Article: Families Of Kidnapped Persian Jews Sue Khatami In US Court.

Article: Los Angeles Night Owls Flying Lower According to Zagat Nightlife Survey.
PR Newswire;  July 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ......Office Ranked Most Popular NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire...results of its ninth annual Los Angeles Nightlife survey. Given...ahead of cities like New York ($11.27) and San Francisco...The ninth edition of Los Angeles Nightlife ($6.95) is...

Article: CityPass Deepest Discount in a summer of New York Travel Deals -- New York CityPass is 44% Off Top Six Big Apple attractions.
PRWeb;  July 1, 2009 ;     313 words ...New York, NY, Jul 01, 2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- New York is suddenly affordable. Summer in New York City is steaming up with last-minute vacation bargains and deals. First-timers and experienced Big Apple visitors make a beeline for New York...

Article: Los Angeles mayor gets specific for 2nd-term goals
Daily Breeze;  July 1, 2009 ;     586 words ...With Los Angeles facing one of its worst economic crises...inauguration ceremony will be hosted by Los Angeles Lakers point guard Derek Fisher. The...corridor" being created between downtown Los Angeles and the Harbor Area as well as continued...

Article: Chile Business Center Opens in New York.
PR Newswire;  July 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ......future. CORFO has U.S. offices in New York and Los Angeles. At the inauguration, Alicia...The Chile Business Center in New York is the second such center, after...at 866 United Nations Plaza in New York. Chile is Open For Business The...

