Ethan Graue heads to New York City to intern with Time Magazine

Today is Thursday May 29th. While that date may not be significant a year from now for most of us, for Ethan Graue, it is a date he will more than likely never forget.

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"I like my beer like I like my violence: domestic"

... bar staffer fired for joke about domestic violence on sidewalk sign The sign at Bar Ly in Philadelphia's Chinatown read, 'I like my beer like I like my violence ... Domestic,' which led one passerby to complain via social media. The restaurant soon ...

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The Last Great Gaming Store In New York City's Chinatown

... my chosen path, which meant I arrived from Brooklyn into Manhattan directly in the heart of Chinatown: Manhattan Chinatown to be exact; both Queens and Brooklyn have their very own, for those not native. Chinatown holds a very special place in my ...

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RIP, Gordon Willis

... few opportunities as a young man, he fell in with street thugs and even ran with Nicky Louie and the infamous Chinatown gang the Ghost Shadows before he got his life together and decided to pay his karmic debts by teaching others to avoid the ...

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Chinatown and ties that bind one family

... "We've been active in trying to bring new businesses into the community and have them not just stay as a Chinatown entity, but to be a player in the greater New York community as well," Lee said. "We did go through the same iteration of business ...

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Notorious smuggler Sister Ping mourned in Chinatown

... is smuggling Chinese immigrants into the U.S. A procession of 80 cars and two buses -- something not seen in a Chinatown funeral since the 1994 death of tong boss Benny Ong -- took Sister Ping, one of the city's most notorious human smugglers, to ...

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Social Scene: Elaine Stritch says the show must go on

... in Royal Oak. Guests enjoyed a strolling dinner with New York-themed stations and food like Carnegie Deli, Chinatown and Nathan's. Live dancing to the Royce and Jenn Band and Rennie Kaufman, black-tie bowling and, if that wasn't enough, guests could ...

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Social Scene: Elaine Strich says the show must go on

... in Royal Oak. Guests enjoyed a strolling dinner with New York-themed stations and food like Carnegie Deli, Chinatown and Nathan's. Live dancing to the Royce and Jenn Band and Rennie Kaufman, black-tie bowling and, if that wasn't enough, guests could ...

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Asian American Heritage Week 2014: Brooklyn's Second Chinatown Expands in Bensonhurst

As NY1 continues its celebration of Asian American Heritage Week, Brooklyn borough reporter Jeanine Ramirez takes a look at Brooklyn's second Chinatown in Bensonhurst.

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Romance Novels as Respite

... few opportunities as a young man, he fell in with street thugs and even ran with Nicky Louie and the infamous Chinatown gang the Ghost Shadows before he got his life together and decided to pay his karmic debts by teaching others to avoid the ...

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"Deadly Art of Survival"

... few opportunities as a young man, he fell in with street thugs and even ran with Nicky Louie and the infamous Chinatown gang the Ghost Shadows before he got his life together and decided to pay his karmic debts by teaching others to avoid the ...

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Being Beautiful: I'm in a New York state of mind

Broadway Nite, Chinatown, Central Park -- the mention of such things might lead you to believe I'm reminiscing about a recent getaway to New York City.

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NY approves new holiday for public schools

... waste resources. State Sen. Daniel Squadron, a sponsor, says schools in areas with many Asian-Americans, like Chinatown in Manhattan and Flushing in Queens, have absentee rates as high as 60 percent on the Lunar New Year. The Manhattan Democrat ...

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'Chinese Puzzle' is how the French create a film franchise

It started in 2002, in Barcelona, with a bunch of foreign exchange students - meeting, flirting and falling into one another's arms in "L'Auberge Espagnole" .

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Our geography confuses New Yorkers

... The market will dictate what comes next. More geography gotcha. Aren't we picking nits here? DTX transforms in Chinatown along Washington Street in the space of a couple hundred feet. Nuances like these are lost on the WSJ. I'm more annoyed that ...

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A Street and an Opera to Honor Chinatown's Pvt. Danny Chen

A stretch of Elizabeth Street in Chinatown will be renamed Private Danny Chen Way in honor of the 19-year-old Army private who committed suicide in Afghanistan in 2011 after his superiors bullied him.

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Chinatown's secret menus

Call it a culinary barrier. North of Grand Street, Chinese food takes a different meaning.

