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SurfingTheMets

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:37:19 +0000

Fernando Martinez , who underwent surgery on July 15 to repair torn meniscus cartilage in his right knee and did not return during the regular season, started playing winter ball last weekend. Here's a report from a friend of Surfing the Mets in the Dominican Republic: Martinez (right) started ...

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KenDavidoff: The #Yankees have signed OF Jon Weber to a minor-league contract with an invitation to major-league spring training. http://bit.ly/66ueMH

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:40:03 +0000

KenDavidoff: The #Yankees have signed OF Jon Weber to a minor-league contract with an invitation to major-league spring training. http://bit.ly/66ueMH

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Sources: Boston Red Sox making push to trade for Roy Halladay, try to beat New York Yankees to punch

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:38:00 +0000

Thanksgiving isn't until Thursday, but the Halladay season is officially underway. The Red Sox are "putting on a full-court press" to acquire Roy Halladay , according to a source, and are hoping to add the former Cy Young winner to the top of their rotation to go with Josh Beckett and Jon Lester ...

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New Demolition Notification Requirements to Start December 2nd.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:01:50 +0000

New Demolition Notification Requirements On December 2, 2009, contractors must follow new requirements for notifying the Buildings Department before starting full and partial demolition work. These requirements are outlined in Chapter 33 section BC 3306.3 of the 2008 Construction Code ...

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Thanksgiving dinner at the Plaza Hotel, 1899

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0000

From the two types of turtle soup to the to the turkey stuffed with chestnuts to the 18 varieties of game offered, the Plaza’s Thanksgiving menu was clearly a feast for the well-to-do New Yorkers who could afford to dine there. Note the little crow mocking the turkey in the menu ...

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Dobbs Reaches Out to Latinos, With Politics in Mind

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:35:32 +0000

Associated Press Lou Dobbs, shown appearing on NBC's 'Today' show last week, is working to repair his reputation for antipathy toward Latino immigrants.

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Aqueduct Racetrack Still Waiting for New York to Pick Operator

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:47:00 +0000

Few fans showed up on a race day in February 2007 at the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens, and the grandstand, which once held up to 30,000 people, is still mostly empty. State officials hope to increase attendance by adding a gambling hall; slot machines are expected to generate more than a ...

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Murray's Cheese Will Open 50 Locations in Kroger Markets

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:50:00 +0000

Murray's Cheese will open 50 locations in Kroger supermarkets over the next three years.

Cityfile.com - Dailyfile found this 37 hours ago on dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com

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Autistic Brooklyn man, wrongly imprisoned after coerced slay confession, gets $340G settlement

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:31:34 +0000

The city will pay $340,000 to an autistic Brooklyn man railroaded by NYPD detectives into falsely confessing to murdering his sister. Ozem Goldwire spent more than a year in prison for the January 2006 slaying of his sister, Sherika, before he was exonerated by prosecutors in the Brooklyn ...

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Urbanites Explore the Primal Lure of Hunting

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:25:58 +0000

NO TROPHY, NO DINNER Nick Chaset helped found a hunting society for urban neophytes. He shot the deer above in Virginia.

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Paul Weiss passes up terminal lease for renewal

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:39:49 +0000

West Side law firm Paul Weiss Rifkind Garrison & Wharton, which holds down a chunk of 1285 Avenue of the Americas, has decided to expand there to 550,000 feet rather than anchor a new Port Authority Bus Terminal tower. The 15-year renewal lease was...

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Brooklyn couple wants Gov. Paterson to stop Ratner's eminent domain win

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:57:00 +0000

For the past six years, a perfectly habitable eight-story condo building has stood virtually empty on Pacific St. in Brooklyn 's Prospect Heights . Only one of the building's 31 apartments has been occupied in that time - this in a city with thousands of homeless people and tens of thousands of ...

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Aww, poor mafia

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:59:31 +0000

Even mobsters are feeling the squeeze in today's tough economy. A bizarrely sympathetic judge took pity on a reputed Colombo family associate yesterday, saying he can keep his job at the trendy Lucali pizzeria in Carroll Gardens -- despite prosecu...

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StuyTown feud heats up

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:14:32 +0000

The lawsuit over rents is over, but the tenants and landlords of Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village are continuing to fight over $16 million in potential rent overcharges. Yesterday, lawyers representing residents of the 80-acre Manhattan apartme...

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With New Route, Thanksgiving Parade Gets a Few New Twists

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:59:31 +0000

The new route -- heading downtown along Central Park West, Seventh Avenue and Avenue of the Americas before ending at 34th Street -- creates new challenges for those lugging tubas or wrestling enormous balloons.

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The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody [1080p] (video)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:15:10 +0000

"Bohemian Rhapsody" by QueenPurchase here: http://tinyurl.com/y87s9tq

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Atlantic Yards Project in Brooklyn Clears Final Major Hurdle

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:26:30 +0000

Bruce C. Ratner at the site of the Atlantic Yards project in 2008.

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Airtrain JFK: Make the Connection

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:30:32 +0000

AirTrain JFK The alternative to driving. By Subway: E J Z to Sutphin Blvd A to Howard Beach By Rail: LIRR to Jamaica The subway or the Long Island Rail Road and AirTrain JFK are fast, economical ways to Kennedy International Airport. AirTrain JFK links the Howard Beach A and the Sutphin ...

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Time Inc.'s Squires Assembles Team of Rivals to Harness Digital Media

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:53:00 +0000

Some of the magazine industry’s biggest names are on the verge of forming a new company that would allow them to take the digital future into their own hands. The company would make up one of the biggest alliances among rival publishers ever formed in print media, with Time Inc., Condé Nast ...

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Armory project at risk after wage talks collapse

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

The Kingsbridge Armory cliff-hanger will keep dangling well into next month, after a failed attempt Monday to reach a compromise on the living wage issue there.

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