Copyright 2009 http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:30:11 -0500 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:30:11 -0500 NBC Local Integrated Media http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Be-There-Yankees-Parade-on-Fri-11-AM-69271932.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:05:27 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/120*90/yankees-parade-9.jpg
The Canyon of Heroes thundered. Jay-Z rocked City Hall. All is well in New York as the city celebrates No. 27.

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Bonus reform could hit Gracie Mansion.

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The case of the wrong-way Taconic mom continues to unfold.

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Today’s Yankee Parade for an old New York parade watcher brings back memories. We’ve had some great parades in New York----and some limp ones.

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A young New Jersey soldier was among those wounded in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood.

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Thousands of retired New York City school teachers awoke this morning to find the pension checks that had been deposited to their accounts earlier in the week had now vanished.

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Jay-Z and company perform an inspiring rendition of "Empire State of Mind" at the Yankee ceremony at city hall. Check out A-Rod's fancy moves.

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Not wanting the Phillies to go home empty handed, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a gift for their shortstop, the guy who predicted his team would win easily in the World Series.

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Reggie Jackson, Bucky Dent, George Steinbrenner and Gov. Hugh Carey take a ride down the Canyon of Heroes as Mayor Koch tried to calm crazy fans at City Hall.

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Mariano Rivera waves the Panamanian flag as he takes a trip down the Canyon of Heroes.

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And Don Zimmer dons his infamous Army helmet during the 1999 World Series ticker tape parade.

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Bill Thompson has no regrets, but does have some advice for Mayor Bloomberg

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Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is named Rose Parade Grand Marshal.

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While manager Joe Girardi was busy saving lives in Westchester, his Yankee players partied it up, with a sparkling post-game celebration downtown

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Police Officers in Roosevelt, Long Island, responded at 6:30 p.m. Thursday to a call for a suspicious object on the front lawn of 215 Lincoln Ave., according to detectives. Upon arrival, officers found a three-foot by four-foot cone shaped piece of...

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The legendary football coach Vince Lombardi said: “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.” That philosophy may work on a football field. But it shouldn’t be the guide when we are electing politicians.

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Vocalist Orelia comes in to NewsRaw to talk about her latest album and her work with children's music.

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Raymond Luc Levasseur, whose United Freedom Front was responsible for more bombings in New York than any other terrorist organization, has been disinvited from speaking at the University of Massachusetts next...

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A look at what's on NBCLA.COM with Jon Lloyd.

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Can you tell me how to get, how to get to a major cultural milestone?

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Gov. Paterson compared the state Capitol's inaction to governments in Bosnia and Iran.

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It was a typical New York story until the taxi stopped.

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Each of the three bus lines has won awards for service, but not for the kind they'd want to broadcast to the city.

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A weeping Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud and tax charges that could land him in prison for more than two years

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Modern furniture purveyor Blue Dot has a novel way of giving its chairs away.

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Charmin is looking for five enthusiastic people to work at its Times Square restrooms to interact with users and promote the brand.

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Seven more Wall Street brokers and businessmen were arrested by the FBI Thursday on insider trading charges

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The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are playing a secret show for the launch of Motorola's Droid phone this Friday.

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Hideki Matsui drives in six runs, pops a thousand champagne corks.

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Disgraced NYPD police commissioner Bernard Kerik is expected to plead guilty to federal conspiracy charges in coneection with his acceptance of cash and gifts while a public official.

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A historic win for a black woman on Staten Island and a Chinese-American woman in Chinatown have helped make a little more election history -- for the first time, people of color will hold the majority of seats...

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It was on. Now it's off. And we're sad.

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The pollsters and the pundits were all wrong.

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Imagine if Thompson had someone like, oh, President Barack Obama, backing him up.

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Dozens of drug suspects accused of terrorizing two Bronx housing projects were arrested Wednesday morning by NYPD detectives and federal agents

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Gracious-Words-Exchanged-as-Billionaire-Mayor-Wins-Barely-69063612.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:53:37 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/120*90/bloomie-thompson-1104.jpg
If the mayor sees the light and decides to do something about it, he can go down in history as a reformer and not just a multi-billionaire who bought City Hall again

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Museum looks to crown a "Miss G Train" in honor of the Brooklyn subway line.

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While some judges look down upon jurors even chewing gum in their courtrooms, the judge in John A. (Junior) Gotti's trial is going in the opposite direction, with a twist.

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Throwing pitches at Utley isn't essential to stopping his hot streak.

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