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ÔGod Lives in GlassÕ — from childrenÕs lips to Las Vegas stage

2010-03-19T02:18:17Z

<div><p> IF YOU GO</p><p>What: ÒGod Lives in GlassÓ</p><p>When: 1 p.m. Saturday-Sunday</p><p>Where: Nicholas J. Horn Theatre,</p><p>College of Southern Nevada,</p><p>Cheyenne campus, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave.</p><p>Tickets: $25, $20 for seniors and students; 651-5483 or csn.edu...

Obesity hits New York's poorest neighborhoods hardest

2010-03-02T19:00:16Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - New York City's obesity rate has climbed in recent years, but with lower income neighborhoods hit hardest while wealthier areas like Manhattan's Upper East Side and Chelsea remain slim, a new study found.</p><...

Friday's College Basketball

2010-02-20T00:30:06Z

<div><p>EAST</p><p>Brandeis 87, Rochester 70</p><p>Brown 80, Penn 73</p><p>Cornell 79, Harvard 70</p><p>Dartmouth 48, Columbia 44</p><p>Hamilton 71, Vassar 53</p><p>Iona 69, William &amp...

Frozen donor embryos may often go unused: study

2010-02-22T09:47:06Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many women who successfully have a baby using donated eggs do not try to achieve a second pregnancy with the excess embryos they've chosen to store, a study at one fertility clinic suggests.</p><p>The findings, say the researchers, suggest that more fertility treatment centers should consider offering "shared donor" programs - in which eggs...

NYU imposes strict labor standards for UAE campus

2010-02-22T11:55:40Z

<div><p>DUBAI (Reuters) - New York University has imposed strict labor standards for construction of its campus in the United Arab Emirates, where critics say migrant worker conditions are sometimes tantamount to forced la...

NYU, Abu Dhabi add worker rights rules to pacts

2010-02-22T11:58:06Z

<div id="subtitle">NYU adds worker protection provisions to agreements for Abu Dhabi campus construction</div><div><p>Workers involved in building and operating New York University's Middle East campus in Abu Dhabi must have protections in areas such as how often they a...

NYU adds worker rights rules to Abu Dhabi contract

2010-02-22T12:11:52Z

U.S. wins 9 out of 10 terrorism cases since 2001

2010-02-22T17:32:23Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States has won convictions in 89 percent of cases involving terrorism charges brought since the September 11, 2001 attacks, a study by New York University's C...

Forbes Building To Be Sold To New York University

2010-01-08T11:31:02Z

NEW YORK - JANUARY 08: The Forbes building is seen on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan January 8, 2010 in New York City. New York University has purchased the 122500-square-foot, eight-story building and will remain ...

NYC college staffer charged in phony-receipt scam

2010-02-23T11:52:29Z

<div id="subtitle">NYC college staffer charged in $409K phony-receipt scam; prosecutors say receipts from trash</div><div><p>Prosecutors say a former New York University staffer passed off thousands of receipts mined from a liquor store's trash as spending on lab supplies and college events, finagling $409,000 in b...

Journalism still finding recruits if not profits

2010-02-25T04:41:59Z

<div id="subtitle">21st-century journalism, still searching for a business model, finds no lack of young recruits</div><div><p>At 21, Alana Taylor has already seen her career in journalism transformed and perhaps cut short by the technology reshaping the news business.</p><p>She arrived at New...

Jude Law hurls oranges at unwanted audience: report

2010-02-24T02:43:04Z

<div><p>Actor and heartthrob Jude Law hurled oranges at an unwanted audience peeking on his exercise routine on his New York balcony, the New York Post reported Friday.</p><p>The Hollywood star, currently playing the lead in "Hamlet" on Broadway, has unintentionally been giving per...

New York study says menu labeling affects behavior

2010-02-24T14:13:21Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York's mandate that fast-food restaurants post calorie information on their menus has changed consumer habits, the city said on Monday, contradicting a recent independent study showing no effect.</p><p>The city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene released preliminary data showing evidence that people bought food with fewer calories at ...

"Timeless Miles: 1959 - A Pivotal Year In Music, Arts And Culture" Panel

2009-10-21T18:16:01Z

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 21: Recording artist Jason Keibler attends the "Timeless Miles: 1959 - A Pivotal Year In Music, Arts And Culture" panel discussion at NYU - Kimmel Center on October 21, 2009 in New York City

Slain Conn. student feared man resuming contact

2010-02-24T17:43:45Z

<div id="subtitle">Documents: Slaying victim at Conn. university feared man was trying to resume contact with her</div><div><p>Documents filed in the case of a slain Wesleyan University student say she changed her e-mail address because she worried about a man trying to resume contact with her.</p>&lt...

Food habits of the poor unchanged by NY calories law: study

2010-02-24T22:02:30Z

<div><p>A New York City law requiring restaurant chains to display calorie counts has not changed eating habits among poorer people, a study released Tuesday said.</p><p>The research by a team from New York University and Yale University, which was publi...

NY Fed boss sees hefty growth in second half 2009

2010-02-24T22:30:06Z

<div><p>The fledgling US economy recovery could lead to national GDP growth of three percent in the second half of this year, the president of the New York Federal Reserve has said in an upbeat assessment.</p><p>"The consensus forecast of about three percent annualized real GDP (gross dome...

The Value of Experience

2010-02-25T09:00:03Z

The work force, particularly professional and staff employees, are becoming more mobile. In the 1970?s, the average person had seven employers during their working careers. By 2005, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that the average worker born late in the baby boom, had 10.5 employers by the age of 40. This means that many companies are hiring many more people from the outside than they have in t...

Study exposes how bacteria resist antibiotics

2010-02-25T09:10:59Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered how bacteria fend off a wide range of antibiotics, and blocking that defense mechanism could give existing antibiotics more power to fight dangerous infections.</p><p>Researchers at New York University said ...

NY: AUTHOR JONATHAN LETHEM (FILE)

2009-08-20T13:50:48Z

Jonathan Lethem - 13 April 2009 - New York, NY - The New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU presents "Library Of Dust" by David Maisel at The