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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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A still from Fork in the Sky.
Reeling in the world at the Queens World Film Festival
The Queens World Festival showcases a world of films
Mar 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
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Take time off: Spice up your weekends
Day-to-day schedules can get tedious. Bouncing between work, home and family obligations, it’s often hard to muster the energy and enthusiasm for making time for yourself. But weekends are two-day ...
Feb 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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I am Number Four gets three stars
“I am number four” is exactly what its previews make it out to be. It isn’t ground breaking but there are some cool action scenes. The dialogue is stilted and drags at times but it doesn’t make you...
Feb 23, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Queens hosts its own Fashion Week
Local designers showcase their creations at York
Feb 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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Image courtesy of York College Performing Arts Center.
What If? Play examines fictional King-X meeting
You don’t have to leave Queens for great theater. Shades of Truth Theater has been touring for eight years with Jeff Stetson’s play “The Meeting,” and will return to York College on February 19. Th...
Feb 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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You might not want to Just go with it
Let’s take a moment to sit back and really appreciate Adam Sandler’s amazing career. He has been acting since his break out role as Smitty in The Cosby show in 1987. Aside from two years - 1992 and...
Feb 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
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A model walks the runway at the Jason Wu Fall 2009 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, 2009.
Fall into style with Fashion Week
From Betsey to Wu, it's all the fall styles you can't miss
Feb 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kristyna Milde
Artists to Audience: Express+Local puts 15 city artists in Queens
For one month artists will reside at Queens College, letting audiences in on their process
Feb 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 49 49 recommendations | email to a friend
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Roommate: Not Wanted!
I remember my first roommate. He was awful. He stole my records, took my food and smelled. He didn’t smell as bad as my friend’s roommate who had to be Febreezed once a week while he slept. I thou...
Feb 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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Local Designer Spotlight: Tina Tang
Venture into her affordable, stylish world of jewelry
Feb 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
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What fashion rules rule your house?
When we become teenagers that then become parents, where do we draw the imaginary fashion line in the sand that says, “You’re NOT going in public in THAT….?” It seems that both boys and girls are h...
Feb 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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A long 127 hours, if you could handle it
An actor being able to carry an entire scene without the help of a supporting cast is rare. If an actor can single handedly deliver an entire film without any aid it’s more than impressive – it’s a...
Feb 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Year of the Rabbit is supposed to bring tranquility to all, a opposed to the tumultuous Year of the Tiger.
The Year of the Rabbit brings luck, peace
See what the Chinese New Year has in store for you and ways to celebrate it
Feb 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
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One child gets her bit of music therapy at Creative Wellness, LLC in L.I.C.
Music therapy for a "wellthy" 2011
Long Island City-based music therapist, Candace Crawford, helps New Yorkers reach their height of wellness and happiness
Jan 26, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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No Strings Attached pulls and tugs slightly
I go to a lot of movies, when I can’t find someone to go with me and I have no problem going on my own, but this week I wasn’t up to see “No Strings Attached” by myself. Not only was I positive the...
Jan 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Two men inspect their damage house after two rockets hit their area in a Beirut suburbsBy Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two rockets hit a Shi'ite Muslim district of southern Beirut on Sunday and wounded several people, residents said, a day after the leader of Lebanese Shi'ite militant movement Hezbollah said his group would continue fighting in Syria until victory. It was the first attack to apparently target Hezbollah's stronghold in the south of the Lebanese capital since the outbreak of the two-year conflict in neighboring Syria, which has sharply heightened Lebanon's own sectarian tensions. ...


Sun May 26 04:28:09 UTC 2013

A Palestinian boy poses as he holds a model of rocket during a rally in NablusBy Noah Browning and Ali Sawafta DURA, West Bank (Reuters) - In his sparse village home adorned only with framed verses from the Quran, Mohammed Ghannam opens his shirt, pointing silently to his bruised chest. Ghannam, 44, whose job was to deliver the call to prayer in Dura's local mosque, said plainclothes security forces from the Palestinian Authority (PA) detained him last month for belonging to the Islamist movement Hamas and beat him mute. "They didn't ask me any questions, just punched me hard in the face and the chest," he wrote limply on a notepad. ...


Sun May 26 04:21:55 UTC 2013

In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, Bryce Kenning sits atop his car that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge there minutes earlier Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Francisco Rodriguez)SEATTLE (AP) — Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound.


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