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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 Accounting Foundation Awards $183750 in Scholarships
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants' (NYSSCPA) Foundation for Accounting Education (FAE) has announced the sixty-seven New York State students who will receive Excellence in Accounting Scholarships for the 2013-2014 school year. scholarships are awarded in order to provide financial assistance and encouragement to accounting majors. Sixty college students received a ...
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Duly Noted Carmageddons no-show Steven Cohens decision Urban Outfitters new belt
Less than a week after a Metro-North train crash in Fairfield, CT, wrought major damage to tracks, shutting down much of the train service in one of the nation's busiest commuter corridors, officials say full service should be restored by Wednesday morning. Furthermore, it appears that the feared "carmageddon", a crush of automobile traffic heading into New York City, didn't ...
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Saks shares soar on quarterly sales
Saks ' (NYSE: SKS) profits for the quarter ended May 4 fell to $20 million, or 13 cents per share, from $32.1 million, or 18 cents per share, a year ago. Profits were shaved by aftertax items totaling $10.1 million, comprising $2.3 million of store-closing costs and a $7.8 million loss on extinguishment of debt. Earnings excluding one-time items was 19 cents per share, which met ...
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Whats next Earnings and business reports due May 22-24
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Red Wings Take Game 3 And 2-1 Series Lead Over Blackhawks
DETROIT (AP) -Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the second round series. Patrick Kane scored 4:35 into the third period to pull Chicago within one. The Blackhawks celebrated as if they tied ...
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Iconic Clubs Team Up to Grow US Soccer League
Major League Baseball's New York Yankees and English Premier League football club Manchester City are joining together to enter an expansion team in U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS). The new team will be named New York City Football Club and expects to begin play in 2015 as MLS's 20th franchise. MLS Commissioner Don Garber said "this is a transformational development that will ...
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Muppets creators items head to NY museum
NEW YORK (AP) — The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens.Muppet creator Jim Henson's family is donating about 400 puppets, costumes, props and other items to the Museum of the Moving Image.Mayor Michael Bloomberg was on hand for the announcement Tuesday.The museum plans to build a new gallery to house the new contributions. The city is ...
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Knicks unsure about Stoudemires role
New York Knicks' Amare Stoudemire argues with referee Monty McCutchen after being called for a technical foul during the first half of Game 4 of an Eastern Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series against the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in Indianapolis. The Pacers won 93-82. (AP Photo/Darron ...
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Date set to determine if slay nanny fit to stand trail
A June 24 date has been set for an open court hearing to determine if accused killer nanny Yoselyn Ortega is mentally fit for trial.Ortega, 50, is charged with the October bathtub slashing murders of two Upper West Side children in her care. Lucia Krim perished at age 6; her little brother Leo, died at her side at age 2.The hearing date was set this morning, as Ortega appeared briefly before ...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney and FBI Assistant Director in Charge Announce Arrest of New York Police Department Detective for Computer Hacking
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today the arrest of Edwin Vargas, a detective with the New York City Police Department (NYPD), for computer hacking crimes. Vargas was arrested this morning outside his residence in ...
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TSA Second Gun Arrest In Days At JFK Airport
carrying a loaded gun in his carry-on baggage at John F. Kennedy International Airport has been arrested, according to the Transportation Security Administration. This is the second such arrest at JFK in four days, officials announced. TSA screeners spotted the loaded gun inside the man’s bag Tuesday morning and alerted Port Authority Police. The officers confiscated the .22 caliber ...
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NYPD Detective Accused Of Hacking Into Fellow Officers’ Email Accounts
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A veteran New York City Police Department detective is accused of hacking into the email accounts of his colleagues, including his ex-girlfriend who is also a police officer. Edwin Vargas, 42, was arrested outside his home in Bronxville on Tuesday morning after FBI agents followed his computer trail, 1010 WINS’ Juliet Papa reported. Between March 2011 and ...
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Police 2 Charged In Attack Against Gay Couple In SoHo
Protestors rally against LGBT hate crimes after a gay man was murdered in New York City on May 20, 2013. (credit: TIMOTHY CLARY/AFP/Getty ...
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Oklahoma City Thunder Star Kevin Durant Pledges $1 Million For Tornado Relief
for tornado relief through his family foundation. The American Red Cross announced Tuesday that the gift from The Durant Family Foundation is meant to match other donations and be an incentive for more people to give. Red Cross’ regional CEO Janienne Bella said the organization was thankful for Durant’s ...
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Schmeelk Knicks’ Big Picture Presents A Clear Path For The Offseason
I took a lot of heat for my story on Monday , as many people were upset that I was willing to "accept" a "mediocre" season. They were upset that I would "settle" for coming up short from the Knicks’ ultimate goal of playing the Heat and challenging for a championship. There seems to be a strange consensus from a segment of fans out there who believe that this ...
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BC Morning Show Tuesday’s Podcast And MOTD
Right Click Here To Download Below you can listen to -- and download -- all of the memorable audio from today's (05/21) edition of the Boomer & Carton Morning Extravaganza in one nice little package for your convenience. Until tomorrow morning at 6 a.m., when the guys make their return to the airwaves, stay classy New ...
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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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