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Straight Brooklyn Couple Applies to Annul Marriage Because Gay Marriage Still Not Legal

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 12.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Marriage, Governor David Paterson, New York Gay Marriage Bill, Gay Rights, New York Gay Marriage, Gay, Gays, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, New York, New York City, Same-Sex Marriage, New York News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

A couple in Brooklyn is looking to challenge the legitimacy of straight marriages in light of the recent New York Senate vote against gay marriage rights. Their strategy: apply for an annulment.

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Jasmina Anema Meets Obama: Girl With Leukemia Finally Sees President

Posted 12.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Leukemia, Jasmina Anema, Jasmina Anema Meets Obama, New York, New York City, New York News

Jasmina Anema's journey to the White House to meet President Obama yesterday was a highlight in what has been a short and difficult life for the leuke...

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Spotswitch iPhone App Finds Parking Spots For New Yorkers

nytimes.com | JENNIFER 8. LEE | Posted 12.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Iphone, New York, Spotswitch, iPhone Apps, New York Parking, New York City, New York News

Spotswitch, a new iPhone application, hopes to use crowdsourcing to help with an eternal New York problem: How do you find a parking space in New York...

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Tire Slasher Slashing Police Cars

nydailynews.com | By Mike Jaccarino | Posted 12.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Nypd, New York, Nypd Tire Slasher, Parking Enforcement, New York City, New York News

Cops are hunting for a suspect, possibly fed up over parking tickets, who slashed the tires of three NYPD Parking Enforcement cars in broad daylight o...

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Garry Kasparov, Chess Master, Buys $3.4 Million Penthouse

The New York Observer | Chloe Malle | Posted 12.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Upper West Side, Kasparov Moves to Upper West Side, Chess, New York City, New York, Garry Kasparov, New York News

Chess champion Garry Kasparov who has retired from chess, and taken up politics in its stead as a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin recently bought a $3...

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Art Basel Miami: Juxtaposing Old And New, Big And Small

artinfo.com | Posted 12.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Art Basel Miami, Chelsea Galleries, New York, Art Basel Miami Beach, James Fuentes, New York City, New York News

To a greater extent than its sister fair in Switzerland, Art Basel Miami Beach is known for an emphasis on edgier contemporary work. ...

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MTA Maintenance Workers Slack On Job, Cost City $10 million

nydailynews.com | By Pete Donohue | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Subway, Mta, New York Mta, New York, MTA Maintenance Workers Slack on Job, New York City, New York News

Some track maintenance crews regularly work on the rails just four hours a day - but get paid for a full eight hours, a report released Monday reveals...

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Project Feed Me Brings Thanksgiving To Harlem Locals

Posted 12.02.2009 | Impact

Read More: Harlem, Adversity, Poverty, Thanksgiving Dinner, Charity, Thanksgiving, Nonprofit, New York City, Project Feed Me, Impact News

On November 24, nearly 200 people were provided hot Thanksgiving meals in Harlem's Frederick Douglass Children's Center by Project Feed Me, a signific...

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More Than 100,000 New Yorkers Living With HIV Or AIDS

nydailynews.com | By Mark Lebetkin and Katie Nelson | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Protests, HIV/AIDS, New York, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City, World AIDS Day, New York News

World AIDS Day was marked in the city Tuesday with advocacy, arrests and sobering statistics. Officials said at least 104,234 New Yorkers are living w...

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Ivanka Trump Offers Ring And Room Deal

nydailynews.com | By Christina Boyle | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Ivanka Trump Wedding Rings, Ivanka Trump, Ivanka Trump Wedding, Jared Kushner Ivanka Trump, New York, Ivanka Offers Deal for Proposing, New York City, New York News

Newlywed Ivanka Trump unveiled a package Tuesday for guys who want to propose: Buy a ring from her and get a room at one of the family hotels. ...

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I'm Not Exactly Afraid of Really Intense Fashion

Ellie Kemper | Posted 12.02.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Clothing, Thanksgiving, Fashion, Harvey Weinstein, Style, New York City, Hollywood, Los Angeles News
Ellie Kemper

In LA, people dress with the deep and earnest hope that people will do nothing but stare at them. It's a city of discovery and possibility and earthquakes and wildfires; anything can happen.

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Love in a Time of HIV: A Documentary

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: London, HIV/AIDS, Love in a Time of HIV, Factor VIII, Hemophiliaic, HIV Prevention, Safe Sex, Beth Jones, Johannesburg, Condoms, Nicky Lankester, Showtime, New York City, World AIDS Day, Entertainment News
Marcia G. Yerman

The film explores three separate histories. As Jones wrote me via e-mail, "We wanted to look at the subject of HIV/AIDS in the light of people living with it, rather than dying from it."

