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Officials Confirm 3 Cases of Cholera in NYC

NEW YORK - New York City officials have confirmed that three New Yorkers contracted cholera while in the Dominican Republic for a wedding. The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, where thousands have died from the disease. A medical epidemiologist for the city Department of Health and Mental...

Trash, Accusations Pile Up After NYC Snow Job

Tourists visiting New York City have been treated to a different sort of snow-blanketed vision: trash mountains. The city's Sanitation Department resumed residential garbage pickup this morning for the first time since Christmas Eve, though still only at 50 percent capacity, The New York Times reported. The cornucopia of...

East Digs Out From Blizzard; Travelers Struggle Home

The East Coast dug out and travelers struggled to get home from the holiday today after a monster snowstorm walloped the region, disrupting transportation and stranding people in planes, trains and automobiles, not to mention in buses. Though the worst of the storm was over by late this morning, a swath of heavy snow and...

Meet NY Gubernatorial Candidate Jimmy McMillan, of the 'Rent Is Too Damn High Party'

(Oct. 19) -- "Allow me to introduce myself. I represent the Rent Is Too Damn High Party." And so Jimmy McMillan, begloved and sporting a snazzy mustache and beard, introduced himself to New York voters Monday and stole the spotlight at the state's gubernatorial debate. It's an argument that certainly appeals to New York...

Glenn Beck Condemns Anti-Gay Attacks in New York [VIDEO]

NEW YORK (Oct. 14) -- New York City officials aren't the only ones to express their shock, dismay, outrage and disgust with a series of brutal anti-gay attacks police say were perpetrated by 10 street gang members last week (who have since been arrested and charged with hate crimes). In fact, one of the most recent...

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