NBD 91 ANNIVERSARY

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National Barn Dance was held 91 years ago in March and CITY IMAGES celebrates this anniversary of The National Barn Dance radio show broadcast from the historic WLS studio.

The Story of the National Barn Dance dates back to 1924. The National Barn Dance made its debut over WLS Radio/Chicago. The show was the first to blend folk and country music with rural humor.

Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, George Gobel, Andy Williams and Eddie Peabody were regulars on The National Barn Dance,which rapidly grew in popularity and was the idea behind Nashville's Grand Ole Opry.

RIP JANET HICKEY

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A City Island woman, who survived brain surgery has died after the ambulance she was being transported in, crashed into a pole. The ambulance allegedly failed to properly strap her in, according to news reports.

Janet Hickey had survived a 7 hour brain surgery but the ambulance she was riding in crashed, which may have caused her death. The Artie's Steak and Seafood Restaurant assistant manager was being transported from the hospital following her surgery, when the ambulance crashed into a utility pole.

ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN

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The good news... NYC residents are experiencing the warmest temperatures in over 3 months.

The bad news is that it will not last and mother nature will probably complicate this weekend weather,

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut residents are enjoying in the warmest weather in more than three months, as the thermometer is expected to climb to 60 degrees.

This is a high temperature not seen since Christmas Day. The mercury spike won't last, though, so get out NOW!!!

CITY ISLAND BRIDGE UPDATE

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Videographer James Breen​ and Producer Roberto Soto​ went on a couple of boat rides, including one which was cleared by USCG, which took us around City Island for close ups of the never ending saga City Images​ www.cimages.me has been reporting on for a couple of years.

Read all about it: All the news that's fit to download on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. DOSE OF NEWS * www.doseofnews.com XTRA

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NOT THAT HAPPY

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It may see crazy, what I'm about to say....The HAPPY song folks may not be that happy, but a little red in the face, after a California court took away half of his earnings.

Pharrell Williams - Happy: http://youtu.be/ZbZSe6N_BXs via @YouTube

And Now that the family of music icon Marvin Gaye has won a copyright suit regarding the similarity of Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke and T.I.'s "Blurred Lines" and Gaye's "Got to Give It Up," their legal representatives are asking to stop the sales of that song.

CLINTON'S EMAIL GATE

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Hillary Clinton is in trouble for using her personal email, while serving as Secretary of State. She claims she used her private email account for convenience and acknowledges deleting thousands of personal emails in her first remarks on the controversy.

However, don't believe everything you hear, or read until all the facts are sorted out. There are bound to be more questions about key authentications, mail file messages and her private server.

FACT CHECK: Clinton and her emails http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article... …

WATCH FOR BILLY COME LATELY?

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The legendary laggard NYC Mayor de Blasio continues to show up late, while he blames late-running meetings at Gracie Mansion.

Noticeably late to NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos's memorial, the embattled Mayor Bill de Blasio made it to the service only just before its conclusion. He's been late so many times, including a Flight 587 memorial service in nearby Belle Harbor last year that he missed a moment of silence for the victims.

FROZEN APPLE

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As THE ANIMALS song says, we've got to get outta this place, if its the last thing we ever do...

Following an endless amount of cold weather, more snow than usual, and a longer than usual winter, some native New Yorkers are reportedly leaving New York City for warmer climates, claiming the cold winds and snow, not to mention the crime rate have all been mood-killers.

Fed up with winter, some New Yorkers are moving out http://nydn.us/1E0lnlK

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The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place: http://youtu.be/o3oVfry3Dwo via @YouTube

SIX LETTER WORD

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The nation is shocked by university students using racist chants. The University of Oklahoma is demanding an investigation on the SAE fraternity members seen in the video.

Videos show members of the Oklahoma University chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chanting racist lyrics.

The racist chant by University of Oklahoma fraternity members = was caught on video led to outrage from the school's president and the organization's banishment from campus, but fallout from the incident appears far from over.

GOP LETTER

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Nearly 50 Republican US Senators have signed a letter addressed to Iran on U.S. Senate letterhead.

Their letter said Iran’s ongoing negotiations on its nuclear program with President Obama is a waste of time, but it doesn’t address anything specific regarding Iran’s nuclear program.

There are no suggestions, no alternative proposals, no conditions under which the GOP would approve a deal of any kind, it offers no hope of resolving one of the biggest U.S. foreign policy challenges of the last 35 years. So why was the letter written?