DUCK GREETINGS

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Long Island’s very own professional baseball team, the Long Island Ducks, were a big hit with patients at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital during a special visit for the holidays. Former New York Met Bud Harrelson, co-owner and Senior VP of Baseball Operations of the Ducks was joined by team mascot QuackerJack and radio station B103’s The Wiseman and Frank.

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN... 7 Days

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The countdown continues as the days draw closer to that special time of the year.

Christmas is that one Christian holiday, when many throughout the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25.

A time to share peace, joy and goodwill towards men and women all over the world.

NYC PARKS

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It’s not too late to donate and to show your support for NYC Parks Department.

Give the Gift of Parks this holiday season and you’ll be supporting important park projects taking place right in all five boroughs.

All donations are tax deductible. Donate at least $100 and They’ll send you an exclusive NYC Parks tote bag as a token of thanks.

Be on the lookout for additional promotions taking place on Facebook and Twitter.

http://www.nycgovparks.org/

HISTORIC DATE

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Fifty-Three years ago this day, Friday, December 16th 1960 marked the beginning of what was to become a grim week for man-made disasters and mishaps in the New York Metropolitan Area.

“The Great Christmas Light Fight”

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If you missed last night's “The Great Christmas Light Fight” Monday on ABC, you have another opportunity. We know Christmas is the time to be with loved family and ones, to spread joy and good cheer and sometimes to enjoy your neighbors home decorations. HGTV interior designer

My daughter, Sabrina Soto hosts TV’s new reality competition, which searches this country for the families best known for their elaborate Christmas light displays and asks them to compete against other families to win a $50,000 prize.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY

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WINTRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...

HUDSON-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)- BRONX - RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING

* LOCATIONS...MOST OF NEW YORK CITY...URBAN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
AND THE NORTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...MIXING WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN NEW YORK CITY.

Black and White and Dead All Over

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A look at the newspaper industry as it struggles to remain financially viable.

Featuring journalists including Bob Woodward of the Washington Post and David Carr of the New York Times, revealed is an industry in the midst of a financial death spiral as readers abandon print for online news sources.

We see publishers and editors trying to create a sustainable business model for their dying papers.

http://www.thirteen.org/programs/thirteen-specials/#black-and-white-and…

COME ON, GET HAPPY

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Love, peace and happiness. Joy to the world.

The pursuit of happiness is enshrined as a fundamental right in the United States and occupies most of us. But what do we really know about happiness? Can we study it? Are we born with it? Can we make ourselves happier? Who’s happy and who’s not, and why? What makes us happy?

City Island Images offers all of you our very special Christmas gift.

Do you want to know the secret to happiness? http://youtu.be/sDH4mzsQP0w