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Amazon Fresh Reaches East Coast But Only For Select Group Of Brooklynites
Amazon Fresh has expanded to a very select area of New York City. Residents of New York City jealous of their West Coast counterparts for receiving sometimes-fresh grocery deliveries from Amazon should...
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Tribes Suing New York For Restricting Payday Lending Businesses Drop Federal...
(frankieleon)Despite having some of the toughest regulations prohibiting high-interest, short-term loans, New York has continued to face issues in the form of illegal online payday lenders who claim to...
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NYC Mayor Raises Concerns About Comcast/TWC Merger
(Xavier J. Peg)While 52 other mayors from around the country were recently reminded that Comcast is an important contributor to election campaigns, Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City has been busy...
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Town Might Change Fines To Reflect Typo On Dog Poo Signs
(mslavick)A typographical error might have unfortunate real-world consequences for the dog-walkers of North Hempstead, Long Island, NY. The town posted signs warning that people who don’t pick up their...
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Proposed Program Would Pay First Two Years Of Recent New York Graduates’...
(Hammerin Man) With the average graduate now leaving college with more than $28,000 in student loans, it can be difficult to envision just how one might manage to land on their feet. If you happen to...
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Uber Caps Surge Pricing During Juno Snowmageddon (Because It Sort Of Has To)
(Christopher Tarr)As those of us in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast prepare to slaughter a tauntaun and seek shelter from the snow in the warmth of its belly, the folks at Uber say they will put a...
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Lawsuit Alleges Costco Managers, Employees Taunted Greeter With Tourette’s
(Mike Mozart)A new federal lawsuit filed today claims that Costco and the managers of a Long Island store violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and New York State Human Rights laws by allegedly...
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NY Asks Stores To Halt Herbal Supplements After Tests Show Advertised Herbs...
Only 4% of the Walmart Spring Valley herbal supplements tested turned up DNA of the herbs advertised on the label.When you buy an herbal supplement that says “echinacea” or “ginko boloba” on the label,...
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Former Home Depot Worker Gets 30 Years For Planting Pipe Bomb In Store
(Maulleigh)If you want more money from your employer, we don’t recommend threatening to blow up multiple stores, let alone actually planting a bomb to show that you mean business. Not only are your...
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When Pizza Hut Loses Your Order, Don’t Drive Your Car Into The Building
Here’s the latest from the To-Go Food Overreaction File: Police in New York arrested a woman yesterday for smashing her car into a Pizza Hut after the eatery reportedly lost her order. The Lower Hudson...
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Visitors Bureau For Ice-Cold Ithaca Tells People To Just Go Get Warm In Key West
While the central New York city of Ithaca might be home to lovely Cornell University and the fictional University of Ithaca from the classic Breckin Meyer comedy Road Trip, it — like many places north...
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Feds & NY Attorney General Team Up To Sue Abusive Debt Collectors
(nvaine) Just like one of those action movies where a federal agent gets paired up with a small-town sheriff who knows all the bad guys in the area, the Federal Trade Commission has brought its...
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McDonald’s Sued For $10M After Man Dies Of Heart Attack In Locked Bathroom
(Mike Mozart) The family of a New York man who died of a heart attack in a McDonald’s bathroom locked from the inside filed a lawsuit against the fast food company claiming workers failed to get the...
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Montel Williams-Endorsed MoneyMutual To Pay $2.1M Penalty
For years, TV personality Montel Williams has been the daytime TV face of payday loan lead generation service MoneyMutual, even as it faced investigations from federal and state agencies. Just a few...
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Man Arrested After TSA Finds 200 Credit Cards Hidden In Duffel Bag
(frankieleon)The Transportation Security Administration keeps a long list of items travelers aren’t permitted to fly with including guns, knives, daggers, and box cutters. While the agency doesn’t...
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GNC Agrees To DNA, Allergen Testing Of Herbal Supplements
Even though GNC products were ultimately found to abide by federal rules and industry standards, the company has agreed to DNA barcode testing on its ingredients, along with requiring its suppliers to...
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New York Consumer Agency Opens Investigation Into Four For-Profit Colleges
(MY PINK SOAPBOX) Student dropouts, loans default rates and recruiting tactics have been the cornerstone of many federal and state investigations into for-profit colleges. It appears to be much of the...
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Makers Of SmartCandy Warned About Possibly Misleading Nutrition Claims
The Attorney General’s office for the state of New York is cautioning the company behind “vitamin infused snack” SmartCandy that its advertising may run afoul of state and federal regulations,...
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New York Fines Domino’s Franchise Owners $970K For Violating A Slew Of Labor...
(brandylee)Four franchise owners operating 29 Domino’s franchises and a former owner of six resturants in New York state will have to fork over a hefty wad of cash — $970,000 — to Attorney General Eric...
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Macy’s To Launch Quartet Of “Off-Price” (AKA Discount) Stores This Fall
(Nicholas Eckhart)Earlier this year, Macy’s said it was going to dip its toes into the waters of discount retailing by creating some sort of off-price offshoot of its department store chain. Today, the...
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