Hello, Dalek!: Hour of the Wolf Live with Writer Robert Shearman

The night of Tuesday, April 28, 2015 featured a special event, a "hybrid" of the New York Review of Science Fiction Readings and an episode of Jim Freund's WBAI-FM radio program, Hour of the Wolf. The world's longest-running science fiction/fantasy radio show , Hour of the Wolf broadcasts and streams every Wednesday night/Thursday morning in New York from 1:30-3:00 am at 99.5 FM and worldwide at hourwolf.com.
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After 21 years in the East Village, 'Stomp' wants to walk out

... Both businesses are across the street from the site of the deadly March 26 explosion that brought down three East Village tenement buildings. J. "Josh" Jennings Moss has spent time on the police beat in Florida, on the political trail in Washington, ...
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Industry City studio | Owl Creek lease | SalesForce.com CEO sells

... Sidecar and Alexander. Rosie's 29 E. Second St. Chef Marc Meyer and Cookshop's Vicki Freeman have opened an East Village restaurant specializing in authentic Mexican cuisine. The eatery uses traditional techniques, such as grinding fresh masa and ...
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STOMP producers kicking theater to the curb: suit

... use brooms, trash cans, hubcabs, plumbing equipment and other scrap materials from the streets of the East Village to create a theatrical experience unlike anything else on stage. The Orpheum Theater ... infuses STOMP with the gritty energy of ...
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First Date West Coast Debut, Broadway-Bound Empire and More Set for...

... musical about friends and artists struggling with addiction, poverty, AIDS and most of all, love. Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. How these young bohemians negotiate ...
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City Council mustn't shatter broken-windows policing

... them with cameras the moment they "copped." Soon thereafter, hand-painted banners started appearing across East Village streets reading, "Los Blockos." Los Blockos was a volunteer citizen group started by a young East Village -- or Loisaida -- ...
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East Village Radio Relaunching With New Shows and Old Favorites

... EVR favorites like " Chances with Wolves " and " Black 'N Blue Takeover " as well as new shows, Ferraro said. East Village Radio ran for 11 years, hosting artists like Mark Ronson and The Smiths' Andy Rourke and attracted more than a million ...
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Week Ahead | April 27

The East Village killing of David Felix prompts further conversation of police brutality and the necessity of good relations between the NYPD and New Yorkers.
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Bay City Players announces auditions for rock musical 'Rent'

Mark those dates and that time on your calendar if you want the chance to be part of one of the most anticipated musical performances to ever hit Bay City. It's then Bay City Players hosts auditions for the rock musical "Rent" at its theater, 1214 Columbus Ave. on Bay City's East Side.
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Crime Log: April 17 to 22

... of this article appeared in the Monday, April 27 print edition. Email Lexi Faunce at news@nyunews.com. The East Village killing of David Felix prompts further conversation of police brutality and the necessity of good relations between the NYPD and ...
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Conversation over police brutality needs nuance

... appeared in the Monday, April 27 print edition. Email the WSN Editorial Board at opinion@nyunews.com. The East Village killing of David Felix prompts further conversation of police brutality and the necessity of good relations between the NYPD and ...
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CAS junior wins Truman Scholarship

... this article appeared in the Monday, April 27 print edition. Email Amanda Morris at features@nyunews.com. The East Village killing of David Felix prompts further conversation of police brutality and the necessity of good relations between the NYPD ...
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Another coyote captured in NYC

... It was spotted in Lower Manhattan Saturday morning and eluded capture for about an hour. A shooting in the East Village Saturday afternoon has left one man dead. The NYPD was conducting an investigation into a robbery on East 6th Street just before ...
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9 Awesome New Ice Cream Shops in New York City

... are also classic-think chocolate, vanilla and maple butter pecan. [ Facebook/Brooklyn Bell Foods & Co. ] The East Village outpost of this popular Williamsburg creamery serves up a rotating roster of ice creams that are made fresh every three days. ...
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Man in critical condition after East Village shooting

A shooting in the East Village Saturday afternoon has left one man in critical condition.The NYPD was conducting an investigation on East 6th Street just before 2 p.m. when the shooting occurred. A shooting in the East Village Saturday afternoon has left one man in critical condition.The NYPD was conducting an investigation on East 6th Street just before 2 p.m. when the shooting occurred.
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Tonight in Music: 1939 Ensemble, Mastodon, Mr. Gnome & More

