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Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. (AP Photo)

NYC park named after late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City playground where the late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch learned to ride a bike as a child has been renamed in his honor. City officials on Friday rechristened […]

2013/05/04

Boston bomb suspect died of gunshots, blunt trauma

BOSTON (AP) — A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso, a funeral director said Friday. Worcester funeral home owner Peter Stefan has 26-year-old […]

2013/05/03

Study: Adults minimize steroid use as problem

NEW YORK (AP) – A study finds that American adults rank steroid use among adolescents as less of a problem than alcohol, bullying, marijuana and sexually transmitted diseases. The study was co-commissioned by baseball’s Hall […]

2013/05/02

Hachette Book Group expands library e-catalog

NEW YORK (AP) — The standoff between publishers and libraries over e-books is rapidly easing. On Wednesday, Hachette Book Group became the fourth major publisher this year to announce it was expanding its digital offerings […]

2013/05/01

Shoppers face hurdles in finding ethical clothing

NEW YORK (AP) — You can recycle your waste, grow your own food and drive a fuel-efficient car. But being socially responsible isn’t so easy when it comes to the clothes on your back.

2013/05/01

Search for human remains at 9/11 plane debris site

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City medical examiner’s office says its workers are now sifting soil for possible human remains at a site near the World Trade Center where a plane part was found last week.

2013/04/30

‘Kinky Boots’ gets a leading 13 Tony Award nods

NEW YORK (AP) — The Cyndi Lauper-scored “Kinky Boots” has earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, with the British import “Matilda: The Musical” close behind with 12. Tom Hanks, making his Broadway debut, earned a nod as leading man in a play.

2013/04/30

One World Trade Center and the lower Manhattan skyline, New York City. (AP Photo)

Weather postpones trade center’s ascent to tallest

NEW YORK (AP) — One World Trade Center already is New York’s tallest building. And when the last pieces of its spire eventually rise to the roof, the 104-floor skyscraper will be just feet from becoming the highest in the Western Hemisphere.

2013/04/29

Hospitals see surge of superbug-fighting products

NEW YORK (AP) — They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn’t have when they arrived, some caused by dangerous ‘superbugs’ that are hard to treat.

2013/04/29

NYPD: Part of 9/11 plane’s landing gear discovered

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the planes destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks has been discovered wedged between two New York City buildings.

2013/04/26

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