New Music: “Airplanes” by Persia

  It's no secret that I've been a fan of the talent of Far Rockaway MC Persia. Realists out there that know the game understand the struggle she goes though in a Hip Hop game that rarely takes chances...

New York soda ban will boost Colorado efforts

New York City can do by edict, apparently, what it takes activists decades of work to accomplish in the real world. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s effort to Bash the Big Gulp is a head-turner, and likely...

New York and New Jersey moving ahead on health care

New York and New Jersey are both moving forward with plans to comply with the national health care law, which would extend coverage to the uninsured by 2014. An analysis by The Associated Press shows 13 sta...

New York fighting mosquitoes and West Nile virus

Brown water rippled across a sludgy puddle, about 20 yards wide, along a walkway in Prospect Park. Hundreds of insects dotted the surface. Mosquitoes in the area, New York City officials announced last w...
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New York Serial Killer Death Toll Hits 8

A SERIAL killer is being hunted by police after eight bodies were found on a beach. Three sets of remains were discovered on an isolated part of Long Island, New York, on Monday, adding to the five already...
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NY bedbug epidemic spreads to the United Nations

New York City's bedbug epidemic has spread to yet another landmark in the city that never sleeps -- the United Nations, officials at the world organization said on Wednesday.The pests appeared at places like th...