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Ferry Crash Victim Gets $500K To Make Up For Dating Life
Ferry Crash Victim Gets $500K To Make Up For Dating Life
Flickr user AllWaysNY A federal judge awarded a victim of the 2003 Staten Island ferry crash $500K yesterday because apparently the ladies don’t love men who can eat only pureed food. Though the judge tossed out all of Michael Grynberg’s other claims—depression, post traumatic stress...
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Is This Where Don Draper Lives?
Is This Where Don Draper Lives?
In the season premiere of Mad Men , Don Draper is set up in his new city digs (circa 1964 )—which we find out is in the vicinity of Waverly Place and 6th Avenue. True/Slant set itself upon a mission this week to find out the exact address where the ad man lives in season 4, and they’re pretty...
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Last Night’s Action: Mets Show Life at Home
Last Night’s Action: Mets Show Life at Home
Mets 8, Cardinals 2: After returning home following a dismal 2-9 road trip, the Mets took it to Cardinals ace Adam Wainright. Jeff Francoeur — playing because Jason Bay has a concussion — had a three-run homer, and Carlos Beltran went 2-for-3. Beltran made his first plate appearances against...
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Posted by in New York on 07 27th, 2010 | No Comments
Rush Hour Commuter Trains Always Late
Rush Hour Commuter Trains Always Late
Flickr user Triborough Surprise: there’s a big difference between the kind of efficiency commuter rails are reporting and the delays commuters are experiencing. Though New Jersey Transit and Metro North Rail Road claim almost 96% of trains were on time last year, the Times discovered the numbers...
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New York Up For Race to the Top Funding… Again
New York Up For Race to the Top Funding… Again
Flickr user Matt Carman When we last left off with the state’s bid for Race to the Top funding, the state had agreed to raise the cap on charter schools and ditch the expensive furniture requests in order to have a better shot at the $3 billion pool. And now, all that hard work might actually...
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Judge Rules For Family Of Retired Firefighter Who Died On 9/11
Judge Rules For Family Of Retired Firefighter Who Died On 9/11
The family of retired FDNY Lt. James Corrigan believes that Corrigan, who retired in 1994, should be listed with other FDNY members who died in the line of duty at the Ground Zero memorial, because he died while helping his brethren. However, the city pointed out he was working in the private sector...
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Lennon’s Killer Up For Parole Again
Lennon’s Killer Up For Parole Again
It’s been just over two years since Mark David Chapman was last up for parole for killing John Lennon. At the time, Yoko Ono said, “It’s dangerous for him to come out. Not only for us, but for himself. There are so many people out there who dislike him. It’s safer for him to...
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Outrage Over Film Deal For Taconic Wrong Way Driver’s Family
Outrage Over Film Deal For Taconic Wrong Way Driver’s Family
Photograph of Diane Schuler with her husband Danny, son Bryan and daughter Erin Yesterday, the NY Post reported that a film production company had paid the family of Diane Schuler $100,000 “to exhume her body and test the remains to see whether she suffered a stroke.” Naturally, there’s...
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Will Obama Be Eating A NJ Sub Sandwich Tomorrow?
Will Obama Be Eating A NJ Sub Sandwich Tomorrow?
President Obama will be visiting the area tomorrow and some people suggest he’ll make one of his familiar, populist meal pit stops—in May, he had wings in Buffalo —at a NJ subway sandwich shop. Besides being in Manhattan to tape a segment for The View , the President will be giving...
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Bronx Residents Reeling From Tornado
Bronx Residents Reeling From Tornado
On Sunday afternoon, the first tornado to touch down in the Bronx in 36 years did some serious damage in Riverdale. Yesterday the National Weather Service confirmed that the storm that brought down trees and power lines was in fact a tornado. Winds gusted around 100 miles per hour, and 7 people were...
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