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Quick, read this blog post about the pleasant summer weather in and around New York City. Because you never know when it might start raining again.
June 30 at 9:51am
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Of all things, historical and cultural, that link Amsterdam to New York, there is a particular bond that strikes a personal chord with Carolien Gehrels.
June 25 at 9:37am
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No. 7 Line Is Rated Cleanest. Don’t Ask About the R. - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
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Queens commuters and Mets die-hards, rejoice: the No. 7 train, which stretches west to east from Times Square in Manhattan out to Flushing, Queens (with a stop at Citi Field in between), is the cleanest line in the New York City subway system.
June 25 at 9:36am
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City Room Ads for Atheism Appear on Manhattan Buses http://bit.ly/LO1qY

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Advertisements proselytizing toothpaste and jeans do not make us question our beliefs. But a series of posters on city buses promoting atheism is intended to do just that.
June 25 at 9:36am
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City Room A Different Kind of Courthouse Artist - http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/a-different-kind-of-courthouse-artist/

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From more than 60 prints that Dr. Siffert has donated to federal courthouses in Lower Manhattan and White Plains, Judge Sotomayor, President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, chose the 10 that were displayed at a recent reception. But did she pick the best 10?
June 11 at 10:08am
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City Room Council Approves Dumbo Tower Near Brooklyn Bridge - http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/council-approves-dumbo-tower-near-brooklyn-bridge/

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The City Council voted to approve a developer’s plans to build a controversial skyscraper project steps from the Brooklyn Bridge that drew critics as prominent as the historian David McCullough and the documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.
June 11 at 10:08am
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City Room Here Comes the Judge (Before Sotomayor) - http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/here-comes-the-judge-before-sotomayor/

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For weeks, Ricci v. DeStefano has been the most talked about civil rights case in Connecticut, a 2004 reverse discrimination lawsuit filed by Frank Ricci and other New Haven firefighters who challenged the city’s decision not to move forward with promotions.
June 9 at 9:03am
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City Room Teasing Remarks for Bloomberg, From a Bloomberg - http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/teasing-remarks-for-bloomberg-from-a-bloomberg/

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Whoopi Goldberg was the master of ceremonies at a Monday night campaign event for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, known as “Women for Bloomberg.”
June 9 at 9:02am
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City Room Made in N.Y.C. | Envelopes - http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/made-in-nyc-envelopes/

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Top, rolls of paper destined to become envelopes at Interstate Envelope in Maspeth, Queens. Above, a machine cuts, folds, prints on and adds glue to the envelopes in the making.
June 3 at 10:03am
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City Room Project Bike Lane - http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/project-bike-lane/

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Winners of the Fashion Institute of Technology’s “Bike in Style Challenge” explain their sketches of fashionable biker apparel.
June 3 at 10:03am
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City Room Britain’s Prince Harry on First Visit to New York - http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/britains-prince-harry-on-first-visit-to-new-york/

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Paying his first visit to New York City, Prince Harry visited ground zero on Friday and planted a small magnolia tree at the British Memorial Garden in Lower Manhattan. The 24-year-old prince, whose late-night ...
May 29 at 2:16pm
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City Room Forcibly Removing an Illegal Sign Downtown - http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/forcibly-removing-an-illegal-sign-downtown/

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For several years — in spite of 103 violation notices issued against it — a three-story, wrap-around billboard has blanketed the lower floors of the 19th-century Cushman Building, 174 Broadway, at Maiden Lane.
May 29 at 2:15pm
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City Room Tax Authorities Shut Down H&H Bagels: http://bit.ly/OlRXU

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For a few hours Friday, the shuttering of H&H Bagels, on Broadway at West 80th Street, left a hole in the heart of the Upper West Side.
May 29 at 2:13pm
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City Room Man in Police Assault Case Will Sue City - http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/man-in-police-assault-case-will-sue-city/

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A 24-year-old man who officials say was brutalized by a group of uniformed police officers inside a Brooklyn subway station last October is readying a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city, the Police Department, and four officers, a lawyer for the man said on Thursday.
May 28 at 9:21am
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City Room Bronx Senator Warns of Chimney-Sweep Scheme - http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/bronx-senator-warns-of-chimney-sweep-scheme/

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Some chimney-sweeping companies have been pulling a bait-and-switch scheme, advertising low rates for their services and then trying to lure homeowners into paying for expensive repairs, a state senator warned on Thursday. ...
May 28 at 9:20am
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City Room L.I. Congresswoman Endorses Bloomberg - http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/li-congresswoman-endorses-bloomberg/

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Representative Carolyn McCarthy, a Nassau County Democrat who is in her seventh term in Congress, endorsed Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s re-election bid on Tuesday, praising his record on crime.
May 26 at 12:18pm
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May 26 at 12:16pm
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City Room Police Detail Disruption of Terror Plot - http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/police-detail-disruption-of-terror-plot/

May 21 at 8:29am
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City Room 4 Arrested in New York Terror Plot - http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/4-arrested-in-new-york-terror-plot/

May 21 at 8:29am
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Kennedy Denies Children Asked Her Not to Pursue Senate Seat - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
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In a television interview on Monday, Caroline Kennedy denied a recently published report that she dropped her Senate bid because her children were unhappy with her campaigning.
May 18 at 12:53pm
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American Apparel Settles Lawsuit With Woody Allen - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
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Updated, 1:22 p.m. | Woody Allen’s battle against a clothing manufacturer who used an image of him from the 1977 movie “Annie Hall” on billboards without permission will not be fought before a jury after all.
May 18 at 12:52pm
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