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NYC developer's banner pokes fun at Palin
A New York City developer cashing in on current events has hung a giant banner on a luxury building under construction that reads: "Sarah Palin / Live here / See Wall Street." The banner refers to last month's interview, where the Republican candidate...Tags: Sarah Palin, Williamsburg, Alaska, Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Government
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September 16: Campaigns out of focus, food costs, Nassau taxes, non-drunk but disorderly, portraying 9/11
Nassau needs small tax hike Congratulations to County Executive Thomas Suozzi for proposing a small [3.9 percent] property tax increase in his 2009 budget ["Suozzi to unveil details of tax hike," News, Sept. 15]. Year after year, Nassau County, like many...Tags: Political Candidates, Huntington Station, Government, Ceremonies, Melville
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Who got free passage?
Since 1954, the various transit authorities that eventually became part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority have granted free passage over its bridges and through its tunnels to a number of federal, state, county and city agencies, as well as...Tags: Midwood, Glen Oaks, Throgs Neck, Glendale (Queens, New York), Christianity
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Starbucks lists 12 more stores closing on LI
james.bernstein@newsday.comStarbucks will close a total of 14 Long Island stores as part of a plan to shutter 600 of its outlets across the country by the middle of next year, the company said in releasing a full list of closings late Thursday. Two of the Long Island stores that...Tags: Music Theater, Manhattan (New York City), Hyde Park, New York, Florida
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John McEnroe proud of interview hug of Roger Federer
WatchdogHere is an item about John McEnroe that I wrote for the Friday column that did not make it into the newspaper: With the U.S. Open set to begin Monday, tennis still is basking in the glow of last month???s......Tags: Tennis, U.S. Open Tennis, Roger Federer, John McEnroe
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Petitions battles abound
Spin CycleRepublicans have filed objections to knock Democratic State Senate contender Gregory Fischer of Calverton off the November ballot. According to elections records, Leslia Sullivant of Port Jefferson filed objections to 796 of Fischer???s 1,475 signatures...Tags: Craig Johnson, Upper House, Government, National Government, Republican Party
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Their Journey Together Started On A Ferry Boat
Special to The CourantFor their first date, Roland Goodman took Mildred Cohen on a cruise, he says with a dreamy gaze. "I took her on the Staten Island Ferry." Roland met Mildred in 1940 when she started working at Bond Stores in Manhattan. A 1939 graduate of Brooklyn...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Defense, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Colleges and Universities, Indiana
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LI Philharmonic and Chorus to perform Mozart
verne.gay@newsday.comMozart's "Requiem" is probably not the greatest piece of vocal or choral music ever written; that distinction likely belongs to "Don Giovanni" or Verdi's "Otello." (Debate among yourselves.) But it certainly must be one of the more interesting. Unfinished...Tags: Tilles Center, Music Industry, Classical Music, Melville, Long Island
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In Manhattan, N.J. celebration over Clinton win
erik.german@newsday.comIf Hillary Rodham Clinton's staff had expressed pessimism early in the day yesterday, the mood at her Manhattan campaign headquarters last night verged on euphoric. "Yes! Yes! I knew it," shouted Debra Nelson of Douglaston when CNN reported Clinton's...Tags: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Minnesota, Idaho, Oklahoma
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Q&A with Daryl "D.M.C." McDaniels
Special to amNewYorkHow long did your family live in Hollis? My mother and father moved there from Brooklyn. I was there my whole life, up until I was 23. We moved in 1988, first to Douglaston, because my wife is from Hartford, and I was always on the road, so it was much...Tags: Alabama, Francis Lewis, Candy, Flowers and Gifts, Candy
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Dining Detour: In and around Flushing
La Baraka, 255-09 Northern Blvd., Little Neck; 718-428-1461. One of Queens' top French restaurants, La Baraka excels with traditional dishes such as roast duckling with orange sauce, rack of lamb and onion soup. Especially good: the meaty couscous royale,...Tags: U.S. Open Tennis, Gang Activity, New York, Crimes, Hinduism
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Community leaders point to underlying tensions
NEWSDAY STAFF WRITERElected and community leaders in northeast Queens expressed shock Monday at the apparent bias attack on four Asian men and cautioned that although rare, racial conflict may be traced to underlying tensions between Asian immigrants and longtime residents....Tags: Bayside (Queens, New York), Regional Authority, Imperial and Royal Matters, Crimes, Illegal Immigrants
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