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No place for a concrete plant
Red Hook plant near ball fields could pose risk
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Pictured, left to right are Julia Ryan (LISC), Michael Blaise Backer (MARP), Basil Jones (Sans Souci), Lillie Jones (Sans Souci), April Hawkins (MetLife), Captain Anthony Tasso (88th Precinct) “Murder Avenue” now a thriving business strip
Group honored for turning around Myrtle Ave
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Resistance to the Berkeley Carroll School expansion
Community group fighting plan
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City buys prime Coney Island acres
Deal pushes revitalization plans forward
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Conservancy raises a glass and funds
Beer tasting to benefit Gowanus Canal group
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Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries said the center would be a boon for public housing residents in Fort Greene. Ingersoll Houses community center opens
After years of waiting, $7 million center complete
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James Wallace, Dorothea Wallace’s brother, speaking at the candle light vigil in honor of his sister. Justice demanded in Wallace death
Slain pedestrian “Dot” remembered at vigil
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Baltic St. Garden closes for good
Park Slopers give favorite trees away
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City, Navy on Gowanus polluter shortlist
New York City, get ready to help pay for cleaning the Gowanus Canal. You too, U.S. Navy and National Grid. The city, navy and energy company are on a shortlist of potentially responsible parties ...
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ELECTIONS 2009 RESULTS

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Carroll Gardens rezoned, ending two-year fight
City Council approves zoning changes
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Driving to Brooklyn gets easier
City will improve Brooklyn Bridge exit ramp
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In Bed-Stuy, stalled construction spurs rental market
One affordable housing group’s recession special
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Xiomara Morgan, of Habana Outpost, makes smoothies using a bicycle-powered blender. Fort Greene food movement grows
Food conference highlights need for fresh, affordable produce
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New bookstore opens in Fort Greene
Neighbors come out to welcome Greenlight
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Historic health care bill nears key Senate vote (AP)

President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove to lock down support to prevail in remaking the US health care system. Adding to their confidence, a wavering Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, pictured here in October, said he would vote with his party this time but warned he might side with Republicans in subsequent fights.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AP - Invoking the name of the late Edward M. Kennedy, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with opposition Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.


Sat Nov 21 17:12:48 -0600 2009
Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang (AP)

In this photo released by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, scientists react in the CERN Control Center after successfully restarting the Large Hadron Collider, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs. (AP Photo/Keystone, Brice, CERN)AP - Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.


Sat Nov 21 13:06:46 -0600 2009
Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations (AP)

In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, left, meets with the archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. The archbishop of Canterbury held his first talks Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI since the Roman Catholic church's unprecedented invitation to disaffected Anglicans with the Vatican saying the two sides still want to press ahead for closer relations. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, HO)AP - After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans.


Sat Nov 21 13:29:41 -0600 2009
Ex-Air Force nurse acquitted of killing patients (AP)

FILE - This Bexar County Sheriff's Office 2007 booking file photo shows Capt. Michael Fontana after he was arrested for racing on a highway in San Antonio. Fontana, 35, an Air Force nurse, goes on trial Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 accused of killing three terminally ill patients at last summer in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Bexar County Sheriff's Office, File)AP - A military judge in Texas has found a former Air Force nurse accused of killing three terminally ill patients not guilty of murder.


Sat Nov 21 16:10:28 -0600 2009
More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving (AP)

Travelers check in at American Airlines counter at Reagan National Airport on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, in Washington. The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year than in 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.


Sat Nov 21 15:16:14 -0600 2009