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Heavy Drinkers Outlive Non-Drinkers, Study Finds

Heavy Drinkers Outlive Non-Drinkers, Study Finds

JOHN CLOUD Yahoo! News 09/03/2010

The benefits of drinking alcohol may go beyond the jollies of inebriation and, in fact, help you live longer than non-drinkers, Time.com reported.

Department of Buildings Issues Warning Ahead Of Hurricane Earl

The city is urging building and property owners to take precautions in advance of Hurricane Earl's arrival.

Department of Buildings Issues Warning Ahead Of Hurricane Earl

Muslim Leaders Rally In Support Of Downtown Islamic Center

Leaders from 55 major mosques and Islamic organizations held a rally on the steps of City Hall Wednesday to speak out...

Muslim Leaders Rally In Support Of Downtown Islamic Center

New York City Gains Record Number Of School Seats For New Academic Year

In anticipation of the school year ahead, the mayor and schools chancellor announced Wednesday a record number of new...

New York City Gains Record Number Of School Seats For New Academic Year

10-year-old Brooklyn boy Khalil Robinson hit by stray bullets as he watches TV

A 10-year-old boy was hit by a pair of errant bullets on Wednesday night as he watched television in the living room ...

10-year-old Brooklyn boy Khalil Robinson hit by stray bullets as he watches TV

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Paterson Misled Investigators Over Yankees Tickets, Report Finds

A report issued Thursday by Former Chief Judge Judith Kaye found that Governor David Paterson misled investigators about his intention to pay for free tickets to last year's World Series at Yankee Stadium.

 

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Nicole Paultre Bell, fiancee of shooting victim Sean Bell, has become increasingly politically active.

The fiancee of police shooting victim Sean Bell is considering running for the Queens City Council seat left vacant when Councilman Thomas White died, Politico reported Wednesday night.

Owner of jiggle joint Rick's Tally-Ho got help from 'real conservative' Ralph Lorigo.

A strip club owner trying to get his liquor license back after the joint was busted as a hooker haven has hired an unlikely ally: Conservative gubernatorial hopeful Ralph Lorigo.

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Aijalon Gomes, right, prepare to leave North Korea from Pyongyang on Friday.

Looking gaunt but relieved, an American freed after nearly seven months jailed in North Korea left Pyongyang on Friday in the company of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

Saudi couple "hammer 24 nails" into Sri Lankan maid

A Saudi couple tortured their Sri Lankan maid after she complained of a too heavy workload by hammering 24 nails into her hands, legs and forehead, officials said on Thursday.

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A no-show for 12 years, worker in Norfolk still paid

A Community Services Board employee collected a salary with benefits for 12 years and never showed up for work, several City Council members said Wednesday.

Clemens Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Charges

Former Yankee Roger Clemens entered a not-guilty plea Monday in federal court to charges he lied to Congress about his alleged use of steroids or human growth hormones.

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Japan develops 'touchable' 3D TV technology

A Japanese research team said Thursday it had developed the world's first 3D television system that allows users to touch, pinch or poke images floating in front of them.

 

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Queens insurance man sues over book that gives slimeball character his name

A mild-mannered insurance salesman is accusing Random House of defamation because an unsavory character was named after him in a new book.

Tearful German HIV pop star escapes jail

An HIV-positive pop star broke down in tears on Thursday after a German court handed her a two-year suspended sentence for infecting a former sex partner with the virus.

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Geraldine Baum Los Angeles Times
Voyeurs have a new perch in New York
People leave the new High Line Park in the Meatpacking district of New York. Many are drawn to the park by the prospect of seeing nudity, and perhaps more, through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the new Standard Hotel in the background.

New York - Two couples, both from out of town, linger on the same park bench, gazing up at gauzy curtains in the windows of a 19-story hotel. They don't know each other, but there they are, on a sunny Labor Day afternoon, hoping to steal a glimpse...

Today: Missoni Archive Sale on The Outnet

At noon, the Outnet will put more than one hundred pieces from the Missoni archive on sale for up to 70 percent off. Additionally, the popular sister-site to luxury e-tailer Net-a-Porter will be giving away a signature jacket, valued at nearly $2,...

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Lady Gaga, with Marc Jacobs, gets made over into the Statue of Liberty for V Magazine.

Lady Gaga - in a lacy black bra and panties - morphed into a risque Lady Liberty for the cover shot of the new issue of V Magazine.

 

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Mother told to clean own room after caesarean

Mother-of-two Elin Andersson has highlighted staffing shortage problems at a maternity ward in Sundsvall in northern Sweden after she was asked to clean out her own hospital room just two days after giving birth by caesarean section.

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Tires of JetBlue plane catch fire during landing in California

The tires of a JetBlue airplane caught fire Thursday during a hard landing in Sacramento that left 15 people with minor injuries and sent passengers down emergency slides to escape the aircraft.

 

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Doctors remove world's largest malignant tumour weighing FOUR STONE from woman, 54

Doctors have removed a tumour weighing nearly four stone from a woman in Argentina. It had been growing inside her body for 18 months.

Pitching in for His Kids: Principal Sleeps in Tent to Win School $500,000

It's not exactly the Waldorf. The tent is about the size of a Manhattan closet, but principal Mark Federman has already spent several nights inside.

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FDNY bares all for hot City of the Brave calendar
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