... Nate Krenkel in 2003 as a sort of a splinter label to Saddle Creek. In 2009, the label relocated from the East Village of Manhattan to the small Hudson Valley college town of New Paltz, where they've been mining gold out of the nearby Catskill ...
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Celebrate DANCENOW's 20th Anniversary with Mark Dendy Projects

Mark Dendy 's new dance-theater work, New York new york: Astor Place, mines the rich history of the Public Theater building, the original Astor Library, whose collection eventually made up the lion's share of the New York Public Library's holdings. The stage of Joe's Pub at the Public Theater becomes a portal through which we meet a shape-shifting cast of time travelers, habitus from past and present Astor Place and the surrounding area.
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Coyote urban: String of sightings in Manhattan this year

One moseyed around Manhattan's East Village. Another was caught in trendy Chelsea.
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All the cool cats hang out at the kitty cafe

The inspiration for Meow Parlour is gray and white and goes by Mr. Socks. Christina Ha and her husband found and adopted the stray during a 2013 heat wave.
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Different species of tourist

NEW YORK One moseyed around Manhattan's East Village. Another was caught in trendy Chelsea.
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Coyote urban: With a string of sightings, the animals are making moves in Manhattan

One moseyed around Manhattan's East Village. Another was caught in trendy Chelsea.
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Coyotes in Manhattan

One moseyed around Manhattan's East Village. Another was caught in trendy Chelsea.
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Coyote urban: With a string of sightings, the animals are making moves in Manhattan

Deputy Sgt. John Amaducci and Sgt. Federici of Norwood Police search a backyard in Norwood, N.J., Wednesday, April 22, 2015, after the owner called the police alerting them about a coyote in the backyard.
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Coyote urban: String of sightings in Manhattan this year

In this photo taken the morning of April 22, 2015, and released by the 24th Precinct of the New York City Police Dept., on Thursday April 23, 2015, a coyote walks in New York City's Riverside Park, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. While the animals have been spotted periodically in New York since the 1990s and have taken up residence in some Bronx parks, a string of sightings and captures in Manhattan and other unexpected locales in recent months has drawn new attention to them.
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Coyote urban: String of sightings in Manhattan this year

In this photo taken the morning of April 22, 2015, and released by the 24th Precinct of the New York City Police Dept., on Thursday April 23, 2015, a coyote walks in New York City's Riverside Park, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. While the animals have been spotted periodically in New York since the 1990s and have taken up residence in some Bronx parks, a string of sightings and captures in Manhattan and other unexpected locales in recent months has drawn new attention to them.
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Coyote urban: String of sightings in Manhattan this year

One moseyed around Manhattan's East Village. Another was caught in trendy Chelsea.
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Coyote urban: With a string of sightings, the animals are making moves in Manhattan

Deputy Sgt. John Amaducci and Sgt. Federici of Norwood Police search a backyard in Norwood, N.J., Wednesday, April 22, 2015, after the owner called the police alerting them about a coyote in the backyard.
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Coyote urban: String of sightings in Manhattan this year

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Coyote urban: String of sightings in Manhattan this year

One moseyed around Manhattan's East Village. Another was caught in trendy Chelsea.
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Coyote urban: String of sightings in Manhattan this year

Deputy Sgt. John Amaducci and Sgt. Federici of Norwood Police search a backyard in Norwood, N.J., Wednesday, April 22, 2015, after the owner called the police alerting them about a coyote in the bac... .
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NY Jewish initiative gives back to the land, not the landfill

... button. A lot of us here feel with this program we are creating a future for our children." In that way the East Village program embodies a core Jewish value: people are stewards of the earth and have a responsibility to leave the world a better ...
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Insect-Loving Chef Brings Mexican Street Food to Eighth Avenue

The former Tello's spot on Eighth Avenue will finally reopen as a Mexican street food joint from a chef who specializes in bug cookery, according to city documents. El Temerario - Spanish for Daredevil - will be the third authentic Mexican outpost from Chef Mario Hernandez and partner Jorge Guzman.
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15 Dishes That Highlight New York's First Wave of Spring Vegetables

... lemon balm, and green-garlic puree. Chawanmushi With Spring Radishes Where : Bara Price : $10 This new East Village restaurant serves up a hybrid of French and Japanese cuisines. This traditional Japanese custard gets paired with crab meat, aromatic ...
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Chloe Sevigny, Still the Coolest Girl in the World

