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Saturday, March 13, 2010 | 10:15pm

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Nesting Red-Tailed Hawks Puts Hold on Rat Baiting

Nesting Red-Tailed Hawks Put Rat Baiting on Hold Across the City

The city fears rat baiting will adversely affect nesting red-tailed hawks.

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Gramercy Park Neighbors Force 'High End' Bar to Withdraw Liquor License Application

Community outrage forced a restaurant company to reconsider their pitch for a liquor license.

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Don't worry! That Man on the Roof at Madison Square Park is a Statue

Public art exhibit in and around Madison Square Park displays 31 life-sized figures.

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Dancers Bust a Move in Manhattan Parks to Promote New 3-D TVs

Want to push some 3-D TV sets? Then hire some dancers!

Risotto(Gramercy Tavern/Ellen Silverman)

Danny Meyer's Gramercy Tavern May Get Ingredients From a Local School

A school's rooftop garden could provide key ingredients to some of Manhattan’s elite restaurants.

Transformer Fire Shuts W.14th Street near Union Square

A transformer fire shut down West 14th Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, Friday afternoon.

The Cupcakes Parents Can't Sell at Bake Sales Anymore(DNAinfo/Gabriela Resto-Montero)

School Board Bans Homemade Treats at School Bake Sales

Cupcakes are still out, but Doritos are back in following a vote late Wednesday night by the Panel for Educational Policy amending a bake sale ban to allow pre-approved, pre-packaged foods.

Board of Education Approves Expansion of Harlem Success Academy(DNAinfo/Gabriela Resto-Montero)

Charter School Victory as Education Panel Approves Expansion Plans

After months of heated arguments, a city education panel approved the expansion plans of 13 charter schools Wednesday night.

picture of stuy town, stuyvesant town(Flickr/Marianne O'Leary)

Stuyvesant Town Residents Organize to Buy Back Apartments

Stuyvesant Town tenants have launched a massive petition drive as part of a bid to buy back their apartments.

Italian Rooftop Brewery To Open In Midtown(Dogfish Brewery)

Rooftop Brewery, Backed by Mario Batali, to Open in Flatiron District

What's better than Italian food and beer? Who knows, but soon you'll be able to get both handmade on site at a new high-end brewery and eatery in the Flatiron District backed by Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich.

Stuyvesant Town Creditors Begin Foreclosure Process

Foreclosure action is expected to begin Tuesday for the lenders of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village.

Medical Examiners Arrive to Take Jude's Body(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Body of Murdered 8-Year-Old Autistic Boy Waits in Morgue As Family...

The body of 8-year-old Jude Michael Mirra lies in a refrigerated room in the city morgue, zipped inside a tagged body bag, atop a three-tiered gurney.

Employees Rally in Greenwich Village Against Shoe Mania For $3...

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High Plains Bison - Healthy In Manhattan