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A First Look at the Space and Plans for China Live in Chinatown

... will be one of the better roof decks in the city). Photo: tablehopper.com . Yesterday I took a jaunt to Chinatown to meet with part of the ~CHINA LIVE~ team (which included founder George Chen, managing partner Richard Miyashiro, director of ...

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Larry Levan Way: The Fight To Get the Pioneering New York House DJ a Street Name

New Yorkers and Newarkers alike thump to the Rhythm of a House party gathering Sunday, on King Street between Varick and Hudson into Larry Levan Way, the the renowned DJ of the Paradise Garage, Larry Levan.

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The 7 Things SF is Second Best At

... culture, our steep hills and long blocks are an inconvenience for even the most seasoned walkers. Even though our Chinatown ranks a perfect score, NYC still beat us out by four points. And public transit is terrible everywhere, so this is actually ...

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China Live: Exploring the AvroKO design of the upcoming Chinatown mega-marketplace

... that China's strong food culture. "Shanghai is a very contemporary city and very modern in a lot of aspects. Chinatown in San Francisco is more nostalgic and references old China, not the China of today," says Lieberman. "So it was about noticing ...

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3rd annual Mother's Day walk against domestic violence

... to lie on the floor, sizzle like bacon, and then drink alcohol until she passed out. Many legal street vendors in Chinatown say the cops are giving them a hard time. They say they have been arrested on minor violations. Yueying Wong sells bamboo ...

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Athens Christian's Class of 2014 visit New York City

The Athens Christian School Senior Class of 2014 went on a trip to the New York City area this spring for educational as well as ministry purposes.

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Hundreds rally in NYC for missing Nigerian girls

... to lie on the floor, sizzle like bacon, and then drink alcohol until she passed out. Many legal street vendors in Chinatown say the cops are giving them a hard time. They say they have been arrested on minor violations. Yueying Wong sells bamboo ...

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NY Chinese beauty pageant seeks contestants

... and promoting singers before coming to the United States. He worked with beauty pageant organizers in New York's Chinatown for a while, but said he didn't find the work satisfying. "After I started working with these beauty pageants, I realized that ...

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NY Chinese beauty pageant seeks contestants

... and promoting singers before coming to the United States. He worked with beauty pageant organizers in New York's Chinatown for a while, but said he didn't find the work satisfying. "After I started working with these beauty pageants, I realized that ...

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An UNDERGROUND bar! Archeologists unearth beer mugs on a New York...

It's an underground bar! Archeologists discover beer mugs on a construction site in New York's Chinatown where a popular German beer hall once stood during the Civil War The found bar paraphernalia was once part of Atlantic Garden, a beer hall which opened in 1860 and from Bull's Head Tavern from the 1700s The hotel on 50 Bowery, the current ... (more)

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Christopher Sieber wants to hear boos on Broadway

... "Matilda" in a gym, he broke his hand on a vault, delaying his opening. Desperate to heal quicker, he went to Chinatown and got an herbal bone-knitting formula. "It comes in these little bonbons and it tastes a little like bile. It's horrible," he ...

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Christopher Sieber wants to hear boos on Broadway

... "Matilda" in a gym, he broke his hand on a vault, delaying his opening. Desperate to heal quicker, he went to Chinatown and got an herbal bone-knitting formula. "It comes in these little bonbons and it tastes a little like bile. It's horrible," he ...

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Requiem for a Snakehead

... and ambitions of her customers. The tabloids went a step further, with understated headlines like " ." But in Chinatown the reaction to the trial was different. Many in the community rallied to her cause, defending Sister Ping as a heroic figure who ...

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Restaurant reviews: Mott 32 and Motorino

... settled in Manhattan's lower east side around the Canal Street and Mott Street intersection. Today, New York's Chinatown remains the largest one in the country, with an estimated population of 100,000 residents. A month ago, Maximal Concepts - which ...

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Monthly list of Las Vegas openings and other news

... $26 per person. More info BALLY'S 1. The show "Divorce Party Las Vegas" opened 2. The new "Jubilee" show CHINATOWN 1. The Little Kitchen Cafe opened at 4250 Spring Mountain Road featuring on their menu Taiwanese and Chinese dishes. 2. The Ramen ...

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