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Help For Hell’s Kit...
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14:41:43 09/30/10

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Help For Hell’s Kitchen Community Center

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Help For Hell’s Kitchen Community Center

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Taking Stock of the...
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14:36:03 09/30/10

Earlier this month, Consumer Reports ranked McDonald’s basic burger as lowest in its class. ; That apparently hasn’t hurt the company's bottom line, though.

Taking Stock of the New McDonald's

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Taking Stock of the New McDonald's

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Earlier this month, Consumer Reports ranked McDonald’s basic burger as lowest in its class. ; That apparently hasn’t hurt the company's bottom line, though.

Sojourners Seek Imm...
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18:55:40 05/25/10

Every week, a group of mostly native-born Americans travel from a church in Manhattan to a detention facility in New Jersey. They call themselves the Sojourners ...

Sojourners Seek Immigration Truth

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Sojourners Seek Immigration Truth

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Every week, a group of mostly native-born Americans travel from a church in Manhattan to a detention facility in New Jersey. They call themselves the Sojourners and their mission is to change the immigration detention experience, largely through friendship. Through the clear security barriers that separate them, the Sojourners, part of the social justice mission at Riverside Church, develop relationships with detainees via simple conversations about life. It's the group's simple response to the complex political issue of immigration reform.

A Sand Mandala for ...
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17:52:04 05/21/10

The Dalai Lama's four-day New York City visit ends with an interfaith dialogue at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The cathedral is home to 10 monks from Sout...

A Sand Mandala for the Dalai Lama

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A Sand Mandala for the Dalai Lama

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The Dalai Lama's four-day New York City visit ends with an interfaith dialogue at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The cathedral is home to 10 monks from South India’s Drepung Loseling Monastery, who are creating a Sand Mandala in honor of the Tibetan spiritual leader's visit. The colorful mandalas, which take hours of painstaking work to construct, are destroyed as a symbol of the Buddhist belief in the fleeting nature of the material life.

Phone App Targets S...
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15:30:16 04/29/10

A grassroots organization is stepping up its efforts to combat harassment on the streets, buses and trains. For years, Holla Back NYC has been encouraging wome...

Phone App Targets Sex Harassment

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Phone App Targets Sex Harassment

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A grassroots organization is stepping up its efforts to combat harassment on the streets, buses and trains. For years, Holla Back NYC has been encouraging women to snap pictures of cat callers and harassers, and post the photos on the group's site. Now the founders want to make that process easier. They are planning to launch an iPhone application this summer that will immediately send the photo and other information to a database. From there, Holla Back will compile data that organizers hope will encourage greater enforcement of anti-harassment laws in the city.

Subway Offenders Ca...
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20:01:35 04/28/10

New Yorkers often fester in silence when they encounter rude subway behavior – the man who saunters up the left side of the stairs during rush hour, the woman who ...

Subway Offenders Caught on Camera

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Subway Offenders Caught on Camera

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New Yorkers often fester in silence when they encounter rude subway behavior – the man who saunters up the left side of the stairs during rush hour, the woman who files her nails in the seat next to you, the kid who sings out loud to his iPod. But Brooklyn comedian Tom Sibley doesn't let public transit offenders off so easy. He targets them with his camera phone. Sibley's blog, Subway Douchery , exposes subway riders who violate the understood rules of public transportation, by plastering their pictures on the Web. The blog's popularity has exploded in the past three months. But not everyone is a fan. While some applaud Sibley's nod to common courtesy, others say he's violating his targets' privacy.

Workers Bid St. Vin...
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20:45:03 04/27/10

St. Vincent's Hospital, a Greenwich Village mainstay for 160 years, is coming off life support, unable to survive $700 million in debt. The hospital is phasing out...

Workers Bid St. Vincent's Goodbye

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Workers Bid St. Vincent's Goodbye

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St. Vincent's Hospital, a Greenwich Village mainstay for 160 years, is coming off life support, unable to survive $700 million in debt. The hospital is phasing out operations, though Lenox Hill Hospital will at least temporarily run a so-called urgent care operation out of the storied Village medical center. Meanwhile, some 3,500 St. Vincent's employees are spending the hospital's final days saying their final farewells – and looking for work.

Big Goals for Sled ...
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17:03:15 04/23/10

With the Islanders out of the playoff picture, the Rough Riders are hoping to bring some hockey glory to Long Island. The Rough Riders play sled hockey, a sport ...

Big Goals for Sled Hockey Team

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Big Goals for Sled Hockey Team

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With the Islanders out of the playoff picture, the Rough Riders are hoping to bring some hockey glory to Long Island. The Rough Riders play sled hockey, a sport that lets mentally and physically challenged athletes live out their ice dreams. The team is headed to Ottawa for an international competition.

Toying With Modern Art
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19:44:07 04/22/10

Art from every period of Pablo Picasso’s career will soon be on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The new exhibit opens April 27 and features 34 paintings...

