Where Love's Concerned, This 'Magic Barrel' Is No Magic Bullet

... haunting close-ups and intense conversations. A seemingly penniless carpenter who sleeps on a mattress in the Chinatown tenement he's renovating, "the Orphan" turns out to be a wealthy heir who hates money. He has a history of getting women ...

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Mexican artist takes his environmental message to New York

Mexican artist Gilberto Aceves Navarro is using 122 bicycle sculptures placed around New York City to urge people to get moving, enjoy their freedom and protect the environment.

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Mexican artist takes his environmental message to New York

New York, July 29 Mexican artist Gilberto Aceves Navarro is using 122 bicycle sculptures placed around New York City to urge people to get moving, enjoy their freedom and protect the environment.

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High rent pressures NY Asian eateries

Mei Chou closed her first New York City restaurant in 2008 because of it. Now she is facing the same issue again with her two-year-old Chinatown bistro - skyrocketing rent.

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Rock Hill's - Zebra Girl' pleads guilty in gunrunning case

... as she tried to assemble an assault rifle at 8:10 a.m. at the busy corner of Grand and Chrystie streets near Chinatown in New York City, as thousands of commuters walked by on their way to their jobs. It is unclear what role, if any, Jones will play ...

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Report: NYC Mayor de Blasio Wages 'War' on Poor Asian Students

... New York from China when he was seven years of ago, speaking no English": For two years, he shared a bedroom in a Chinatown apartment with his grandparents-a cook and a factory worker-and a young cousin, while his parents put in 12-hour days at a ...

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Participatory Budgeting: Catch the Fever

A public housing development in the South Bronx. A senior center in East Harlem.

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