NYC students make substantial gains on 2008 ELA and math tests (United Federa bi2280008 City math scores were up 9 points and English Language Arts rose nearly 7 points on the 2008 state standardized tests announced on June 23. For the first time, almost 75 percent of city students meet the state math standards, 57.6 percent of students meet state standards English

NYC's biggest produce market may relocate to N.J. (Madison Daily Leader) bi2280008 NEW YORK (AP) -- America's biggest wholesale produce market looking to leave New York -- the city doesn't help rebuild aging, outdated facility the Bronx

NYC's Biggest Produce Market May Relocate To NJ (WCBS-TV New York) bi2280008 America's biggest wholesale produce market looking to leave New York -- the city doesn't help rebuild the aging, outdated facility the Bronx. Steven Katzman, co-president of Hunts Point Terminal Produce Cooperative Association, a vendors group, said a meeting scheduled late June to consider options for moving the market to New Jersey

NYC's biggest produce market may relocate to NJ (San Francisco Chronicle) bi2280008 America's biggest wholesale produce market looking to leave New York _ the city doesn't help rebuild aging, outdated facility the Bronx. Steven Katzman, co-president of Hunts Point Terminal Produce Cooperative Association, a vendors group, said a..

ABC Moves Corwin to NYC for HD (Broadcasting and Cable) bi2280008 ABC News' top technical executive Washington, D.C., Jeff Corwin, moving to New York to focus on HDTV production

Utility union: Tentative deal Con Ed NYC (New York Daily News) bi2280008 Con Edison workers are on the job Wednesday morning after union and the utility negotiated all night to reach a new contract and stave off a threatened strike

Hospital Video Shows Dying NYC Woman Neglected (WCBS-TV New York) bi2280008 Surveillance video footage from Kings County Hospital shows a woman dying on the floor of a psychiatric emergency room security guards and staffers do nothing about it. The death, appears to be a disturbing act of neglect, now the subject of a lawsuit

Hospital Video Shows Dying NYC Woman Neglected (CBS 13 Sacramento) bi2280008 Surveillance video footage from a New York City hospital shows a 49-year-old woman dying on the floor of a psychiatric emergency room security guards and staffers do nothing about it. The surveillance tape suggests the hospital staff may have falsified medical charts to cover up the lack of treatment. While her medical chart said she was "awake, up and about, went to the bathroom" when ..

Stop killing the Taliban ? they offer the best hope of beating Al-Qaeda (Time bi2280008 The British expedition to Afghanistan on the brink of something worse than defeat: a long, low-intensity war from no government dare to extricate itself. With the death toll mounting, battle reportedly joined the Taliban at the very gates of the second city, Kandahar

Poll: Lock up graffiti 'legends' (New Hampshire Union Leader) bi2280008 By a vast majority, listeners of Boston talk show host Howie Carr said the self-described graffiti legends of Manchester should get jail time convicted of felony charges related to tagging

Officers told: 'You guys just arrested legends' (New Hampshire Union Leader) bi2280008 Two spray painters caught defacing a downtown building early yesterday morning are believed to be among the city's most prolific vandals, police said

Briefly Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal) bi2280008 Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Inc. detour TCAT Route 11 due to construction around the Coddington Road entrance to Ithaca College for several weeks. The Hudson Street at Coddington Road bus stop relocated to Coddington Road at Hudson Place. The Coddington Road bus stop at the entrance of Ithaca College relocated to Coddington Road at Hudson Place. The Ithaca College Garden ..

Rep. Clyburn draws fire for earmarks (The Post and Courier) bi2280008 MYRTLE BEACH ? South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn has earmarked millions of taxpayer dollars decade for projects that could directly benefit friends and family members, a newspaper reported Sunday

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