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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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Time to think outside the (mail)box
Dear Editor: With last year's $16 billion loss, combined with another increase in the price of stamps to 46 cents for a first-class letter, now "USPS announces that it will stop delivering on Satur...
Feb 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rubio's rebuttal a joke
Dear Editor: Marco Rubio's rebuttal to the State of the Union speech was a rehash of the embarrassing speech that he gave at the Republican National Convention. From the rebuttal, one could tell th...
Feb 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Help fight city's plan for permanent toilets
Dear Editor: I just came from a Community Board 14 meeting with the Parks Department. The Parks Department, without community involvement, has unilaterally decided to to build permanent bathrooms a...
Feb 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Keep up the battle for Brooklyn
Dear Editor: I just finished watching the documentary Battle for Brooklyn and I was moved by your fight against the abuse of our democracy. I am from Illinois, and we know bad government and politi...
Feb 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Not all neighbors oppose the Queensway
Dear Editor: I find it unfortunate that Anthony Stasi’s February 14th column on the Queensway is so biased against what is a terrific neighborhood project, and would like to comment on its inaccura...
Feb 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thanks for the positive news on Glendale
Dear Editor: Thank you to Alexandra Torres and the Glendale Register for the front page article in the February 14th issue of the entitled "The Other Side of Myrtle." It was a refreshing and posit...
Feb 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fund groups that rescue animals
Dear Editor: Regarding the dog and cat adoption fees charged, many of these organizations that charge fees for adoptions are “no kill” groups. One of these, Bobbi and the Strays, does not euthaniz...
Feb 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Koch and gay rights in Queens
Dear Editor: As a congressman, Ed Koch co-sponsored a Gay Rights Bill he knew would get nowhere, but that gave gay rights advocates some leverage when dealing with the City Council. Manhattan gay r...
Feb 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Find the 'one percent' from somewhere else
Dear Editor: Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer's call for setting aside one percent of the annual municipal budget ("One Percent for Culture campaign is growing" - February 7) would cost taxpayers $700 m...
Feb 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ask Crowley if he supports the Fair Tax Act
Dear Editor: We are still in the worst economic recession since the great depression. It didn’t have to happen! In July 2011, Dr. David G. Tuerck, executive director of The Beacon Hill Institute in...
Feb 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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In tribute to Koch
Dear Editor: Former Mayor Ed Koch has left us at the age of 88 and has served our great city well. In fact, I think we are much better off today because we had Koch around when we most needed him. ...
Feb 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Women in combat?
Dear Editor: What's next, Obama Youth Brigades with 14-year-old kids sent to Syria, Iraq, or some other forsaken hellhole to die or be mutilated? Or a new “Volksturm” made up of 60-year-old soldier...
Feb 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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No free path to citizenship
Dear Editor: When immigrants come into our country illegally, they are breaking our laws. They should not become citizens! Our tax dollars pay for their education, hospitalization, etc. This is ano...
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Taxpayers should not fund Viagra for vets

Dear Editor:
 Bloomberg Business Week reported that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs spent nearly $72 million last year on erectile dysfunction drugs for military veterans. As an Air Force ...
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Keep LICH open
Dear Editor: I have been a caregiver at Long Island College Hospital for over 50 years, and I am urging the chancellor and Board of Trustees of the State University of New York to keep the doors of...
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Suspected rebels kill 28, wound 24 in east India

In this Saturday, May 25, 2013 photo, unidentified relatives of an injured of a rebel attack cry outside a government hospital in Raipur, India. 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 the country's east, killing at least 28 people and wounding 24 others, police said. (AP Photo)NEW DELHI (AP) — Officials reacted with outrage Sunday to an audacious attack by about 200 suspected Maoist rebels who set off a roadside bomb and opened fire on a convoy carrying Indian ruling Congress party leaders and members in an eastern state, killing 28 people and wounding 24 others.


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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 four people and raising fears that Syria's civil war is increasingly moving to Lebanon.


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Seen and heard in Cannes

Actors Adele Exarchopoulos, left, and Lea Seydoux pose during a photo call for the film La Vie D'Adele at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival


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