... some iconic and others unreleased, from her Connecticut childhood to her teenage years as an East Village hipster and her adulthood as a Hollywood star and fashion trendsetter. "I kind of wanted it to be an art fan-book , if I dare say that," ...
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Onstage with Anthony D'Amato For a Perfect New York Moment

... electric"). How could I pass it up? I stepped off the ferry at North 6th Street and took the train into the East Village to keep the day alive. Outside of Bowery Electric I spotted Marah frontman Dave Bielanko smoking a cigarette. I first met Dave ...
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Black Seed Celebrates 1st Birthday With Pizza Bagels; Crab Dinner at Kin Shop

Pizza bagels made with Di Palo's mozzarella are available from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. today through next Sunday. [EaterWire] WEST VILLAGE - Harold Dieterle is offering a five-course crab dinner tomorrow night at Kin Shop .
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Lypsinka! the Boxed Set Will Return to The Connelly Theatre This Summer

A glamorous dose of the legendary Lypsinka, John Epperson 's iconic creation, will once again be doled out this summer when the acclaimed LYPSINKA! THE BOXED SET returns for a limited Off-Broadway engagement. LYPSINKA! THE BOXED SET will be performed Wednesday, July 22nd through Saturday, September 12th at the ravishing jewel-box Connelly Theater, located at 220 East 4th Street in Manhattan's East Village.
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Meet the Manhattan Assemblyman Who Is Fighting Albany for Rent Reform

With the most recent budget fight behind them, legislators in Albany are getting ready to turn their attention to the state's expiring rent regulation laws. It's a fight that Brian Kavanagh knows well.
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Mumford & Sons - 'Wilder Mind'

... not just in the New York-centric title of opening track 'Tompkins Square Park' - which references a small East Village patch of green favoured by Hare Krishna monks and hipster dog walkers - but its driving bursts of melancholy. Before Marcus ...
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Mandy Patinkin, Peaches and Lance Horne Perform at PS122 Gala, Hosted by Alan Cumming, Tonight

... held at Capitale in New York City, and proceeds will benefit the organization's return to its newly renovated East Village space. According to earlier press notes, the funds raised "will ensure that PS122 can successfully navigate the institutional ...

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Shocker! Delays at LaGuardia

... in New York City is not only an issue for Con Edison and National Grid (" When a disaster like the East Village explosion visits your block ," April 6). The interior gas lines in aging buildings are also an accident waiting to happen. Witness an ...

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The Essential Dry Aged Burgers of New York City

... only gets "cheffy" with the inclusion of a tomato aioli. $22, comes with fries. The bone marrow burger at this East Village pub lives up to its name. Dry aged sirloin, bone marrow, and sweet onion come served on a buttered bun with fries. $22. Made ...

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Confess Your Secrets and Eat Good Vegetarian Food at Confessional

When you walk into the East Village restaurant Confessional , your eye is immediately drawn to the right wall, which reads, "Have you confessed?" The dark, romantic, hole-in-the-wall restaurant is covered from corner-to-corner with black chalkboard paint, where patrons can pen their secrets. And many have.

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Second Ave. Small Businesses

... people showed up to support the businesses, there was a lively crowd and the event was an overall success. The East Village mom and pops got a lot of positive attention from the media, getting featured on local TV news channels, including NBC, CBS, ...

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Everything That New York City Smells Like, According to Perfumers

... Bushwick, but the Bush-era Bushwick of the early 2000's. According to Oak, this translates to " If the East Village candle smells vaguely like fresh cardboard, then the Bushwick candle smells like the wood that that cardboard came from. Top notes: ...

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Restaurant Near Deadly NYC Blast Site Evicted Over Gas Tampering

A restaurant directly across the street from the site of the deadly March 26 gas explosion in the East Village was evicted Monday after its landlord discovered illegal tampering with the gas line and meters there, NBC 4 New York's I-Team has learned. Stage Restaurant, at 128 Second Avenue, has until the end of the month to vacate the premises, a lawyer for the restaurant's landlord said Tuesday.

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New York City Nightlife Mourns the Loss of DJ Jess Marquis

For a little over a decade, the Trash Party thrived as one of New York nightlife's most beloved institutions. Originally located in the East Village's Rififi and later moved west to Webster Hall, the Trash Party was an outlet and home for any New Yorker who may have felt as an outcast or sidelined at other clubs in town but was still drawn to the dance floor.

