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8 Things you May not Know About Selling a Coop in Queens
Sep 19, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 73 73 recommendations | email to a friend
by George Herrera , Realtor and Listing Specialist with the Queens Home Team at Keller Williams Realty . We sell a lot of properties here in Queens, and being that we’re in New York City, a lot of ...
More About Women’s Rights in the News — the ERA
Sep 16, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 97 97 recommendations | email to a friend
As an employment defense litigation lawyer, I pay attention to civil rights issues, and lately women’s rights issues have gained attention from the media. Actress Patricia Arquette has actively wor...
Can Car Accidents Cause PTSD?
Sep 12, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 125 125 recommendations | email to a friend
Author:Steven Palermo: The Suffolk Personal Injury Lawyer You hear about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that military service members experience from active duty. However, studies now show t...
Protecting Your Right as a Spouse in a New York Estate
Sep 08, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 151 151 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Bonnie Lawston A Spouse’s Right of Inheritance in New York Under New York law, when a married person dies, the surviving spouse has a “right of election,” a statutory right to receive eithe...
Are gender identity and religious freedom at odds in America?
Sep 08, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 158 158 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Leeds Brown Law A recent ruling against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has inspired mixed reactions. The case (EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc., E.D. Mich....
This Month in Queens Real Estate: August 2016
Aug 26, 2016 | 1 1 comments | 223 223 recommendations | email to a friend
by George Herrera , Realtor & Listing Specialist with the Queens Home Team at Keller Williams Realty . August 2016 Market Update Home sales in July dropped again for the fifth consecutive month. De...
What to do When Your Designated Driver Plan Fails
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 248 248 recommendations | email to a friend
There’s no question that designating a driver reduces drunken driving accidents and saves lives. Designated Driver Statistics As time goes along, more and more people have gotten on board with the ...
If I Return to Work Making Less Money, Am I Still Entitled to Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 242 242 recommendations | email to a friend
New York City | Queens | Brooklyn | Bronx Workers’ Compensation Lawyers So you’ve been hurt at work and you can’t perform your old job. What happens if you go back to work at a different position, ...
The Difference that Jurisdiction Could Make in a High Profile Divorce Case
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 219 219 recommendations | email to a friend
by Chris Palermo   Different states and different countries have laws that can significantly affect the outcome of a divorce. A prime example is a high profile case reported in the New York Post . ...
Equal Pay for Women Issues
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 227 227 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen Hans Long Island City, Queens & NYC Employment Defense Attorney From an employer’s standpoint, if you are following similar pay practices to other businesses, it may seem like safet...

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Mets end season with a win over the Reds
And with that, another season comes to and end for the New York Mets without a trip to the playoffs. The Mets ended their 2011 season last Wednesday with an afternoon game against the Cincinnati Re...
Oct 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. John's basketball recruits ruled ineligible
St. John's University's much-heralded freshman recruiting class – it was ranked the third best in the nation – just took a major hit. St. John’s University head coach Steve Lavin announced Thursday...
Sep 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Syracuse and Pitt leave the Big East
The Big East just got a little bit smaller. Syracuse and Pittsburgh, two major programs in the Big East, both moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference last week, moving college sports to the drastic ...
Sep 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gene Mayer (center) with coach Simon Shelton, director of The Kew-Forest Tennis Academy (right) and Bong Imperial, head coach.
New Tennis Academy Gets World-Class Direction
This week, The Kew-Forest School in Forest Hills announced that former top five player in the world, Gene Mayer, would begin overseeing the development of The Kew-Forest Tennis Academy, which is he...
Sep 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Actors John Lithgow and Alec Baldwin
In the Stands at the U.S. Open
Celebrities take in some championship tennis
Sep 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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DUMBO Fight Night returns
Gleason's bests NYPD boxers
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Novak Djokovic
U.S. Open comes to a close
Djokovic, Stosur take top honors
Sep 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Andy Roddick and David Ferrer after the match.
Roddick upsets Ferrer to advance to semis
U.S. OPEN COVERAGE
Sep 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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Another U.S. Open Rain Delay?
To tide you over, here's some great photos from last week's action shot by the award-winning photographer Michael O'Kane. Find Tickets
Sep 07, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
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U.S. Open matches set to continue today
The U.S. Open is tentatively scheduled to resume play today despite an intermittent drizzle, with all three remaining American men - Andy Roddick, Andy Murray, and John Isner - scheduled to play. I...
Sep 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 141 141 recommendations | email to a friend
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DUMBO Fight Night returns
DUMBO Fight Night is back for its fifth consecutive year, this time matching local amateur fighters against those who usually are breaking up brawls around the city: the New York City Police Depart...
Sep 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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A broken world record for bouncing tennis balls
Hundreds of children and parents from around the city will now be included in the Guinness Book of World Records. They all showed up to the courts at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in ...
Aug 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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Burrell doin' business in Japan
And then there were three. St. John's men's basketball grad Justin Burrell will head overseas this fall, becoming the third member of the Class of 2011 to ink a professional deal by signing with a ...
Aug 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Open opens
One of tennis' biggest tournaments returns
Aug 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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Don't count the Giants out of the playoffs just yet
Eli Manning is no Tom Brady. Nor is he his brother Peyton. Coming off a relatively disappointing season, the Giants are looking to make the playoffs for the first time since 2008. Although the team...
Aug 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lyric Opera staging 2 epics in 1 season

This undated image released by the Lyric Opera of Chicago shows the late Johan Engels' set design for Lyric Opera of Chicago's new production of Wagner's "Das Rheingold," which opens their season on Oct. 1. It's one of two ambitious 19th century epics on the company's schedule this fall, along with Berlioz's "Les Troyens." (Lyric Opera of Chicago via AP)CHICAGO (AP) — The stagehands were having trouble fitting a missing chunk of Carthage into place, but Michael Smallwood wasn't worried.


2016-09-27 08:33:45 -0400
The Latest: Trump says there were no sniffles

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton shake hands during the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):


2016-09-27 08:33:02 -0400
Qatar to set up desert tent camp to house World Cup fans
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The committee organizing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar plans to try out a "fan village" that could house up to 2,000 soccer spectators in Arabian desert tents.
2016-09-27 08:32:45 -0400