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Madison Square Garden to hold benefit concert for Sandy victims
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No performers have been announced for the Dec. 12 event, dubbed "12-12-12." In a news release Thursday, MSG said more details would be available in the coming days.
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Hurricane Sandy: Locals help out Staten Island victims
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Dozens of local residents stopped by Chesterbrook School and dropped off donations for Hurricane Sandy victims in Staten Island.
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New York City Marathon canceled
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New York City officials say the NYC Marathon scheduled for Sunday is canceled.
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Sandy 2012: Lights back on in lower Manhattan, misery in outer regions
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The lights were back on Saturday in lower Manhattan, prompting screams of sweet relief from residents who had been plunged into darkness for nearly five days by Superstorm Sandy.
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Sandy 2012: Local runners divided over running New York City Marathon
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Friday evening, officials decided to cancel the New York City Marathon scheduled for Sunday. Local runners had been gearing up for weeks in preparation, but after Superstorm Sandy some had been questioning whether the race should go on.
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Staten Island residents feel abandoned in wake of Sandy
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Residents and public officials on Staten Island complained that help has been frustratingly slow to arrive on stricken Staten Island, where 19 have been killed - nearly half the death toll of all of New York City.
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NYPD's Gilberto Valle plotted to kidnap, cook women, police say
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NYPD officer Gilberto Valle, a University of Maryland graduate, was charged with leading a ghoulish double life by using a law enforcement database and fetish chat rooms to dream up a plot to kidnap and torture at least 100 women and then cook and eat their body parts.
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Vindalee Smith, pregnant NY mother of four, fatally stabbed 1 day before wedding
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A pregnant mother of four killed in her New York City apartment the day before her wedding died from slash and stab wounds to her neck, authorities said Sunday.
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New York City bans sugary drinks of more than 16 ounces
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The New York City health board has banned super-sized, sugary drinks at restaurants, cafeterias and concession stands of more than 16 ounces.
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9/11 anniversary 2012: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, other politicians issue statements
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On the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, numerous politicians are issuing statements about the tragic events of that day in 2001.
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New York City Subway explosion rattles nerves, breaks windows, none injured
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Blasting at the construction site for a New York City subway line has shattered windows and sent smoke billowing up to the street.
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Police plan tight security at Times Square
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Revelers in Times Square will see bomb-sniffing dogs, heavily armed counter-terrorism teams and NYPD helicopters overhead. What won't be as evident are the plainclothes officers assigned to blend into the crowd and other officers keeping watch from rooftops.
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Jose Pimentel, 'al-Qaida sympathizer,' accused of NYC bomb plots
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Jose Pimentel of Manhattan was described by Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a news conference announcing Pimentel's arrest as "a 27-year-old al-Qaida sympathizer."
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Jose Pimentel arrested in bomb plot, Mayor Bloomberg says
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg says an al-Qaida sympathizer who plotted to bomb police and post offices in New York City has been arrested.
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Suspect in NYC bomb plots arrested, sources say
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A person close to a New York City police investigation says a Manhattan resident suspected of plotting to bomb various targets, including police cars, has been arrested.
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Occupy Wall Street cleared from Zuccotti Park
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Hundreds of police officers in New York City cleared Zuccotti Park of Occupy Wall Street protesters overnight so it could be cleaned, and at least 200 people have been arrested.
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Occupy Wall Street activists marching to D.C.
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A small group of activists plans to leave Manhattan's Zuccotti Park at noon Wednesday to embark on a 240-mile march from New York to Washington to protest the proposed extension of Bush-era tax cuts.
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2011 Perseids peak with bang as fiery meteors light up New York
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The blazing meteor shower of last night, Aug. 10, 2011, had fireballs so intense that one Brooklynite thought "a plane was going down."
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