Amy Eddings

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Farah Ahmedi is only seventeen, but her experiences so far have been so compelling, she was named the winner this morning of a contest called "The Story of My Life."

ABC-TV's Good Morning America invited viewers to send in their life stories. They asked ghostwriters to ...

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On this, the 35th anniversary of Earth Day, an environmental advocacy group has come out with a list of the city's environmental gems, and trouble spots.

The staff of the Natural Resources Defense COuncil came up with the list, focusing on recent environmental developments. So, while ...

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It was Benjamin Franklin who said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."

On this April 15th, income tax day, we figure you're already up to your eyebrows with that last part of the quotation. But what about death? ...

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Researchers will release 100 pounds of nontoxic red dye into the mouth of the Hudson River today to study how pollutants from the river travel into the Atlantic Ocean.

Researchers from Rutgers, Columbia, and the University of Massachusetts-Boston will follow two dye releases, one today, and ...

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At a city facility in Queens, thirty people are on a fact-finding mission for the Sanitation Department. They’re here to figure out what New Yorkers get rid of and why.

BARRY BREWER: Lot of paper. Lot of plastic. Styrofoam. Lot of food. We get a lot ...

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An internal study by the Federal Aviation Administration has discovered planes landing at New York City's airports are flying too close together at a rate that's alarmingly high.

Planes violated the FAA's distance standard 117 times this January and February. That's conmpared to only 24 mistakes ...

The final report on what caused the deadly Staten Island Ferry crash in October 2003 is out.

Eleven people died in the accident, and 70 were injured. And the National Transportation Safety Board's report spreads the blame around. Joining WNYC now from DC is Daily News reporter Paul Shin.

Some Hip-Hop artists and activists held a rally this afternoon protesting WQHT, Hot 97, the scene of a shooting earlier this week between associates of Hip-Hop artist Fifty Cent, and his one-time protege and now rival, The Game.

They say the station, "Exploits and misuses Hip-Hop culture under the false pretense ...

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The US Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a Connecticut case that involves eminent domain where the government seized property for economic development. And some opponents of two controversial projects in New York City will be watching the case very closely.

Attorney Norman Siegel filed ...

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The City's plans to build a stadium and convention center on the far West Side got more complicated the energy company, TransGas, says it will pay the Metropolitan Transportation Authority 700 million for development rights there.

That's 100 million more than the next highest bid from ...

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File this in the Common Sense folder -- it costs a lot to own a car in New York city.....But those costs have risen as much as 15 percent since 2001, and Crains New York Business reports many car owners in the city are throwing ...

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The Spanish Harlem Orchestra won a Grammy Award for "Best Salsa Album" for its recording "Across 110th Street." Peter Nater plays the trumpet in this 13 member band but his day job is with the city's law department, in its tort division. The Tort Division ...

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City councilmembers pressed city officials for details on how the city would pay its part of a West Side Stadium. And city council speaker Gifford Miller criticized theIn City Council hearings today, Jets President Jay Cross says his team will abide by the decision of ...

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A state supreme court justice has made an historic ruling that clears the way for same sex couples to marry in New York City. Justice Doris Ling Cohan ruled the city clerk should not have denied marriage licenses last spring to five gay couples. She ...

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In an effort to ease crowding on the snarled A and C subway lines, New York City Transit says it will run additional B trains weekdays during the morning and afternoon rush hours. Repair work continues at the Chambers Street signal room damaged by fire ...

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Mayor Bloomberg outlined a $48 billion budget that he says will close a $3 billion budget gap without cutting services or raising taxes. Instead, the mayor says he'll close the gap with Medicaid savings and by rolling over a surplus from the current year. That ...

The head of the New York City Transit Authority acknowledged he could have been more clear when he initially said it could take 3 to 5 years to restore A and C train service.

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For a second day, commuters who rely on the C and A subway line had to contend with delays and crowded trains ... and they may have to for the foreseeable future. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it could take three to five years to ...

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The sales of existing homes climbed to an all-time high in 2004. The National Association of Realtors says sales of previously owned homes rose 9.4 percent, to 6.6 million units last year. The median price of those homes climbed to a little over $184,000, up ...

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Riders of the A and C trains can expect reduced subway service for what transit officials are calling "the foreseeable future." The problems are due to Sunday's fire at the Chambers Street station that spread to a signal room and severely damaged it. New York ...