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Monday, May 28, 2012

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Logistics Hang Over a Ruling on 9/11 Cancer

A decision on whether to expand the list of ailments covered by a $4.3 billion victims’ fund is expected this week.

At Hwang Jae Video in Elmhurst, which he opened in 1989, Young Woo Kim estimates that videocassettes still account for about 30 percent of his business.
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At Hwang Jae Video in Elmhurst, which he opened in 1989, Young Woo Kim estimates that videocassettes still account for about 30 percent of his business.

In this age of streaming movies online and Blu-ray Discs, immigrants’ nostalgia and frugality, among other factors, combine to make sure that the bulky VHS cassette endures.

On Memorial Day in a field in Milton, N.Y., residents removed flags, each one of them representing a soldier killed in the Iraq war.  
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On Memorial Day in a field in Milton, N.Y., residents removed flags, each one of them representing a soldier killed in the Iraq war.  

A woman who planted yellow flags for American servicemen killed in Iraq figured it was time to draw her makeshift memorial to a close.

The Appraisal

Taking His Doctor’s Advice Could Cost a Combat Veteran His Apartment

Eugene Ovsishcher got a dog to reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress, but now his family may have to leave its Brooklyn co-op, which has a no-dogs policy.

Ackerman Endorses Assemblywoman to Succeed Him

Representative Gary L. Ackerman is endorsing Assemblywoman Grace Meng in the Democratic primary for the House seat he has occupied for nearly 30 years.

Missing Couple’s Legacy: Shards of Hope

Camden Sylvia and her boyfriend, Michael Sullivan, who lived in a loft in Lower Manhattan, disappeared in 1997.

Facing Tough Campaign, Rangel Is Buoyed by House Colleagues’ Donations

Two years after he was censured for ethics violations, Representative Charles B. Rangel of Harlem has struggled to draw contributions.

City Room

When the Stars Roamed Shubert Alley

When Alan J. Perna gave up autograph collecting in 1958, he threw out the 400 signatures he had snagged. Fortunately, his mother pulled them out of the trash. They now depict a vanished time of true celebrity.

Gotham

Arguments for Most Police Street Stops, and the Math, Don’t Hold Up

The crime that seemed to rule New York City a generation ago has largely disappeared, but mostly before stop-and-frisks began soaring.

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How Sweet It Is

In New York, beekeepers are scurrying to keep pace as colonies go into reproductive overdrive and proliferate, spurred by the city’s flowering plants and trees.

Bodies Built by the Bar

Douglas Chapman has developed an acrobatic use of New York City's playground bars, and he runs a league for the sport, which he calls barmetrics.

Kids Draw the News

Children 12 and under draw events in the news. The current assignment: Create a mascot for the cleanup of the Gowanus Canal.

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Grab Your Suit! The McCarren Pool Is Almost Open

Once, the pool was an alternative to dips in the city’s filthy waterways. Then, things fell apart and it closed. Now, it is on the verge of a gleaming, new, expensive beginning.

Eat, Talk, Tweet

Much of the food-snob energy in New York will percolate this summer in street markets, festivals, food truck feedlots and underground events.

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From the staff of The New York Times, a free, constantly updated insiders’ guide to our favorite things in New York, including restaurants, bars, coffee shops, boutiques and home furnishing stores, as well as events and outings.

Hawk Cam 2012

Back for a second season, we're streaming live from a window ledge overlooking Washington Square Park, where a pair of red-tailed hawk babies are preparing to take flight.

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