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Fed Up Over Food Stamps Diet
Volunteers lived on minimal food for five days in an effort draw awareness to possible cuts to the food stamps program.
Topic: Health
Hope and Hunger at Food Pantry
The Word of Life Christian Fellowship International’s Bronx food pantry draws more than 1,000 people a week. Sometimes, families are turned away if there isn't enough food.
Seeking a Cure for Jonah
Jonah Weishaar is in a race against time. The two-year-old Brooklyn boy has a rare, incurable disease. His parents are helping organize a study that they hope will lead to a cure.
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From Broadway to Bedbugs
Janet Friedman has gone from Broadway to bedbugs - and couldn't be happier. The scourge has spawned the growth of niche startups - like Friedman's Bed Bug Busters NY - that prepare apartments for an exterminator.
Getting the Food Stamp of Approval
Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Paterson want to ban shoppers from using food stamps to buy sugary drinks. Here's a look what food stamp recipients currently can – and can't – buy under the program.
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Inside Brooklyn’s Bat Cave
Squatters and graffiti artists turned an old MTA power plant along the Gowanus Canal into their own playground, named after Batman's old haunt.
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A Staycation in the Park
Soundview Park in the Bronx serves as a getaway for New Yorkers unable to get out of town.
Workers Bid St. Vincent’s Goodbye
Some 3,500 St. Vincent's employees are saying their final farewells – and looking for work.