Article: POLYGLOT LOS ANGELES BATTLING OVER GROWTH NEWER IMMIGRANTS OPPOSE SLOW-DOWN MOVEMENT EAST LOS ANGELES -- IN A CORNER, A NORTENO BAND FROM THE NORTH OF MEXICO PLAYS A FAST COUNTRY TUNE LED BY AN ACCORDION, WHILE, IN THE CENTER OF THE DARK BAR, A SHORT MAN DANCES WHAT LOOKS LIKE A SPEEDED-UP RHUMBA WITH A WOMAN TALLER BY A FOOT. NEARLY EVERYONE HOLDS A LONG-NECKED BUD. IN THE SHAKEY'S PIZZA CLOSE BY, A YOUNG COUPLE ORDER PIZZA WITH ''CHORIZO'' AND ''JALAPENO,'' THE TONGUE-SEARING SAUSAGE OF MEXICO AND HOT PEPPER. ANOTHER GROUP OF MUSICIANS PLAYS AT THE TABLE OF FOUR HISPANIC WORKINGMEN WHO DRINK BEER, EAT DEEP-FRIED POTATO SLICES AND TALK. OUTSIDE, ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, MARIACHI TRIOS AND QUARTETS TRY TO SELL SONGS FOR $5 APIECE AS THEY WALK ALONG BROOKLYN STREET -- LINED WITH RESTAURANTS, BARS, SHOPS AND LITTLE GROCERY STORES -- IN THE HEART OF THE BARRIO. EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, PEOPLE WILL BRING EMPTY POTS TO A BAKERY ON THE SAME AVENUE AND ORDER FRESH ''MENUDO,'' A TRADITIONAL SOUP OF PIGS FEET AND HOMINY THAT GETS THE HURT OUT OF A HANGOVER. IT IS ALL AS MEXICAN AS MEXICO. ''WE STILL HAVE A VERY DIVIDED CITY, BUT IT'S MANAGED TO HANG TOGETHER,'' SAID DANIEL GARCIA, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY'S PLANNING COMMISSION. ''BUT THERE ARE EVENTS ON THE HORIZON THAT COULD RIP IT APART.'' LARGE SECTIONS OF LOS ANGELES HAVE BECOME LATIN AS A RESULT OF TIDES OF IMMIGRATION IN THE LAST TWO DECADES. THE KINDERGARTENS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE NOW 82 PERCENT HISPANIC. THE IMMIGRATION SERVICE ESTIMATES THAT MORE THAN 1 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS QUALIFY FOR AMNESTY IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA. POLITICIANS PREDICT THAT NUMBER WILL TRANSLATE INTO 600,000 NEW VOTERS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THE US CENSUS BUREAU ALSO REPORTED THIS MONTH THAT LOS ANGELES COUNTY HAS HAD THE GREATEST POPULATION GROWTH IN THE COUNTRY SINCE 1980. OF THE 10 COUNTIES WITH THE HIGHEST POPULATION GROWTH DURING THAT TIME, FIVE WERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WITH A TOTAL INCREASE OF 1.8 MILLION PEOPLE. IN ADDITION TO THE HISPANICS, IMMIGRANTS FROM ASIA AND OTHER REGIONS OF THE WORLD HAVE ALSO COME TO LOS ANGELES IN LARGE NUMBERS: AN ESTIMATED ONE-THIRD OF ALL IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES NOW SETTLE IN CALIFORNIA. MICHAEL WOO IS THE FIRST ASIAN EVER ELECTED TO THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. HE HAS BENEFITED FROM AND HAD TO SURVIVE AN ALMOST RIOTOUS MIX OF ETHNIC GROUPS WHO HAVE SETTLED IN AMERICA'S VIDEO HEARTLAND, HOLLYWOOD. HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL HAS STUDENTS WITH 54 LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS. WOO, WHO IS FROM A CHINESE FAMILY, USED TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENTS IN ARMENIAN TO GET HIS POLITICAL MESSAGE ACROSS DURING AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR. AS PART OF HIS JOB, HE SAID, HE WILL SPEAK WITH RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS COMPLAINING ABOUT HOUSING, HISPANICS OBJECTING TO LACK OF REPRESENTATION AND THAI RESIDENTS WITH A HOST OF SEPARATE PROBLEMS. ''THE MIXTURE OF COMPETING GROUPS MAY BECOME INCREASINGLY COMBUSTIBLE,'' WOO SAID. ''I DON'T KNOW IF OUR FUTURE IS A NIGHTMARISH BLADE-RUNNER REALITY THAT ACCENTUATES THE ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEOPLE OR THE OPTIMISTIC VISION OF ADVERTISING SLOGANS THAT SAY WE WILL BE THE CAPITAL OF THE PACIFIC RIM, A MODERN BABYLON.'' A REPORT BY A REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCY PREDICTS A GROWTH IN LOS ANGELES AND THE FIVE SURROUNDING COUNTIES, WHICH NOW HAVE A POPULATION OF 12.8 MILLION PEOPLE, TO 18.3 MILLION BY THE YEAR 2010. IN THAT TIME, THE HISPANIC POPULATION WILL GROW TO ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF THE REGION'S POPULATION. BUT A POWERFUL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CURRENT HAS BEGUN THAT COULD CONFLICT WITH THAT PREDICTED EXPANSION -- A MOVEMENT TO LIMIT DEVELOPMENT, CALLED THE ''SLOW GROWTH'' MOVEMENT. LOS ANGELES HAS A HISTORY OF WIDE-OPEN DEVELOPMENT -- FROM FAR-FLUNG PROJECTS TO BRING WATER TO LEAPFROG HOUSING PROJECTS THAT JUMPED OVER SPACES OF OPEN LAND TO HUNDREDS OF MILES OF FREEWAYS THAT CIRCLE AND SLICE THROUGH RESIDENTIAL SUBURBS. IN THE LAST TWO DECADES, DEVELOPMENT SURGED UPWARD AS THE REGION BECAME MORE DENSELY POPULATED. THAT DEVELOPMENT HAS GIVEN THE CITY A SKYLINE WHERE IT HAD NONE AND SHARPLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF APARTMENTS, SHOPPING CENTERS AND HIGH-RISES ON THE AFFLUENT WEST SIDE OF THE CITY. BUT THE GROWTH HAS ALSO BROUGHT A REACTION. TALL BUILDINGS DISPLACED LONGTIME RESIDENTS AND BLOCKED VIEWS. TOXIC WASTE AND RAW SEWAGE REPEATEDLY FOUND THEIR WAY INTO WATER SUPPLIES AND THE SANTA MONICA BAY. BUT IN CHARACTERISTIC FASHION, THE ANGER WAS MOST PRONOUNCED WHEN IT CAME TO CARS. A LEGISLATIVE PROPOSITION WAS OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED LAST YEAR THAT LIMITED THE SIZE OF BUILDINGS, ITS PASSAGE HINGING