Toying With Modern Art

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Toying With Modern Art

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Art from every period of Pablo Picasso’s career will soon be on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The new exhibit opens April 27 and features 34 paintings, 58 drawings, 12 sculptures and more than 200 of his works on paper, all from the museum’s collection. Just outside of the city, in Larchmont, N.Y., one artist is showing off Picasso’s work in a different way. Jitka Exler makes plush toys based on concepts made famous by Picasso and other modern artists. Exler hopes her creations will inspire kids to learn about art.

Artist Connects Wit...
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19:37:01 04/19/10

Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist with an unusual medium: LEGO building blocks. He used more than 1 million of them to create the sculptures featured in hi...

Artist Connects With LEGO Pieces

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Artist Connects With LEGO Pieces

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Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist with an unusual medium: LEGO building blocks. He used more than 1 million of them to create the sculptures featured in his latest exhibit, “The Art of the Brick.” Sawaya’s work, recently featured in Chelsea’s Agora Gallery, is currently traveling to museums across the country.

Green Cars Electrif...
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15:28:32 04/15/10

National auto sales jumped 24 percent in March over the same period in 2009 – an increase attributed, at least in part, to tax incentives for purchasing environmen...

Green Cars Electrify Auto Industry

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Green Cars Electrify Auto Industry

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National auto sales jumped 24 percent in March over the same period in 2009 – an increase attributed, at least in part, to tax incentives for purchasing environmentally friendly vehicles. Green – not only on in money, but in technology – was the unofficial color of the recent New York International Auto Show, which featured new hybrid vehicles, no-emission electric cars and even autos fueled by hydrogen. There were lines outside the "EV" ("Electric Vehicle")

Art Therapy Uplifts...
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16:30:01 04/14/10

“Life Is Precious” is Bronx-based program that helps dozens of Hispanic girls and their families counteract a shocking statistic: 14 percent of Latina teenagers at...

Art Therapy Uplifts Latina Teens

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Art Therapy Uplifts Latina Teens

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“Life Is Precious” is Bronx-based program that helps dozens of Hispanic girls and their families counteract a shocking statistic: 14 percent of Latina teenagers attempt suicide , according a 2007 study by the Centers for Disease Control. The program uses art therapy helps the youngsters express their feelings and build communication between the girls and their parents, many of whom are recent immigrants. “Life is Precious” recently expanded to Bushwick, and the program's directors hope that with more funding they'll eventually be able to serve Latina girls citywide.

Carpenters Hammer F...
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16:46:50 04/13/10

The carpenters' union is calling for a crackdown on the sale of phony OSHA safety training certificates.

Carpenters Hammer Fake Safety Certificates

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Carpenters Hammer Fake Safety Certificates

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The carpenters' union is calling for a crackdown on the sale of phony OSHA safety training certificates.

Soldiers Fight a Ba...
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22:05:52 04/07/10

The Truth Commission on Conscience in War is a group of religious leaders and scholars who have joined together to discuss the theory of just war, international la...

Soldiers Fight a Battle of Conscience

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Soldiers Fight a Battle of Conscience

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The Truth Commission on Conscience in War is a group of religious leaders and scholars who have joined together to discuss the theory of just war, international law and freedom of conscience during times of war. The 70-member commission recently held a public hearing at Riverside Church, where soldiers spoke about their war experiences. The hearing, inspired by a documentary, "Soldiers of Conscience," launched a six-month campaign that aims to spur discussion of issues of war and conscience.

Getting Sirius on B...
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19:47:43 04/07/10

There's a long-running show on Broadway you can catch for free, in person – or on the radio. "Live From Broadway," which features interviews and performances by ...

Getting Sirius on Broadway

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Getting Sirius on Broadway

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There's a long-running show on Broadway you can catch for free, in person – or on the radio. "Live From Broadway," which features interviews and performances by stage stars, tapes Wednesdays at noon and airs on Sirius XM Radio. The show is housed at the Broadway Concierge and Ticket Center,

Top Teacher Brings ...
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15:53:23 03/19/10

Late last year, the Fund for the City of New York, along the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, named the first winners in the its new program: the Sloan Awards for Excel...

Top Teacher Brings Lessons to Life

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Top Teacher Brings Lessons to Life

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Late last year, the Fund for the City of New York, along the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, named the first winners in the its new program: the Sloan Awards for Excellence in Teaching Science and Mathematics in New York City Public High Schools. Homer Panteloglou, a science teacher at the High School of Economics and Finance in Lower Manhattan, was among the educators honored. Panteloglou, it turns out, is an inspiration inside and outside of the classroom.

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Tough Times for Holiday Toy Drives

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Tough Times for Holiday Toy Drives
12/22/09

The recession has made it hard for many people to give gifts this holiday season – and even harder to give to charities, including ones that serve children in need. While NBC's "Today" show reaped a record $30 million in its 16th annual toy drive, donations to the national program Toys for Tots are down. In in New York, one education official is struggling to find toys to brighten the lives of 600 children living in Brooklyn homeless shelters.

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