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Columbia Finds NYC Air Lowers Kids' IQs

Elaine Shannon | Posted 08.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Auto Emissions, Air Pollution, New York City Air Pollution, Children's Health, Harlem, Columbia University, Columbia University Research, Washington Heights, Columbia University Prenatal Pollution Study, New York City, South Bronx, New York News

A landmark study found children exposed in the womb to urban air pollutants score significantly lower on intelligence tests than children of mothers who breathed cleaner air while pregnant.

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Do Charter Schools Help or Hurt?

Clara Hemphill | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Parent, Schools, Poor Neighborhoods, Charter Schools, New York News

In poor neighborhoods with terrible local schools, charters may serve as an escape for children whose parents can navigate the admissions process. But what we need is a strategy to improve schools for all children - not an escape for a few.

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Harlem's Real Estate Bubble Bursts

New York Times | CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY | Posted 08.08.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Real Estate, Harlem, Harlem Real Estate, Harlem New York, Real Estate, New York, Real Estate Boom, New York News

Of all the New York City neighborhoods swept up in the real estate boom of the last decade, few became as hot as Harlem. It grew increasingly gentrifi...

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Michael Jackson Fans Turn Out In New York To Salute Pop Icon

HUFFINGTONPOST/AP | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Michael Jackson Memorial Service, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Harlem, Michael Jackson Dies, Michael Jackson New York, New York News

Thousands of Michael Jackson's New York fans turned out Tuesday to mourn the death of the pop icon. Crowds gathered in Times Square as well as outsid...

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Harlem Jazz Fest Kicks Off Now Through August

NewYorkology | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, New York, Harlem New York, Harlem International Jazz Fest, Harlem Jazz Festival, Harlem Jazz Fest, Harlem International Jazz Festival, New York News

The Harlem International Jazz Festival kicks off today and will overlap with other Jazzmobile events scheduled in all five boroughs into...

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Michael Jackson, We Are the World, Al Sharpton, Baptize, Dr. 90210, Off the Wall, Mourners, African-Americans, Janet Jackson, Usher, Race, Bleach, Britain, President, Prescriptions, Joe Jackson, England, 125th Street, Tanning Salon, Thriller, Army, B.E. T, Collagen, Transformer, American Idol, Pharmaceuticals, Hallelujah, Bad, Heaven, The Wiz, California, Hate, Guilt, Tunisia, Broadway, Surrealism, Suntan, Los Angeles, The Staples Center, Barack Obama, Sunbathing, Elvis Presley, Las Vegas, Anti-Depressants, Gender, Skin, Dancing, Pharmaceutical Companies, 50, Art, John Lennon, Bible, Motown 25, The Beatles, Genetics, Singing, Paul Mc Cartney, Justin Timberlake, Jackson 5, Rain, Apollo Theater, LaToya Jackson, Australia, Cartoons, Britney Spears, Prescription Drugs, Reality Shows, Jamie Foxx, Black Fedora, Spike Lee, Drugs, King of Pop, Musicals, Jacksons, Tummy Tuck, Child Molestation, Fans, Russia, Americans, Cosmetic Surgery, Performers, Gary, Encino, Mtv, Quincy Jones, Amateur Night, Mardi Gras, Tabloids, Associated Press, Suicide, Trials, Music Videos, Billie Jean, Moonwalk, Hollywood, Tanning Booth, Nose Job, Berry Gordy, Dermatologist, Plastic Surgery, Diana Ross, Impersonators, Beat It, Moscow, Jordan Chandler, Chris Brown, Suntan Lotion, Katherine Jackson, Memorial, Botox, Indiana, Mowtown, Rx, New York, Paris Jackson, Lisa Marie Presley, Deborah Rowe, Aeg Live, Martin Bashir, Brooke Sheilds, Lauri Lyons, White-Glove, Judith Hill, Marlon Jackson, Manhattan, Cnn, Jermaine Jackson, Youtube, New Orleans, New York News

The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

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Michael Jackson's Connection To NYC

New York Times | Libby Nelson | Posted 07.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Dead, Jacko, Micheal Jackson, New York City, Michael Jackson New York, Apollo Theater, Michael Jackson NY, Harlem New York, Michael Jackson Dies, New York, New York News

Although he is beloved here, Michael Jackson's life story has little connection to New York City: he spent his childhood in Gary, Ind., began recordin...

