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St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Hoboken Is Canceled
Posted: January 14th, 2012, 1:15am EST by By JAMES BARRON
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Organizers of the parade in New Jersey called it off because the mayor pushed to have it held on a weekday after the event last year ended with violence.
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Fugitive Who Left in Priest Disguise Is Caught as Painter
Posted: September 29th, 2011, 7:48am EDT by By JAMES BARRON
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A convicted murderer, George Wright dressed as a priest with a group of hijackers who got away to Algeria with $1 million in 1972. He was taken into custody in Portugal on Monday.
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Lobster Salad, but a Key Ingredient Was Missing
Posted: August 11th, 2011, 10:20pm EDT by By JAMES BARRON
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Over 15 years, Zabar’s has sold thousands of pounds of its lobster salad. There’s just one quibble: there’s no lobster in it.
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Woman Tells of Boy’s Plea for Help After 4 Drownings
Posted: April 14th, 2011, 1:37am EDT by By JAMES BARRON
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When Meave Ryan found a 10-year-old boy screaming for help in Newburgh, N.Y., she told him to get in her car. “My mommy just drove the car in the water,” the boy said.
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About New York: Uncertain Coda for Mansion With a Musical Heritage
Posted: February 8th, 2011, 6:45pm EST by By JAMES BARRON
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On a forlorn block in Queens a 19th-century palace is on the market.
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City Room: Share Your Dark Valentine’s Tales
Posted: February 7th, 2011, 4:04pm EST by By JAMES BARRON
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Who knows more about Valentine's Day pain than divorce lawyers? They told us their stories about the darker side of Valentine's Days. You can tell us yours.
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Mayor Declares Weather Emergency Ahead of Snowstorm
Posted: January 11th, 2011, 8:15pm EST by By JAMES BARRON
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As a new storm headed for the Northeast, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said the city had made significant changes to improve its emergency procedures.
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City Room: Thanksgiving: Tell Us Your Horror Stories
Posted: November 22nd, 2010, 11:41am EST by By JAMES BARRON
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Psychologists and psychiatrists describe their holiday disasters; you can, too.
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At Flea Market, Fear of a Different Insect
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 1:42am EDT by By JAMES BARRON
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Buyers in secondhand stores are concerned about bedbugs coming along with the clothing or furniture.
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New York Art Dealer Admits $120 Million Fraud
Posted: March 19th, 2010, 12:04am EDT by By JAMES BARRON
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Lawrence B. Salander, a noted art dealer on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, admitted he had bilked clients like the tennis star John McEnroe.
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Forecasting a Snowfall: The Bigger the Better
Posted: February 16th, 2010, 9:32pm EST by By JAMES BARRON
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The weather, or the mere prospect of weather, has become the top story on local newscasts.
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Haitians in New York Eager to Help, but Struggle With How
Posted: January 13th, 2010, 6:56pm EST by By JAMES BARRON
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The scope of the earthquake disaster had relief organizers wondering not only what to collect first, but also how to get it into the country.
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M.T.A. Tax Revenue Is $200 Million Short
Posted: December 8th, 2009, 1:32am EST by By JAMES BARRON
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s revenue projections are $200 million short, and the agency is coping with $143 million in cuts in state financing.
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Take a Look at the Latest Yankee Tradition
Posted: October 28th, 2009, 1:34am EDT by By JAMES BARRON
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The Yankee pitcher A. J. Burnett has made a new tradition of tossing a cream pie, or some facsimile thereof, in the face of teammates with walk-off wins.
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Billionaires at Play: Mike Versus Mikhail
Posted: September 25th, 2009, 2:56am EDT by By JAMES BARRON
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While Mikhail Prokhorov, poised to become the owner of the Nets, is taller, Michael R. Bloomberg has more money.
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Billionaires at Play: Mike Versus Mikhail
Posted: September 25th, 2009, 2:56am EDT by By JAMES BARRON
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While Mikhail Prokhorov, poised to become the owner of the Nets, is taller, Michael R. Bloomberg has more money.
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City Room: A U.S. Open Love Match With the Environment
Posted: August 28th, 2009, 7:43pm EDT by By JAMES BARRON
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The United States Open becomes more environmentally friendly, recycling the thousands of tennis balls used in matches and finding a better way than the old metal cans to hold them.
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Fifth Person in City, a Small Child, Dies With Swine Flu
Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 11:12am EDT by By JAMES BARRON
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The death was the first in New York of someone under age 34. Officials were not disclosing in which borough the victim lived.
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With Swine Flu, a No-Pucker Zone
Posted: May 1st, 2009, 11:16pm EDT by By JAMES BARRON
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Some air-kissers out there are wondering if they should be less demonstrative with all the warnings from public health officials.
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Obama Is Asked to Reappoint Ground Zero Health Official
Posted: February 23rd, 2009, 3:07am EST by By JAMES BARRON
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Two members of the New York Congressional delegation say Dr. John Howard should be put back in charge of coordinating health programs for 9/11 workers.
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E-Mail Note: ‘I Landed in the Hudson’
Posted: January 16th, 2009, 4:53am EST by By JAMES BARRON
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Passengers described bracing for impact and swimming to safety, though Matt Kane’s pithy message said it all.
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When an Anchor Curses on the Air, She Becomes the Night’s Top Story
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 1:43pm EDT by By JAMES BARRON
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On live television, Sue Simmons used an unpublishable word to chide her WNBC-TV co-anchor, Chuck Scarborough.
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From Auschwitz, a Torah as Strong as Its Spirit
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 2:59am EDT by By JAMES BARRON
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A Torah that survived the fetid barracks of Auschwitz will be rededicated at an interfaith ceremony on Wednesday.
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City Room: Court Delays Posting of Calories
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 1:13pm EDT by By JAMES BARRON
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A federal appeals judge delayed the enforcement of new city rules requiring calorie counts to be posted in some restaurants.