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The City of New York is the largest city in the United States. New York City is comprised of 5 boroughs: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.
The City of New York is the largest city in the United States. New York City is comprised of 5 boroughs: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.
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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: Mining, Statue of Liberty, Metal and Mineral, Pennsylvania, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania)
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NY teacher pleads not guilty in Internet sex sting
A Pelham Middle School teacher has pleaded not guilty to a charge that he tried to lure a 15-year-old girl he met online into having sex with him. Gregg Cavaluzzi entered the plea Thursday in U.S. District Court in White Plains. A judge ordered...Tags: Ridgefield
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NY teacher pleads not guilty in sex sting
A former seventh-grade teacher in New York who was arrested in an Internet sex sting has pleaded not guilty. Greg Cavaluzzi (kah-vuh-LOO'-zee) of Yorktown faces a mandatory 10-year minimum prison sentence if convicted. Prosecutors say Cavaluzzi was...Tags: Ridgefield, New York
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NYC moves 4th of July fireworks location
Looking for ways to salute America on the Fourth of July? Check out these patriotic festivities in the city this weekend:
1. MACY'S FIREWORKS
Sure, you could watch on TV, but you'd miss the live wow factor. This year, the pyrotechnics return to the...Tags: Coney Island, Foods and Beverages, Battery Park, Central Park, Hudson River
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Gay Pride weekend events in New York City
Expect the city to be awash in Gay Pride this weekend: It's the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots that launched the modern gay movement. Here are some highlights:
Click here to see photos from the 2008 NYC Gay Pride Parade
1. THE MARCH
WHAT...Tags: West Village, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Dance, New York
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New York City's Gay Pride Parade
New York City's biggest show of gay pride was as campy and colorful as ever, but with the spectacle always comes the cry for equality.
The community had hoped this would have been a true wedding march down fifth avenue, but with the state senate at a...Tags: Festive Event, Minority Groups, David A. Paterson, WPIX-TV, Gays and Lesbians
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New England States Must Work Together On Transit
People flock to New England because of its scenic beauty, its rich history and its world-class colleges and universities. If we think of New England as a real place, we should remember that is also a cluster of six individual states that unfortunately...Tags: London (England), Norwich, New London (New London, Connecticut), Road Transportation, Government
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Mockingbird population soars in New York City
The Associated PressBird experts say New York's mockingbird population has soared since the species first appeared in the city in the 1960s. To many New Yorkers that amounts to more noise pollution. The male birds show off for female birds by imitating the sounds they hear....Tags: Carroll Gardens, Population, Environmental Pollution, Brooklyn (New York City), Greenwich Village
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Key developments in NY Senate struggle
to withhold pay. With BC-NY--NY Senate Coup The Associated PressP> ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ Here are some of the developments Wednesday in the ongoing struggle for control of the New York state Senate: _ Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani called...Tags: Rudy Giuliani, Coup d'Etat, David Paterson, Republican Party, Upper House
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PASSINGS
Carl Pursell Mich. GOP congressman Carl Pursell, 76, a Michigan Republican who served in the House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993, died of heart disease Thursday at his home in Plymouth, Mich. Pursell represented Michigan's lower peninsula,...Tags: Academy Awards, Kings (tv program), U.S. House of Representatives, Carla Bley, Dining and Drinking
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System built for bioterror used to monitor flu
Medical surveillance systems originally developed to detect bioterrorism have recently been put to a more practical task: tracking the swine flu pandemic. Ever since the virus was first discovered, health officials in New York have been using the high...Tags: Diseases, Epidemics and Plagues, New York
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Blast shatters windows of NYC Starbucks
jennifer.barrios@newsday.comPolice are continuing to investigate the origin of a small bomb that damaged windows and a bench at a Manhattan Starbucks Monday. The device, which police described as "crude," went off shortly before 3:30 a.m. in front of a Starbucks on Third Avenue and...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Upper East Side, Police, Times Square, Manhattan (New York City)
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