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Zagat's 2009 NYC Restaurant Survey Finds New Yorkers Are Downsizing Di
Thirty-eight percent of New Yorkers say that one way they are responding to the economic crisis is by eating out less, according to Zagat Survey, which today released its 30th annual New York City Restaurants ...
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Governor Paterson sounds alarm during interview
Monday, October 06, 2008 at 6:56 p.m. Governor David Paterson is calling the state of the economy in New York sad and is planning to reach out to Washington to get more New York federal tax dollars returned to ...
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NYC Subway Ads To Feature Calorie Counts
Oct 6, 2008 6:58 pm US/Central NEW YORK Commuters on hundreds of subway cars will be getting some food for thought.
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Queens Soldier Dies in Afghanistan
The Defense Department says a New York Army National Guard soldier from New York City has died in Afghanistan.
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Colbert on Colbert: It's fun playing a jerk
In this image released by the New Yorker Festival, Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report," is shown during an interview at The 2008 New Yorker Festival, Saturday, Oct.
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Jolie shows off post-pregnancy figure at New York premiere
Actress Angelina Jolie attends the premiere of 'Changeling' at Ziegfeld Theater on October 4, 2008 in New York City.
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A political mistake
Sarah Palin is the product of a design flaw - the consequence of the founders' decision to create the vice presidency.
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New York Notebook :: October
Take a deep breath because, even if the economic meltdown has reduced your entertainment budget to rubble, there's so much going on this month, you're going to want to be constantly on the run.
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EDITORIAL: The mortgage scandal roots
Pedestrians walk past Lehman Brothers headquarters Wednesday in New York. The nation's fourth-largest investment bank, led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fuld Jr., is looking for a potential ...
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a oeDarwina s Garden ~ An Evolutionary Adventurea at The Huntington Library
Charles Darwin is best known for his theory of evolution and other natural history achievements, but little is known about his enduring and insightful work with plants and the important role they played in ...
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Camden's unsolved homicides dog cops, families
Angela Burke stood for the impromptu interviews the day her son was killed. She told the media of his heroics -- protecting her from the gunman who had burst into their Camden home.
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Central New York Reacts to the Vice Presidential Debate
Last night Newsradio 570 WSYR's George Kilpatrick took your calls, asking who won the VP Debate.
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A look at ironic iconic America
Bar Refaeli has a sweet spot for destinations that feed her sugar habit. The Israeli model picked the Necco candy factory near Boston and New York's Serendipity restaurant - home of the frozen hot chocolate - ...
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Edwards says passion for reform keeps her going
Elizabeth Edwards said Saturday that her passion for reforming the nation's health care system has been 'a great refuge' for her during the recent turmoil over her husband's extramarital affair. Edwards, who has incurable breast cancer, also said medical tests this week showed that her condition hadn't worsened since March of 2007, when she and her husband, former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, announced her cancer had returned and spread to her bones. Edwards was interviewed at the New Yorker Festival by medical writer and surgeon Atul Gawande, who asked how she was managing to continue speaking out publicly on health care, given the turmoil in her personal life.
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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is a nicely sarcastic take on celebrity culture, though its own methods undermine its rebellious spirit.
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Gay elders' distinctive challenges get closer look
Frank Carter was once a globe-trotting professional dancer; his world is smaller now. He battles multiple health problems, walks with a cane and rarely leaves his compact Manhattan apartment. As an 86-year-old gay man, with no family nearby and many acquaintances long since dead, he'd seem a likely prospect for isolation. Instead, he has kindled a deep, five-year friendship with Gigi Stoll, a fashion model-turned-photographer half his age. Stoll helps Carter with medical arrangements, writes to him when she travels overseas, and sat with him for six hours during his most recent hospitalization.
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Daniel Craig turns
The London News.Net Thursday 2nd October, 2008 London, Oct 2 : Hollywood actor Daniel Craig became the chief guest of a baptism celebration in New York, when he accidentally wandered to the party after hearing ...
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Panel looks at property taxes
ALBANY -- The state Commission on Property Tax Relief continues its research on how to reduce taxes on homeowners, even though New York is in a fiscal crisis and faces deficits, panel Chairman Thomas Suozzi ...
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Review: 'Nick & Norah' a small romantic gem
Someday, Michael Cera will show us what else he can do. He surely must have someone else inside of him besides the poignantly verbal but sweetly awkward nerd we've come to know and love in movies such as ...
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Feud among Martin Luther King's children could derail book deal
A lawsuit involving the three surviving children of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is threatening to derail a US$1.4 million deal for a book on their mother.
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