Rodents Winning NY Rat Race, but Humans Fight Back

... came in at 12 percent of inspected locations, West Harlem at 10 percent and the Lower East Side and adjacent Chinatown at nearly 9 percent. Rats can carry and spread diseases, bite and trigger asthma attacks. In May, a 4-year-old boy died after ...

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'Chinese Puzzle': These old friends still entertain us

There was a time when we felt safe assuming the course of our lives would be predictable -- courtship in our teens and 20s, we'd align ourselves with a career, marriage and kids by our 30s and "settle down" by 40. That's the larger subtext of "Chinese Puzzle," the new French film, third in a series featuring those randy, open-minded Europeans of ... (more)

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5 Things to Do in Queens, NY

The US Open is held in Queens, one of New York City's five boroughs and home to the most culturally and ethnically diverse communities in the United States.

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Making community voices heard

... just didn't have the numbers in our own community," Chin told China Daily. "A lot of Asians or Chinese living in Chinatown were not citizens, and even if they were citizens, they didn't register to vote." Voter registration was low and there were ...

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's Restaurant Power Rankings: Claudette, Hudson Eats,...

Each week, Grub Street surveys the entire restaurant landscape of New York, crunches the numbers, and comes up with this: a list of the most-talked-about, must-visit places in the city.

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When You Want to Leave Your Comfort Zone ...

... St., at Nassau St.; 212-720-6130. DILEMMA: My Out-of-Town Guests Are Too Jaded for the Usual SOLUTION: Two Chinatown clairvoyants will analyze your visitors' physical, mental, and emotional energy by peering at a photo taken by a ColorVision Aura ...

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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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