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Crime Watch: Store Hit for Second Time

Written by Marissa Maier on February 8, 2012. Posted in Crime Watch OTDT

$2K STOLEN FROM WALLET Last Wednesday, Feb. 1, a 55-year-old New Jersey woman took out $2,000 in cash from a Brooklyn ATM before getting on the subway at Court Street. When she got off at City Hall she realized her wallet—and all her cash—was missing. The woman told police that she had only opened the
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DT Social: Finding Love Downtown

Written by Marissa Maier on February 8, 2012. Posted in Arts our town downtown

For New Yorkers, Valentine’s Day is regarded as either one of the most romantic days of the season or one of the most commercially fueled—generally determined by your relationship status at the time. Whether or not you have a Valentine this year, it is no mystery that love is indeed in the air, as seen
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Romance…and Ramen??

Written by Marissa Maier on February 8, 2012. Posted in Eat & Drink

Skip the flowers and oysters in favor of an original Valentine’s Day | By Regan Hofmann It’s as reliable as the tides: Come Valentine’s Day, creativity goes out the window. Husbands feel they have to bring home long-stemmed red roses, the gift that is dying before it even gets to the recipient. Girlfriends feel they
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Making It Work

Written by Marissa Maier on February 8, 2012. Posted in Breaking News

LGBT organizations discuss future with help of local Chamber of Commerce By Andrew Rice “Why isn’t this working for us? How’d you do that?” were a couple of the questions posed by the nearly two dozen board members of different nonprofit lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups as they sat down to discuss the
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On Topic: The American President Show

Written by Marissa Maier on February 8, 2012. Posted in On Topic OTDT

It’s close! It’s so close! Romney’s ahead! No, Gingrich is ahead! Oh, here comes Santorum! But can any of them beat Obama? It’s so exciting, I can’t stand it. The sporting style of American mainstream media coverage of political “races” may be fun for some people. But it’s also irresponsibly dumb because of the difference
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On Topic: Youth-Targeted Tobacco Marketing Must Stop

Written by Marissa Maier on February 8, 2012. Posted in On Topic OTDT

How cigarette companies are marketing to children in downtown neighborhoods I took my first puff of a cigarette at 8 years old. I wanted to be cool and macho and fit in with the neighborhood kids. Access to cigarettes was easy; I looked no further than my local corner market. In those days, the cigarettes
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Theory vs. Practice

Written by Marissa Maier on February 8, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Film

A dazzling allegory in ‘Chronicle’ | By Armond White “Ever hear of Plato’s allegory of the cave?” one teenager asks another in Chronicle. This philosophy quiz was unexpected in the midst of a thrill ride movie, but Chronicle is so surprisingly interesting I wondered if its makers ever saw The Conformist (1970), where Bernardo Bertolucci
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Wine Consumers’ Grape Expectations

Written by Marissa Maier on February 8, 2012. Posted in Eat & Drink

| By DAVID WHITE Imagine if your state legislature, in a bid to protect mom-and-pop bookstores, barred Amazon.com from shipping into your state. Or if a local town council, worried about local dairy farmers, prohibited grocers from selling milk. Or if lawmakers banned the sale of potato chips and candy bars on Sundays in an
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Valentine’s Day Events

Written by Marissa Maier on February 8, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Arts our town downtown

From readings in the buff to a cocoa-themed Shabbat dinner, we present the best in V-Day happenings for you and your loved one. —Compiled by Staff Top Pick Wednesday, Feb. 15 FREE We’ve Got Mail Housing Works Bookstore Café, 126 Crosby St. (betw. E. Houston & Prince Sts.); housingworks.org; 7 p.m., $5. An evening like
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Valentine’s Gift Guide (That Won’t Break the Bank)

Written by Marissa Maier on February 8, 2012. Posted in Breaking News, Gift Guide

The best easy-on-the-wallet gifts There is no doubt that Valentine’s Day is met with anxiety and trepidation by New Yorkers hoping to do the night justice. For those budget-conscious romantics or for those of us who need a bit of inspiration, below is a list of some of the best Valentine’s Day buys, promotions and
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