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'Phallic' Dumplings Put Near Crotches Then Served at New York Celebrity Chinese Restaurant: Lawsuit

A former employee of an upscale Manhattan Chinese restaurant, Chin Chin, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday that claims her co-workers harassed her with phallic shaped dumplings, some of which would end up on diners' tables. Yvonne Diaz, who worked as a bartender at the restaurant between 2007 and last year, claims that workers at the eatery put the dumplings in their crotch areas making it look like they had big penises, reported the New York Post.

Royal Dutch Shell Reports Gulf Oil Leak

Oil absorbent boom protects marsh land from BP's Deepwater Horizon spill
Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday announced it has deployed an oil spill response vessel in the Gulf of Mexico after a 10-square mile oil sheen appeared near the company's area of operations.
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Fed's Dudley: Too Soon To Say US Economy Out Of Danger

The disappointing performance of the U.S. labor market in March shows it is too early to conclude the economy is out of the woods, despite months of encouraging economic data, New York Federal Reserve Bank president William Dudley said on Thursday.
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Former Plus Sized Model Crystal Renn Falls Victim To Anorexia Again? (PHOTOS)

Crystal Renn shot to fame with chubby cheeks and curves. As a plus sized model, someone who spoke about how freeing it was not to think of putting on calories, surprisingly Renn showed off a very thin frame at an event in New York Tuesday. The 25-year-old star is seen carrying her new platinum blonde locks at the 9th Annual Spring Dinner Dance New Year's In April: A Fool's Fete at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
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Stock Futures Rise Ahead Of Job Market Data

Stock index futures edged higher on Thursday ahead of data on the jobs market and producer prices, while a tick down in benchmark bond yields in Italy and Spain signaled easing concern about the euro zone's debt troubles.
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Lonely? Retire In New York

If you live alone, is it better to be in a city like New York and be surrounded by so many people so you can feel a part of something just by virtue of proximity? Or does being that close to humanity without any significant connections only exacerbate feelings of loneliness? I think it would be great to be old in New York City. I'd take the dogs out for a walk in Battery Park, I'd sit on the park benches by the river with a stack of books that I'm plowing through, and I'd rock up to ...
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NYC Pilot Program To Replace Pay Phones With Tablets

New York City will launch a pilot program in which it will replace pay phones throughout the city with touch-screen like tablets. The program is scheduled to begin in May and will specifically target 250 of the city's 12,800 public pay phones to be replaced by the touch-screen kiosks. The kiosks will allow users to access local information in 10 different languages.
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The Buffett Rule: Where It Stands, How It Works, And Why It May Not Be Enough

The Buffett Rule is a plan that would raise taxes on America's most wealthy, requiring those making $1 million or more per year to pay a minimum federal tax rate of 30 percent on all income. The idea is sparking heated debates, and that merits a closer look at how U.S. taxes are structured now, what sorts of changes Obama is pushing, and why exactly he's pushing them.

World’s Biggest Dog: George, 230-Pound Great Dane and Guinness Record Holder, Featured in New Book by Owner [PHOTOS]

Just a day after the world's smallest dog Beyonce made her television debut, Dave Nasser, the owner of the world's biggest dog named George, released his new book about living with an almost five-feet-tall Great Dane. The book, entitled Giant George: Life with the World's Biggest Dog, hit bookstores on Tuesday after George was officially named the largest dog by Guinness World Records in 2010. And not just the largest dog, but George, 6, is the biggest ever recorded. View the sl...
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NRA Aims At Microstamping Bill With NY Campaign Contributions

Over the last nine years, the National Rifle Association has doled out more campaign cash into New York than to any other state in the country. The NRA has reportedly given New York legislators and political committees $217,400 since 2003, with the primary goal of defeating Mayor Michael Bloomberg's push for the microstamping of bullet casings.
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Rising Gas Prices Threaten Modest Economic Expansion: Fed

The U.S. economy expanded at a modest to moderate pace from mid-February through late March, but local industries remain concerned about high gas prices in coming months, the U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday in its new Beige Book.
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Attorney General Schneiderman Probes NYPD Stop-And-Frisk Program

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is reviewing the controversial practice of unjustified NYPD stop-and-frisks. Keeping to his 2010 campaign promise, Schneiderman is currently deciding whether his office should issue a formal report on the practice.

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