Headlines 8/21/11
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TRIPOLI TURNING POINT. LIBYA Lost to Rebels?
ISRAEL RETALIATES. Bombing Continues.
NFL SHOOTING. Fighting Brawls in Bleachers.
VP BIDEN TO CHINA. US is Your Best Bet.
POPE IN SPAIN. Visits Youth Festival.
A WOMAN AHEAD OF HER TIME
"ANNE HUTCHINSON: A WOMAN AHEAD OF HER TIME" August 20th through October 2, 2011
She was an amazing inspiration and one of the first feminists in America. Anne Huychinson is the only woman to have a highway and a river named for her.
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Libyan rebels capture coastal city of Zawiya after expelling government forces from the western city of Zawiya, which is a major victory for the opposition in their fight against Moammar Gadhafi's control of Tripoli.
An off-duty NYPD officer was arrested in mid-crime and charged with raping school teacher at gunpoint. The drunken is accused of cop forcing a 25-year-old teacher into the backyard of an upper Manhattan building and raping her.
Headlines 8/20/11
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BEGINNING OF THE END. Rebels Take Tripoli.
WASHINGTON POLITICAL GAMES. Must Stop Now.
SCHOOL TEACHER RAPED. NYPD Black and Blue.
BURGER KING DETHRONED. Mascot Too Creepy.
SEXTING - TWEETING? Look It Up in DictionarY
NYC Severe Weather Warning
US National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the NYC area tonight. This storm could produce strong winds, hail and heavy rain. For more information visit:
212-639-9675
BEWARE OF GIANT HOGWEEDS
The City Island Garden Club, which is celebrating it's 50th year of service wants everyone to know about the dangers of a Giant Hogweed. Its got beautiful flowers as big as an umbrella and sap, which may cause blindness and skin burns.
This monster plant looks like Queen Ann's Lace, but on steroids. However it is as dangerous as a man eating plant. It is spreading in New York State with multiple confirmed sightings.
WE CANT GET SATISFACTION ;-(
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US satisfaction rates are down to 11%, according to a new Gallup poll finds that continued high unemployment, soldiers still dying in wars and a totally crazy stock market, the national mood is dropping fast.
These Gallup stats point to Americans growing increasingly angry since 2004, when our national satisfaction level slipped below 50%. It went below 40% in 2005 and 30% in 2009. WTH?
NY Senator Jeff Klein wants you to know...
NY Senator Jeff Klein released a new report showing foreclosed properties across New York City in a similar state of disrepair as the bank-owned property that claimed three lives in a fire last Spring.
He says that several of these properties also appear to be occupied while having serious building code violations levied against them – ratcheting up the potential for additional deadly consequences.
Headlines 8/19/11
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SLAUGHTER IN AFGHANISTAN. Bombs Kill Dozens.
EARTHQUAKE. More Tremors in Japan.
FINANCIAL PANIC. Wall Street Sell Off.
UNEMPLOYMENT. Where Are Jobs?
PATH TOLLS. Increases In, or Out of Order?
NO LAYOFFS. Break For NYC Parks.
To our constantly growing eyeballs and those attached - Thanks... Gracias... Xiexie...etc.
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