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Teacher, Meat, and the LaGuardia Airport control tower (credits: clipart.com, clipart.com, Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Fact Check Friday: Getting The Truth As The Sequester Takes Effect

Airport control towers closing, teachers laid off, and meat going bad or uninspected. These are the claims, some exaggerated, from both sides about these automatic spending cuts starting Friday with the sequester.

2013/03/01

30 Rockefeller Plaza with the GE sign atop it (credit: Thomas Rinaldi)

Change Might Come To ‘GE’ Sign Atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza

The famous red GE sign on top of 30 Rockefeller Plaza (which has since 1988 been called the GE Building) could turned off or changed to Comcast.

2013/02/27

President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (credits: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images, Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Fact Check Friday: #Obamaquester

That’s the hashtag being used by some Republicans, including the House Speaker John Boehner, to blame President Barack Obama for the automatic federal cuts that are a week away.

2013/02/22

The boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J., wrecked by superstorm Sandy - Nov. 16, 2012 (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Work Begins On Rebuilding Of Seaside Heights Boardwalk

Heavy equipment began drilling holes in the sand and pounding pilings into the ground today. It’s the first phase of a project that could ultimately cost $6 million to $7 million.

2013/02/15

A man works to repair the roof of a church in New Dorp, Staten Island that was damaged by superstorm Sandy - Jan. 4, 2013 (credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

U.S. House Passes Sandy House Of Worship Aid Bill

The House has overwhelmingly approved a bill to allow houses of worship damaged by Superstorm Sandy to receive federal disaster aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

2013/02/13

President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address - Feb.12, 2013 (credit: Charles Dharapak-Pool/Getty Images)

Fact Check Wednesday: The State Of The Union

“We did a lot of fact checking, but actually we wound up writing about very little,” factcheck.org’s Eugene Kieley told WCBS 880′s Wayne Cabot.

2013/02/13

FILE - President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address January 24, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)

Newtown Teacher, NYU Nurse To Sit With First Lady During State Of The Union Address

The women are among nearly two dozen people invited by the White House to attend the State Of The Union address.

2013/02/12

FILE - US Postal Service letter carrier Anthony Ow sorts through mail in the back of his delivery truck. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Postal Service To Cut Saturday Mail To Trim Costs

In an announcement Wednesday, postmaster general and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe said the Saturday mail cutback will begin the week of Aug. 5.

2013/02/06

Fireworks explode at the stroke of midnight in Times Square on January 1, 2013 in New York City. Approximately one million people are expected to ring in the new year in Times Square. (Credit: Monika Graff/Getty Images)

Audiofile: January – The Month In Sound

This was also the month that Lance Armstrong finally came clean about his years of doping to become a cycling champion. Also in sports and due, at least in part, to the cloud cast by performance-enhancing drugs, no one was elected to the Baseball Hall Of Fame.

2013/01/31

Stethoscope (file / credit: clipart.com)

New Strain Of ‘Enormously Infectious’ Stomach Bug Arrives

People are starting to feel cramping and other symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.

2013/01/29

The Tappan Zee Bridge is seen on Jun 27, 2008 (credit: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880)

Manhattan Construction Attorney: Tappan Zee Bridge Could Fall At Any Moment

A race against time may describe efforts to replace the decrepit Tappan Zee Bridge with a brand new one.

2013/01/28

N.J. Educators React To Federal Decision On School Sports For The Disabled

A groundbreaking decision came today from the U.S. Department of Education. It said that schools have to include students with disabilities in their sports programs, or at least provide equal alternatives.

2013/01/25

Island Dragway (credit: Help keep Island Dragway)

Historic Island Dragway Closes In Warren County

Imagine if you could test out your car at full throttle, just to see what she can do, and do it legally. Well there was a place like that in New Jersey for 50 years.

2013/01/24

A Shopping Center in Marlboro, N.J. (credit: Marlboro Township)

Marlboro Township Offers Property Tax Credit For Shopping Locally

Some towns are considering offering shop local cards. People can get the card, buy from shops in their hometown, and then they get to accumulate credits against their property tax bill.

2013/01/23