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NYC sees economic gold in green jobs

Recession-stricken New York City plans to double its current green work force by creating over 13,000 new jobs in the next decade, partly by competing with London to become the new center for carbon trading, a city official said on Wednesday.
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NYC shuts beaches on hurricane Bill's approach

New York City announced the closure of beaches in Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island on Friday in a bid to protect beachgoers against possible big waves as hurricane Bill approaches Bermuda.
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New York City reports two new deaths from H1N1 flu

Two more people have died from the H1N1 flu in New York City, bringing the city's toll to seven from the new virus that has infected thousands of people worldwide, health department officials said on Wednesday.
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Obama White House aide resigns over low altitude NYC flight

President Obama’s military office aide resigned on Friday after an uproar over a low altitude flight by a jumbo jet used as Air Force One he approved over New York City which led bystanders to believe was part of another terrorist attack.
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Teenager pirates face court hearing in NYC

A teenager Somali pirate arrived to face court hearing Tuesday in New York what are believed to be the first piracy charges in the United States in more than a century.
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Penelope Cruz wants to move to NYC

Actress Penelope Cruz has said she wants to leave Los Angeles and divide her time between New York and Madrid, a report said Saturday.
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4 Charged in Plot to Blow up NYC Airport

Federal authorities said a plot by a suspected Muslim terrorist cell to blow up John F. Kennedy International Airport, its fuel tanks and a jet fuel artery could have caused unthinkable devastation.

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