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PATCHOGUE, NY - JULY 13: Mimi Fery attends a plaque dedication ceremony for her deceased daughter Sidonie on July 13, 2013 in Patchogue, New York. Patchogue parks workers found Sidonie's message, 'Be excellent to yourself, dude,' along with a phone number within a bottle that had washed up with Hurricane Sandy debris and got in touch with Fery to deliver it back to her.
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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is investigating the release of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment to high-frequency traders two seconds ahead of other Thomson Reuters subscribers, the state said today
Our findings are consistent with deer tick virus infection rates in people revealed in clinical tests by the New York State Department of Health. Of fourteen individuals testing seropositive for deer tick virus, ten were residents of Westchester, Putnam, or Dutchess counties. Another two were from Albany and Suffolk counties, areas with burgeoning black-legged tick populations.
We've seen a rise in this rare but serious illness in parts of New York State that are hotspots for Lyme disease. And we suspected it was tied to an increase in black-legged ticks carrying deer tick virus, particularly on the east side of the Hudson River.More quotes »
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Cuomo moves to join efforts at cutting CO2 cap
to lower power plant emissions, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he plans to reduce carbon dioxide allowances by 2014.New York, along with mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states, are members of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, which sells rights to 7/14/13 Read more »
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Shaquille O'Neal says Nets are better than Knicks with new players
playing in the shadow of the Knicks. But they are trying to change that, hoping to unseat the Knicks as the team to beat in New York, and with their recent offseason splash, they have gotten the nod from at least one big NBA analyst."I'm going with the Nets Read more »
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Editorial: Life insurers get a good push to pay
these same companies don't use the same lists to pay out life insurance benefits. That seems a sketchy practice, at best.Now New York has become the first state to direct insurance firms to use the Social Security Administration's Death Master File to investigate Read more »
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Crowley: Time to legalize MMA in New York
career may be convincing the state Assembly to lift the ban on mixed martial arts in New York.For seven consecutive years the state Senate has passed legislation calling for the legalization of profesional MMA fighting, but each year the Assembly has either Read more »
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PBS to air documentary on NY artist's project
spent more than 40 years in solitary confinement in a Louisiana prison -- one of the longest solitary sentences ever in the United States. That experience is the basis of a new documentary, "Herman's House," by filmmaker Angad Singh Bhalla, which will air Read more »
Around the web
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Educators from across the state gather in the North Country
changes in state requirements and mandates, education professionals across New York are using this summer to prepare for the years ahead. As our Barry Wygel tells us, an annual North Country conference is helping educators do just that. To view our videos, 21 m ago from Your News Now - Northern New York Read more »
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Angels' Mike Trout is excited about All-Star game despite hectic schedule
— With a five-hour flight to New York on Sunday night, the All-Star game-related media session, workout day and home run derby Monday, the game in Citi Field on Tuesday night and another cross-country flight to Southern California on Thursday, there won't 29 m ago from Los Angeles Times Read more »
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Petition: Boycott Florida Tourism Until Stand Your Ground Repealed
and argue 'justifiable homicide' later ." Outrage over the Zimmerman verdict has funneled into an online petition to boycott the state by withholding tourism until the controversial Stand Your Ground law is repealed: Florida is not a safe place to take your 3:44 PM from The Huffington Post Read more »
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Owners of Vintage Citroëns and Vélosolex Bikes Celebrate in New York
in Manhattan for a day of driving, shop talk and general admiration of all things French. This year’s event, the Greater New York Citroën and Vélosolex Touring Club Bastille Day Rendez-vous , took participants from Grant’s Tomb on the Upper West Side, down 3:41 PM from The New York Times Read more »
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Reward Volunteers 3.0 Grand Prize Winners Announced -- Including Caribbean Cruise!
dairy farm families of Agri-Mark, the Northeast's premier dairy cooperative, with farms located throughout New England and upstate New York. For more information on Cabot, visit: http://www.cabotcheese.coop Cabot Creamery Cooperative is the world's first cheese 3:41 PM from PR Newswire Read more »
