Oil Spill in Staten Island Whaters, NY!!! AGAIN!!! 158,000 gallons reported released so far!!!

Environment Pollution in USA on Saturday, 15 December, 2012 at 11:32 (11:32 AM) UTC.

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The Coast Guard is responding to a fuel oil spill in the waters off Staten Island. The fuel is leaking from a cargo tank aboard a barge at Mays Ship Repair. The Coast Guard says the leak began late Friday. Coast Guard spokeswoman Jetta Disco said early Saturday that authorities have narrowed down the source of the [...]

Fast food workers demand $15 per hour salaries

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Workers at some fast food restaurants in the New York City area walked off the job on Thursday.

A large group gathered outside a McDonald’s on Madison and 40th St. in Manhattan demanding higher wages and the approval of a workers union.

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Read more: http://www.myfoxny.com/story/20216614/fast-food-workers-protest-for-higher-wages#ixzz2DeRr3QqG

Record snowfalls, new power outages, flood warnings as storm slams Northeast

A winter storm battered the Northeast coast Thursday after cutting power to at least 115,000 homes and dumping record snowfalls in the New York City area.

The National Weather Service warned of wind gusts as high as 60 mph along the coast, “minor to moderate” flooding from storm surges, and more snow, particularly in New England, early Thursday.

More than 600,000 people were without electricity as a result of superstorm Sandy and [...]

Heavy thunderstorms cause East Coast chaos on Memorial Weekend as 35 million Americans travel for holidays

Powerful thunderstorm caused flight delays at New York’s airports – including Newark and JFK

Logan International Airport in Boston also closed to incoming traffic under a Traffic Management Program

A storm in southern states is expected to eventually move southwest and the Georgia coast and northern Florida could see heavy rains
Temperatures set to reach 90 degrees in some states

About 30.7m expected to drive more than 50 miles for Memorial Day trips
The most [...]

Thunderstorms threatens to shut down Northeast holiday travel as New York airports close and suffer delays

Powerful thunderstorm causes Newark International Airport in New Jersey to decline arrivals until after 4.30 p.m and JFK and La Guardia Airport to advise passengers to expect delays of a minimum of 15 minutes
Logan International Airport in Boston also closed to incoming traffic under a Traffic Management Program

A storm in southern states is expected to eventually move southwest and the Georgia coast and northern Florida could see heavy rains
Temperatures set [...]

Forgetting to Turn Off Cellphone Before Takeoff May Cost You $10,000 or More

AP
March 26, 2012

The agency that operates the New York City area’s three major airports has a message for passengers who don’t turn off their cellphones or tablets before takeoff: Pay up, or see you in court.

The executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says it’s considering levying fines up to tens of thousands of dollars for behavior that causes flight delays.

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This country is rapidly changing, and not for the better: The following are 10 signs that the American people are angrier than ever….

#1 According to a brand new Fox News poll, 76 percent of all Americans are “dissatisfied with how things are going in the country”.  At the beginning of this year, that number was only at 61 percent.

#2 Violence in our streets continues to rise and sadly police officers are increasingly becoming targets.  The number of law enforcement officials that have been killed in the United States [...]

After Irene: Little damage seen in many places

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (AP) — From North Carolina to New Jersey, Hurricane Irene appeared to have fallen short of the doomsday predictions. But with rivers still rising, and roads impassable because of high water and fallen trees, it could be days before the full extent of the damage is known.

More than 4.5 million homes and businesses along the East Coast lost power, and at [...]

Staying behind ‘is against the law’

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s largest subway system and arriving flights at the five main New York City-area airports were to be halted at noon Saturday as Hurricane Irene spun its way up the Eastern Seaboard, forcing more than 300,000 evacuations and dimming lights at Citi Field and on Broadway.

By deciding to shut down the transit system, millions of carless New [...]

Glenn Beck sells his house at a loss, says he’s leaving New York

From HuffPost:

Glenn Beck announced in a live show that he has sold his Connecticut mansion and will be leaving the New York City area.

Wire Update caught the performance, which was being held in Albany on Saturday and streamed online, and reported that Beck had said that his home has been sold.

The house has been on the market since December 2009. Back then, Beck, who had bought the house in 2005, [...]