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New Yorkers beware! New cockroach hits the Big Apple

New Yorkers are used to fighting each other for space, but there may be a new contender in town according to a Rockefeller study that appears to have uncovered a new species of cockroach.

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (20) | comments 3

'Coffee Talk' Disappearing In Native New Yorkers

In the early 1990s, comedian Mike Myers regularly dressed up in a giant wig, gaudy fake nails and gigantic sunglasses to become Linda Richman -- a stereotypical New Yorker who had fits of feeling "verklempt" ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NYC mayor says 28 swine flu cases from 1 school

(AP) -- Twenty-eight students at a private New York City high school have confirmed cases of swine flu and 17 more probably have it, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday. City officials sought to distinguish ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 26, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

NYC mayor to announce solar plants at landfills

(AP) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is set to release the first update to his city's 4-year-old environmental plan.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New York noise levels a threat to hearing: study

New York is still such a noisy city that its inhabitants could suffer from significant hearing loss in coming years, a study made public Wednesday has found.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NYC study: 50 native plants disappearing

(AP) -- Oriental Bittersweet was an exotic foreigner still found mostly in East Asia when the New York Botanical Garden planted its first specimen in 1897.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 03, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google buys New York office building

Google said Wednesday that it had purchased an 18-story building in New York to house its more than 2,000-strong workforce in the city.

Technology / Business

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NY county ban on baby bottle chemical is official

(AP) -- A suburban New York county has adopted the nation's first ban on the chemical found in plastic baby bottles and sippy cups.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Another hepatitis case linked to Colorado hospital

(AP) -- Another hepatitis C case has been linked to a Denver hospital where an infected surgery technician is accused of swapping her dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful painkiller meant for patients.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wikileaks releases pager intercepts from 9/11

Whistleblower website Wikileaks began publishing on Wednesday what it said were hundreds of thousands of pager messages from the day of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NYC officials: Latest swine flu cases mostly mild

(AP) -- A day after a swine flu outbreak shut down three public schools in New York City, officials said Friday the virus is spreading faster than seasonal flu does, but the symptoms have generally been mild.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

7 in NY charged in Craigslist prostitution ring

(AP) -- Seven people have been indicted on charges of running a 24-hour prostitution ring on Craigslist, New York's attorney general announced Wednesday, the day after Craigslist's CEO filed a lawsuit to keep South Carolina's ...

Technology / Internet

created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0