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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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Future Islands front man talks about the band's new album
Jun 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fine, fresh accessories at Maiko.
Accessory Hotspots
On Austin Street, Forest Hills
Jun 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 51 51 recommendations | email to a friend
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Orienteering is just one of many great free programs offered by the Parks Department.
Don't Ask For Directions
Learn useful skills at the park
Jun 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 42 42 recommendations | email to a friend
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Feet on 82nd Street
The season's sandal report
Jun 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 46 46 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dancing in the ‘Middle’
Modern dance lives in Queens
May 27, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 47 47 recommendations | email to a friend
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Run for the Hills
Interview with Dave W. of White Hills
May 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
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Queens viticulture comes into its own
Upcoming farm fest will showcase homegrown wines
May 12, 2010 | 3 3 comments | 57 57 recommendations | email to a friend
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Astoria Burger King "Big Mike" fans cheer during an episode of American Idol on April 27. (Photo by Tammy Scileppi)
Burger King full of 'Idol' chatter
Fans gather in fast food joint to cheer on hometown boy
May 12, 2010 | 2 2 comments | 53 53 recommendations | email to a friend
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Olga (Mirjana Karanovic) and Robert (David Thornton) contemplate their last tango in Belgrade. (Photo credit: Still from the film - DP Mathias Shoningh)
"Here And There" - Here and now in theaters
"Here And There" is back!  Quick, grab a seat at the Quad Cinema [34 West 13th Street] for a limited engagement starting Friday, May 14!

     What a time to return!  As the nation yet again storm...
May 12, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 52 52 recommendations | email to a friend
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2010 Tribeca Film Fellows (listed by their names, towns of residence, and schools in attendance), left to right: Jasmine Velez, 15, Corona, Academy for Careers in Television and Film; Rafael Velez, 18, Richmond Hill, Independence High School; Nataly Garzon, 17, Jamaica, Baccalaureate School for Global Education; Alejandra Araujo, 17, Jamaica, Frank Sinatra School of the Performing Arts; Frisly Soberanis, 16, East Elmhurst, Academy for Careers in Television and Film. (Photo Courtesy of the Tribeca Film Institute)
Young or old, you can learn a lot from a 'Fellow' filmmaker
So you want to be in the pictures - not necessarily as an actor, but maybe as a director, producer, director of photography, screen writer and/or lighting designer - and you are between 15 and 19, ...
May 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 59 59 recommendations | email to a friend
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New WHITE HILLS song
Band to play Lit Lounge 4/28
Apr 22, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 47 47 recommendations | email to a friend
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Michael Gold
Queens' weirdness on display in "Horror House Detective"
Look out, Queens, we've fallen victim to The Weirdness. Or at least, that would be a convenient explanation for the strange, aggressive, and sometimes non-sensical behavior that we display in our ...
Apr 21, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 48 48 recommendations | email to a friend
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Films for the frugal: FREE events, screenings for movie buffs of all ages
We may not have nine lives like cats do, but it does seem that our lives revolve around the number. There’s Cloud Nine, there’s the Beatles Number IX, there’s a movie NINE, and now here’s another: ...
Apr 21, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 46 46 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tribeca Film Fest 2010: Free outdoor screening schedule
It’s back: bigger, better, bolder: the Tribeca Film Festival 2010 takes to New York’s streets, screens and salons starting mid-week and ends its star-studded limited engagement on Sunday, May 2, 2...
Apr 21, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ran Craycraft, founder of the 4,000-member strong WhyLeaveAstoria?! social network.
The Man Who 'Ran' With A Plan
How Ran Craycraft created WhyLeaveAstoria?!, a social media mini-empire
Apr 16, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 72 72 recommendations | email to a friend
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2 rockets hit Lebanese Hezbollah stronghold

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 02:55:35 UTC 2013
Suspected rebels kill 28, wound 24 in east India

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.


Sun May 26 02:48:54 UTC 2013
Cain stops Bigfoot in 1st round, defends UFC title

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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