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← How Do 2015 Minimum Wage Increases Affect NY Restaurants? Are Employers Free from Liability When Using Staffing Agencies to Terminate Employees?
Jan 23, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
Companies often find that staffing agencies are valuable resources for helping them fill temporary or permanent positions and for handling human resources issues. However, recently, an outside staf...
How Do 2015 Minimum Wage Increases Affect NY Restaurants?
Jan 15, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 49 49 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen D. Hans Minimum wage increases took effect on December 31, 2014, raising the New York minimum wage from $8.00 to $8.75 per hour for employees who work based on hourly wages. By the ...
This Month in Queens Real Estate: JANUARY 2015
Jan 14, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 50 50 recommendations | email to a friend
January 2014 Queens NY Market Update  The pace of existing home sales increased in December, but remained below that in the same month of the previous year. Home prices declined as we moved in to t...
Negligence of Oregon Hospital Led to Wrongful Death of Patient
Jan 12, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 60 60 recommendations | email to a friend
Author:  Mark H. Sackstein, Esq. All it takes is one small mistake for a disaster to occur. No matter how much research is done when choosing a hospital, it is impossible to predict a situation suc...
Matching Workouts With the Results You Want
Jan 10, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 67 67 recommendations | email to a friend
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard friends complain about not getting the results they want, despite how much energy they’re putting into their workout.  People who want bigger muscles go t...
How Do 2015 Minimum Wage Increases Affect NY Restaurants?
Jan 08, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 78 78 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen Hans Minimum wage increases took effect on December 31, 2014, raising the New York minimum wage from $8.00 to $8.75 per hour for employees who work based on hourly wages. By the way...
Immersed in ancient times; the performance of Aida at the Metropolitan Opera. A review.
Jan 03, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 127 127 recommendations | email to a friend
Written By:  Tiziano Thomas Dossena   Imagine being immersed in an ancient world, with colossal stone columns, palaces and images of deities, a marvelous music surrounding you and, thank God, no ce...
What to Eat Before Your Workout
Jan 03, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 108 108 recommendations | email to a friend
by Mary Murphy Fueling up before a workout is the best thing you can do for your body.  But it’s important to eat the  right  things at the  right  time.  Eating too far in advance of your workout ...
Static vs. Dynamic Stretching
Jan 03, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 105 105 recommendations | email to a friend
by Mary Murphy  So you’ve already heard that you should stretch before you work out, but did you know that some types of stretching can be more harmful than helpful?  The American Council on Exerci...
From "Lost Side Of Suburbia" to "Poptropica," An Exclusive Interview with Artist Kory Merritt
Dec 29, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 135 135 recommendations | email to a friend
Written By:  Tiziano Thomas Dossena   Kory Merritt started cartooning and illustrating while attending SUNY Brockport. His weekly comic strip, Brockport Chronicled, won the John Locher Memorial Awa...

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Fractured Hand to Sideline St. John’s Burrell
Justin Burrell will miss at least four weeks while recovering from the injury, putting his appearance in the team’s season opener against St. Mary’s in doubt.
Oct 21, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ledger Star vs the Nation: Week 6 Standings
Ledger/Star vs the Nation pits the editors of the Queens Ledger/Brookyln Star against Football fans across the country to determine who's the best pigskin prognosticator.
Oct 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pavel Marossine: Athlete of the Week
When you win the Greenpoint 5K, you’re the athlete of the week, plain and simple.
Oct 13, 2010 | 2 2 comments | 54 54 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pavel Marossine and Jennifer Daniels win Greenpoint 5k
Runners of all ages gathered in Greenpoint on Sunday, ready to participate in the annual Get to the ‘Point 5K race. The race, sponsored by St. Joseph’s College, was ran for the 18th year, and over ...
Oct 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 31 31 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mets fire Omar Minaya
Omar Minaya's tenure with the Mets was marked by splashy moves and early success, but injuries and inconsistency kept the team from reach it's full potential. Here is a timeline of Minaya's time. N...
Oct 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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Community comes together to help 12-year-old Jackson Heights girl fight leukemia
Community leaders, friends and family are coming together to help 12-year-old Samantha Womack, a beloved Jackson Heights softball player who is battling AML leukemia. “Sam has always been a team pl...
Sep 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 42 42 recommendations | email to a friend
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Former LIU star James Jones thriving in the minors
Named Midwest League Player of the Postseason
Sep 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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Talented LIU Blackbirds winning with defense and goalkeeping
For the second year in a row, the Long Island University women’s soccer team has jumped out to a quick start. This year, the Blackbirds hope to keep the momentum rolling through conference play. Th...
Sep 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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CHSFL Week 1
Week one of CHSFL football kicked off, and all the locals were in action. Here are some highlights Holy Cross 31, St. Francis Prep 6: Holy Cross racked up 498 yards of offense and quarterback Kevin...
Sep 16, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rachidi Amadolu: Athlete of the Week
This week’s athlete of the week is Rachidi Amadolu. Amadolu, a freshman from Togo, made his presence felt on Saturday against Penn State University-Brandywine, even if he only played in half the ga...
Sep 16, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 44 44 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cyclones Watch: AL Rallies in All-Star Game
National League falls in All Star Game: Despite sending 8 players to the NY-Penn All Star game, the Cyclones couldn’t bring home a victory for the National League, as the American League rallied fo...
Aug 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pictured from left to right. Front row –Casey, Emma, Ashley, Jess, Nicole, Kristen Back row – Coaches Amanda and Lou, Jessica, Gabbi, Kristen, Gabbi, Victoria, Maddy and Coaches Gaspar and Frank
Feat of the Week: Lady Diamond Pros win big
Lady Diamond Pros take third place at MVBSC Fastpitch Softball tournament.
Aug 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chris Rosensteel: Athlete of the Week
This week’s Athlete of the Week is Chris Rosensteel, a sophomore on the Stevens Institute of Technology mens tennis squad. Chris, a resident of Windsor, New Jersey, was a phenom in Forest Hills las...
Aug 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cyclone Watch: Cyclones Place Eight All-Stars
Getting Stronger: It was another fine week for the Cyclones, as they posted a 5-1 record. Brooklyn feasted on Batavia, sweeping aside the Muckdogs with 4-0, 14-4, and 5-4 wins. Brooklyn then took t...
Aug 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
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Angle of the Week: Vallone joins children's tennis lessons
Council Member Peter Vallone Jr. gets nowhere near his toes while attempting the stretch with some of Astoria’s youngest tennis players at Astoria Park. Vallone joined dozens of kids at Astoria Par...
Aug 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Denver snaps 7-game skid with 93-85 win over Pelicans

New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis grimaces after falling to the court during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Denver Nuggets in New Orleans, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. Davis was helped to the locker room but later returned to the game. The Nuggets won 93-85. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Arron Afflalo scored 18 points and the Denver Nuggets snapped a seven-game losing streak, 93-85 over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night.


2015-01-28 23:02:20 -0500
Group's ad featuring 911 call grabs attention at Super Bowl
No celebrities or NFL players facing the camera, saying "No more." This ad simply depicts a 911 call of a woman pretending to order a pizza while calling police with her attacker still in the house.
2015-01-28 23:01:02 -0500
Grant sparks No. 8 Notre Dame to 77-73 victory over Duke

Notre Dame guard Jerian Grant reacts late in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, in South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame won 77-73 with Grant leading all scorers 23 points. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond)SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — In a match of player-of-the-year candidates, Jerian Grant made more clutch plays for eighth-ranked Notre Dame than Jahlil Okafor did for fourth-ranked Duke.


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