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Hundreds attend NYC vigil for slain gay teens Mercado & Mattison

Hundreds attended a NYC vigil yesterday for slain gay teens Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado and Jason Mattison, Jr. According to Boy in Bushwick, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, City Council-member...

NYC - Amidst economic slide, people line up for loo job auditions

While the world econmy is still struggling to get on its feet as the effects of economic meltdown continue the following read as a lucrative job posting to the New Yorkers:Wanted: outgoing and enthusiastic...

Ladybugs Invade New York

Somebody's painting the town red, and then adding black polka-dots... after giant lizards, giant apes, Muppets, and CHUDs, it was only a matter of time. In a bid to stem an aphid invasion of NYC wtihout...

Obama’s UN General Assembly And Climate Change Speech Transcripts

This morning, President Obama addressed the UN General Assembly in New York City. It was Obama's first speech to the UN General Assembly as the US President. Foreign leaders, including Libya's Muammar al-Gaddafi and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, were in attendance. Gaddafi gave...

Nicholson v. Scoppetta Class Action Lawsuit Decision

Nicholson Class Action lawsuitNew York, NY - The city's Administration for Children's Services (ACS) has agreed that it will follow the law in child welfare cases involving domestic violence: ACS will not remove...

Sharwline Nicholson: The Face of an ACS Survivor

Sharwline Nicholson is a mother of four and domestic violence survivor who set a precedence in how the Department of Child and Family services in New York deals with future victims of domestic violence who have...

Summer in the City: NYC August 2009

Despite the great recession, tourists still love The Big Apple, as these crowd scenes taken during a summer 2009 trip attest. 

West Indian Day Parade & Carnival 2009: 42nd Anniversary in NYC

West Indian Day Parade and Carnival 2009 is happening NOW. The J'ouvert part of West Indian Day Carnival celebration started at 2am to 10am September 7th on Labor Day on the streets of Flatbush, Brooklyn. West...

Pakistan and Its Art at Asia Society, NYC

"Hanging Fire", an important exhibition featuring 15 contemporary artists of Pakistan opens at Asia Society, which was founded more than fifty years ago in New York to promote understanding between Asia and the...

HUMANITARIAN DAY TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS

Wednesday, 19 August . The first World Humanitarian Day was  observed at United Nations Headquarters with a ceremony remembering the victims of the 2003 attack on the United Nations in Baghdad.   The Secretary-General made a statement to launch the first...

Zach Hyman's Nude Photo Shoot With Jocelyn Saldana

A photographer named Zach Hyman has been snapping pictures of nude New Yorkers on subways and on the streets, from Times Square to Chinatown. Last month, passengers on the L train probably thought they were hallucinating from too much or too little coffee when 19-year-old...

Vespas in the Park

"Vespa marketing campaigns continue at full throttle. Last week, the parking lot of Central Park's Tavern on The Green was turned into a maze of test riding tracks for members of the media. " We set up a SCAN to see what people were saying about this.

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Painter, Alejandra Salgado

Monsanto GM Corn a Disaster in South Africa

Another blow to Monsanto's credibility.  This time it's from South Africa where GMO food has failed to live up to it's promise. "(NaturalNews) Farmers in South Africa have reported an inexplicable failure to...

Bradford Campeau-Laurion 'God Bless America' Lawsuit Settled

New York Yankees fan Bradford Campeau-Laurion has settled a lawsuit against the Yankees and the city of New York after he claims he was thrown out of a game by a NY police officer for leaving his seat during the...

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