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NEW YORK News, Jul 07, 2012

On a New York island, firefighters set homes ablaze
Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Firefighters will spend the next two weeks setting homes ablaze on a small island in New York Harbor for one purpose: Saving lives. ... Video: Landmark candy store returns to downstate Illinois...
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A pastry chef's sweet life
Washington Post
When she was 18, she moved to New York City and got a job at the famous FAO Schwarz toy store, where she dressed up as Barbie and greeted all the customers. She thought she wanted to be a dancer on Broadway. “But then I met food,” she says.
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New York Yankees - TeamReport
Chicago Tribune
MLB Team Report - New York Yankees - INSIDE PITCH. ... "I feel like I'm throwing the ball the same as I was," Robertson said. "I feel like I have really good life on it. I don't really think there's much I'm going to try to change. I'm going to stick ...
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NY appeals court rules open meeting law not broken in passage of sex marriage ...
Washington Post
ALBANY, N.Y. — A state appeals court rejected a challenge to New York'syear-old same-sex marriage law Friday, ruling closed-door negotiations among senators and gay marriage supporters, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, did not violate any laws.
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REFILE-On a New York island, firefighters set homes ablaze
Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK, July 3 (Reuters) - Firefighters will spend the next two weeks setting homes ablaze on a small island in New York Harbor for one purpose: Saving lives. Eighteen abandoned townhouses on New YorkCity's Governors Island, formerly housing for ...
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NY Nassau County braces for financial speed bumps
Chicago Tribune
New York state to pay $41 million in property tax refunds or ... Next week, the county, a commuting suburb of New York City ... Video: Truck slams into Ohio gas station ... In theaters: New movie reviews ... Shopping with Chicago Bears star Israel ...
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New York Mets - TeamReport
Chicago Tribune
MLB Team Report - New York Mets - INSIDE PITCH. ... Shopping with Chicago Bears star Israel Idonije · Shopping with Chicago Bear Israel Idonije · Fashion After Dark for June 30th Weekend · This weekend's hot club fashion · Craigslist Chicago classics ...
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Woman accused of stalking, extorting NY Yankees GM Brian Cashman is freed ...
Washington Post
NEW YORK — A woman accused of shaking down New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman was freed from jail Friday, walking out of a courthouse on bond after five months behind bars.
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Carolyn Hax: Reader advice on life post-baby, college choices, married names
Washington Post
New parents find a balance in socializing with friends who don't have children. ... Carolyn Hax: Reader advice on life post-baby, college choices, married names. Smaller Text Larger Text Text Size; Print · E-mail · Reprints .... The Post Most ...
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After completing deal to bring Kidd to New York, Knicks can move on to keeping ...
Washington Post
Once they finish the deal that would bring Jason Kidd to New York, theKnicks can move on to keeping Jeremy Lin. ... Culture Connoisseurs consistently offer thought-provoking, timely comments on the arts, lifestyleand entertainment. More about badges ...
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Bodleian Library's medieval manuscripts come to NY
Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 60 Hebrew, Arabic and Latin medieval manuscripts from England's Bodleian Library in Oxford will be displayed, most for the first time in the United States, in a new exhibition at the Jewish Museum this fall.
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Happy 77th Birthday, Dear Dalai Lama
Penn Yan Chronicle-Express (blog)
Was it a harmonic convergence of chanting and cake? He has spent his whole life teaching and living right action. Sometimes we get entangled ...New York Wine & Grape Foundation. • Keuka Lake Association. • Yates County Cornell Cooperative Extension ...
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Looking for new 'Benji' star
Washington Post
Shopping · Obituaries · Other Classifieds · Lifestyle ... Brandon Camp, whose father created the “Benji” movies nearly 40 years ago, and veteran animal trainer Mark Forbes have set out to find a new Benji in a nationwide search that includes online ...
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Sunken NY yacht to be raised, may offer clues
U-T San Diego
A sunken yacht on which three children died during an Independence Day outing must be raised from the waters off New York's Long Island before officials can determine what caused the accident.
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Ask Amy: Should son know truth about paternity?
Washington Post
... an affair during a marriage that is now over. Her ex has been stalwart, standing by the boy and accepting him as his own, but her new husband thinks the boy should be told the facts. ... Amy Dickinson offers straightforward advice on relationships ...
