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Ex-Building Inspector Charged With Selling Training Certificates

A former city building inspector was charged with selling safety-training certificates for workers who had not received any training.

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A New Resident in Battery Park City, With Lots of Books

Battery Park City now has its own public library branch.

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Ex-Congressman Enters Race to Unseat Gillibrand

A former congressman better known these days as the father of an "American Idol" judge announces his candidacy for the Senate.

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Bike Lane Blockers, Beware

A team of street-theater clowns takes to the city's bicycle lanes on a very serious mission.

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Coyote Bound for Undisclosed Location

The coyote captured near the West Side Highway on Thursday will probably be released within the city sometime soon, but parks officials will not say where.

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After Years, M.T.A. Cracks Down on Sign Dealer

After stocking disused subway signs for years, a shop is raided by the police.

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Iceland Volcano Spews Consonants and Vowels

Everyone's least favorite plane-grounding blowhole only seems unpronounceable.

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Man Accused of Selling Fake Vintage Horror Movie Posters

The horror may have been real, but the posters were not.

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Times Square Reopened After ‘Suspicious Package’ Report

The north end of Times Square was evacuated for more than 90 minutes after the police received reports of a suspicious package. It turned out to be a canvas tote bag containing bottled water.

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Where Was the Mayor? On the Phone

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg did not rush to Staten Island after a ferry accident on Saturday injured dozens of people. So what?

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Commission Seeks to Revoke Licenses of 633 Cabbies

New figures show that, in all, 21,819 drivers overcharged passengers a total of 286,000 times.

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Ruger, Guide and Beloved Companion, Is Mourned

A poster dog for the rights of the disabled passes away.

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An Offer for Stable’s Horses, but Not the Stable

An offer to find homes on the range for carriage horses at a stable facing eviction is rebuffed.

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Brooklyn College Blocked From Paving Garden

A judge issued a temporary order blocking Brooklyn College from paving a community garden on its campus to put up, among other things, a parking lot.

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Fun to Climb, Until the Temperature Does, Too

They are supposed to be fun to play on, but instead, they are so hot that children pull back their red hands as if they have touched a pan on the stove.

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