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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Trial: Shortlist Of Defense Lawyers For 9/11 Case

nytimes.com | BENJAMIN WEISER | Posted 12.08.2009 | New York

Read More: 9/11, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Trial, Lawyers, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, September 11th, New York City, New York, Defense-Lawyers, New York News

Lawyers to defend Khalid Shaikh Mohammed are expected to initially be chosen from a cadre of about 20 veteran defense lawyers in New York who have bro...

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McCarren Pool Groundbreaking Features Bloomberg, Adrian Benepe

brooklyneagle.com | Posted 12.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Williamsburg, Mccarren Pool Restoration Groundbreaking, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, New York News

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe broke ground yesterday on the $50 million restoration of McCarren Pool on the edge of...

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US Airways Cutting 250 Jobs At La Guardia Airport

nytimes.com | PATRICK McGEEHAN | Posted 12.07.2009 | New York

Read More: US Airways to Eliminate 250 Jobs at La Guardia Airport, US Airways, New York City, New York, La Guardia Airport, New York News

Over the strenuous objections of its pilots, US Airways is proceeding with its plan to eliminate more than 250 jobs at La Guardia Airport, which has l...

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Sasha J. Blair-Goldensohn Suing City For Central Park Tree Limb Injury

nytimes.com | MICHAEL WILSON | Posted 12.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Central Park, New York City, New York, Limb Fall, Sasha J. Blair-Goldensohn Sues City Over Tree, New York News

Sasha J. Blair-Goldensohn, a 33-year-old computer scientist, who suffered brain and spinal injuries in July when a heavy limb fell from a tree in Cent...

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DesignLine Buses Cut Down On Noise

nytimes.com | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 12.07.2009 | New York

Read More: DesignLine Buses, New Silent Buses, New-York-City-Buses, New York Mta, New York City, New York, New York News

The newest addition to New York City's formidable bus fleet -- an experimental turbine hybrid known as the DesignLine -- is notable mainly for a featu...

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Bloomberg Wants Brooklyn Bridge Park From State

nydailynews.com | By Mike Mclaughlin and and Erin Durkin | Posted 12.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Brooklyn Bridge Park Bid, New York, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York News

Mayor Bloomberg is ramping up the city's bid to wrest control of Brooklyn Bridge Park from the state with a plan to commit $55 million right away - an...

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Robert Simels, Lawyer, Gets 14 Years For Bribing, Threatening Witnesses

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 12.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Ny Attorney Sentenced, Crime, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Ny Attorney Drugs Case, Robert Simels, New York News

NEW YORK — A defense attorney with a high-profile client list was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Friday for plotting with a Guyanese busines...

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Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Annex Closing

AP | Posted 12.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Soho, New York, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex Closing, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, New York City, New York News

CLEVELAND — The year-old New York City annex to Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will shut down Jan. 3. A news release issued ...

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Generation Greed's Last Chance for Redemption

Room Eight | Room Eight | Posted 12.06.2009 | Home

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

New York's retired and near-retired public employees, who (like top corporate executives) have been among the few people becoming better off over the ...

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Things to do this week in NYC Dec 5-Dec 12: Museums

City Guide. | City Guide | Posted 12.05.2009 | Home

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

Some of the world's most impressive museums and exhibits are in New York?including the Whitney, the Guggenheim, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and...

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Brooke Astor's son: I'm too sick to be imprisoned

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 12.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Prison Sentence, New York, Francis X. Morrissey, Prison, New York City, Brooke Astor, Al Roker, Whoopi Goldberg, Anthony Marshall, Lawsuit, New York News

NEW YORK — Brooke Astor's 85-year-old son has turned to friends in high places – including Whoopi Goldberg and Al Roker – to help hi...

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Juan Acosta, NYPD Officer, Accused Of Helping Drug Gang

nbcnewyork.com | Posted 12.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Police Officer Helped Drug Gang, Nypd, Bronx, Crime, New York Police Department, New York City, New York, Cop Helped Drug Gang, New York News

Juan Acosta, an NYPD officer, used his own police car to pull off a drug-related robbery, federal prosecutors said Friday....

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Queens Jewelry Store Heist Caught On Tape (VIDEO)

Posted 12.04.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, Surveillance Footage, Queens, Queens Jewelry Store Robbery, New York City, New York News

Police released footage of a brazen robbery of a Queens jewelry store on Thursday, in which four men can be seen entering the Far Rockaway store on Mo...

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9/11 Responders' Anger: Obama Offers Sympathy, But No Support

nydailynews.com | By Michael Mcauliff | Posted 12.04.2009 | New York

Read More: 9/11, 9/11 Responders' Health, Ground Zero, New York City, New York, New York News

Angry September 11th responders say President Obama has offered sympathy but no support for their appeal to champion their cause in Congress: a bill t...

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The Best Book Of The Decade

Alexander Nazaryan | Posted 12.05.2009 | Books

Read More: American Novels, Joseph O'Neill Netherland, The Grapes of Wrath, Best Books, Books, Netherland, Best Book of the Decade, Joseph O'Neill, Immigration, Post 9/11, Reading, New York City, The Great Gatsby, Books News
Alexander Nazaryan

No novel better captures the background dread of everyday life these days -- terrorism jitters, credit-default swaps, mutant flu strains -- than Joseph O'Neill's "Netherland".

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Diamond District: Beyond The Bling

nytimes.com | SARAH MASLIN NIR | Posted 12.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Midtown Manhattan, Midtown, New York City, New York, Rockefeller Center, Diamond District, New York News

In the Diamond District, just steps from the Rockefeller Center subway station, a visitor can find clandestine restaurants and unsung behind-the-scene...

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Jasmina Anema Meets Obama: Girl With Leukemia Finally Sees President (VIDEO)...PHOTO UPDATE

Posted 12.04.2009 | New York

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

UPDATE 12/4: The White House has released a photo of Jasmina's meeting with the president. Scroll down to see it. 12/3: Jasmina Anema's journey to th...

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Bronx Public Housing Advisory Council Created To Address Residents' Concerns

nydailynews.com | By Mike Jaccarino | Posted 12.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Housing, Bronx Public Housing Advisory Council, Bronx New York, Bronx, New York City, New York, New York News

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. announced Thursday the creation of the Bronx Public Housing Advisory Council to address the concerns of the mor...

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Port Authority Slashing 150 Jobs In 2010

AP | Posted 12.04.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's 2010 preliminary budget calls for 150 job cuts and investing $3.1 billion on capital ...

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NYC Economic Outlook Brighter Than Before: Report

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 12.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Financial Crisis, Unemployment, Wall Street, Economy, New York City, New York, Economic Crisis, New York News

NEW YORK — New York City's fiscal picture is brighter than it has been in a long time, according to a new report that projects fewer job losses,...

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Rockville Diocese Suing Village Of Old Westbury For Halting Plans To Build Cemetery

nydailynews.com | By John Marzulli | Posted 12.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Catholic Church, Long Island, New York, Diocese Suing Village of Westbury, Cemetery, New York City, New York News

Catholic Church officials are suing a Long Island town that has blocked plans for a new cemetery for more than a decade. ...

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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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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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