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Fine Whines Accompany Comcast-NBC Turkey

Art Brodsky | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Obama Administration, Internet, Comcast, New York City, Net Neutrality, Nbc, AT&T, Media News
Art Brodsky

Those who argue that AT&T, Verizon and, yes, Comcast, should have control over the Internet will have an even larger barrier to surmount as the economic might of the new media giant becomes apparent.

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Undocumented Immigrants Scared to Seek Free Health Care

Benedict Moran | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Catholic Migration Office, Corona Queens, Illegal Immigrants, Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Health Care, New York City, New York News
Benedict Moran

New York health officials say that a large number of undocumented immigrants fear going to city health centers and instead rely on an illegal network of doctors and traditional faith healers.

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Larry 1984

Beth Broderick | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, New York City, World AIDS Day, Living News
Beth Broderick

I first became an advocate for people with AIDS on Thanksgiving, 1984 in New York City. I wrote this story in remembrance of the many brilliant young people whose lives slipped away in those early days.

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Marshal Greenberg, Deutsche Bank Whistle-Blower, Abused By Coworkers, Victim Of Anti-Semitism

nytimes.com | CHARLES v. BAGLI | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bank Whistle Blower, Marshal Greenberg Outcast, New York City, New York, New York News

They called him a rat and a "fat Jew" in graffiti scrawled across the port-a-pottys, he said, urinated in his hard hat and sealed him inside a closet ...

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Laundry Room Libraries

The New York Times | SUSAN DOMINUS | Posted 12.01.2009 | Books

Read More: Recycling, Recycling Books, Laundry, Libraries, Books, Apartments, Book Clubs, Green Living, Reading, New York City, Books News

My old neighbors in Washington Heights were marvels of resourcefulness, natural born recyclers inspired by thrift, as opposed to love of the environme...

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15 Central Park West Residents Got Private Viewing Of Thanksgiving Day Parade

nytimes.com | CLYDE HABERMAN | Posted 12.02.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, 61st Street Blocked, Macy's Parade, New York City, New York News

On Thanksgiving morning, a public street was effectively privatized. At 62nd Street and Central Park West, a police barricade prevented people who gat...

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Metal Roll-Down Security Gates Banned

nytimes.com | SEWELL CHAN | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York

Read More: New York City Council Bans Roll-Down Gates for Stores, New York City Council, New York, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, New York News

Citing high rates of graffiti, the City Council voted unanimously on Monday to gradually ban the use of roll-down metal security gates, a move that wo...

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Token Booth Clerks Help With Small-Change MetroCards

nydailynews.com | By Kate Nocera and Pete Donohue | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Metrocard, New York Subway, New York, Metrocard Small Change, New York Mta, New York City, New York News

Token booth clerks are giving a helping hand to straphangers stuck with MetroCards with small-change balances....

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Bike Lanes On Bedford Ave To Be Removed

Gothamist | [18] | | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Bike Culture, Bedford Ave Bike Lanes Removed, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Williamsburg Brooklyn, Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn New York, New York, New York City, New York News

Gothamist has learned that the Department of Transportation is planning to remove a 14-block section of the Bedford Avenue cycling route "as part of o...

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Fake Badges Often Used By Real New York Cops

nytimes.com | RAY RIVERA | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Police, Nypd, NYPD Wear Fake Badges, Police, Police Officers, New York City, New York, New York Police Wear Fake Badges, New York News

In New York, a city that has become almost synonymous with high security, where office employees wear picture IDs and surveillance cameras are on the ...

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Hollywood vs. New York: Four Decades Of NYC Destruction On Film (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Movies, Hollywood vs. New York, New York Films, Video, Nyc, New York City, New York Destroyed, New York News

New York and Los Angeles have been locked in battle since the first jaded Manhattanite moved West in search of sunny skies, fertile earth, and probabl...

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Food Stamps In New York

David Jones | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Working Poor, New York City News, Food Pantry, Food Stamp Recipients, Food Stamps, New York City, New York News
David Jones

Our food stamp policy is a holdover from the Giuliani's belief that benefits create dependency. The racist undertones of this policy -- given who is poor in this city -- are too obvious to ignore.

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AM New York's Best Picks for Cyber Monday

NY Convergence | NY Convergence | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home

Read More: New York-New York, New York City, Home News

am New York has assembled a list of Web sites to help shoppers back at work today in New York City navigate "today's madness," which we have pa...

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