High Bridge reopens Summer, 2014
High Bridge is scheduled to reopen Summer, 2014. Written by Nilka Martell Completed in 1848, it is the oldest standing bridge in New York. It is the only
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Car Plunges into Freezing Pond Five Young Children Hurt
By Todd Melby MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Five young children were seriously injured after the car they were riding in veered off a rain-slicked highway ramp and slid into a near-freezing pond in the Minneapolis area on Thursday morning, officials said.
Skakel Walks For Now
By Richard Weizel STAMFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, who spent 11 years in prison for the 1975 murder of a teenage neighbor in Greenwich, Connecticut, walked free on Thursday after a judge granted him
BABY HOPE ACCUSED KILLER PLEADS NOT GUILTY
By Curtis Skinner NEW YORK (Reuters) – The accused killer of a small girl dubbed “Baby Hope” whose death was a mystery for more than two decades pleaded not guilty to her murder on Thursday. The child’s body was found […]
An Evening at The Huntington Library
Mike Gupta, Rich Vitacco, Angel Hernandez & Tom Vasti
HOPE – Homeless Outreach Population Estimate
On January 27, 2014, the Department of Homeless Services will conduct its annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE). It is a unique opportunity to volunteer and participate in an extraordinary citywide effort.
MAYOR BLOOMBERG SIGNS LEGISLATION TO FORTIFY AND STRENGTHEN BUILDING STANDARDS
Remarks by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg at a Public Hearing on Local Laws “The next six bills before me today are a product of the Building Resiliency Task Force, an expert panel convened after Hurricane Sandy to outline steps to […]
Congress Runs Out Of Time Can’t Pass Trade Bill
By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration’s hopes of securing “fast-track” trade negotiating authority from Congress this year look certain to be dashed given the limited time left on the congressional calendar, the No. 2 House Democrat said […]
Philippines, U.S. Embassy Manila Life Saving Supplies Reaching Disaster Area
U.S. Embassy Manila @usembassymanila Hygiene kits/water containers in distribution area. Life-saving supplies for disaster-affected families #USGReliefpic.twitter.com/k4MmiWqzS3 Nov 17
$110 million in Typhoon damaged crop losses in the Pilippines
MILAN (Reuters) – The typhoon that hit the Philippines has resulted in crop losses worth $110 million and an overall damage to the agriculture sector of more than twice that figure, preliminary estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) […]
Storm Flooded streets Sardinia
San Gavino, Monreale Sardinia
Storms cause major flooding in Sardinian countryside
Torpe, Sardinia flooding devastates Sardinian countryside.
No revenue hike No grand budget deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration said on Tuesday that budget negotiators in Congress would probably fail to strike a far-reaching deal unless Republicans agree to raise revenues and overhaul the tax code.
Iran seeks sanctions relief
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran will meet this week in Geneva with the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany to discuss a proposed deal under which Tehran would suspend parts of its nuclear program in exchange for limited […]
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