Minicars Are Worst Performers in Small-Overlap Front Crash Test
Date: 22 January 2014
By CHERYL JENSEN
Group of 11 minicars performs worst of any class of vehicles tested so far in Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s newest and toughest trial, small-overlap front crash test; no minicar achieves institute’s highest rating of Good, and only Chevrolet Spark achieves next highest rating of Acceptable.
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Blatche Puts on a Show as the Nets Keep Rolling
Date: 22 January 2014
By ANDREW KEH
Brooklyn Nets beat Orlando Magic, 101-90.
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U.S. Military Eyes Afghan Force of 10,000, or a Pullout
Date: 22 January 2014
By JACKIE CALMES and ERIC SCHMITT
Pentagon proposes to Pres Obama that 10,000 American troops remain in Afghanistan when international combat mission there ends after 2014, or none at all; figure is considered minimum to protect reduced retinue of diplomats there.
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Scrappy Islanders Overcome Rangers’ Two-Goal Cushion
Date: 22 January 2014
By ALLAN KREDA
New York Islanders beat New York Rangers, 5-3.
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Letting Go of a 4-Year-Old Who Was Beaten and Burned
Date: 22 January 2014
By JULIE TURKEWITZ
Funeral is held for Myls Dobson, 4-year-old boy who died in the care of Kryzie King, woman his father Okee Wade knew, with about three hundred people attending to mourn his loss; King has been charged in his death, accused of torturing him for weeks before he died.
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Adored Walrus Goes to Texas as Aquarium Renovates
Date: 22 January 2014
By LISA W. FODERARO
New York Aquarium’s walrus calf Mitik, who was beloved, but never glimpsed, by many New Yorkers, leaves for Texas; officials decided Mitik, orphan rescued from Alaska, would fare better at SeaWorld San Antonio, while aquarium continues recovery from Hurricane Sandy, expected to last two years.
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Chief of Chicago Hospitals Will Return to New York
Date: 22 January 2014
By NIKITA STEWART
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio names Dr Ramanathan Raju to lead city’s $7 billion public hospital system and Maria Torres-Springer to lead Department of Small Business Services; emphasizes need to expand and preserve health care in all neighborhoods and to assist immigrant-owned businesses and those in boroughs outside Manhattan.
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Cost of Educating New York City’s 4-Year-Olds Proves Difficult to Calculate
Date: 22 January 2014
By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has promised to provide prekindergarten classes to every 4-year-old in city for $342 million a year; New York Gov Andrew M Cuomo says he can do the same at a fraction of the cost; education experts say expanding prekindergarten to tens of thousands of students in the city may require more money than either politician has anticipated.
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