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'Bloomberg's the mayor of New York, not the king'
Pushy, ambitious, bold, Michael Bloomberg's bid to remain mayor for another four years marks him out as the archetypal New Yorker.
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Chicago runners hope for cooler marathon
Joan Marie Kaye and 45,000 runners gearing up for the Chicago Marathon know that muscle-aching, mind-numbing, hurts-so-bad-you-want-to-die kind of pain almost surely awaits them.
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5 killed in Manhattan blaze, including 3 children
A family of five, including three children as young as 15 months, died in a blaze Saturday that filled an apartment with thick black smoke and kept the victims from escaping through the front door, fire officials said. A 10-year-old boy who survived was in critical condition after the fire in a public housing complex in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. The boy was found with two other family members in a back bedroom, while the rest of the family sought refuge in a full bathtub and underneath a bathroom sink, officials said.
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CNN to give $100,000 to `hero' on holiday special
NEW YORK A woman who moved to Louisiana to help Hurricane Katrina survivors, a marathon runner who gets homeless people on their feet and several community organizers will be honored by CNN in its second ...
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Rival Cypriot leaders hold private talks on reunification
NICOSIA: Rival Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders held private talks on Friday in a bid to speed up slow-moving negotiations on reunifying the divided Mediterranean island.
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Economic woes cause travelers to postpone, cancel trips
The plunging stock market, big bank failures, falling home values and other scary economic news could signal trouble for travel.
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Latin America stocks seesaw lower on US frenzy, contagion fears
Latin American markets seesawed lower in volatile trading Friday as skittish investors pulled cash from the region on fears that fallout from the global financial crisis could not be contained.
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NY priest charged with e-mailing porn to teenager
Police say a priest who serves as a youth minister at a Roman Catholic university e-mailed pornographic videos to a Colorado detective posing as a 14-year-old. Authorities say the Rev. Charles Plock, a chaplain at St. John's University in Queens, shot the masturbation movies in the bathroom of his on-campus apartment. The priest's face is clearly visible, according to investigators. As part of an online sting operation, police in Colorado's Adams County traced the e-mail to St. John's. In New York, the NYPD investigators armed with a search warrant seized Plock's computers along with the homemade footage.
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Wyo. town reflects 10 years after Shepard's murder
A decade after a gay college student was beaten, tied to a fence and left for dead, many in this small college town are still struggling with the aftermath of a crime that triggered nationwide sympathy and brought a re-examination of attitudes toward gays. Ten years ago, 21-year-old Matthew Shepard died after being beaten and left in the cold by two men he met in a bar. Residents were shaken by the brutality of the crime, and the media descended on the town trying to explain why it happened.
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Met's "Salome" At A Theater Near You
Karita Mattila as Salome in the Metropolitan Opera's production of "Salome." The Metropolitan Opera's third season of The Met: Live in HD continues with a special afternoon transmission of Richard Strauss's ...
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Paterson Says Home Heating Fears Should Ease
Gov. David Paterson says the winter heating season may be easier than expected for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers.
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New Yorker consumers glum
New Yorkers weren't showing the same optimism about their economic condition as the nation as a whole in September, according to the consumer confidence survey out todayA from the Siena Research Institute.
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World Food Day to stress on climate change, bio-energy
Climate change and bio-energy are the focus of this year's World Food Day activities, expected to involve over 150 countries, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said Friday.
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Dutch prince to visit valley
ALBANY - A member of the Dutch royal family will help New York state mark next year's 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage on the river that would bear his name.
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'Fame' remake lines up cast
Nine Hollywood hopefuls want you to remember their names. MGM has compiled most of the lead cast for its accelerating remake of the 1980 musical "Fame." Kristy Flores, Paul Iacono, Paul McGill, Naturi Naughton, ...
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News Roundup: Gas-drilling hearings set
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has issued a draft scoping document outlining the issues to be covered in its analysis of the environmental impacts of national gas drilling in the region's ...
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NYC park to light up by taking visitors' pulses
NEW YORK - Here's an art exhibit that could really get your pulse racing. Madison Square Park, located near the famous Flatiron building in Manhattan, is installing an interactive light installation by Mexican ...
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Original Tin Pan Alley Put Up For Sale In NYC
Oct 9, 2008 12:12 pm US/Central NEW YORK Tin Pan Alley, once the home of Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin and dozens of other great American songwriters, is up for sale.
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Feds go forward with NYC airport experiment
Federal officials are pushing ahead with an experiment to reduce rampant flight delays around the nation by auctioning off takeoff and landing times at New York City-area airports, where most delays begin.
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Movie Review - 'Nick and Norah': Cotton candy in a good way
REVIEWED BY M. SCOTT MORRIS Daily Journal "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" is a celebration of young love, music and New York.
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