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Market to determine how popular bike share will be Bloomberg
Mayor Bloomberg rolled out a new argument today in defense of the city's upcoming bike share program -- it's all about the free market."A couple of newspapers seem to like working against the free market," he said on his weekly WOR radio show."It's the free market, if you think about it. If people want to use 'em, they use 'em. If people don't, they ...
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Man found fatally stabbed in Chelsea
A man was stabbed to death in Chelsea early today, police said.The 28-year-old victim was found wounded in the stomach shortly before 2 a.m. on 8th Avenue near 26th Street, cops said.EMS rushed him to Bellevue Hospital, but he could not be saved, cops said.It was not immediately clear what sparked the violence, and no arrests have been made.The victim had lived in Brooklyn, but his name was not ...
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Christie Jersey Shore cast members fun. urge people to return to NJ beaches after Sandy
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ - New Jersey rolled out some of its big guns Friday to proclaim that the shore is back following Superstorm Sandy, using Gov. Chris Christie and the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" to tell a national audience the state is ready for summer fun.In fact, they even hired fun. - the rock band whose anthem "We Are Young" captures the spirit of this blue-collar ...
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5 people hurt after car jumps curb in Brooklyn
Just before 8 a.m. at the intersection of Utica & Church avenues in east Flatbush Brooklyn, a female TLC officer parked a blue Chrysler sideways before a red minivan (not pictured) plowed into the car injuring four. An accident in Brooklyn this morning hurt five people and created chaos on the street, authorities said.Witnesses say a TLC officer in East Flatbush parked a navy blue Chrysler ...
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Pretty peek at playful Petra
Supermodel Petra Nemcova, proving again that fashion has become as important as film at Cannes, wears a striking peek-aboo gown at the festival ...
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My poor baby Dad bares suicide kids school torment after bullied 12-year-old hangs self
The tiny Queens girl who hanged herself Wednesday had been mercilessly taunted by classmates who called her names and mocked her appearance, friends and family said yesterday.Gabrielle Molina’s body was discovered by her sister Georgia, 15, in their shared bedroom at their Queens Village house at 2:30 p.m. The 12-year-old girl - who barely stood 5 feet tall - left an anguished suicide note ...
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Murder rap for Bloomberg cop after shooting gal pals ex
A cop once assigned to Mayor Bloomberg’s elite security detail was convicted of attempted murder yesterday for shooting his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend outside her Queens apartment.The sordid love triangle brought down the stellar career of Leopold McLean, 48, who was guarding Bloomberg’s daughter Georgina at a Knick game in November 2010 when he raced from Midtown to Armonk to ...
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Bank of Bloomberg - so rich the IRS pays him
interest of between $1,000 and $5,000 last year when it was late on a refund.So rich that the 35-acre estate he bought in Southampton for $20 million a couple of years ago wasn’t big enough, so he spent at least $1 million more for two additional pieces of land next door.So rich that he donated $370 million to charity in 2012, or $59 million more than in 2011.Reporters turned prospectors ...
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Driver enraged after city moves his car for bike racks — and then tickets him
EXCLUSIVE The city can’t seem to get its wheels in line.The same day the Department of Transportation reversed course on the location of a bike-sharing rack that blocked seven Chelsea brownstones, it fumbled again by subjecting at least 10 cars on the same block to a ticket blitz with no warning. City workers towed the vehicles from West 22nd Street near 10th Avenue on Wednesday so it ...
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Why Anthony Weiner Shouldnt Bank on Forgiveness in the New York Mayoral Race
Former Rep. Anthony Weiner's bid for a second chance in politics is not evincing much sympathy from New Yorkers, starting right at the top. "Shame on us" if the disgraced Democrat is elected mayor of New York City, Gov. ...
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Rumors of New York Yankees demise greatly exaggerated
>Editor's note: Editor's note: Steve Politi is a sports columnist for The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey. Follow him on Twitter: @StevePoliti(CNN) -- This was supposed to be the year that a baseball dynasty crumbled, that everything finally caught up to the mighty Yankees. Their superstars, including Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira, were old and injured. The offseason came ...
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Exclusive New York Sandy ‘Climate Resilience’ Plan Won’t Address Climate Pollution
$300 million climate-resiliency initiative established by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg using Sandy relief funds will not address climate pollution, according to a city official. The New York City Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency (SIRR), formed in November 2012, will release a report this month indicating how $294 million in federal funding from the Superstorm Sandy ...
