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Blast off NYC! Biggest fireworks show in U.S. set to start

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 01:50:00 GMT

The Fourth of July weekend is shaping up as a celebration for Americans watching fireworks around the country - and for three elephants and a turtle. In Key West, Fla., an ailing sea turtle that was rescued before Inauguration Day and named after

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Manhattan real estate market finally craters

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 01:47:00 GMT

Filed under: Real Estate Reports released today by three major New York City real estate brokers show that the housing bust has finally hit the city, with prices falling somewhere between 13% and 19% over the past year -- depending on who you believe.

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Manhattan Residential Sales Suffer Markedly

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 01:43:00 GMT

Second-quarter sales prices fall nearly 20% in a year, while sales volumes drop like stones. The number of months on the market now doubles the decade?s average. PrintEmail By Amanda Fung [+] Photo by Buck Ennis Related Stories » NYC foreclosure rates

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In NYC, biggest fireworks show in US set to begin

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 01:42:00 GMT

The Fourth of July weekend is shaping up as a celebration for Americans watching fireworks around the country _ and for three elephants and a turtle. In Key West, Fla., an ailing sea turtle that was rescued before Inauguration Day and named after

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Official: Staten Island Ferry crash caused by transformer failure

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 01:41:00 GMT

Three other transformers subsequently de-activated (STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.) -- Wednesday's Staten Island Ferry crash was caused by the failure of a transformer followed by the de-activation of three other transformers, the Staten Island Advance reported.

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