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New York City Hopes Bikesharing Will Make Streets Safer
Citi Bike, the country's largest urban bike-sharing system, will soon be rolling in New York City after almost a year of delays. The idea has worked elsewhere, including Paris, Washington, D.C., and Montreal. But critics wonder if it's safe to add tens of thousands of new cyclists to the crowded streets of New ...
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NYC lawsuit alleging Favre sent racy texts settled
NEW YORK - A New York City lawyer for two massage therapists who sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre (farv) over claims he sent racy text messages says the case has been settled.Lawyer David Jaroslawicz (yahr-oh-SLAH'-vihk) wouldn't comment Friday on the terms of the settlement.Massage therapists Christina Scavo and Shannon O'Toole said Favre sent sexually suggestive texts to ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 24
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...
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New Yorks Main Beach tops experts list for best in U.S.
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. This may be hard to believe in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, but an annual list of the best beaches in the country has a New York beach ranked No. 1. Less surprisingly, that beach is in East Hampton, the vacation playground for the rich and ...
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Is that Auburn tree wearing a scarf Wrapped up in yarn for art exhibit
Schweinfurth Art Center Executive Director Donna Lamb Friday describes the Yarn Bomb, an installation of scarves on trees in front of the Auburn museum. The yarn-wrapped trees are meant to draw attention to the museum's "Innovators & Legends" exhibit opening. The scarves will stay on the trees until the exhibit closes on Aug. 11, Lamb said. And the museum will gladly take ...
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Oneida County jury convicts Trenton town supervisor of child sex abuse
the Utica Observer-Dispatch reports . Mark Scheidelman, 53, was convicted this afternoon of first-degree sexual abuse. He is a former Oneida County Republican Party chairman and Boy Scout leader. Jurors deliberated for a day and a half before reaching a verdict, the Observer-Dispatch ...
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Syracuse charter school foundation and city resolve dispute over tax exemption status
Syracuse, NY - A dispute between a Syracuse charter school foundation and the city over tax exemption status was recently resolved in state Supreme Court. The Syracuse-based non-profit foundation that supports a network of charter schools, Terra Science and Education, Inc., filed a petition against the city in late April claiming that as a 501c(3) organization, it should not have to pay taxes ...
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Got a road trip this weekend Heres a game to help you pass the hours
Memorial Day weekend is here, and with it the official start of the summer season. AAA says 31.2 million Americans will travel by car this Memorial Day weekend, packing up kids, luggage, snacks and a car-full of iPads, iPods, smart phones and in-car DVD players Road Trip Bingo (below) is a game designed to help make those hours in ...
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Bridge UJA-Federation of New Yorks Womens Philanthropy Bridge
The 50th UJA-Federation of New ...
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Pharmaceutical co. ISTA pleads in NY federal case
BUFFALO, N.Y. -; Drug-maker ISTA (IS'-tah) Pharmaceuticals has pleaded guilty in New York in a federal case involving its eye drug Xibrom (ZY'-brum) and has agreed to pay more than $30 ...
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Family friends mourn 14-year-old girl slain on Queens bus by gang bullet
Daja Robinson The grief-stricken best friend of slain teenager Daja Robinson collapsed into tears at a funeral today – vowing to help her heartbroken family get through the tragedy."I'm gonna miss you baby - but I'll try to help [your] mommy be strong," pal Shaquana Almonds, 16, said between tears.She added, "Who would have known I’d never see my best friend ...
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Tot injured in stroller fall during robbery attempt
A 2-year-old girl was injured when she fell out of her stroller during robbery attempt in Brooklyn Friday afternoon, cops said.The tot’s 29-year-old mother was pushing the stroller near Dekalb and Tompkins Avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant at around 12:20 p.m. when the thief ran up and tried to snatch the woman’s purse from the handlebars of the stroller, cops said.The woman put a fight ...
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Actress Amanda Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window
In an image made from video, actress Amanda Bynes, center, wearing sweats and a blonde wig, is escorted after a Manhattan criminal court appearance on Friday May 24, 2013, in New York. Bynes was arrested Thursday evening and charged with reckless endangerment after police say she heaved a marijuana bong out of out of her Manhattan apartment ...
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New York sees more mortgage violations report
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said there is mounting evidence that banks have violated the terms of a settlement designed to end mortgage servicing abuses, according ...
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Weiner vs. Quinn New York Citys TMI Primary
Reuters New Yorkers -- they all have such interesting lives. This year, some of those lives are going to be on extraordinarily display in the political arena. Between newly announced mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner's extra-marital sexting and the impending June 11 release of City Council Speaker Christine ...
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Real Housewives Salary Dispute LuAnn de Lesseps Is New Yorks Lone Holdout
that de Lesseps still refuses to sign a deal that would have her return to the reality series -- though, with production already underway, that offer is said to be for a diminished role than the one originally on the ...
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Firefighters respond to house fire on Davis Street in Syracuse
Syracuse, NY -- Firefighters responded to a house fire in Syracuse this afternoon. Around 2:55 p.m. firefighters were called to 219 Davis St. after a caller reported smoke coming from the windows. The house is reportedly vacant, Onondaga County 911 dispatchers reported. The fire was out by 3:30 ...
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Its official President Obama nominates Ann Marie Buerkle to $155000 per year post
President Barack Obama today sent the name of former U.S. Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle to the U.S. Senate as his nominee to serve as a Republican commissioner on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Buerkle is pictured in September 2012 during her unsuccessful campaign to be re-elected to the 24th Congressional District ...
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Memorial Day A list of parades services across Central New York
This weekend and Monday, dozens of Central New York communities will hold Memorial day parades and services. Above you'll find photos from parades and services last ...
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United offering more premium perks from New York
United Airlines says it now offers flat-bed seats and on-demand personal entertainment systems in premium cabins on every international flight from New York area airports. No matter what the surveys say about the quality of its service, Chicago-based United Airlines is charging ahead with upgrades of its service in a variety of ways. Today, United bragged that it is now the only United ...
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US Park Police to end furloughs next week
National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis says the furloughs will end on June 3, after just three days off, because the agency has found other ways to offset automatic budget cuts imposed by ...
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Port Authority fires treasurer 2 top staffers after accepting valuable gifts from vendors sources
The Port Authority’s veteran treasurer and two of her top associates were summarily fired yesterday morning after it was revealed that they had accepted valuable gifts, meals and theater tickets from vendors doing business with the agency during their local and international travels, The Post has learned.The treasurer, Anne Marie Mulligan, a 35-year veteran, was dismissed, along with ...
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Sandy-damaged New York Aquarium reopens this weekend
Playful sea lions and trusty penguins are welcoming visitors back to the New York Aquarium for the first time since the Coney Island marine haven was damaged by Superstorm Sandy.The shorefront aquarium will partially reopen on Saturday.Visitors will be able to peer down into pools containing walruses, harbor seals and other mammals. Sea lions will perform in the renovated aquatheater.And there ...
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Pedro Portugal Ecuadorean businessman found in New York after kidnapping
NEW YORK – Police have rescued an Ecuadorean businessman who was kidnapped in New York City and held hostage for a month while his captors demanded his family pay ...
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Fitch Rates New York City NYs GO Bank Bonds AA Outlook Stable
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA' rating to bank bonds corresponding to the following New York City variable rate general obligation (GO) bonds: -- $275,000,000 GO bonds, fiscal 2006 series I, Subseries I-4, I-5, and I-6. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The ratings are being assigned in connection with issuance of letters of credit provided ...
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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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