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Albany mayor candidates differ on downtown convention center Video
May 24, 2013 -- Albany, NY mayor candidate Kathy Sheehan says the city needs more meeting and convention space, but not a "big white box." Her opponent, Corey Ellis, doesn't support a new convention center. (Michael DeMasi) Kathy Sheehan and Corey Ellis, the only two Democrats to thus far announce they want to become the next mayor of Albany, NY, have different thoughts about a ...
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Search for Ithaca man who went missing on Cayuga Lake to resume authorities say
Christopher Dennis, of Cayuga Heights Road, left a campsite around 5 a.m. Wednesday in the town of Covert and put a canoe into Cayuga Lake alone. When Dennis didn't return later in the day, his friends began looking for him and found an overturned canoe in the middle of the lake around 12:30 p.m., the sheriff's office said. The friends called 911. On Thursday searchers from the ...
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Rome man crashes into Oneida County sheriffs patrol car
Adam Little, 26, was making a left turn when he crossed the center line and hit a sheriff's deputy patrol car, the Oneida County Sheriff's Office ...
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Baldwinsville police search for woman who stole money from local Kinney Drugs store
Baldwinsville, NY -- Baldwinsville police are searching for a woman who stole money from a village drug store May 16. Around 8:33 p.m., the woman walked into Kinney Drugs at 21 E. Genesee St. and was purchasing a money order, police said. The woman allegedly took money off the counter during the transaction. Anyone with information about the woman or the incident is asked to contact local ...
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LI police reopening probe into 1986 student death
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- Police on Long Island are reopening the investigation into the 1986 death of a teenage rabbinical student who was bludgeoned in his dormitory ...
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Rochester scientists invent vision test to predict IQ take it to see how smart you are
Syracuse, N.Y. -- University of Rochester researchers have come up with a new vision test that can predict IQ. You can take the test below. The simple exercise measures the brain's unconscious ability to filter out visual movement. The study shows individuals whose brains are better at automatically suppressing background motion perform better on standard measures of intelligence. In the ...
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Hotel occupancy on the rise
Local hotel occupancy in both April and the first quarter almost identically mirrored national trends. According to statistics compiled by Nashvilles Smith Travel Research, hotel occupancy - a key economic indicator in the hopsitality industry - in Buffalo and Erie County hit the 63 percent in April, a figure that increased 2.1 percent from last Aprils 61.7 percent mark. By comparison, ...
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Hotel occupancy on the rise
Local hotel occupancy in both April and the first quarter almost identically mirrored national trends. According to statistics compiled by Nashvilles Smith Travel Research, hotel occupancy - a key economic indicator in the hopsitality industry - in Buffalo and Erie County hit the 63 percent in April, a figure that increased 2.1 percent from last Aprils 61.7 percent mark. By comparison, ...
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Hotel occupancy on the rise
Local hotel occupancy in both April and the first quarter almost identically mirrored national trends. According to statistics compiled by Nashvilles Smith Travel Research, hotel occupancy - a key economic indicator in the hopsitality industry - in Buffalo and Erie County hit the 63 percent in April, a figure that increased 2.1 percent from last Aprils 61.7 percent mark. By comparison, ...
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Hotel occupancy on the rise
Local hotel occupancy in both April and the first quarter almost identically mirrored national trends. According to statistics compiled by Nashvilles Smith Travel Research, hotel occupancy - a key economic indicator in the hopsitality industry - in Buffalo and Erie County hit the 63 percent in April, a figure that increased 2.1 percent from last Aprils 61.7 percent mark. By comparison, ...
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Cuomos tax-free zone proposal stirring interest
Business at a glance: Governor's plan to create tax-free zones at SUNY campuses has already got business and political leaders dreaming up ways to take advantage of ...
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Veterans Watchfire to be kindled Sunday in Geddes
File photo Mike Greenlar|mgreenlar@syracuse.com Geddes, NY - Wooden pallets lie ready in a State Fairgrounds parking lot to fuel the annual Veteran's Memorial Watchfire on Sunday ...
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Company news Amy Szczesniak appointed director of the office of patient experience
. Most recently a clinical nurse specialist, Szczesniak has worked at St. Joseph's for nearly 15 years. She has a bachelor's of science degree in nursing from Russell Sage, and a master of science in nursing from Keuka College. ...
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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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