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Almost one year ago, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a congestion pricing fee - $8 for a car to drive into Manhattan's central business district and $21 for trucks.

But yesterday, the State Legislature rejected the idea, forgoing hundreds of millions of funding from the federal government.

Here ...

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This weekend, cadets from West Point completed an intensive 3-day course in the wilds of Jersey City.

It’s for a class called "Winning the Peace" and the idea is to expose future officers to the city’s diverse cultures and religious traditions. And, to put a human ...

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He’s been called the "Andy Warhol of Japan": Takashi Murakami is a contemporary Japanese artist who blurs the lines between fine art and pop culture. He draws on Japanese comics and animation to make everything from 30-foot sculptures to murals to commercial goods. He’s even ...

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The trial of the 3 officers charged in the death of Sean Bell is now in its 6th week and the last couple days have been particularly dramatic and important.

The prosecution finally brought to the stand the 2 men who were actually in the car ...

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After a seemingly endless stream of scandals divided Albany, state lawmakers spent the weekend working together towards compromise.

The state's budget deadline is midnight tonight and some say that achieving an on-time budget could give the new Paterson administration a boost.

Karen DeWitt joins us now from ...

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Grammy-award winning singer and songwriter Paul Simon has reinvented himself numerous times over the years. First he was half of a powerhouse, coffeehouse-style singing duo of Simon and Garfunkel. Then he was a singer of rhythmic world music. Later, he became a writer of tunes ...

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For die-hard baseball fans, it's the time of year to say, "NCAA tournament - what NCAA tournament?"

That's because the 2008 baseball season has begun. Today, the Mets and Yankees kick off their seasons. The Yankees face the Blue Jays in the Bronx and the Mets ...

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The late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan wanted to create a new train station out of the James A. Farley Post Office on Eighth Avenue and 33rd Street, across the street from Penn Station and Madison Square Garden.

The plan recently mushroomed into a much larger one ...

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With the first day of spring behind us, New Yorkers are looking ahead to sunny days filled with baseball games, picnics in Central Park and hot dogs at Coney Island.

But don't lose those images of wood-burning fires and flannel blankets just yet. New York is ...

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After submitting the highest bid of $1 billion, Tishman Speyer has won right to develop the massive Hudson Rail Yards property on Manhattan's Far West Side into apartments, offices and open space. The company's other holdings include Rockefeller Center and the Chrysler Building.

Joining us now ...

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Just a week ago, the Federal Reserve approved JPMorgan's takeover of Bear Stearns at $2 a share. Now, JPMorgan reportedly wants to boost that price to $10 a share to appease Bear Stearns shareholders.

The Fed would have to approve any new deal and it's apparently ...

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Thousands of parents, students and educators gathered outside City Hall yesterday to protest $350 million in cuts to education. Inside, Gov. David Paterson and Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke to the press. Paterson gave a sobering assessment of the impact a sliding economy is having ...

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PATERSON: I ask you to pause and focus on the problems of our great nation. Our economy appears to be headed toward crisis.

REPORTER: That's the assessment of Gov. David Paterson. In his swearing-in speech, he warned lawmakers that the state budget would have to take ...

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One week after the astonishing downfall of Gov. Eliot Spitzer, his lieutenant governor - David Paterson - will be sworn in as New York's 55th governor.

Paterson has a tough road ahead. Spitzer's first year in office was marked by divisive partisan squabbling and the budget ...

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Why does mango irritate some peoples' skin?

How many different ways can you sear a steak?

Why is acid necessary to poach an egg?

And what exactly does it mean to sous-vide?

To answer those questions and thousands more, curious cooks have been consulting the quintessential reference book "On ...

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Up at the Park Avenue Armory, all kinds of events are going on - from a dance marathon to the chance to drink at a custom-designed tequila bar to a gypsy-themed dinner party.

They're all part of the Whitney Biennial, the Whitney Museum's take on the ...

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Exotic dancers, bartenders, police officers, alleged drug dealers - those are just some of the people who've testified at the trial of 3 police officers charged in the killing of Sean Bell at a Queens night club in November 2006.

WNYC's Arun Venugopal is covering the ...

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Last year, there were about 13,000 home foreclosures in New York City. Many of those defaults are considered fallout from the ongoing sub-prime mortgage crisis that's spread throughout the US.

Here in New York, local officials are at pains to show they're trying to help. Just ...

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Though some thought it'd be over by now, the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination continues.

Along with a tight victory in Texas, Hillary Clinton won Ohio and Rhode Island. Barack Obama handily took Vermont.

Meanwhile, John McCain now has enough delegates to be the Republican nominee ...

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There may be less money to go around this year in Albany, but this year's budget battle has no shortage of political intrigue.

The majority enjoyed by Republicans in the State Senate is now down to 1 seat following a special election that Democrats won last ...