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Ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies
C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96. An assistant at Koop's Dartmouth institute,...
Tags: Euthanasia, Health and Safety at School, Dartmouth College, Abortion, George H.W. Bush
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Court: Girls can buy morning-after pill, for now
LAURAN NEERGAARD,Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Girls of any age can buy generic versions of emergency contraception without a prescription while the federal government appeals a judge's ruling allowing the sales, according to a ruling Wednesday by a federal appeals court. The...Tags: Birth Control, Justice System, Plan B (drug), Food and Drug Administration, Judges
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NYC police: Notes to Obama, mayor had gun threats
DARLENE SUPERVILLE,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A suspicious letter mailed to the White House was similar to two threatening, poison-laced letters on the gun law debate sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the nation's most potent gun-control advocates, officials...Tags: Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Michael Bloomberg, Civil Rights, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
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Ferry hits NYC pier while docking, injuring over 50, 2 critically
NEW YORK A high-speed ferry loaded with hundreds of commuters from New Jersey crashed into a dock in lower Manhattan on Wednesday during the morning rush hour, injuring more than 50 people, at least two critically. Ferry strikes NYC dock Passengers...
Tags: New York City, Raymond W. Kelly, American Red Cross, Michael Bloomberg, Transportation Industry
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Quickie weddings on the rise, just not in Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas, land of the quickie wedding, is in the midst of a serious love recession, and chapels in a city accustomed to playing the numbers aren't about to let the latest money-making opportunity pass — Dec. 12, 2012....
Tags: New York City, Tourism and Leisure, Michael Bloomberg, Event Planning, Services and Shopping
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Meijer heir helps Hurricane Sandy victims
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Like thousands of other volunteers, Peter Meijer has been working non-stop helping the victims of Hurricane Sandy. His long days transitioned from preparing evacuation shelters to search and rescue efforts to clean up...Tags: FEMA, American Red Cross, Hypothermia, The Salvation Army, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Storm's cost may hit $50B; rebuilding to ease blow
MARTIN CRUTSINGER,AP Economics WritersWASHINGTON (AP) — Superstorm Sandy will end up causing about $20 billion in property damages and $10 billion to $30 billion more in lost business, according to IHS Global Insight, a forecasting firm. In the long run, the devastation the storm...Tags: New York City, Red Lobster, Lifestyle and Leisure, Productivity, Washington, DC
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Lawyer: Nude paint model settles lawsuit with NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — A nude model arrested last summer during a body-painting project in Times Square has settled her lawsuit against the city. The lawyer for 22-year-old Zoe West tells the New York Post (http://bit.ly/RfegwB ) that New York City will...Tags: New York City, Trials, Times Square
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As Rome Burns
At least Nero played the fiddle while rome burned. But us? Apparently we can’t even read a thermometer. While evidence of climate change piles up around us like withering piles of corn stalks our esteemed leaders are only allowing us to head...
Tags: Joe McCarthy, Weather, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Global Change, Nero (music group)
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Lawyer: NY's AG should probe Syracuse sex charges
NEW YORK (AP) — High-profile attorney Gloria Allred is asking New York's attorney general to investigate Syracuse University's handling of sex abuse allegations against an ex-assistant basketball coach. Allred said Friday she believes Syracuse...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, College Sports, Justice System, Lawyers, Syracuse
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Spanish tourist in New York park gets whacked in head with hammer
NEW YORK (AP) — A Spanish tourist eating lunch in a park next to New York's City Hall has been bashed in the head with a hammer. Prosecutors say attacker John Yoos is being held without bail after his arraignment Tuesday on attempted murder...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System
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