A reader just pointed out to us a great source for absolutely free items – Craig’s List.
Now, I recommend that you proceed with caution – don’t meet the given in any dark alleys – and make sure that Free really means free – but check this out
These are some treasures on offer for Free at [...]

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The New York Times announced this week that in 2011 they would be moving to a pay model for online access to the popular NYTimes.com. The Wall Street Journal has managed to attract a loyal online following despite charging for unlimited access.
Personally,  I would pay for unlimited access to the New York Times, eithe r [...]

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New York still the source of inspiration for style worldwide!
The new O & X New York collection of sunglasses has just arrived in Brazil, exclusively in Curitiba, in Eric Gozlan Lunettes.  The O&X New York brand is a division of Kio Yamato Optics, the famous Japanese designer optical, and features pieces with inspired by the [...]

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MYFOX New York is reporting that a New York City based Police/Fire Department team pulled two children alive from the remains of a two-story building in Haiti on Tuesday.
The children appeared to be severely dehydrated but remarkably well otherwise. The rescuers hurried the 8-year-old boy and the 10-year-old girl to the only fully operating hospital [...]

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Crains New York is reporting that a team of nine doctors, as well as additional staff from the Hospital for Special Surgery arrived in the Haitian capital over the weekend on a borrowed corporate jet.
“The volunteers, apparently the first group of New York physicians to arrive on a hospital-sponsored mission, mobilized quickly after the chief [...]

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New York City officials destroyed tons of new, unworn clothing and footwear last year that had been seized in raids on counterfeit label operations, abandoning a practice of giving knockoff garments to groups that help the needy.
Some heads need to get knocked together over this. I understand perfectly why copyright holders would have concerns, but [...]

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If you go to the Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA on Bedford Avenue on a given evening, you just might be able to catch a peak at the Splashers.  These 40 senior swimmers have set their sights to the Empire State Senior Games, a statewide competition in June that is for athletes ages 50 and older.
As spunky Splashers [...]

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The Times reports:
On Monday morning, Mr. Rollino went for a walk in his Brooklyn neighborhood, a daily routine. It was part of the Great Joe Rollino’s greatest feat, a display of physical dexterity and stamina so subtle that it revealed itself only if you happened to ask him his date of birth: March 19, 1905. [...]

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It was brought to my attention that New York City purchased almost 7 acres of land from Thor Equities and is inviting amusement park operators to submit proposals (RFP.)

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I grew up in Brighton Beach, and one place down there I knew quite well was the Brighton Beach Baths.

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