Freddie Gray demonstrations around the country

... A pickup truck serves as a podium for Freddie Gray supporters as they gather under the Friendship Archway in Chinatown in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. The crowd started here, about a mile from the White House, then headed toward the executive ...
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Phoenix Society adds Asian voice to FDNY ethnic societies

Members of the Phoenix Society of the Fire Department of New York carry their banner during the 2015 Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown. [Photo by RICK WOEHRLE / FDNY] David Lin, a training coordinator for the grueling physical test required of Fire Department of New York prospects, said Asian candidates would often ask him if there was an FDNY society that represented their heritage.
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Irvin Berlin asked God to bless America

... Square, he would plug songs at Tony Pastor's Music Hall and when he was 18 in 1906, he was a singing waiter in Chinatown at the Pelham CafA . When Beilin was not serving drinks, he was teaching himself to play the piano. After the bar closed ...
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Debate over saving small NY stores

Looking for a "Seinfeld"-style coffee shop? It's sharing the city with 280 Starbucks and more than 530 Dunkin' Donuts. A good neighborhood deli? It's competing with some 460 Subways.
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Murder suspect will be brought back from NY

The Dougherty District Attorney is now working to bring an Albany murder suspect back from New York. We learned Albany Police Officers tipped the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force in Manhattan that Marquel "Chad" Culpepper was hiding out in Chinatown in New York City.
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PNCA to lease space in long-empty Old Town building

An Old Town Chinatown building that's been a money pit for a series of owners has finally found a tenant. The Pacific Northwest College of Art will lease space in the building at 321 N.W. Glisan St. , a 1926 warehouse at the foot of the Steel Bridge that's been converted for office use.
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In NYC, debate over saving small shops amid chains' rise

This Tuesday, April 14, 2015, photo shows the Pearl River Mart store on Broadway in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan. New York is increasingly becoming chain store city.

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