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A Photographer's Favorite Locations to Capture the City, Every Person in NY

... the fashionable, and the occasional disgruntled old-timer, pissed that he has to walk through this madness. East Village and Lower East Side : These neighborhoods still hold a ton of character and characters and are vibrant with interesting people, ...

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Perth expats' New York state of mind

YOU'VE got to feel sorry for this guy. Thinking he had the race in the bag he started celebrating in front of a home crowd.

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FDNY firefighter honored for heroics in East Village blast

Timothy Cardinal Dolan, FDNY firefighter Mike Shepherd, and FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro pose for photos at the Association for a Better New York event in Manhattan on Monday. He's been praised by everyone from Mayor de Blasio to Cardinal Dolan, but the hero firefighter from last month's East Village blast is most happy he made his mom proud.

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10 Oyster Dishes That Go Way Beyond the Raw Bar

... around this restaurant's specialty, which is Acadian-style cuisine, all you need to really know is that this East Village restaurant puts a heavy emphasis on shellfish. These grilled oysters come with a rich cabbage-garlic butter. Pankora-Fried ...

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Restaurant Review: The New Momofuku Ko Is More Polished, Less Quirky, Still Delicious

Unlike many of his contemporaries, David Chang has tended to be a cautious incrementalist when it comes to playing the great boom-and-bust game of restaurant-empire-building. While other prominent New York chefs ping-pong around the landscape, opening cookie-cutter fine-dining outlets in far-off fast-money destinations like Hong Kong, Vegas, and Dubai, he's mostly been content to stay close to home, tending to his own little gastronomic Yoknapatawpha County in the East Village.

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Andrew Cuomo's Start-Up NY is a nonstarter

... and vote there, so government money has to go there. I was angry after reading " When a disaster like the East Village explosion visits your block " (April 6). This explosion allegedly was caused by a greedy landlord who knowingly lied in a form ...

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Police Arrest Man Suspected In String Of East Village, Gramercy Robberies

... groups in the country. Got a nose for [...] A surveillance image of a suspect in a string of robberies in the East Village and Gramercy Park. (Credit: NYPD) Police were on the hunt for a serial robber who allegedly held up six East Village and ...

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Fund set up to support East Village blast victims nets $125K

In the aftermath of the explosion in the East Village, the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York saw a surge in donations, with New Yorkers giving $125K. New Yorkers dug deep in the aftermath of the East Village blast , giving a total of $125,000 to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York.

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Fund set up to support East Village blast victims nets $125K

New Yorkers dug deep in the aftermath of the East Village blast, giving a total of $125,000 to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York.

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Alicia Glen hints at plan to preserve a 'funky' New York

Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen did not endorse a plan to give small businesses a year reprieve when threatened with eviction. Alicia Glen, the city's deputy mayor for housing and economic development, doesn't want to give up the funk .

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The most-hated girls in New York

Anna Ramotowska and Lucie Bauermeister talk about how they grabbed their dog and some belongings and got out before a fire engulfed several buildings in New York on March 26, 2015. Courtesy: MyFoxNY TWO prima donnas who were renting an apartment near the site of last month's explosion and fire in the East Village say they're so freaked out that they're fleeing the city - and are suing for $20million each for their troubles.

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"I didn't realize how much I missed you."

I never expected to see my family again after I walked away in 1995, shortly before my mother died. I blamed the alcoholism and drug abuse of my generation-older brother and sister for pushing me away.

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Residents, Business Impacted By East Village Explosion Getting Additional Help

NEW YORK - Residents who were displaced by the recent explosion on Second Avenue in the East Village are getting some additional help. The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, chaired by First Lady Chirlane McCray, announced $125,000 has been raised to help those impacted by the tragedy.

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New York 10 Dates You'll Actually Enjoy in New York This Weekend...

... serves great cocktails and country club-inspired snacks, including a Southern-style pimento grilled cheese. East Village This thrice-monthly Bad Karma show offers a few shots of stand-up with an improv back. The week's lineup is looking especially ...

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Businesses near blast site need help

... businesses here and give them a taste of the diverse and delicious food. If you'd like to support small East Village businesses, the crawl will be meeting in front of Gem Spa at 131 Second Avenue this Saturday starting at noon, so come on down! The ...

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King Bee Will Introduce New York to the Donair

If not for King Bee , New Yorkers might still be oblivious to the rich, hearty charms of Acadian cuisine, that somewhat obscure result of French immigration to the region of Eastern Canada now known as the Maritime provinces, and from there to Louisiana, where it evolved into Cajun. This Sunday, the East Village restaurant launches brunch with a few Acadian-inspired specialties, including ployes with sorghum butter, a crawfish Benny with fennel-tarragon bearnaise, and duck-and-farro boudin.

