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Townhouse Antiques Closes
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 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 | 5 5 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 | 4 4 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 | 7 7 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 | 77 77 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 | 10 10 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 | 10 10 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 | 12 12 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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Comedian Steve Hofstetter is bringing a comedy club to Long Island City.
Loads of Laughs in LIC: Queens comedian brings comedy club to community
The Laughing Devil Comedy Club opens December 16
Dec 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Matt Schwartz's "Lollipop".
A showcase too sexy for you to taste
Food Lust exhibition displays delicious sculptures, photos of food
Dec 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Three must-make health-related New Year’s resolutions
(ARA Content) - If you’re not planning on adding “lose weight” to your list of New Year’s resolutions, you’re in the minority. In fact, losing weight is one of the most commonly made resolutions,...
Dec 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Koncept
A new Koncept straight out of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn-based hip hop artist Koncept will drop his first full-length album “Awaken” on iTunes December 13, with the official release date on January 10. To give fans of classic-styled h...
Dec 01, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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A year in review: Some Top online searches from 2011
(ARA Content) — Memories are monumental in shaping history. And just as a journal holds your thoughts, memories and interests from years past, online searches can mark the people, places and events...
Nov 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Poet Sinan Antoon Responds to “Tarjama/Translation” in 2009 at QMA.
Poetry and art converge at the Queens Museum of Art
What do you get when you mix art and poetry? An intriguing concoction that manifests itself in the form of the Poets in the Galleries Series at the Queens Museum of Art. In its third edition, the s...
Nov 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jimi Hendrix still steals show with new reissues on CD, DVD
Over 40 years since his passing, guitarist Jimi Hendrix still casts a long shadow, and this is an especially exciting year for his fans. Devotees of the “Master of the Stratocaster” will be treated...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sanford Biggers’ pieces, “Chesire” and “A Joia Do Orixa” on view at the Sculpture Center in Long Island City.
“Cosmic Voodoo Circus” pitches its tent in Long Island City
A sound wave of traditional spiritual songs from Brazil’s Afro religion washes over you as you step into the transitional and transcendent experience of Sanford Biggers’ “Cosmic Voodoo Circus” exh...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Using scent, sight and sound to stimulate holiday spirits
(ARA Content) - From baking cookies with loved ones to caroling through the neighborhood or celebrating with family and friends, fond memories of holiday traditions abound. Each year, scents, sight...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Brooklyn Bridge's Pier 1 Bridge View of the lawn, looking northwest towards the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan.Photo credit:Julienne Schaer
Celebrating “Brooklyn’s Next Great Park” - a documentary
What’s green, with a diverse tree palette? It’s a place where you can relax by the waterfront, watch boats go by, and get a million dollar view of the city’s skyline; go kayaking, bike riding and ...
Nov 16, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Paula Poundstone will be at Queens Theatre on December 3.
A jam-packed season at Queens Theatre
If you thought Queens was off the map when it comes to entertainment, and if you never gave a second thought about Queens when it came to matters of theatre — then you’re mistaken because the Queen...
Nov 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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Technology gifts for the whole family
(ARA Content) - Buying holiday gifts can be a fun and easy experience when you go to the right place, and there is a certain joy that you get when you see someone opening a gift they’ve been waitin...
Nov 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Image courtesy of the New York Transit Museum.
ElectriCity: an exhibition for all to enjoy
Uses New York’s rails to explain transit science to visitors
Nov 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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At left, Donnie Cole (Tom O’Keefe) watches 9/11 unfold with brother, Trout (Johnny Pruitt) and his girlfriend, Marcy (Ryan Templeton). Image courtesy of APAC and Jen Maufrais Kelly.
“A Hard Wall at High Speed” hits home
As the world transformed after 9/11, so did many peoples’ lives. Many were of course, worried for their safety, many had to deal with losing a loved one, and others had to deal with the loss of the...
Nov 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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Book Review: Words Hit Hard as a Fist
John Carmichael, 13, Texas. Tiffany Maxwell, 16, Pennsylvania. Lance Lundsten, 18, Minnesota. Seth Walsh, 13, California. These are just five of the 4,400 teenagers who have committed suicide in th...
Nov 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Anti-war protester shouts at Obama during speech

CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin is surrounded by security as she shouts at President Barack Obama during his speech on national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. She was removed from the auditorium. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama was interrupted three times by a woman who shouted about drones and detainees in Cuba as he delivered a speech on national security.


Thu May 23 15:19:09 UTC 2013
Clashes in Lebanon feed fear of Syria spillover

In this image from amateur video obtained by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, shows rebel fighters celebrating after purportedly capturing an army base in Nairab, northwestern Syria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The video is consistent with independent AP reporting. Rebel fighters captured an army base late Wednesday, a rare victory after a series of battlefield setbacks, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition group said. The group said scores of pro-regime troops and more than a dozen rebels were killed in the battle for the base, near the northwestern town of Nairab. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port city of Tripoli in years.


Thu May 23 15:16:30 UTC 2013
Milestones for Guantanamo Bay detention center

FILE - In this July 16, 2009 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, flags hang above the sign marking the Camp Justice compound, the site of the U.S. war crimes tribunal, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. President Barack Obama's speech national security speech Thursday is expected to reaffirm his national security priorities _ from homegrown terrorists to killer drones to the enemy combatants held at the military-run detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba _ but make no new sweeping policy announcements. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)President Barack Obama is expected to reaffirm his 2008 campaign promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, where terror suspects have been held since 2002, and begin the transfer of some prisoners to other countries. Here is a look at the history of the military prison's use for terror suspects since 2002.


Thu May 23 15:13:42 UTC 2013