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Great Googa Mooga sign in Prospect Park. (credit: CBS 2)

Great Googa Mooga Food And Music Festival Kicks Off

Festival co-founder Jonathan Mayers of Superfly has promised a better experience for festival-goers in its second year.

2013/05/18

Folk Legend Peter Yarrow Comes Out For N.J. Boy In Need Of Bone Marrow Transplant

A folk music legend is lending a helping hand to a little Bergen County boy in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant.

2013/05/17

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announces arrests in cigarette smuggling ring (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

Officials: Virginia-NY Cigarette Smuggling Ring Has Terror Links

Some of the suspects charged in a Virginia-to-New York cigarette smuggling scheme have links to top Hamas officials, authorities said.

2013/05/16

Iran vs. Russia compete in wrestling match at Rumble on the Rails, May 15, 2013. (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

Rumble On The Rails At Grand Central Aimed At Bringing Wrestling Back To Olympics

The cheering for the wrestlers was deafening in the great Vanderbilt Hall.

2013/05/15

Green-Wood Cemetery, May 14, 2013. (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

City’s Oldest Cemetery, Once Used As Park, Marks 175th Anniversary

The 478-acre Green-Wood Cemetery is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year with an exhibition opening Wednesday at the Museum of the City of New York.

2013/05/14

Environmentalists call for the shut down of Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, May 14, 2013. (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

Environmental Groups Give Indian Point Failing Marks On Host Of Safety Issues

The report card results were announced one day after it was learned that one of Indian Point’s reactors will become the first and only nuclear reactor in the country operating without a license.

2013/05/14

Mayor Bloomberg announces water quality upgrade project at the Gowanus Canal pumping station to be completed by end of 2013. May 13, 2013. (credit: Spencer T Tucker/Mayor's Office)

Bloomberg Touts Improvements At Gowanus Canal; Residents Complain Of Stench

The mayor joined city officials to tout part of his administration’s $20 billion investment into the city’s water system.

2013/05/13

Grand Central Terminal (file / credit: Evan Bindelglass / CBSNewYork)

Historic Train Cars On Display At Grand Central Terminal

Dozens of historic cars will be featured at the Grand Central Terminal this weekend to take visitors back in time.

2013/05/11

The new Rye Playland boardwalk (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

Superstorm Sandy-Ravaged Rye Playland Reopens

Rye Playland opened for the season Saturday, more than six months after Superstorm Sandy nearly destroyed it.

2013/05/11

Bloomberg Cupcake (Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

Mayor Not So Sweet On 36,000 Calorie Bloomberg Cupcake

One Greenwich Village bakery is leaving a bad taste in the mayor’s mouth.

2013/05/09

A rusted girder at the 111th Street station. (credit: MTA Office of the Inspector General)

Report: Parts Of Subway Long Overdue For Safety Inspections

The auditors failed to find records of recent inspection for critical parts of the system, including defects like a rusted girder at the 111th Street station, the report said.

2013/05/09

Authorities on the scene of a fatal fire in the Bronx on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 (credit: Tony Aiello/CBS 2)

Was Bronx Fire Set To Cover-Up Murders? Investigators Probe Story Ave Blaze

When firefighters put the blaze out shortly before noon, they found two men on the bed burned beyond recognition.

2013/05/08

NYC Health Dept. Officially Rolls Out Teen Reproductive Health App

The “Teens in NYC — Protection” mobile app was quietly made available in early spring before getting a more public rollout Wednesday at a health care center in the Bronx.

2013/05/08

Lee Samuel, 25, is charged with sexually assaulting two 7-year-old girls in Queens. (Credit: CBS 2)

Homeless Man Charged In Queens Sex Assaults On 7-Year-Old Girls

Lee Samuel, who has no known address, was charged with having sexual contact with two 7-year-old girls on separate occasions in the South Ozone Park section of Queens, District Attorney Richard Brown announced Tuesday night.

2013/05/07

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (file / credit: Edward Reed)

NYPD: Stop-And-Frisk Stops Down 51 Percent, But Crime Also Way Down

While NYC’s stop-and-frisk program is literally on trial in federal court and is eating up much of the air in the mayoral campaign, word has come down that when cops stopped doing it so much; those committing crimes also stopped doing it so much.

2013/05/07

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