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Crowd-funders want to boot a beach babiesa out of NYC after blast

"Beach babies" Anna Ramotowska and Lucie Bauermeister filed a $40 million lawsuit over the East Village building explosion on their block. A crowd-funding campaign has surfaced online that is trying to raise money to buy two one-way bus tickets out of the Big Apple for the "heartless" neighbors who filed a $40 million lawsuit over the East Village explosion.

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LES pencil store | Thoughtbot in midtown south | Flatiron fitness studio

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Singer Jesse Malin Finds His Muse In New York

... set of straightforward rock songs, Malin, 47, was without an album title, until he left his small, dingy East Village apartment late last year. "I was walking to the bodega for a beer and when I walked back I looked up at my building and it just ...

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21 New Cocktails That Will Make You Feel Even More Excited About Spring

... balance out the West Village bar's stellar burger. Needle Park Where : King Bee Price : $11 This new-ish East Village restaurant serves a spinoff of the mimosa, with Cerdon (sparkling wine from Bugey, France), clarified orange (made in-house by ...

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Morning 10: Rand Paul's NYC fundraising | East Village blast murder charges | Teacher-exam bias

... [ The Insider ] Law-enforcement officials are looking at possible murder charges for suspects involved in the East Village blast last month that killed two people. The investigators are working off the likelihood that the explosion was caused by an ...

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Residents scoff at a beach babiesa suing over East Village explosion

East Village neighbors of the women who filed a $40 million lawsuit over the blast called their claims laughable on Tuesday - and said the only thing they agree with is that the two are not cut out to live in the Big Apple. "It's just so appalling.

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Still Recovering from Fire, Tuome Hopes to Reopen in Two Weeks

After a small kitchen fire nine days ago, East Village charmer Tuome went dark with barely a peep about when it would reopen. The silence started to breed anxiety.

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Subway stuck underground

... A rescue train is on its way to push the train to Grand Central. A fundraiser for the victims of the massive East Village explosion is getting some big star power behind it. Organizers say Sting and his wife have donated $36,000 dollars. A ...

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Morning 10: Disappearing hospital jobs | East Village explosion | 'Rolling Stone' rape story

In the past three years, at least 17 community hospitals in the New York City area have joined larger systems, and the deals show no sign of abating. As hospitals in the five boroughs join forces or expand through takeovers, there are fewer spots in the C-suite, in middle management and in clinical leadership - forcing some people to change fields or reinvent themselves.

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Report: plumber tampered with gas line in building explosion

... that they can swing and whack at other pillow-wielding assailants. A fundraiser for the victims of the massive East Village explosion is getting some big star power behind it. Organizers say Sting and his wife have donated $36,000 dollars. A ...

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Annual Easter Parade in NYC

... that they can swing and whack at other pillow-wielding assailants. A fundraiser for the victims of the massive East Village explosion is getting some big star power behind it. Organizers say Sting and his wife have donated $36,000 dollars. A ...

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Manhattan's Lower East Side: LES is more

... bar on Rivington St in the 2000s. In fact it's unrecognisable to me. I lived north of the neighbourhood in the East Village in the 1980s, which has undergone its own transformation, mostly because the area was taken over by students from New York ...

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Eats Beat: El Original opens on 10th Ave.

Eats Beat: El Original opens on 10th Ave. with Tex-Mex fare, Mace is a bar featuring drinks with spice El Original will be the Big Apple's latest authentic Tex-Mex spot when it officially opens Friday in Hell's Kitchen. It's owned by Lisa Fain, the seventh-generation Texan and New York City transplant behind the blog and cookbook series "The Homesick Texan."

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America was right: Emily West's got talent

Emily Wes t put it best herself last night during her show at SubCulture-the first of a four-week Thursday night residency at the East Village club. Hers, she said, is "a Cinderella story."

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Slain New Orleans girl, 8, part of New York church's memorial to preteen murder victims

Paris Williams, the 8-year-old girl who stands as New Orleans' youngest murder victim of 2015 , has been commemorated as part of a New York City church's powerful Holy Week installation memorializing preteen gun violence casualties from across the country. Chi Chi Valenti, who splits time as a resident of New Orleans and New York, submitted a photo to NOLA.com The Times-Picayune of the T-shirt placed in Williams' memory on the lawn of the St. Mark's Episcopal Church in The Bowery section of Manhattan's East Village.

