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  • All eyes on Wheeler as Mets prospect debuts

    top pitching prospect Zack Wheeler's turn to debut for the Mets on Tuesday against the Braves, in the nightcap of a doubleheader in which Harvey will start the matinee. The same Wheeler who dazzled Mets fans before an injury this spring. The same Wheeler whom most scouts once considered a superior prospect to Harvey. As a result, Mets backers expect Wheeler to debut on Tuesday just as ...

  • NTSB stresses track safety after Conn. mans death

    HARTFORD, Conn. -; The National Transportation Safety Board has issued an urgent safety recommendation after a railroad track foreman was struck and killed by a passenger train last month in ...

  • RNW wins top honours at the New York International Radio and TV Festival

    Radio Netherlands Worldwide won four major prizes at the 2013 New York International Radio and TV Festival, it was announced yesterday (Monday June 17). It won a gold medal and a Grand Prize Award for an interview entitled ...

  • WABC weatherman Bill Evans wife to be arraigned

    WABC/Channel 7 weatherman Bill Evans and his wife will be arraigned in a Connecticut court tomorrow after a violent blowup at their Old Greenwich home.Both the meteorologist and Dana Evans, his wife of 19 years, are facing charges of third-degree assault and disorderly conduct after they got in to a heated argument May 4.The couple, who are in the midst of a nasty divorce, surrendered to ...

  • New York aims to require composting food scraps

    NEW YORK -- Legions of New York City apartment dwellers will soon be asked -- and may eventually be forced -- to start collecting food scraps for composting, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s latest bid to make the city greener. After launching a test program recently in 3,500 Staten Island homes and some Manhattan apartment buildings, city officials said Monday they planned to expand it to ...


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The Dukes of Hazzard

The Dukes of Hazzard

When I was in kindergarten, even though I didnt know what moonshine was and I was too young to appreciate Catherine Bach in her Daisy Dukes, The Dukes of Hazzard was my favorite television show. Thus, as I settled down a quarter-century later to wa ... ...

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  • Your comments on GMO labeling Whose responsibility is it to inform consumers

    Ursula Rozum claimed "we deserve to know what's in our food." In May, the global March Against Monsanto protested the agricultural giant, which has taken steps to prevent states from requiring genetically engineered foods to be labeled as such on store shelves. The movement for labeling is growing, along with concern about the potential health risks associated with genetically ...

  • Dog owner faces 2 years in jail for killing alley cat

    A Queens dog owner killed an alley cat - and now faces up to two years behind bars.Richard Ferrugio, 50, of Ozone Park used a car wrench to beat the homeless black-and-white kitty after it supposedly scratched his arm as he fixed his car outside Neir’s Tavern, where he’s a regular, Feb. 7, 2012.Ferrugio told cops he gave the animal one swipe with the tool, but then, "I saw the ...

  • New York manufacturing activity rises modestly in June

    Manufacturing activity in the New York region improved modestly in June, according to a survey released Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.According to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey, the general business conditions index rose 9 points to 7.8 after dipping into negative territory in May.Roughly 29 percent of manufacturers reported that conditions had got better over the month, ...

  • Commuter train from NYC shakes derails in tunnel

    NEW YORK (AP) -- A commuter train shook on the tracks and then derailed in a tunnel under the East River shortly after leaving Penn Station on Monday night, forcing the hundreds of passengers on it to be removed and delaying the trip home for many others. No injuries were ...

  • NYC to ask residents to recycle their food scraps for composting

    NEW YORK -- Legions of apartment dwellers will soon be asked -- and may eventually be forced -- to start collecting food scraps for composting, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's latest bid to make the Big Apple greener. After launching a test program recently in 3,500 Staten Island homes and some Manhattan apartment buildings, city officials said Monday they planned to expand it to 100,000 ...

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