he took the plunge into the mayor's race, voters told Anthony Weiner he's not cutting the mustard with them.The timing was coincidental, but a Quinnipiac University poll was released this morning just hours after Weiner ended months of speculation ...
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Manchester City and New York Yankees launch new MLS franchise - video
Manchester City and the New York Yankees joined forces to create New York City Football Club . MLS commissioner Don Garber says competition between the two New York teams will help soccer make a breakthrough in the city's competitive sports ...
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One Tank Trips Stepping Stones Museum for Children In Norwalk Conn.
our One Tanks Trips series , WCBS 880 reporter Paul Murnane takes us to a place in Norwalk that is perfect for your little ones. The best way to put it is that the Stepping Stones Museum for Children is a vast, ever-changing play and learning space for the 10 and under crowd. ';We recognize that children learn through play,'; Education Director Hyla Crane told ...
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Namath Criticizes Geno Smith Pick Promises ‘You’ll See A Different’ Sanchez In 2013
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Surprise, surprise. Somebody is up to his old tricks. Guess who is ripping the Jets again? You guessed it: the immortal Joe Namath. Broadway JoecriticizedGang Green for drafting quarterback Geno Smithat the United Way's 20th annual Gridiron Gala on Tuesday, according to the New York Daily News. The Hall of Famer called the second-round picka ...
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Countrys most wanted deadbeat parent sentenced
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Long Island man once dubbed by prosecutors as the country's most wanted deadbeat parent for owing more than $1.2 million in child support has been sentenced to two and a half years in ...
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Schumer US needs storm app for tablets phones
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is proposing a national application for smartphones, tablets and the Internet which would quickly update comprehensive storm warnings ...
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Metro-North back on schedule after repairs
Commuter rail service from Connecticut to New York City, along with Amtrak service between Boston and New York, was back on schedule Wednesday morning on one of the nation’s oldest and most heavily traveled ...
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Court Rules Vacation Rental Site Illegal In New York
In New York, a judge has dealt a setback to Airbnb, the popular website for short term apartment rentals. The judge ruled an Airbnb user violated a New York City law when he rented a room to a visitor from out of town. The judge's decision casts doubt on New Yorkers' ability to make use of the site ...
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On Brink Of Elimination John Tortorella Has ‘Full Faith’ In The Rangers
Head coach John Tortorella of the New York Rangers walks off the ice after losing to the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty ...
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NJ diner manager charged in plot freed on bail
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- 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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City College brings back ROTC
At a ceremony Tuesday, the chancellor of the City University of New York Matthew Goldstein said the ROTC program "reinforces the very ideals of our ...
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New York Times accused of treating Latin political leaders differently
New York Times has yet to carry. A petition, signed by 23 leading US academics, authors and film-makers, has been launched which urges the paper's "public editor" to examine the Times's inconsistent coverage of two Latin American countries.They argue that there are disparities between its largely negative reporting ...
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Kerry Kennedys trying time Drugged-drive rap stands
Kerry Kennedy must stand trial for drugged driving, a Westchester judge said yesterday in rejecting a bid by the former wife of Gov. Cuomo to dismiss the misdemeanor charge.North Castle Town Court Judge Elyse Lazansky set Oct. 8 for the next court date in the case of Kennedy, 53, who was allegedly under the influence of a sleeping pill when she swerved her Lexus into a tractor-trailer on I-684 ...
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CUNY salutes ROTC return
After a nearly four-decade absence, the same army officer training program that launched the legendary career of Gen. Colin Powell is back at CUNY.Powell, a City College of New York alum and former Secretary of State, was on hand yesterday for the return of the Army Senior Reserve Officers Training Corps program - which disappeared from CUNY and most colleges amid the Vietnam War protests.ROTC ...
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$40 Million Duplex Mega Penthouse Now Available for Purchase at The Residences at W New York - Downtown
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Weiner Announces Candidacy for New York Mayor in Video
Anthony D. Weiner, once a rising star of New York politics whose career cratered over revelations of his sexually explicit life online, announced an improbable bid on Wednesday for the job he has long coveted: ...
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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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