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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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Judge rules for Yards
State given okay to seize land for arena
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Landmark me, please
The red tape fight for historic status
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Tragic hit and run in Prospect Heights
Hero friend run over
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City Tech Professors Egues, Rafferty and Dato. City Tech lands nursing grant
College will expand program
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Brooklyn pol praises move to forgive Haiti's debt to U.S.
To support Haiti’s reconstruction and recovery from the devastating earthquake, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced earlier this month that the U.S. is working with global partners...
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Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaAP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes looming as early as next week.


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Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul (AP)

Clarissa Martinez de Castro, with the National Council of La Raza, center, talks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010, after meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year.


Thu Mar 11 19:12:26 -0600 2010
Strong quakes torment Chile as president sworn in (AP)

Chile's newly inaugurated President Sebastian Pinera, waves the the crowds after his swearing-in ceremony in Valparaiso, Chile, Thursday, March 11, 2010.(AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)AP - The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him.


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