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MTA Offers Plan For Hurricane Earl
MTA Offers Plan For Hurricane Earl
Photograph from reader Faith during the 2007 tornado The MTA just sent out its plan to deal with the possibility of transit issues related to Hurricane Earl. While Long Island would likely be harder hit than NYC—so there are LIRR service changes—the MTA is also inspecting drains in the subways...
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Google HQ: The Latest Target For Bed Bugs?
Google HQ: The Latest Target For Bed Bugs?
Feeling lucky, Google employees? Then stay at work and ignore this tip we just got in from an anonymous source saying that bed bugs have been detected at Google’s New York offices on 9th Avenue. Twitter confirms ! More details to come… Read more here: Google HQ: The Latest Target For Bed...
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Study: Pot Isn’t Really A Gateway Drug, Man
Study: Pot Isn’t Really A Gateway Drug, Man
But Ann Landers said it was… According to new research from the University of New Hampshire, marijuana is not the gateway drug your grandmother made it out to be. The study, which appears in the September 2010 issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior in the article, “A Life-course...
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Hundreds of Neglected Animals Found In Two NY Homes
Hundreds of Neglected Animals Found In Two NY Homes
Marie Castaldo In two separate discoveries recently, nearly 200 abused, dead and neglected animals were discovered in New York. At one home on Long Island, the final count of came to 114 dogs, an emaciated pony, three goats, one cat and 11 additional, but deceased dogs (found in the kitchen sink and...
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Say Goodbye To Wooden Subway Benches?
Say Goodbye To Wooden Subway Benches?
Photo via Vitaliy P’s flickr Just one day after we took a look at the disappearing iconic wooden benches of New York City’s streets, amNewYork warns that the benches underground may be on their way out as well. Sitting in the city will never be the same! The paper reports that a redesign...
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Boobs Are "Like Two Bad Kids"
Boobs Are "Like Two Bad Kids"
The NY Times has at least two stories about bras today. There’s a Styles section piece on small breasted-women feeling empowered while the New York section has an interview with bra store owner Linda Becker, who says of breasts’ changing nature, “All through life your breasts change....
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Indians Not A Fan of Governor Paterson These Days
Indians Not A Fan of Governor Paterson These Days
Photograph of a Cattaraugus Indian Reservation protest of the proposed New York state cigarette tax to non-Native American consumers in Irving, N.Y. by Don Heupel/AP Indians in New York, upset with Governor Paterson’s attempt to tax cigarettes on Indian reservation, held protests and rallies yesterday....
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Severely Malnourished Girl Found Dead in Bushwick
Severely Malnourished Girl Found Dead in Bushwick
Police discovered the body of a 4-year-old girl weighing only 15 pounds this morning in Brooklyn. Apparently Marchella Pierce’s arms and legs were tied to her crib with twine and a jump rope; cops are questioning the mother, 30-year-old Carlola Pierce, who said she found Marchella’s lifeless,...
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Insurance Salesman Sues For Being Portrayed As Cool
Insurance Salesman Sues For Being Portrayed As Cool
Author Beth Raymer A Queens insurance salesman is suing Random House for defamation because a sleazeball character in one its new publications is named after him. Douglas Heimowitz is angry that his name was appropriated for a professional gambler in Beth Raymer’s recent book, Lay the Favorite,...
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New York On Skunk Alert?
New York On Skunk Alert?
Raccoons, coyotes, opossum… all nothing compared to nature’s walking stink bomb: the skunk . And word is their population in the city is on the rise. City Room reports that residents of northern Manhattan and the Bronx are fed up with their unwelcome guests, which they believe have multiplied...
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