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ARTICLES BY SAMANTHA GROSS

NYC ban on big sodas could face legal test

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Facing the hurt again

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NYC resolution: Attract 50M-plus tourists in 2012

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Sept. 11 memorial opens

NEW YORK - Exactly 10 years ago, ground zero was a smoking, fire-spitting tomb, a ghastly pile of rubble and human remains. On Monday it was a place of serenity - an expanse of trees and water in the middle of a bustling city - as the 9/11 memorial opened …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

New York, USA; Post-9/11 decline and rebirth

For Kevin Wolford, the last decade has been a descent from security to loss. Once steadily employed as a roofer in a booming area of Florida, now his unemployment checks are gone, and he's used up most of his savings and his 401k. He and his wife are separated, partly …
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Irene lashes coast

NAGS HEAD, N.C. - Still menacing Hurricane Irene knocked out power and piers in North Carolina, clobbered Virginia with wind and churned up the coast Saturday to confront cities more accustomed to snowstorms than tropical storms. New York City emptied its streets and subways and waited with an eerie quiet.
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Race shifts as Weiner all but certainly out

NEW YORK - There are many things that Rep. Anthony Weiner was never shy about, and one was telling people he hoped to become New York City's mayor.
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Average joes, celebrities welcomed at Elaine's

NEW YORK - Celebrities and bold names and the publishing elite made Elaine Kaufman's restaurant famous. But you didn't have to be a star to pass her personal test and join the inner circle of regulars.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Plane from Yemen lands in NY, searched

NEW YORK — A commercial passenger jet carrying cargo from Yemen landed in New York under military fighter jet escort and its cargo was searched Friday, as parcels in transit across the globe were scrutinized after authorities overseas found two explosive packages from Yemen bound for Chicago.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO

Sandwich-board job hunter finds work after 2 years

NEW YORK - When laid-off toy company executive Paul Nawrocki hit the streets of Manhattan wearing a sandwich board and handing out his resume, he became the face of the recession.
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