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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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My mortgage is paid off, now what?
Housing counselQ I paid my mortgage off in late May. What should I expect to see in the way of documents? How do I really know it is complete? A When you borrowed money to buy or refinance your home, you signed a mortgage document or a deed of trust. The latter is more...Tags: State Budgets, Credit and Debt, Mortgages, Real Estate Transactions, Homes
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Friends: Wal-Mart victim was easygoing, helpful
dave.marcus@newsday.comJdimytai Damour, 34, the Wal-Mart worker who died Friday after shoppers stampeded in a Valley Stream store, was an easygoing, helpful man who loved poetry, friends and family said. Family friend Ronald Jean Myrthil, of Bridgeport, Conn., said Damour came...Tags: Fresh Meadows, SUNY Nassau Community College, Manhattan (New York City), Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Sought: Wal-Mart shoppers who trampled NY worker
Associated Press WriterPolice are reviewing surveillance video of a post-Thanksgiving shopper stampede that trampled a suburban Wal-Mart worker to death, but they acknowledge it may be tough to bring criminal charges. Nassau County police and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said no...Tags: Black Friday (shopping), Long Island, Laws, SUNY Nassau Community College, Manhattan (New York City)
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NY Subway Terror Threat Emerges On Busy Travel Day
Associated PressPolice bolstered security in subways and trains Wednesday after the government warned that al-Qaida suicide bombers were contemplating an attack on New York's mass-transit systems during the holiday season. An internal memo obtained by the Associated...Tags: Railway Transportation, Manhattan (New York City), Bombings, Law Enforcement, Police
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Across Nation, Advocates Protest Gay Marriage Ban
Associated PressGay rights supporters waving rainbow colors marched, chanted and danced in cities coast to coast Saturday to protest the vote that banned gay marriage in California and to urge supporters not to quit the fight for the right to wed. Crowds gathered near...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Gay Rights, Family, California
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Gay rights rallies held nationwide to protest California ban, renew fight for right to marry
Associated Press WriterBOSTON (AP) _ Gay rights supporters waving rainbow colors marched, chanted and danced in cities coast to coast Saturday to protest the vote that banned gay marriage in California and to urge supporters not to quit the fight for the right to wed. Crowds...Tags: Gay Rights, Sarah Palin, Family, California, Sacramento
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Today's Birthdays
Guitarist Gerry McGee of The Ventures, 71. Singer Gordon Lightfoot, 70. Movie director Martin Scorsese, 66. Actress Lauren Hutton, 65. "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels, 64. Actor-director Danny DeVito, 64. Actor Stephen Root ("...Tags: Celebrity, Music, RuPaul
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NYC transit agency facing $1.2 billion deficit
The agency that runs New York City's subways, buses and commuter trains will need to raise fares or dramatically cut services to close a $1.2 billion budget gap next year, officials said Monday. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority didn't give...Tags: David Paterson, Long Island, State Budgets, Subway Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Society Scene Events Calendar for Palm Beach County
Every Thursday night at 6 p.m. Clematis By Night City of West Palm Beach This free weekly event features the area’s best rock, R&B, reggae, Latin, blues, soul and swing music. Clematis by Night is the place to be every Thursday for great music, a taste of...Tags: Nassau County Museum of Art, Kravis Center, Adults, National Football League, Beverage Industry
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Armstrong creates troubling paradise marked by landscape of fantasy
Special to the SentinelPainter L. C. Armstrong has visited paradise and returns now to report some strange goings-on there -- blindfolded ladies bearing bird cages, romantic snowmen and poppies on fire, just for starters. The Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College has...Tags: Pentecost, Manhattan (New York City), Josef Albers, Rollins College, Valencia Community College
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Screening films outdoors is no day in the park
The lawn at the Grove shopping center looked like a slumber party one recent evening, as 75 people sprawled in sleeping bags and blankets on the grass to watch the 1984 film "Ghostbusters" on an inflatable screen.
A Stay Puft marshmallow man blow-up doll...Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), San Pedro, Consumers, California, Government
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New on DVD: 'Hellboy II'
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Starring Ron Perlman, Selma Blair. Written and directed by Guillermo del Toro. Universal Home Video $29.98 (blu-ray $39.98) ***
Guillermo del Toro might well be the most exciting, imaginative director making films today. If...Tags: George Lucas, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Paramount, William Friedkin
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