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Morning Sweep

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:51:48 GMT

Hundreds gathered at the vigil in Manhattan on Sunday evening for Jorge Mercado, the openly gay teen who was brutally murdered in Puerto Rico. Two men have been indicted on hate crime charges in the June assault on a transgender woman in Queens.
Source: The Agenda

Biederman Redevelopment Ventures Southwest Chelsea Streetscape Collection Wins The Spark 2009 Design & Architecture Award

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:42:31 GMT

The Southwest Chelsea Streetscape Collection award submission represented the overall redevelopment of the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan, including improvements in signage, lamps, flowerbeds, tree plantings, lighting, signage and liter receptacles.
Source: PR Newswire

Three Lehigh Valley students to take part in annual Macy's Parade

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:33:30 GMT

In the wee hours of Thanksgiving morning, students from across the country will rise in darkness to prepare to lead the world-famous Macy's parade through the streets of Manhattan, and among them will be three high school students from the Allentown...
Source: The Morning Call

From: Flashpoint

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:30:22 GMT

We told you so. A lawyer for the five terrorists to be tried in Manhattan has stated that his clients may plead not guilty and turn the proceedings into a platform for their ideology.
Source: New York Daily News

Mark DeMoss Calls Me A Liar

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:28:32 GMT

Yesterday I posted that the DeMoss Group, the powerful Christian right publicity firm hired to promote the anti-gay Manhattan Declaration, had also been hired to work on the 2008 presidential campaign of Mitt Romney.
Source: Joe. My. God.

Dennis Kozlowski Doesn't Like Living In Jail

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:54:40 GMT

The Koz has a new appeal pending before a federal judge in Manhattan, re: whether or not he was denied a fair trial because he “didn’t have access to prosecutorial evidence that might have helped his defense.” He’s four years into his sentence, a...
Source: DealBreaker

Jude Law and Sienna Miller: Secretly Hooking Up?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:46:13 GMT

Though they’ve vehemently denied that anything romantic is going on, Sienna Miller and Jude Law were spotted getting friendly at a Manhattan nightclub last week.
Source: The Gossip Girls

4Bumpers Launches Bumper Protection That's Tough as Steel

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:41:20 GMT

NEW YORK, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Made in the USA, 4Bumpers® is the best solid steel car bumper protector on the market. 4Bumpers, LLC, a Manhattan-based father and son automobile accessory company proudly announces the launch of its U.S. patented...
Source: PR Newswire

Quoted in 'Air pollution linked with respiratory symptoms in young inner-city children: Study'

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:29:50 GMT

said in News-Medical.net:

Our results are of concern especially because levels of nickel in our study area, Northern Manhattan and the South Bronx, are among the highest in New York City and in the U.S., as are the rates of pediatric asthma.

Quoted in 'Stimulus at crossroads'

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:14:22 GMT

said in The Age:

In Manhattan, they have vacancy rates of 10-15 per cent and they feel like the sky is falling, but in Pudong [the central business district in Shanghai] vacancy rates are as high as 50 per cent and they are still building new skyscrapers

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Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:32:43 GMT

The south tip of Manhattan is seen on September 13, 2009 from New York Harbor.

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Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:24:33 GMT

The Dutch Naval Frigate HNMLS Van Speijk drifts near Manhattan on September 13, 2009 in New York Harbor. The ship is in New York Harbor to commemorate English navigator Henry Hudson's sail into New York harbor in 1609.

Kings Of Leon - Manhattan

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:53:17 GMT