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Record number of tourists flood city

Ann and Angela Rooney didn't know it, but they were two of 46 million.

The 46 million, that is, who visited the city in 2007, a 6 percent increase above the previous year, according to a city report released Sunday. Indeed, tourism brought in $28 billion to the city last year, a 3 percent jump from 2006.

Apparently visitors like the Rooneys, a mother and daughter from Ireland, can't...

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