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The Goldman Sachs banker turned Nature Conservancy chief
Mark Tercek had some horribly awkward moments after he left Goldman Sachs to run a U.S. environmental charity, the Nature Conservancy. At one of his first big staff meetings, he committed a total eco no-no by drinking from a plastic water bottle. When...
Tags: World Wildlife Fund, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Coca-Cola
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May Day in New York: Protesting just about everything
NEW YORK -- There are many things to protest against in the world, and people rallying against a fair number of them took to one of New York’s iconic squares on May Day as part of nationwide rallies in celebration of the traditional workers holiday....
Tags: International Workers' Day, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Jamie Dimon
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Superstorm Sandy aid center on Staten Island fights order to leave
NEW YORK — It has been six months since Donna Graziano packed a barbecue into her car, drove 15 miles from her Brooklyn home to Staten Island, and began cooking for residents of a neighborhood ravaged by Superstorm Sandy. Her one-woman effort in a...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Relief and Aid Organizations, New Dorp, FEMA
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Gerald D. Klee dies at 86; psychiatrist involved in Army LSD experiments
Gerald D. Klee, a retired psychiatrist and LSD expert who participated in experiments with the hallucinogenic drug on volunteer servicemen at U.S. military installations in the 1950s, has died. He was 86. Klee died Sunday of complications after...
Tags: St. Joseph Medical Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins University, Medical Specialization
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Review: 'The Bitter Buddha' follows Eddie Pepitone's dreams
Eddie Pepitone, perhaps the funniest stand-up comedian you've never heard of, gets a deserving close-up in the amusing, freewheeling documentary "The Bitter Buddha." Although the dyspeptic Pepitone, an unmade bed of a guy in his early 50s, has...
Tags: Zach Galifianakis, Stand-up Comedy, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, George Carlin
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Iraq veteran on his double-arm transplant: 'It feels amazing'
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.From the moment he entered the room at Johns Hopkins Hospital for his news conference, Brendan Marrocco was a picture of determination. He pushed his wheelchair using his arms and wrists and he smiled, showing off the new limbs. “It feels amazing,...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq
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'Argo' writer Chris Terrio on Affleck collaboration
It's a truism that all Hollywood screenwriters learn, either the easy way or the hard way, that filmmaking is a collaborative art. Still, some personality types struggle with that. Not Chris Terrio. That becomes all the more clear when, intending to...
Tags: Grant Heslov, U.S. Department of State, Ben Affleck, Crisis, Kathryn Bigelow
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Seafood fraud widespread in N.Y., probe finds
This post has been corrected. See note below. There's a good chance that the white tuna sashimi served up at your favorite Manhattan sushi joint isn't white tuna at all. Instead, 94% of the fish labeled as white tuna in New York turned out to be...
Tags: Sushi and Sashimi, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Food and Drug Administration, Restaurants, Medical Specialization
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Staten Island panel recommends armed officers in schools
NEW YORK -- A school panel in Staten Island has passed a controversial resolution recommending that armed, retired NYPD officers patrol local schools in the interest of security in the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Conn. Though the panel has...
Tags: Gun Control, National Rifle Association of America, Joe Biden, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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‘Man with the Iron Fists’: Rapper RZA makes jump to film director
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comCall it a case of life imitating martial arts. On the Shanghai set of the kung fu saga “The Man ...... -
Sneaker review: Bon Iver's 'Ramos' shoe by Keep
Pop & HissBon Iver's Justin Vernon has released a shoe. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts offers a furrow-browed appraisal.... -
Battle of the Burgers recipe: German Cuban pork burger
"My German Cuban Pork Burger is THE BIGGEST BADDEST burger out there because it's not your regular lame everyday burger. Serve these burgers to your friends and family and THEY will tell you that these German Cuban Pork Burgers are not only...Tags: Pickles, Mustard, Butter, Onions, Cheese
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