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New Frontier for Tourists: Your Home
New York Times
Every time I see a tourist in New York City in July, I am taken with an urge to hand them a travel brochure for somewhere else. “Summer in Helsinki is supposed to be just great,” I might say, to anyone who does not appear to be from Finland. As I write ...
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New York Times
Warren Gerds column: Green Bay has star in 'NY Med' TV series
Green Bay Press Gazette
Emergency room doctors have nerves of steel. That can change when cameras from a TV show are at hand. Green Bay native Benjamin van Boxtel had a chance to see that — and participate — for 'NY Med,' a new inspiration-minded ABC-TV series that ...
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What would Gandhi do: Tips to survive the heat
Washington Post
... heat, we look to other parts of the world for assistance on cooling off. How do people cope in places where roasting temperatures aren't a heat wave but a way of life? ... Souks and shops are shuttered throughout most the 110-plus-degree days in ...
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Mandatory life without parole serves no one
Washington Post
In a case from Arkansas, Kuntrell Jackson and some friends decided to rob a video store; Kuntrell learned en route that one of the boys was carrying a shotgun, stayed outside for most of the robbery, but was in the store when another youth shot and ...
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Jobs and politics: Well, which is it? 'A step in the right direction' or 'a ...
Washington Post
Video. President Barack Obama says private sector job growth is a “step in the right direction,” but the economy must grow faster following a modest monthly job report. Overall, the stand-pat nature of the new data was not a game-changer in the close ...
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Rizzo, Johnson lead 18-hit attack as Cubs beat Mets 8-7
Chicago Tribune
Anthony Rizzo, Reed Johnson lead 18-hit attack in Chicago Cubs' 8-7 victory over New York Mets. ... Photos: Cubs beat Mets 8-7 · Video: Cubs manager Sveum on wild 8-7 win · Box score: Cubs 8, Mets 7 · Photos: Chicago's All-Stars; See more stories ». X ...
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Best Buy to cut 2400 jobs, including 600 at Geek Squad
Chicago Tribune
The entrance to a Best Buy store in New York (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters / July 6, 2012) ... The latest cuts come on top of jobs associated with 50 store closings announced in March, spokesman Bruce Hight, said. The Geek Squad ... Best videos of the ...
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Lessons from '95 disaster help city bear latest heat wave
Chicago Tribune
In his book, "Heat Wave," New York University sociology professor and author Eric Klinenberg examined the heat wave disaster in 1995 that led to the deaths of more than 700 residents. Klinenberg dissected the catastrophe and concluded that part of the ...
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Dr. Drew Pinsky's relationship with drugmaker raises ethical questions
Washington Post
In those days, Wellbutrin was being furtively promoted as a drug that could not only treat depression but also enhance a patient's sex life and help with weight loss. The company's sales representatives sometimes referred to Wellbutrin as the “happy ...
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Best Buy cutting 600 Geek Squad jobs, 1800 store workers as part of turnaround ...
Washington Post
NEW YORK — Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. is laying off 600 staffers in its Geek Squad technical support division and 1800 other store workers as it seeks to restructure operations and improve results, the company said Friday.
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Yankees outlast Red Sox
Chicago Tribune
Mark Teixeira sparked a four-run seventh inning with a two-run triple, as theNew York Yankees outlasted the Boston Red Sox, 10-8, in the opener of a four-game series.
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Animal rights activists say video shows horse abuse at Reno Rodeo more...
Washington Post
He also said cowboys were found to be “messing” with overhead cameras the rodeo installed after SHARK released similar video in 2011, and the man who administered the shocks worked “really hard to stay out of camera view.” Schroeder ... Culture ...
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$?(&! What did the mayor just say? What summer swearing streak says about ...
Washington Post
NEW YORK — What the $?&(! is going on with our politicians? ... And he finds that troubling: “I honestly do believe that, in aping the coarseness of popular culture, people in public life are really dragging us into a discourse of fang and claw ...
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What to watch: Singer's voice cracks on 'God Bless America'
Dansville-Genesee Country Express (blog)
Daily entertainment news with what to watch tonight on TV, a weekend tip and a trending video. ... Livingston County Chamber of Commerce. • New York State Festival of Balloons. • Dansville Public Library. • Wayland Potato Festival. Town Governments ...
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Brick Fiesta: Where LEGO Becomes a Lifestyle
Houston Press (blog)
It's like the first time you play a giant sandbox video game, and you realize that there is a whole culture that doesn't involve you at all and exists whether you interact with it or not. It comes to life, especially when it's down with such precision ...