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Homo-Harlem Moves Downtown: How Malcolm Harris Hung Up on Angelina Jolie, Twice!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 07.24.2009 | Style

Initially saddened that my glamorous friends had moved from uptown, I now realize that it's not so by Sarah Grossman much that K. Tyson Pere...

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Meeting the Maysles: Grey Gardens Comes to Harlem

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 07.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Harlem's Maysles Cinema, Albert Maysles, Lesbian, Roman Catholicism, President Obama, Rebekah Maysles, Aristotle-Onassis, Sara Maysles, Gay Rights, Tiger Woods, Judge Sotomayor, Gay Parade, Big Edie Bouvier Beale, Stonewall, African-American Issues, Latinos, Women, Gillian Maysles, Little Edie Bouvier Beale, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Episcopal Church, Grey Gardens, Gay Pride Parade, New York City, Lgbt, Columbia University, Philip Maysles, High Society, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Hotel St Regis, Gay Issues, Jerry Torre, Paper Magazine, Mr. Mickey, Jacqueline Bouvier, Lee Radziwel, New York, New York News

Bred to be lovely and pleasant, to take for granted an ample supply of cash, the women of Grey Gardens were essentially abandoned to languish in a mansion infested with raccoons and cats.

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Movie Magic In Harlem

New York Press | Joseph Huff-Hannon | Posted 07.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Maysles Theater, Harlem's Maysles Cinema, Film, Harlem, New York, Maysles Cinema, Maysles Film Institure, New York News

In Harlem, the Maysles Cinema provides a place for non-fiction film fans to enjoy documentaries on their favorite topics. A year ago, 82-year-old docu...

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Touring Harlem, Lost and Found

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 07.10.2009 | Style

Read More: Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem, Church, Lena-Horne, Count Basie, Archer Milton Huntington, Drugs, Hispanics, New York, Thelma Golden, Mexican Immigrants, Apollo Theater, Tourism, Lincoln Kirstein, Rezoning, Mrs. Astor, Jazz, Sex, 555 Edgecombe Ave., Duke Ellington, Malcolm X, Anna Vaughn Huntington, Synagouge, Goya, Lana Turner, Studio Museum in Harlem, Black Culture, High-Priced Condominiums, Paul Robeson, Cabcalloway, Domenican, Style News

Are you wistful for that old-time Harlem?

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Thousands Attend Funeral For Slain Cop

AP | Posted 07.05.2009 | Local

Read More: Harlem, Police Officer Shoots Police Officer, New York Police Officer Killed, Nypd Omar Edwards, Slain Cop Funeral, Omar Edwards, New York City, New York Police, Harlem New York, Omar Edwards Funeral, New York Police Department, New York, Local News

A city police officer mistakenly killed by friendly fire was remembered Thursday as a consummate cop and loving father, a contentious and driven young...

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Requiem For The Zooted

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living

Read More: The-Seventies, Drugs, Harlem, New York City, Angel Dust, Crime, PCP, Cops, Living News

I promised myself I would never smoke another $3 bag of angel dust again but that epiphany button was stuck on repeat. Now almost 30 years drug free, the past is but a muffled procession of memories.

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Reading Amanda: One Black Man's Burden

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 06.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Harlem, John F. Kennedy, Langston Hughes, Charlie Rose, Jesus, Architectural Digest, James Baldwin, Carter Burden, Mr. And Mrs. Hamilton McKown Twombly, Eartha Kitt, Jane Jacobs, Amanda Burden, Charlie Rangel, The Dakota, Parties, Vanderbilt, New York City, Barack Obama, River House, Robert F. Kennedy, Rezoning, Newport, Lewis H. Michaux, In the Hamptons, Henry Roth, New York Times, Malcolm X, Philip Johnsons, Society, Maya Angelou, Tuxedo Park, New-York-Socialites, Style News

Reputedly she is known by friends and family as "Ba"; habitually, as a uniform, she sports sober Calvin Klein suits and subsists on tuna or grilled...

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Happy 110th, Duke!

