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Governor Cuomo to Review Safety of Nuclear Power Plant
Indian Point Near Seismic Fault Located just 35 miles north of Manhattan, the Indian Point Energy Center is situated close to the Ramapo Fault in New York. Although seismic activity along this fault line is infrequent and the plant is also built to handle the worst imaginable earthquake that the region would most likely experience,…
iPad 2 Flying Off Shelves in New York
With the new iPad 2 going on sale this week, people all over New York – and all over the country – were scrambling to be the first to get their hands on this hot new device. Apple has, apparently, sold approximately half a million iPad 2 tablets over its first weekend and most locations…
New Siren Scheduled to Get New Yorkers’ Attention
New Yorkers can expect to be hearing a new kind of siren coming from New York’s Finest and their patrol cars. Invented by Joe Bader, a vice president of Federal Signal Corporation, a security firm, the Rumbler is a siren that can better penetrate hard surfaces such as car doors and windows and into people’s…
One Hundred Years Later the Gowanus Canal Gets a New Flush
As early as 20 years after its opening in the 1860s the Gowanus Canal was already producing a stench all over the south Brooklyn neighborhoods through which it flowed. Before the construction of the Gowanus Flushing Tunnel which was designed to help keep the Canal clean and eliminate the putrid odors, the tides were the…
The Daily is Launching at the Guggenheim
Two events are scheduled in the next day to launch the latest high tech news outlet; Rupert Murdoch’s flashy but traditional “The Daily” which can be read on iPods and iPads, not to mention computers, everywhere. Tonight Murdoch is inviting just a few of his closest friends to a ‘pre-launch-launch’ at his apartment in Manhattan….
The Daily is Launching at the Guggenheim
Two events are scheduled in the next day to launch the latest high tech news outlet; Rupert Murdoch’s flashy but traditional “The Daily” which can be read on iPods and iPads, not to mention computers, everywhere. Tonight Murdoch is inviting just a few of his closest friends to a ‘pre-launch-launch’ at his apartment in Manhattan….
iPads Are Latest Educational Aid on Long Island
Apple iPads are continuing to show their versatility and usefulness in all different aspects of life. One of the more popular places the iPad seems to be popping up is in educational settings, as more and more schools across the nation embrace this latest form of modern technology. One of those schools is right here…
Goldman Sachs Says YES to Facebook
One of the savviest and well-respected of investment firms, Goldman Sachs, has decided to invest in the popular social networking internet presence, Facebook, to the tune of $500 million. Goldman Sachs, together with a Russian investor, values the company at a cool $50 billion, according to people involved with the deal, making Facebook worth more…
Subway Voice Travels Express Route to New York
The last time “the voice of the subway” Carolyn Hopkins was on a New York City subway was in 1957, many years before she became the voice of the subway. Even stranger, Carolyn’s voice is actually emanating far from the rumble of the subway, but rather way up north in Maine, where she lives. The…
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