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Dismal hiring shows economy stuck in low gear
Chicago Tribune
Related; Dismal hiring shows economy stuck in low gear · Careers / Jobs · People wait in line to be processed during a summer city employment event in New York · Graphic: U.S. unemployment rate · Boehner, Hill Republicans lash out at jobs report; See ...
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New blood for the DC statehood movement
Washington Post
Finally, people may start trying new ideas to engage ever more people, including the resources of a few super-rich Washingtonians who might want to be remembered in the exaltations about the creation of the 51st state. ... Culture Connoisseurs ...
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Wall Street Week Ahead: Stimulus moves, profits to be focus
Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street has been running in circles for the past two months, and the pattern may continue despite the upcoming start of the earnings season.
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Maine filmmaker chats with 12-year-old version of himself in video, thanks to ...
Washington Post
PORTLAND, Maine — A video created by a Maine filmmaker that shows him talking to a younger version of himself thanks to creative editing is making its way across the Internet.
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Supreme Court's decision renews questions about IRS capability to enforce...
Washington Post
The changes will require new regulations, forms and publications, newcomputer programs and a big new outreach program to explain it all to taxpayers and tax professionals. Businesses that don't claim an exemption will have to prove they offer health ...
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In new political ad, Obama taking on Romney over candidate's pledge to get ...
Washington Post
Romney has accused Obama of failing to live up to promises to get tough on the economic powerhouse, saying he would label China a currency manipulator on his first day in office and fight the theft of intellectual property and job losses. Obama's ...
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Cubs' Dempster will be on pitch count in Sunday return
Sacramento Bee
NEW YORK - Ryan Dempster will return from a 22-day absence Sunday to start the Cubs' final game of the first half. ... The Cubs are shopping him after Dempster agreed to waive his no-trade rights to go to a contender. The Dodgers, Yankees and Braves ...
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US added 80000 jobs in June as economy struggles
Washington Post
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was quick to seize on news of the weak jobs report, calling it evidence of President Obama's mismanagement of the economy. “It doesn't have to be this way,” Romney said at a New Hampshire hardware store.
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Frank James Allston, 1930-2012
Chicago Tribune
Mr. Allston began his civilian career in the mid-1950s as director of public relations with General Electric, where his duties included promoting the Carousel of Progress at the General Electric Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. "The exhibit ...
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Chicago Tribune
Military draft panel fiasco highlights gulf between secular Jews and ultra ...
Washington Post
These young men, and their sheltered lifestyle, are at the heart of a battle that is tearing Israel apart in a clash between tradition and modernity, religion and democracy. The fight centers on whether ultra-Orthodox males should be drafted into the ...
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For Scientologists, Divorce Is No Simple Matter
New York Times
WHEN Scientologists marry, the words conveyed in the church's wedding service typically contain plenty of warnings that couples are expected to uphold their commitments even when romance and good fortune wane: “Know that life is stark and often ...
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New York Times
Lessons From the Side of the Sea
Huffington Post (blog)
They say if you're lucky enough to live on the beach, you're lucky enough. And I have to ... He landed in a new and different spot, not very far away. And I realized, it's .... 1 of 5. Pep-Talk Viral Video: Life Lessons From Films in Seven Minutes ...
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Tempestt Bledsoe, one of 'Cosby Show' kids, says new sitcom portrays 'positive ...
Washington Post
(Peter Kramer, file/ Associated Press ) - FILE - This April 10, 2011 file photo shows actress Tempestt Bledsoe arriving at the 2011 TV Land Awards inNew York. Bledsoe says she's thrilled to be returning to network television on a show that portrays “a ...
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Company's closure halts parts manufacturing, support for critical C-130 ...
Washington Post
“In any new system you're going to have some issues come up, and we've been able to work through them,” Fisher said. ... Culture Connoisseurs consistently offer thought-provoking, timely comments on the arts, lifestyleand entertainment. More about ...
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Bradley Wiggins takes Tour de France lead from Fabian Canceralla after 7th ...
Washington Post
(Lionel Bonaventure, Pool/ Associated Press ) - New overall leader Bradley Wiggins of Britain, right, grimaces in the last climb towards La Planche des Belles Filles, as he rides with Cadel Evans of Australia, left, during the seventh stage of the Tour ...
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