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METROLIFE
January 26, 2012 4:04 AM
After another bout of anti-Semitic incidents in the Tri-State area, an encounter with a white supremacist made MetroFocus' Dan Allen realize just how common intolerance can be. More...
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CULTURE
January 24, 2012 4:04 AM
From the quotidian to the profound, "New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009," offers journal entries written in New York by both regular joes and cultural and literary figures of the past 400 years, including Thomas Edison, Henry Hudson and George Washington. More...
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CULTURE
January 23, 2012 7:07 AM
That Duane Reade across the street just might have been a slaughterhouse and your corner Starbucks, well, that was likely a grain storehouse, or maybe the local malt house...The New York Public Library has digitized nearly 10,000 historical maps of the city. Have a look at what the city of yore looked like. More...
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MY NEW YORK
January 25, 2012 4:04 AM
It's one of my favorite places to hear music and there's always a good chance you'll spot a celebrity. More...
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METROLIFE
January 19, 2012 4:04 PM
MetroFocus chatted with the creator of the viral video "Sh*t New Yorkers Say" about this new addition to the popular "Sh*t...Say" Internet meme.VIDEO More...
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TOOLBOX
Jan. 26, 2012
Never underestimating the fun that can be had at museums. Yes, there are plenty of old fossils (that you can’t touch) and de Kooning exhibits (that you might not understand), but New York’s major and minor museums also boast some unexpected events for younger museum-goers and the young-at-heart. More...
Assemblyman George Amedore, of the 105 Assembly district reads a Bills Calendar before voting during a New York state Assembly session at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, June 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
NEWS
January 27, 2012 10:10 AM
New redistricting maps made losers out of a handful of Senate Democrats, and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly is taking heat for his appearance in an anti-Muslim video. City & State reports. More...
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MY NEW YORK
January 19, 2012 5:05 PM
It's spin class meets upper body workout meets '80s dance party and it's totally exhausting. Find out where actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith stays in shape. More...
New York City is the only municipality that requires food stamp recipients to be fingerprinted. Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to change that. MetroFocus/Kevon Greene
NEWS
January 18, 2012 4:04 AM
As Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Michael Bloomberg battle it out over whether recipients of food stamps should be fingerprinted, MetroFocus breaks down the basics of New York's food stamp program -- who gets them, who pays for them and where the candidates for the 2013 mayoral election stand on the issue. More...
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CULTURE
January 18, 2012 4:04 AM
Gabe McKinley was a new assistant at the New York Times when the Jayson Blair scandal erupted. Nine years later, McKinley attempts to make sense of the enigmatic plagiarist in an Off-Broadway production. More...
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NEWS
January 17, 2012 4:04 AM
MetroFocus spoke to the NYU professor teaching the university's Occupy Wall Street class about why it's such a sexy topic for students, and about the brouhaha over Columbia's proposed OWS class. More...
Brad, Burnham, a partner at Union Square Ventures, opposes the Stop Online Piracy Act for a multitude of reasons. On Jan. 18, Burnham will give Congress a piece of his mind. Flickr/Esthr
NEWS
Jan. 18, 2011 7:30AM
Sites from Wikipedia to Wordpress.org went dark Wednesday in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Read why a co-founder of one of New York City's largest tech venture capital firms is testifying before Congress that SOPA will be bad for NYC's tech industry. More...
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CULTURE
January 17, 2012 1:01 PM
An expert who teaches classes to help seniors keep up with new technology talks to MetroFocus about how you -- or your grandma-- can learn to use social media like Facebook and Twitter effectively... More...
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NEWS
January 13, 2012 4:04 PM
As the 2013 mayoral race heats up, openly gay New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn talks to WNET's "Need to Know" about her opinion on the future of the gay rights movement.VIDEO More...
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TOOLBOX
January 11, 2012 4:04 AM
Buck up! MetroFocus did a bit of research (we even consulted a psychotherapist) and came up with some tips for beating the dreaded winter blues. Get ready to take that frown and... More...
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METROLIFE
January 10, 2012 4:04 AM
Are New Yorkers ruder than the rest? In this excerpt from humor writer Henry Alford's new book on the rules of modern etiquette, visiting tourists to NYC point out how offensive many New Yorkers really are. VIDEO More...
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