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| For Connecticut Republicans, Hope and Dread as 2 Fight for Senate Nod Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:38 GMT A fierce contest between Linda E. McMahon and Christopher Shays for the Republican nomination could damage the winner. |
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| City Room: Criticizing Police, Judge Widens Suit Over Stop-and-Frisk Thu, 17 May 2012 00:21:15 GMT Saying the New York Police Department seemed to have little regard for constitutional rights, a judge provided possible legal recourse for hundreds of thousands of people. |
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| Senate Passes Cuomo’s Bill Creating State Agency to Police Care of Disabled Thu, 17 May 2012 05:02:48 GMT The centerpiece of the governor’s legislation is to create a new state agency — the Justice Center for the Protection of People With Special Needs — with prosecutorial powers. |
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| Brooklyn Prosecutor, Charles Hynes, Defends Record on Sex Abuse Cases Thu, 17 May 2012 05:06:42 GMT In an op-ed article in The Daily News, Charles J. Hynes said it was absurd to suggest he had given a break to sex offenders in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. |
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| Supporters Clash at Event for Ultra-Orthodox Man Accused of Sexual Assault Thu, 17 May 2012 05:13:01 GMT About 100 people supporting the girl who said she was sexually assaulted by Nechemya Weberman rallied Wednesday night outside a fund-raiser for Mr. Weberman’s legal defense. |
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| Port Authority Shakes Up Police Force Over Exam-Breach Inaction Thu, 17 May 2012 04:24:43 GMT After the department failed to investigate a high-ranking officer for misconduct, the agency stripped it of control of its own internal affairs division. |
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| Reformed Church Gives Sanctuary to Indonesians Ordered to Be Deported Thu, 17 May 2012 04:30:03 GMT A New Jersey church is a sanctuary for five Indonesian Christians facing deportation and fearful of religious persecution in their homeland. |
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| Scores of SAT Taken at Packer Collegiate Institute Are Invalidated Thu, 17 May 2012 04:07:19 GMT Administrators, students and parents at Packer Collegiate Institute said they were punished over a technicality. |
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| 99 Percent of N.Y. School Budgets Meeting Tax Cap Pass Thu, 17 May 2012 04:40:03 GMT School officials said the high passage rate reflected tight budgets and staff cuts as most districts fought to stay under the new limit. |
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| U.S. Expected to Retry Espada and Son on Fraud Counts Thu, 17 May 2012 05:26:32 GMT Pedro Espada Jr. was convicted of stealing from a health care network, but jurors failed to agree on four other counts. |
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| Christine Quinn’s Wedding Details Begin to Emerge Thu, 17 May 2012 04:24:41 GMT Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, will marry Kim M. Catullo on Saturday, and the city’s political class is abuzz as it awaits the first same-sex wedding of a top New York official. |
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| Mary Kennedy, Estranged Wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Is Found Dead Thu, 17 May 2012 04:24:15 GMT Mary Kennedy, who married Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in 1994, was found dead in an outbuilding of the family property in Bedford, N.Y. |
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| SchoolBook: Mural at I.S. 259 Teaches About 9/11 Attack Thu, 17 May 2012 03:24:25 GMT At I.S. 259 William McKinley in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, the events of Sept. 11 became the theme for the newest section of a continuing mural that students started in 2006. |
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| City Room: Betty White Is Roasted, but Everyone Is Skewered Thu, 17 May 2012 02:36:27 GMT The 90-year-old comedic actress Betty White was the "ghost of honor" for the Friars Club. |
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| Bloomberg Strikes Deal to Redevelop Land Near Citi Field Thu, 17 May 2012 05:26:07 GMT A 1.4-million-square-foot mall and parking garage is planned for one side of the Mets’ stadium in Queens, with a hotel and stores on the other side. |
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| C.D.C. Lowers Recommended Lead-Level Limits in Children Thu, 17 May 2012 05:15:15 GMT Nationwide, about 450,000 children have lead levels higher than the new standard, compared with 250,000 children using the old standard. |
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| Scene City: Decades Ball Benefits Lapham’s Quarterly - Scene City Thu, 17 May 2012 04:30:30 GMT A 1920s mood prevails at a party for a literary magazine with at least one foot in the past. |
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| Justin Ross Lee, Party Animal, Seeks Fame Thu, 17 May 2012 06:40:03 GMT Justin Ross Lee, a 29-year-old social media monger, has been banned from a dozen venues. But that’s not standing in the way of his quest for fame. |
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| The Founder of TreeHugger and His Apartment of the Future Thu, 17 May 2012 02:00:02 GMT It may be that the house of the future is an apartment in a century-old tenement building on Sullivan Street. |
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| Lottery Numbers for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut Thu, 17 May 2012 04:10:45 GMT Winning lottery numbers for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut |
