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Perhaps this is why the possibility of a new, Venice-like waterway in the heart of Brooklyn held such appeal. Against all odds, for the past several years Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration has lobbied to turn the borough's Gowanus Canal - a foul, PCB-laden channel that winds for...
On March 8, the Supreme Court agreed to consider whether certain types of offensive protests are guaranteed First Amendment protection. A case to be argued this fall, Snyder v. Phelps, involves the fiercely anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kans., members of which wave signs that read "Thank God...
Customs and Border Protection: The acting commissioner retired in January
The Bounty Hunter, which was positioned to be the weekend's top newcomer, didn't exactly underperform; its opening was in line with the first weekends of other Aniston and Butler comedies. But with a cruddy 9% score from Rotten Tomatoes' survey of movie critics and a B-minus CinemaScore...
Matous is referring to a $28 million contract to upgrade the Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant, a city-owned facility that recycles sewage sludge and yard clippings into lawn fertilizer. The city desperately needed to upgrade its 1980s-built anaerobic digesters (you can see the foam insulation chipping off) and...