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Don't take it off _ end near for NYC smut palace
A homeless man occupies the doorway of the vacant "Scores" gentleman's club on New York City's West Side, Saturday, Sept.
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Clinton stumps, parades, says nothing about Palin
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton marched for labor and stumped with Democrats on Saturday, but sidestepped questions about the woman who has taken her place as the nation's most-talked-about female leader. Clinton brushed aside questions about Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin during appearances at New York City's annual Labor Day parade and later during a stop on Staten Island. 'This election is about issues, and that's what's going to matter to people at the end of the day,' she told reporters who asked her about the Alaska governor at a rally for a Democratic congressional candidate at Wagner College.
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Hanna dumps rain on mid-Atlantic, heads north
Tropical Storm Hanna accelerated toward New England on Saturday after the storm's whipping winds and rain didn't linger long enough over the Southeast to cause much more than some isolated flooding and power ...
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Chester man serving 2 life terms in slaying gets extra years
A 28-year-old man from Chester serving two life sentences in New York for killing a former classmate has been given another 25-year prison sentence.
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State hearings to study school taxes
The state Commission on Property Tax Relief announced today that it has scheduled six hearings across New York to delve into the high property-tax problem.
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Jobless rate jumps to 5-year high of 6.1 percent
In this July 30, 2008 file photo, Manuel Mejia, who recently lost his job as a garment worker, applies for unemployment benefits with the New York State Department of Labor, in New York.
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Oil prices drop as jobs data add to demand worries
Oil prices sank below $106 a barrel Friday as a jump in the U.S. unemployment rate signaled to traders that Americans might keep paring back their energy use to save money.
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Pavarotti to be remembered around the world
Gregorio Borgia September 05, 2008 10:31 AM EST ROME - The world will mark the first anniversary of the death of Luciano Pavarotti with a series of concerts, an exhibit and other events, organizers and his ...
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A scarcity of new plays dominates Broadway's fall
NEW YORK -- Where have all the new plays gone? On Broadway this fall, it will be lonely pair -- 'To Be or Not to Be' and 'Dividing the Estate' -- that will qualify as new works in a season studded with starry ...
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Frozen River' is compelling story about desperate women's struggle to make ends meet
"Frozen River" is a story beautifully told and realized. Along with "The Visitor," it stands as the finest film so far this year.
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Power to all our friends: Sir Cliff Richard calls for Church to back same-sex marriage
Once he was the bachelor boy, now he's the oldest swinger in town. But Sir Cliff Richard has rarely courted the degree of controversy likely to be provoked by a chapter in his new autobiography, in which he ...
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the Edge: Gop's good, bad, ugly
Thu, Sep 4, 2008 Four days, hundreds of speakers, thousands of delegates, endless pontificating and one hurricane looming large from afar.
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New York's Classic Rock
U.S. President George W. Bush saluted Republican John McCain as the man to replace him on Tuesday at a convention featuring assaults on Democrat Barack Obama and a strong defense of McCain's No.
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Ny Gov's Big Court Win: Gay Marriages Okay
A New York State Supreme Court justice has ruled that NY Gov. David Paterson did not exceed his authority last May when he directed state agencies to recognize marriages granted to gay families in other ...
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Once wilderness amid bustle, NYC rail becomes park
Joshua David remembers vividly the first time he stepped out onto the rusted-over elevated railway track that snaked above Manhattan. 'It was this incredible, hidden landscape that was invisible from the street that just stretched for blocks and blocks and blocks _ as far as you could see,' he recalls. 'All these grasses and wildflowers and trees, hidden like a secret garden in the middle of the city. And it just made your heart rise.' There was no public access to the shock of green above the rusty underbelly of the High Line railway. With wrecking balls looming, David helped lead a campaign to turn the abandoned track, winding through a desolate corner of the city, into a public park.
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A massive floating shelf in the Arctic of climate change
In the latest sign of the accelerating climate change, a huge ice shelf has broken away in Canada's northern Arctic, and the remaining shelves have shrunk at a "massive and disturbing" rate.
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FedEx Express Upgrades Europe-U.S. Service
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. FedEx Express said Monday it has upgraded its next-business-day delivery service, FedEx International Priority, from Europe to major U.S. East Coast cities.
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SEC accuses 2 brokers of $1B subprime fraud
Federal regulators on Wednesday accused two former Wall Street brokers of defrauding their customers by making more than $1 billion in unauthorized purchases of securities tied to subprime mortgages.
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Poll: New York consumer confidence rebounding
Consumer confidence climbed by 4.8 points last month, the monthly Siena poll indicated, far outdistancing a nationwide increase of 1.8 points in a similar survey conducted by the University of Michigan.
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Praise Be to Salvation Sundays
DJ Tracy Young & DJ Abel at Salvation Sundays So if you found yourself inside the Big Room at Score on the inaugural Salvation Sundays, smack dab in the middle of a dance-happy, hands-in-the-air, comely crowd, ...
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