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| Special Parking Rules in New York City Thu, 17 May 2012 04:24:02 GMT Alternate-side street-cleaning regulations will be suspended in the city on Thursday. |
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| City Room: N.Y. See: Grand Central Terminal, 12:55 P.M. Wed, 16 May 2012 21:18:07 GMT N.Y. See, video edition: an electric blues duo auditions for a prime subway-station spot. |
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| City Room: What if the Mayor Had a Big Round Head With Red Stitches? Wed, 16 May 2012 18:01:16 GMT Tell us why Mr. Met should be the next mayor. |
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| City Room: Lennon's Killer Is Moved to Another Prison Wed, 16 May 2012 20:03:58 GMT Mark David Chapman, who murdered John Lennon in 1980, is still in protective custody, now in a prison in Erie County, but the reason for his move was not disclosed. |
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| City Room: Metropolitan Diary: Reviving the Barter System Wed, 16 May 2012 13:23:59 GMT Metropolitan Diary: After a lengthy exchange on a bus, two passengers strike a deal. But who came out ahead? |
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| City Room: Big City Book Club: Discussing 'Time and Again' by Jack Finney Thu, 17 May 2012 02:15:12 GMT Read an online discussion of the novel “Time and Again,” by Jack Finney. |
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| Op-Ed Contributor: A Judge’s Plea for Medical Marijuana Thu, 17 May 2012 04:55:49 GMT For cancer patients, marijuana is a medical and a human rights issue. New York should pass the medical marijuana bill this year. |
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| City Room: Metropolitan Diary: A Daughter's Question to Her Mother Tue, 15 May 2012 19:54:53 GMT Metropolitan Diary: As they're driving into Manhattan, a daughter asks her mother a question about her employment. |
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| City Room: Metropolitan Diary: A Waltz at the Laundromat Mon, 14 May 2012 18:14:21 GMT Metropolitan Diary: While folding laundry, a couple captivates an audience. |
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| City Room: Metropolitan Diary: An Annual Father-Son Conversation for Mother's Day Fri, 11 May 2012 13:16:03 GMT Metropolitan Diary: A father and son follow the same routine year after year. |
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| City Room: In Black and White, a Gritty History of New York Crime Fri, 11 May 2012 20:13:04 GMT An archive of old photos provides a sometimes grisly window into the city’s history of violence. |
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| Neighborhood Joint | The Brooklyn Art Library Sat, 12 May 2012 06:12:16 GMT The library holds more than 12,000 sketchbooks made by people from all over the world. |
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| KIDS DRAW THE NEWS: Next Up: The Manhole Cover Mystery Wed, 09 May 2012 15:13:47 GMT In the second installment of Kids Draw the News, children depicted the “Pharaoh Bloomberg” incident. Next: the manhole cover mystery. |
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| A System Divided: At Explore Charter School, a Portrait of Segregated Education Wed, 16 May 2012 15:17:15 GMT A charter school in Brooklyn is indicative of a larger problem in New York City’s public school system, one of the most segregated in the nation. |
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| Big City: Still Flaunting the Luxe Life Wed, 16 May 2012 15:40:03 GMT The recession has not stopped luxury shopping and ostentatiousness from thriving, and few experiences in New York exemplified this more than the Luxury Review trade show. |
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| ArtsBeat: Don't Stop the Press! 'Newsies' Run Is Now Open-Ended Wed, 16 May 2012 21:30:03 GMT "Newsies," the hit Broadway musical from Disney, is doing far too well to close in August as planned. |
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| ArtsBeat: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play to Make New York Debut at Second Stage Wed, 16 May 2012 18:36:51 GMT Quiara Alegría Hudes's play "Water by the Spoonful," the winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for drama, will make its New York premiere as one of four mainstage productions in Second Stage's 2012-13 season. |
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| SchoolBook: Judge Declines to Issue Injunction on Hiring for 24 Schools Wed, 16 May 2012 23:31:55 GMT At the urging of a State Supreme Court judge, the Education Department and the unions representing teachers and principals will seek fast-track arbitration to decide whether the city can proceed with plans to hire new staff for 24 schools it plans to close and reopen by the fall. |
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| SchoolBook: Audit Finds Irregularities in Payments to Tutoring Agency Wed, 16 May 2012 22:45:02 GMT Once again, a company providing tutoring under the No Child Left Behind law is coming under scrutiny for its billing practices. In an audit, Comptroller John C. Liu questions more than $850,000 in payments the city's Department of Education made to the Champion Learning Center. |
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| The Scoop: A New York City App Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:27:48 GMT From the staff of The New York Times, a free, constantly updated insiders’ guide to our favorite things in New York, including restaurants, bars, coffee shops, boutiques and home furnishing stores, as well as events and outings. |
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.