Posted in EVENTS, IN THE NEWS on Tuesday, December8, 2009 | Comments Off
Ocho Loco Pop Burgers
Date: Tuesday, December 8thTime: 2:00pm – 6:30pmLocation: Pop Burger (14 E 58th St)Cost: 88¢
Our friends at Ocho Loco are helping the upper east side save a few bucks on lunch (or early dinner) today by teaming up with Pop Burger to bring you two burgers for less than a $1! Just click [...]
Posted in Afro-American, IN THE NEWS on Tuesday, December8, 2009 | Comments Off
Why Some Blacks Prefer a Blind Sidea to a Preciousa
Full story: KSOC-FM Dallas
There are two new films at the box office depicting poor black teenagers trying to escape their gritty urban lives.
Study: Graduation rates between blacks, whites widening
Full story: Deseret Morning News
The disparity between graduation rates for white and black college football players at [...]
Posted in GENERAL, IN THE NEWS on Tuesday, November17, 2009 | Comments Off
Easing Parking Rules and Opposing Gas Drilling
by Gail Robinson
17 Nov 2009
In its first meeting since Mayor Michel Bloomberg won re-election by a narrower than expected margin, the City Council took on the administration’s enforcement of parking regulations and passed four bills on how the city issues tickets. The mayor has vowed to veto at least [...]
Posted in IN THE NEWS on Tuesday, October13, 2009 | Comments Off
Wind farms interfering with weather radar in N.Y.
By William Kates, Associated Press
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Wind farms in upstate New York are interfering with National Weather Service Doppler radars, making it more difficult to detect and assess approaching lake-effect snowstorms.
The spinning blades on the towering turbines can cause problems by reflecting some of the radar’s signal, [...]
Posted in IN THE NEWS on Sunday, October11, 2009 | Comments Off
Interview with Rick Ross by Final Call Staff Writer Charlene Muhammad
(FinalCall.com) - Freeway Ricky Ross is a free man. Free from a 20-year prison sentence he served for his role as a pawn, who says he unwittinglydistributed crack cocaine for the CIA through a connection with the U.S.-backed Contra movement in Nicaragua. The drug money was used [...]
Posted in GENERAL, IN THE NEWS on Friday, September18, 2009 | Comments Off
[NSFW]!!
Anastos Apologizes for Bestial Flub [Ernie
Anastos]
By Andrew Belonsky on Videuoh
NY Fox News anchor Ernie Anastos apologized for saying “keep fucking that chicken” last night. He’s sorry to anyone who was offended when he “misspoke.” Don’t be sorry. Ernie. You gave us a great memory — and catch phrase. [AP]
Posted in IN THE NEWS on Wednesday, July22, 2009 | Comments Off
Recordpub.com
Abortion law would give fathers a say State legislators propose change; opponents blast bill as ‘extreme’
Mike Hixenbaugh
July 30, 2007
By Mike Hixenbaugh
Record-Courier staff writer
Several Ohio state representatives who normally take an anti-abortion stance are now pushing pro-choice legislation – sort of.
Led by Rep. John Adams, a group of state legislators have submitted a bill [...]
Posted in IN THE NEWS, UPPER MANHATTAN on Friday, July10, 2009 | Comments Off
Bridges and Tunnels — Effective July 12, 2009
In this chart, major crossings are the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, Throgs Neck Bridge, Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, and Queens Midtown Tunnel. Minor crossings are the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge and the Cross Bay Veterans’ Memorial Bridge.
Crossing Charges for Cars
Cash
E‑ZPass
Verrazano-Narrows
$11.00
$9.14
Major Crossings
$5.50
$4.57
Minor Crossings
$2.75
$1.71
Henry Hudson Bridge
$3.00
$2.09
In [...]
Posted in IN THE NEWS on Wednesday, July8, 2009 | Comments Off
Pool Boots Kids Who Might “Change the Complexion”Campers sent packing after first visit to swim club
By KAREN ARAIZA
Updated 2:01 PM CDT, Wed, Jul 8, 2009
NBC Philadelphia
Dymire Baylor says he overheard a woman ask, “What are all these black kids doing?” when he and his freinds showed up.
More than 60 campers from Northeast Philadelphia were turned [...]
Posted in COMMUNITY, HARLEM, IN THE NEWS, UPTOWNFLAVOR, tagged HARLEM, UPTOWNFLAVOR on Wednesday, July8, 2009 | Comments Off
Big Apple Sign Recalled Harlem’s Jazz Era; Then It Vanished, Too – NYTimes.com
A Sign Recalled a Vanished Jazz Era in Harlem; Then the Sign Vanished, TooBy A. G. SULZBERGER
The Big Apple was never more than a minor player among the many clubs that swung and bopped their way into the Harlem jazz scene in its [...]
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