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Townhouse Antiques Closes
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Bellport, New York, May 20, 2013 -- “This is a sad day for Townhouse Antiques.  After 12 years, we are adding our name to the ever growing list of antique shops closing on Long Island.  The recessi...
Madonna's work at Brady Court
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/ugly-battle-behind-peaceful-facade-brady-court-co-ops-article-1.1338347
Tracy Towers Representation
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/tenants-cheer-bronx-judge-postpones-rent-increase-tracey-towers-complex-court-fight-rages-article-1.1152703
Off-the-clock Claims Are Subject to Wage and Hour Lawsuits
May 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Hans & Associates, P.C. Off-the-clock claims are one source of wage and hour lawsuits. In an off-the-clock claim, employees assert that the employer forced them to spend time working ...
Timing Is Everything
May 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 79 79 recommendations | email to a friend
     While I was living in Nashville, I was continually learning about different plants and flowers that were native to the region. As I walked through a field one day, I spotted a cluster of dain...
This Month in Queens Real Estate: May 2013
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Queens NY Real Estate Market Update As the Queens housing market recovers we are seeing considerable increases in demand, resulting in a strong seller’s market in certain areas a...
New York City's Biggest Free Pet Adoption Event Ever Comes to Queens!
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
On June 1 st and June 2 nd , thousands of dogs and cats will be looking for their forever homes at New York City’s biggest pet adoption event ever – all for free. The Alliance for NYC’s Animals ...
Holy Roman Festival
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
May 15 - 19 175-20 74TH AVENUE, FRESH MEADOWS RIDES, GAMES, FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT OPEN, WED THROUGH FRIDAY, 6PM-11PM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 2PM — 11PM FREE PARKING AND ADMISSION PAY ONE LOW P...
Flea Market
May 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
FLEA MARKET Transfiguration Parish Hall - Maspeth Sunday, June 2nd, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Vendors needed; please call 347-339-1362 Tables $25.00
FSLA Challenges ― How Does Overtime Work with a Fluctuating Work Week?
May 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
In recent years, the changes and complexities of wage and hour laws have made it difficult for small businesses to comply with regulations. Yet, with wage and hour lawsuits on the rise, small busi...

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Creative Metamorphosis
Leontine Greenberg discusses her growth as an artist
Feb 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kitschy decorations brighten up the walls of New York Style Eats.
Sunnyside Up: Queens eatery does diner, but better
If you’ve looked forever for a restaurant that’s versatile enough to enjoy a meal alone, catch up with old friends or take your love interest out on a casual date, you don’t have to look very far; ...
Feb 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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Saint John of Las Vegas hits the jackpot
MOVIE REVIEW
Jan 27, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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"STRAWBERRY FIELDS," one of the world's most renowned BEATLES tribute bands, is comprised of former cast members of the hit Broadway sensation BEATLEMANIA.
Being For The Benefit of St. Margaret's
Beatles Tribute Band To Rock Middle Village
Jan 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 48 48 recommendations | email to a friend
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Wunderbar: LIC’s Wunderful Winter Retreat
The Culture Spot
Jan 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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A model struts her stuff at the audition for Queens Fashion Week.
Calling all Queens beauties
Looking for the faces of Queens Fashion Week
Jan 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 49 49 recommendations | email to a friend
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Review: BAM's production of "As You Like It"
Just as you like Shakespeare
Jan 19, 2010 | 2 2 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
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Brooklyn-born model/actress RoseMarie Reyes wants to start an organization dedicated to helping underprivileged North Brooklyn youth.
Giving back has never looked so good
Brooklyn's RoseMarie Reyes has dreams of helping close to home
Jan 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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Review: Edible Queens
New mag takes bite out of the Big Apple’s outer-borough eats
Jan 12, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 43 43 recommendations | email to a friend
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Joe, a rooftop pigeon keeper and pigeon racer.
Overlooked New Yorkers: Zina Saunders Takes a Closer Look
Passionate People
Jan 12, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
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Brooklyn’s Best: 4 Restaurants Worth Trekking To
The Culture Spot
Jan 12, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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Balu earrings in sterling silver/brass, incorporating Queens Metal’s signature mixed metal aesthetic.
Heavy Metal
Bold Jewelry For Fearless Women
Jan 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
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Have a Rockin’ New Year’s Eve in Brooklyn and Queens
Don’t have New Year’s Eve plans yet? Forget standing out in the frigid weather waiting for the ball to drop in Times Square unless you want to go into 2010 as an ice cube. There’s a lot going on in...
Dec 29, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Main Dining Room at AUSTIN’S features more than 100 works (featuring fifty artists of all ages), donated for display throughout the holidays by LIANA’S ART SCHOOL in Kew Gardens.
Austin's Ale House fetes local art school
For Kew Gardens resident Liana Shemper, it’s very much a labor of love, the top notch art school she’s been running out of a private studio for twenty years now. For the students fortunate enough t...
Dec 22, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
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Local boutiques Candy Plum and KrisTEES sponsor shopping events to help out the designers who stock items in their stores. The owner of Brick Cafe offers her space for the event even though fashion has little to do with cuisine.
Band of Businesses
In Astoria, biz owners weather the recession together
Dec 22, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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FILE – In this April 15, 2007 file photo, Mahendra Karma, center, lawmaker and founder of Salwa Judum, the government-supported militia to combat Communist rebels known as Naxalites, is surrounded by bodyguards at his residence in Jagdalpur, in the central Indian state of Chattisgarh. Karma was killed when Maoist rebels attacked a convoy of cars of Congress party leaders and supporters in eastern India, injuring several people on Saturday, May 25, 2013. The rebels have been fighting the central government for more than four decades, demanding land and jobs for tenant farmers and the poor. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi, File)NEW DELHI (AP) — About 200 suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in an eastern state, killing 28 people and wounding 24 others in one of their most audacious attacks on politicians.


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A Lebanese army officer investigates part of a rocket which struck a car exhibit on a street at the Mar Mikhael district, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday May 26, 2013. Rockets slammed Sunday into two Beirut neighborhoods that are strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, wounding at least 4 people, Lebanese security officials and media said. Tensions have been running high in Lebanon, and Syrian rebels have threatened to retaliate against the militant Shiite Hezbollah group for sending fighters to assist President Bashar Assad's forces in Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)BEIRUT (AP) — Rockets slammed Sunday into two southern Beirut neighborhoods that are strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, wounding at least four people, security officials said.


Sun May 26 02:47:18 UTC 2013

Cain Velasquez, left, throws a punch against Antonio Silva in the first round of the UFC 160 mixed martial arts heavyweight title bout, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Las Vegas. Velasquez won by technical knockout. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cain Velasquez finished his UFC heavyweight title defense in just 81 merciless seconds. Junior Dos Santos waited until the last minute to end his own bout in spectacular fashion.


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