Jane Levere | Posted 06.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Harlem, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Maurice Hines, Apollo Theater, Pearl Bailey, Billy Strayhorn, Louis Bellson, Duke Ellington, Arena Stage, A Train, Paul Mercer Ellington, Mercedes Ellington, Entertainment News

To celebrate the 110th birthday of Duke Ellington last week, his namesake orchestra played in a subway station in Harlem and, even more appropriately, on a 1930's-vintage, green A train.

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Voluntary Slavery

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.20.2009 | Style

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Harvey Milk Lives -- in Albany

Jim Luce | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Upper East Side, Facebook, Spanish Harlem, Roosevelt Island, COBRA Legislation, Mike Bloomberg, Disabled, Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, Jewish Progressive, Albany, Transgender, Gay, Jonathan Bing, Rainbow Flag, United Federation of Teachers, Bisexual, Micah Kellner, Millionaires’ Tax, Talking Points Memo, Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Education, www.micahkellner.net, Gay Agenda, Harvey Milk, LGBT Seniors, New York City, Daily Beast, Carolyn Maloney, Gay Marriage, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Lesbian, Harlem, New York Post, Bill Thompson, Joel Klein, New York Times, Peter Grannis, The Mayor of Castro Street, New York State Assembly, Huffington Post, Chuck Schumer, New York University, Wheelchair-Accessible, New York, Politics News

Handsome, dedicated, and driven, Micah is the disabled with cerebral palsy, Jewish progressive, openly bisexual, who represents a swath of Manhattan's Upper East Side.

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Harlem Village Academies 7th Graders Blog the Inauguration

Deborah Kenny | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York City Schools, Harlem, Harlem Village Academies, Obama's Inauguration, Schools, New York City, New York, Barack Obama, Obama Inauguration Coverage, Obama Inaugural, Obama Inaugural Address, Obama Inauguration, Inauguration, Obama Inaugural Speech, Barack Obama Inauguration, Politics News

"I'm thinking right now that if America can change, so can I. I can change my behavior, my attitude. I can make so many improvements. Like Barack, I am going to be somebody. I, too, will help America."

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Roundballer In Chief: Lessons from the Mario Cuomo Basketball League

Andrew Stengel | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

I have some advice for those who played basketball with then-candidate Obama: the game will change once the oath of office is administered. I know because I was on Gov. Cuomo's team.

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Letters to President Obama from Fourth Graders in Harlem

Lauren Rubinfeld | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Harlem, HuffPost Election Reaction, Student for Obama, President Obama, Election Reaction, Letters to Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Presidency, Elementary School, Presidential Election, Obama President, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, Politics News

Dear President Obama, My name is Shareef and I am writing to you to say congratulations on being the first black President. Your wife must be very proud of you.

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In Harlem, Obama Embraces a New Approach to Poverty

Paul Tough | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Geoffrey Canada, Inner City Poverty Campaigns, Child Poverty, Geoffrey Canada, US Poverty, Barack Obama, Harlem, Children, Harlem Children's Zone, Politics News

The most innovative policy in Obama's platform is his pledge to replicate the Harlem Children's Zone in 20 cities across the country. What we spend early on in a child's life, we more than get back later.

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Solar Panels & Wind Turbines Power NYC Community Garden

George Spyros | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Harlem, Solar Energy, S Renewable Energy, Green Gardening, Bette Midler, Target, Green Energy, Solar Power, Gardens, Green News

Bette Midler and Target Launch Green Community Garden: Wind & Solar Power, LED Lighting, Rainwater Collection, Composting (full press release her...

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Clinton and Obama Supporters Scramble for Last Minute NY Support

NYCity News Service | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

click image for audio slideshow On Saturday afternoon, Barack Obama supporters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge shouting the sena...

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The Battle For Harlem Heats Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Campaign Donations, Harlem Office, Bill Clinton, Super Tuesday, Perkins, Harlem, New York Primary, Bill Perkins, Hillary Clinton, Obama Country, David Dinkins, Barack Obama, Dinkins, Politics News

On the corner of 130th Street and Malcolm X Blvd in New York sits Sen. Barack Obama's Harlem headquarters. It is a lively place, with full glass windo...

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On the Trail with Harlem for Obama

NYCity News Service | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Harlem, Voting, Education, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, New York City, Barack Obama, Economy, harlem4obama, Supporter, Home News

Dana L. Oliver speaks with the members of this group about its role in the election process, what the people of Harlem want, and why Obama is the right man for the job.

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