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Super storm Sandy damage estimate climbs to $50 billion
Estimates of the economic losses caused by Hurricane Sandy earlier this week reached $50 billion as experts assessed the costs of severe property damage, shut-down subways and power outages. On Thursday, Eqecat Inc. said it expects storm-related losses...
Tags: Government, Halloween, Andrew Cuomo, Executive Branch, American Apparel
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Superstorm Sandy scares away Halloween
Los Angeles TimesChildren in New Jersey will have to wait for Halloween this year after Gov. Chris Christie signed an executive order postponing trick-or-treating and other holiday celebrations across the state. Executive Order 105 will postpone Halloween activities...Tags: Politics, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Arts and Culture, Chris Christie, Government
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Sandy takes toll on Halloween parties, could disrupt candy sales
The economic damage wrought by Sandy’s rampage through the East Coast now might encompass candy sales, costume purchases and holiday event planners as the storm shuts down Halloween celebrations along its path. For the first time in 39 years, the...Tags: Services and Shopping, Haunted Houses (attractions), National Confectioners Association, Air Transportation Delays, New York City
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Cookbook of American chef James Beard to be released
America’s passion for fine food took a huge leap forward in the 20th century through the work of two special cooks, Julia Child and James Beard. Child has gotten her due of late with the 2009 film, “Julie & Julia,” and a recent WHRO-...
Tags: Julia Child, Awards and Prizes, Restaurants, Ceremonies, Culture
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Top weekend shows: The xx, Dylan tribute
The xx: With their sparse arrangements, Jamie Smith’s sinuous rhythms, and the haunting dialogues between Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim, the U.K. trio makes a virtue of playing as few notes as possible, 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Congress Theater,...Tags: Bob Dylan, Dundee
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Was James Beard the Jolly Green Giant?
Q: I really did enjoy everyone celebrating Julia Child's birthday. But, I do remember another chef that was on television before her, James Beard. I remember seeing his cooking shows and I guess there are no tapes or films that were saved, or maybe...
Tags: Julia Child, Library of Congress, The New York Times, Cooking Shows (genre), Torrington
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All about Eve?
Every novel worth reading has a line or two that hooks the reader in good. For Roberta Rubin, owner of The Book Stall at Chestnut Court, Winnetka, those words were found on page 16 of "Rules of Civility." The narrator is describing her roommate, a young...
Tags: Olivia de Havilland, Chicago Tribune, Manhattan (New York City), Authors, New York City
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Reports of Thefts At Brooklyn Trader Joe's Has Shoppers Weary
@MarioPIX11While some are picking up potstickers or pecans covered with pralines at the Trader Joe's in Brooklyn, others are picking shopping carts of cash and cell phones. "I guess pickpocketers go where the money is and if your shopping you're going to have the...Tags: New York City Police Department, Services and Shopping, Manhattan (New York City), Brooklyn (New York City), Theft
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Slashing At McDonald's May Be Hate Crime
pix11.com | @jaydownyc | @pix11marioThis man is not just another man waiting on line for his food at McDonalds. Police say he’s a homophobic criminal, who’s accused of getting into an argument with a gay couple while standing on line at the chain’s Greenwich Village...Tags: New York City Police Department, McDonald's, Manhattan (New York City), Criminals, New York City Council
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Effort Underway To Save 9/11 Memorial Tiles
@Arthur_ChienThere’s a specific painful memory we in the news business have from 11 years ago. An occurrence after the towers came down that we have not seen before – at that scale. As if given the idea at the identical moment, those looking for loved...Tags: Wildlife, Human Interest, Building Material, Endangered Species, Conservation
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Jacqueline M. 'Jackie' Zajdel, hairstylist
Jacqueline M. "Jackie" Zajdel, a popular Canton cosmetologist who was a maestra of the shag, beehive, French twist and teased hair for decades, died Aug. 24 of cancer at Mercy Medical Center. The longtime Highlandtown resident was 67.
Jacqueline Mary...Tags: John Waters, Dundalk, Cancer, Cher, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Kevin Goodman and Anton Pulung: Magical turn of events
The year Disney World opened, 5-year-old Kevin Goodman visited the Magic Kingdom for the first time. That was 1971 and he has vacationed there at least once a year ever since. He really does love the place. For about 30 years Kevin, his mother and his...
Tags: Walt Disney World Resort, Anglicanism, Amusement and Theme Parks, Spaceship Earth, New York City
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