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Is this Nessie's ancestor? Fossil of beast that lived in Loch Ness...

... New Yorkers donate $87,000 to single mom and her three children who lost 'everything but their lives' in East Village gas explosion Why drab Kate's no match for stylish Di, by Margaret Atwood: Canadian author dismisses Duchess as 'uneventful' ...

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Orphan who survived Operation Babylift plane crash in Vietnam...

New Yorkers donate $87,000 to single mom and her three children who lost 'everything but their lives' in East Village gas explosion EXCLUSIVE: Orphan who survived Vietnam War plane crash that killed 80 babies makes emotional return to scene where he was found huddled with his twin sister An orphan who survived a horrific plane crash that claimed the lives of nearly 80 babies and children 40 years ago has made an emotional return to the scene of one of the worst humanitarian disasters of the Vietnam War.

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Single mom and her three children who lost 'everything but their...

Single mom and her three children who lost 'everything but their lives' in East Village apartment explosion get incredible outpouring of support from fellow New Yorkers A single mom and her three kids who 'lost everything but their lives' in the East Village apartment explosion last week are getting an incredible outpouring of support from their fellow New Yorkers. Diane McLean says she's been overwhelmed by the generosity of her friends, neighbors and strangers after her four-bedroom rent-stabilized apartment at 45 East Seventh Street went up in flames.

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'Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks' Gives a Window Into Basquiat's Mind At Its Most Relaxed

... New York. I have contributed music and art criticism to VICE, Time Out New York, Bedford and Bowery, the Local East Village Blog, and my own blogs. I am an art contributor to Mass Appeal and I currently work as Associate Web Editor at Haute Living ...

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Disproving Buzzfeed's Theory On The East Village Explosion Using a Fairy Tale

According to Buzzfeed , the East Village explosion was a terrible tragedy that could have been prevented if it were not for the old bricks. Reporter Nicolas Medina Mora argues that the "destruction...highlighted the lingering pitfalls of an aging stock of buildings that is ill-equipped to withstand any sort of significant trauma."

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Top 5 shows of the weekend

I have to go to Boston for work this weekend, but that doesn't mean I won't treat you right. I will however, get right to it.

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'Animal Welfare Approved' resto | Blue Dog bankruptcy | West side Pig'n Whistle

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New Yorkers Rush to Help Mom of 3 Whose Apartment Burned Down in Building Explosion

... Just ask Diane McLean. When McLean's apartment collapsed Thursday after an explosion in New York City's East Village neighborhood , the mom of three lost everything. She tried to take comfort in the countless memories she shared there with her ...

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During Holy Week, This Church Is Honoring Children Lost To Gun Violence

A New York City church is marking Holy Week with an outdoor installation that honors children killed by guns in the United States since last Easter. The front yard of St. Marks in the Bowery features about 70 crosses draped in T-shirts bearing the children's names and ages.

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Gas Tampering Complaints Surge After Deadly East Village Blast

New York City residents reported dozens of cases of alleged gas tampering in the days following the East Village explosion that killed two men, brought down three buildings and heavily damaged a fourth. According to an I-Team analysis of 311 complaints in the six days following the March 26 blast, New Yorkers made 33 reports of illegal or defective gas hookups -- a 370 percent increase compared with the same time period last year.

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2 Missing Cats Found 5 Days After East Village Explosion

... cat, Kitty Cordelia, and the cat's brother, Sebastian, were found five days after going missing following the East Village explosion on Thursday, March 26. (Credit: ASPCA) NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - There was a bright spot this week during the search ...

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Womana s cats found unharmed after East Village blast

... next. First responders quickly shut down the block, and she hasn't been back to her apartment since. Like many East Village residents, Blomberg is thankful for the bravery of the first responders and those working to help people who lost their ...

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Afternoon Bulletin: Cuomo's On-Time Budget Streak Ends and More

... disclosure rules intended to address Albany corruption. ( New York Times ) A positive story came out of the East Village explosion today. After thinking she lost everything in the fire that took her home of 21 years, Kathleen Blomberg was reunited ...

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East Village Building That Caused Blast Had Prior Fire Due to Faulty Wires

The owner of 121 Second Ave. was sued for nearly $76,000 in 2000 by a commercial tenant in the building who claimed his variety store was destroyed in a Sept. 27, 1997, blaze.

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