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Tough Times for Holiday Toy Drives
December 22, 2009 02:45 PM
The recession has made it hard for many people to give gifts this holiday season - and even harder to donate to charities, including ones that serve children in need. While NBC’s “Today” show reaped a record $30 million through...
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Sun Rising on Careers in Solar Energy
December 22, 2009 02:15 PM
The Center for Sustainable Energy offers training in solar power conversion. Students include traditional electricians like Charles Stewart, who calls his new business “Peace and Solar.”...
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Composer Creates a New Beat
December 16, 2009 03:31 PM
Composer Arthur Kampela isn't afraid to make musicians work - especially if they're master players in the New York Philharmonic. "They are practicing their a–es off right now," he said recently, over Sri Lankan tea in his Harlem apartment. The...
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Flu Shot in the Arm for Asthmatic Kids
December 15, 2009 05:15 PM
Women and children are most susceptible to the H1NI flu virus. Youngsters with asthma face an additional risk. While most children receive the nasal vaccine, those with asthma and other respiratory problem are being urged to get flu shot....
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On The Run For MetroCards
December 7, 2009 05:01 PM
To many subway clerks across the city, Michael Ring is a familiar face - but not because he's a frequent rider. The Park Slope dad and marathon runner hardly rides the train at all these days. Ring, 46, descends underground...
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FBI Was Clueless on "Deep Throat"
December 7, 2009 02:45 PM
The FBI apparently had no clue the agency’s second in command during Watergate - Mark Felt - was the newspaper source nicknamed “Deep Throat” who helped bring down a president, newly released documents show. Felt’s FBI file, obtained under the...
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Parking Signs of the Times
December 4, 2009 06:15 PM
The parking picture in New York can be as crowded and confusing as Times Square on a matinee day. With the City Council demanding five-minute grace periods at meters, Mayor Bloomberg calling for everything from high-tech parking gadgets to a...
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Albanian Pride on Display in Bronx
December 1, 2009 03:00 PM
In Bronx neighborhoods that have long enjoyed cannolis, veal parmigiana, tiramisu and other things Italian, it's the local Albanian community's turn to show some ethnic pride. Read More...
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Vendors Seek Street Justice
November 30, 2009 06:16 PM
New York City has more than 10,000 licensed and unlicensed street vendors. Many vendors say they are constantly fighting harassment by police as they try to eek out a living. The City Council is considering setting up an vendor advisory...
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Sex-Trafficking Survivor Speaks Out
November 25, 2009 02:32 PM
As children and their parents walked past crowded restaurants on Roosevelt Ave. in Jackson Heights recently, men yelled “Chicas!” and handed out cards with phone numbers and pictures of busty, scantily clad women. For Kika Cerpa, a woman in her...
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Harlem Block to Make History - Again
November 23, 2009 03:00 PM
Water doesn’t trickle down from the right basin of Jeanette Davis‘ sink - it pours. Puddles have formed under the kitchen cabinet of her W. 135th St. apartment, and the 58-year-old recently used a broom to evict a live rat...
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Nothing Easy About E-Waste
November 23, 2009 02:15 PM
Old computers, iPods, cell phones - Brian Boyd’s got ‘em all. But when Boyd, who runs a social media company, TrakVu, out of his Upper West Side apartment, wanted to get rid of some of his electronics, he didn’t know...
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Merchants Sour on Lollipop Meters
November 19, 2009 03:46 PM
During his re-election campaign, Mayor Bloomberg said he wanted to make parking easier by introducing new technologies, like text message updates for expiring meters and GPS-based tracking of vacant spaces. Community advocates and some merchants say they would be happy...
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Bets Off For Aqueduct Flea Market
November 19, 2009 01:15 PM
Dorothy Singh could barely contain her rage as she spoke about the future of the Aqueduct Racetrack. For 25 years, the Ozone Park resident has sold shoes and clothing as a vendor at the flea market, held in the track's...
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'Obama Oil' an Atlantic Ave. Hit
November 17, 2009 05:45 PM
On a stretch of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, the spice trade is thriving. The Islamic shops that line the blocks between Fourth Avenue and Nevins Street offer thousands of fragrance oils by the jugful -- and there's even one named...
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FBI Tracked "Working" Man Studs Terkel
November 15, 2009 11:00 PM
Studs Terkel, the renowned historian and broadcaster, once sought a job at the FBI - the agency that would go on to spend 45 years tracking him as a suspected Communist, newly disclosed documents reveal. The 269-page paper trail spans...
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Grads Bid to Save High School
November 13, 2009 12:30 PM
Stella Maris graduates are banding together in a last-ditch effort to save their school. The alums have started a foundation aimed at keeping the 66-year-old all-girls Catholic school open and are considering several plans - including letting boys enroll. Read...
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Capping Off A Big Yankee Season
November 3, 2009 05:15 PM
Li Huang came out a winner this season. He designs and sells more than 60 different kinds of custom Yankees hats - in styles from leather to camouflage - at his cap store. This season’s big seller: a cap with...
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Marathon Mileposts
November 2, 2009 05:45 PM
A CHILLY START STATEN ISLAND - Just before 6 a.m., small groups of runners spilled out of already-full tents as fresh arrivals clamored for a spot, seeking shelter from the cold drizzle at the Green Runner's Village in Fort Wadsworth....
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Running for Mayor - and Boy are Their Legs Tired!
October 30, 2009 05:16 PM
Michael Bloomberg and Bill Thompson aren’t the only two politicians running for mayor. Seven additional candidates - representing such groups as the Rent is Too Damn High Party and the Green Party - are on the ballot. Others, like Jonny...
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