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When bad things happen to good dummies

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We think having dummies for friends is, on a scale of 1 to 10, a solid 11 on the creep meter. Last Friday, traffic cops stopped Timothy Tietjen, 32, of Middle Island for driving the L.I.E. with his unhealthily-tanned CPR … Continue reading

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Today pedicabs; tomorrow sled dogs.

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JUST WHEN WE WERE GETTING USED TO THE NEW TAXI FARE, the Bloomberg administration now wants the City Council to pass a bill requiring pedicab owners to license and insure their vehicles, have emergency brakes, seat belts, head lights and … Continue reading

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Jeter and A-Rod Domestic Partners?

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CARS MEAN 52,000 FEWER JOBS IN NEW YORK CITY AND A $13 BILLION HOLD IN THE CITY’S BUDGET, says a prominent business coalition. “Traffic congestion is now a brake on the economy,” said the brilliantly eloquent Kathryn S. Wylde, chief … Continue reading

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Flash!

Developer Bruce Ratner, who has been using the promise of moving the NJ Nets to Brooklyn as a way to build public support for his mega-monster Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn (without the Nets, it would be just another cold-blooded … Continue reading

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