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Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began in 1870, completed in 1883 and stretches 5,989 feet over the East River to connect Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began in 1870, completed in 1883 and stretches 5,989 feet over the East River to connect Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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Miami sex offender camp leads to lawsuit
Miami HeraldA multipronged legal battle erupted Thursday over the growing colony of sex offenders forced to live under the Julia Tuttle Causeway. First, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida sued Miami-Dade County, arguing that the state's rule that sex...Tags: Charlie Crist, Local Authority, Sex, Crimes, Sexual Assault
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Little people ask FCC to ban the word 'midget' on TV
jennifer.maloney@newsday.comLittle People of America, at its annual conference in Brooklyn this week, has called for the Federal Communications Commission to ban the use of the word "midget" on broadcast TV. "The word 'midget' objectifies you," said Clinton Brown, 27, of...Tags: Joan Rivers, Regional Authority, Downtown (Brooklyn, New York), Donald Trump, NBC
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Little People Convention Takes Over The Big Apple
wpix.comThe Little People of America's Convention is invading New York City for the first time ever in the organization's 52-year history. Nearly 3,000 members and their families will come to town Saturday to attend the week-long event at the Marriott in...Tags: WPIX-TV, Heavy Engineering
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When Liberty trembled
OF THE MORNING CALLWhen the Statue of Liberty's crown is reopened to the public today for the first time since 9/11, the monument's torch will remain closed as it has been since a little-remembered attack on the United States during World War I. On July 30, 1916, German...Tags: New York City, History, Railway Transportation, Human Body, Connecticut Valley Railroad
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Athletes Can Breathe a Little Easier
U.S. News & World ReportI've got exercise-induced asthma, and I'm sure it's not helping me any that my running workouts are usually during rush hour and take me over the Brooklyn Bridge and its car-choked roadway. Pollution is a concern for all outdoor exercisers, for...Tags: Athletes, Human Body, Colleges and Universities, Environmental Pollution, Physical Conditions
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Abandoned Quarries: A Testament To An Earlier Time
Old abandoned quarries. The words still conjure up fond memories of growing up in Portland near the Strickland feldspar quarry. It was a place where we went to watch rockhounds digging through a mountain of tailings and teens diving into the cold,...Tags: Statue of Liberty, Petroleum Industry, Bodies of Water, Connecticut River, Golf
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Spanning History
The World War Memorial Bridge linking Kittery, Maine and Portsmouth, N.H., opened in 1923. It was one of the country's largest vertical lift bridges with a nearly 300-foot lift span — the middle section that actually moves up and down — that...Tags: History, New Hampshire, Navy Yard, Annapolis, Maine
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America's crowning glory
The Orange County RegisterThe crown of liberty has been closed for almost eight long years. Since the dark day of Sept. 11, 2001, the observation deck in the crown atop the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor has been off limits to visitors. Fears of a terrorist attack closed...Tags: New York, Statue of Liberty, Manhattan (New York City), Battery Park, Sculpture
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Valley Stream man faces DWI charges in fatal accident
Special to NewsdayA Valley Stream man faces drunken driving charges stemming from a fatal multivehicle accident on the FDR Drive in Manhattan, city police said Sunday. Brandon Connelly, 32, of 380 Arkansas Dr., was southbound in his 2005 Audi sedan near Catherine Slip...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Murder, Arkansas, Crimes, North Carolina
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Wedding album: Hooray for Bollywood
Special to NewsdayWhen world travelers Sibil Sebastian and Jason John decided to tie the knot, they tapped their love of Bollywood, India's film industry, to make their wedding day memorable. "It was always Jason's dream to be the hero of a Bollywood movie someday,"...Tags: Movies, New York, Calendars, Days, and Months, Trips and Vacations, Texas
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A tale of 2 cities, and only a train ride away
Memorial Day in Washington, and geese swimming in the great reflecting pool that reflects the Washington Monument or the Lincoln Memorial, depending on where you are standing, and busloads of tourists pulled up to the curbs. Heroic architecture...Tags: Washington Monument, Symptoms, MySpace, Manhattan (New York City), Civil and Public Service
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What you missed at $500 a pop: Inner Circle lines
Spin CycleThe Inner Circle reporters' charity spoof Saturday at the New York Hilton offered this material: A look ahead to 2030 when the toll on the Brooklyn Bridge is $25 -- to cross on foot. Bloomberg didn't like his poll......Tags: New York, Barack Obama, Charles B. Rangel, Hillary Clinton
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