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Councilwoman Letitia James, center, has filed a personal injury lawsuit against David Day. CM James sues man over minor injury
Councilwoman Letitia James is suing a constituent in her district over an injury she sustained after walking into the man’s parked van last July. The van was parked legally, and the four-in...
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Property owners must relocate soon, or face eviction
Freddy’s Bar plans to fight state land-seizure
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City takes control of Brooklyn Bridge Park
The state has ceded control of Brooklyn Bridge Park to the city, handing over development and funding responsibilities for the $350 million waterfront public space. After months of negotiations st...
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Vigil held for Carroll Gardens Hate Crime
Police investigating vicious assault
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Bruce Ratner, Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Paterson, BP Markowitz and Jay-Z break ground on the Barclay s Center at Atlantic Yards Atlantic Yards groundbreaking!
Stars celebrate in lavish fashion
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Parents, students, pols outraged at MTA
Say proposed cuts unconscionable
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Race is on for Superfund tech grant
One lucky Gowanus watchdog will win $50K
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Pictured form left to right are Borough President Marty Markowitz, Tina Knowles, Beyoncé, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Karen Carptenter-Palumbo. (Photo by Kathryn Kirk) Beyoncé Cosmetology Center opens in DUMBO
On Friday, March 5, Beyoncé was joined by her mother Tina Knowles, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services Commissioner Karen Carpenter-Palumbo, B...
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Fourth Avenue makeover
Groups plot ways to spruce corridor
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The developers renderings of Gowanus Green, which is moving forward despite the EPA s Superfund listing of the polluted canal nearby. Undeterred by Superfund listing, Gowanus Green moves forward
Developers could start ULURP this summer
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Brawl breaks out at MTA hearing
Anger and hostility escalated into chaos Wednesday night during an MTA community meeting at the Brooklyn Museum. What was supposed to be a chance for citizens to express their complaints and con...
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Pratt Post Office closed
Clinton Hill and Fort Greene’s snail mail hub took a hit last week when the Pratt Post Office closed unexpectedly for temporary renovations. The United States Postal Service said the facili...
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Judge rules for Yards
State given okay to seize land for arena
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Toll Bros drops Gowanus Canal project
Dev says EPA Superfund listing the reason
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Gowanus Canal placed on Superfund list
EPA commits to cleanup
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national news
End in sight, health care battle tilts Obama's way (AP)

Rep. John Boccieri, D-Ohio, tells reporters he will vote yes on the health care reform bill on Friday, March 19, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - One by one, House Democratic fence-sitters began choosing sides Friday, and the long, turbulent struggle over landmark health care legislation tilted unmistakably in President Barack Obama's direction.


Fri Mar 19 18:39:31 -0500 2010
Final health bill omits some of Obama's promises (AP)

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on health insurance reform during his event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va, Friday, March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - It was a bold response to skyrocketing health insurance premiums. President Barack Obama would give federal authorities the power to block unreasonable rate hikes.


Fri Mar 19 15:18:03 -0500 2010
World diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks (AP)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton seen during talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2010. Clinton is participating in a meeting of the Quartet of Middle East peace mediators — the U.S., Russia, the EU and the United Nations. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Friday that the United States and Israel have found a way around the worst disagreement the two allies have faced in years while international diplomats set goals for new U.S.-backed peace talks aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state.


Fri Mar 19 14:50:38 -0500 2010