Saturday, November 14, 2015

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  • France Confronts 'Absolute Barbarity'

    France Confronts 'Absolute Barbarity'
    PhotoPeople lay on the sidewalk outside a cafe on Friday night while others tended to them, after a series of coordinated attacks in and around Paris that left more than 120 people dead.CreditAnthony Dorfmann/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesPARIS — François Granier, a wine consultant and rock music fan, thought the Friday night concert he was attending had simply taken a particularly raucous turn.Mai Hua, a fashion blogger and video director who was dining a few blocks away, figured the expl..
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  • Photos: New York Mourns Paris Attacks in Washington Square Vigil

    Photos: New York Mourns Paris Attacks in Washington Square Vigil
    U.S.New Yorkers gathered in Washington Square Park on November 14 to remember the 129 people slain in a series of attacks on Paris by the Islamic State.Polly Mosendz/NewsweekNew Yorkers gathered around the arch in Washington Square Park on Saturday to mourn those killed in a series of attacks by the Islamic State in Paris.French flag colored balloons appear before the Washington Square Park arch.Polly Mosendz/NewsweekNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attended the vigil around 2 p.m. after visit..
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  • NewYorkers Gather to Mourn Paris Attack Victims

    NewYorkers Gather to Mourn Paris Attack Victims
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  • Paris Attacks: What We Know and Don't Know

    Paris Attacks: What We Know and Don't Know
    PhotoThe French government declared a state of emergency, tightened border controls and mobilized 1,500 soldiers following attacks in Paris on Friday night.CreditGuillaume Horcajuelo/European Pressphoto AgencyHere is the latest:• How many people died?Most of the 129 confirmed fatalities resulted from the mass shooting ata rock concert in the center of the cityaround 9:20 p.m. local time. Other deaths came after suicide bombings and shootings around the same time in five other locations, includin..
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  • Day After Paris Attacks, Familiar Fear Grips a Wary New York - The New York Times

    Day After Paris Attacks, Familiar Fear Grips a Wary New York - The New York Times
    PhotoPolice officers at the National September 11 Memorial in New York on Saturday.CreditHilary Swift for The New York TimesThey paused over their morning coffee and in the middle of Broadway shows, on subways and buses carrying people into some of the country’s most crowded areas, reckoning with how the spasm of terror that struck Paris on Friday, seemingly at random, might pierce American lives, too.Teenagers’ cellphones blinked with warnings texted from parents to stay out of big crowds and h..
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  • Pickles a part of New York's history | abc7ny

    Pickles a part of New York's history | abc7ny
    To New Yorkers, the pickle is more than a salty cucumber that pairs nicely with a burger."New York City should be called the Big Pickle instead of the Big Apple," says Alan Kufman of The Pickle Guys.But what makes the pickle more "New York" than a bagel or a taxicab?According to Lower East Side Tenement Museum associate Adam Steinberg, the pickle is - both literally and figuratively - a preserved memory, unique to the region."The pickle represents a New York that is disappearing, as it becomes a..
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  • How to Watch the Democratic Debate

    How to Watch the Democratic Debate
    PhotoWorkers prepared for the Democratic presidential debate at Drake University in Des Moines on Saturday.CreditRuth Fremson/The New York TimesWhile the eyes of the world are on the aftermath ofterrorist attacks in Paris, the Democratic presidential debate in Iowa will go on.Hillary Rodham Clinton,Senator Bernie Sandersof Vermont andMartin O’Malley, the three remaining candidates, will take the stage at 9 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday at Drake University in Des Moines for a two-hour event that ..
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  • Governor Cuomo announces precautionary increased security...

    Governor Cuomo announces precautionary increased security...
    Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced increased security as a precautionary measure following the deadly attacks in Paris.He has also announced One World Trade Center will be lit in blue, white and red Saturday and Sunday evening. The top of the Alfred E. Smith Building and the SUNY System Administration Building in Albany will also be lit in the French colors this weekend.Authorities increasing surveillance and security are listed below:Division of Homeland Security & Emergency ServicesDHSES..
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  • Inside New York’s tiniest $8

    Inside New York’s tiniest $8
    Take a peek inside the Astolat Dollhouse Castle, which is billed as the world's most valuable.Photo: HandoutInside New York's tiniest $8.5 million 'home'November 14, 2015One of New York City’s most opulent residences is seven stories tall and boasts 29 rooms, two kitchens, a wine cellar, an armory and a grand ballroom. But it doesn’t belong to someone like Donald Trump — it’s a dollhouse! Called theAstolat Dollhouse Castle, it’s worth $8.5 million, or a staggering $2,035 per square inch. And it’..
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  • IBM's Design-Centered Strategy to Set Free the Squares

    IBM's Design-Centered Strategy to Set Free the Squares
    PhotoCreditMinh Uong/The New York TimesPhil Gilbert is a tall man with a shaved head and wire-rimmed glasses. He typically wears cowboy boots and bluejeans to work — hardly unusual these days, except he’s an executive atIBM, a company that still has a button-down suit-and-tie reputation. And in case you don’t get the message from his wardrobe, there’s a huge black-and-white photograph hanging in his office of a young Bob Dylan, hunched over sheet music, making changes to songs in the “Highway 61..
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