LARGELY ON THE ARGUMENT THAT IT WOULD CUT DOWN ON TRAFFIC, AND THE ISSUE OF LIMITING GROWTH HAS CONTINUED TO DOMINATE RECENT ELECTIONS. THE SLOW-GROWTH MOVEMENT IS CLEVER, AND IT'S POTENT, SAID ROBIN KRAMER, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER RICHARD ALATORRE, WHO WAS ELECTED LAST YEAR. ''THERE'S NO ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE, NO ONE CAN DEFEND SMOG AND TRAFFIC JAMS.'' ''IT SOUNDED LIKE MOTHERHOOD,'' SAID BILL ROBERTS, LEADER OF THE AFL-CIO IN LOS ANGELES. ''BUT THEY'RE PUTTING HANDCUFFS ON OTHER AREAS THAT DESPERATELY NEED GROWTH.'' THE SLOW-GROWTH MOVEMENT CONFLICTS WITH THE ASPIRATIONS OF MANY MEMBERS OF THE IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES, AND IT IS OPPOSED BY THEIR LEADERS. ON A WEEKDAY LATE LAST MONTH, FOR EXAMPLE, A QUORUM OF 10 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SAT EATING CARROT STICKS AND SANDWICHES AT A HORSESHOE-SHAPED TABLE IN THE ORNATE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. THE NEWEST MEMBER, RUTH GALLANTER, A YOUNG WOMAN WHO UPSET A POWERFUL INCUMBENT IN AN ELECTION THIS SUMMER, SPOONED YOGURT. HOLDING THE FLOOR AND LOOKING POINTEDLY AT GALLANTER WAS GILBERT LINDSAY, A BLACK CITY COUNCILOR. ''I'M NOT ONE OF THESE SLOW-GROWTH COUNCIL MEMBERS,'' LINDSAY SAID. ''I WANT TO SEE BIG THINGS. I WANT TO SEE SKY-RISES. I LOVE IT. SLOW-GROWTHERS, YOU JUST GET OUT OF MY WAY.'' ''NOBODY WANTS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD POLLUTED,'' GALLANTER SAID LATER IN AN INTERVIEW. ''NOBODY WANTS TO BREATHE POISON. MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T WANT IT, EITHER.'' GALLANTER, A YALE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE IN URBAN PLANNING, BEGAN HER ACTIVISM IN SUPPORT OF MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN THE NEW HAVEN AREA. SHE HAS WORKED AS A PLANNER AND ENVIRONMENTALIST SINCE THEN. GALLANTER AND A GROUP OF RECENTLY-ELECTED LATIN, ASIAN AND BLACK COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENT THE MULTI-ETHNIC AND POTENTIALLY DIVIDED FUTURE OF LOS ANGELES. ''I THINK YOU HAVE A YOUNGER, MORE ACTIVE BREED OF POLITICIANS WHO ARE PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO THEIR DISTRICTS,'' SAID THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S GARCIA, WHO BELIEVES THAT THE SLOW-GROWTH MOVEMENT IS PRIMARILY A CREATURE OF THE AFFLUENT WEST SIDE OF THE CITY. GARCIA SAYS HE WILL NOT STAND BY ''AND ALLOW WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS TO RUN THE CITY WITH POLICIES THAT ARE SELFISH AND STUPID AND VERY DESTRUCTIVE IN THE LONG RUN.'' MOST POLITICAL LEADERS AND PLANNERS BELIEVE THE CHALLENGE IS TO ALLOW THIS INCREASINGLY POLYGLOT CITY TO DEVELOP AT A CONTROLLED PACE, WHILE ALLOWING A SHIFT IN POLITICAL POWER TO MINORITIES -- PARTICULARLY THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY -- WITHOUT PROMPTING A DIVISIVE REACTION FROM THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY MADE THEIR MARKS. ''THE GREAT SHIFT IN POWER IS OCCURRING,'' SAID KRAMER. ''IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS TO MAKE THE TRANSITION SMOOTHLY TOWARD HISPANIC ISSUES. ''THE OVERWHELMING NEED OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IS TO EAT, FIND SHELTER, CLOTHING,'' SHE SAID. ''THAT'S THE REALITY. THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT A STRONG ECONOMY AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THESE ARE THE LEVERS BY WHICH CHANGE IN A COMMUNITY WILL HAPPEN. FIRST, THE ECONOMY, THEN JOBS, THEN REGISTRATION -- THEN CHANGE.''
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Article: New Crane Database May Definitively Reduce the Number of Construction Accidents, says New York Construction Accident Lawyer.
PRWeb;  June 30, 2009 ;     586 words ...New York, Jun 30, 2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX...construction sites safer. Building officials in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia are creating...safety to avoid crane collapses after two New York City crane accidents (http://www.perecman...

Article: Adapt and survive: Making a brand new start of it in old New York
The Independent on Sunday;  July 5, 2009 ;     700+ words ...I love being in New York, and not just for all the usual tourist...I could not have anywhere else. But New York, like the rest of the United States...August 1983. The recession started in New York. Or at least it did in the sense that...

Article: 'NY Al Dia' rises from ashes of 'Hoy'.(new and redirected products alerts)(New York Al Dia)(Brief article)
Marketing to the Emerging Majorities;  May 1, 2009 ;     97 words ......13 staffers all formerly worked for Hoy New York, which was shuttered by Impremedia in...about 20 local Hispanic communities in the New York City area, and will offer international...available for $.40 at 1,800 points of sale in New York, Long Island, and New Jersey. [PRINT MEDIA...

Article: National Infertility Organization Honors RMA of New York for Community Support.
Women's Health Weekly;  June 18, 2009 ;     333 words ......Association honored Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York (RMA of New York) last night with The 2009 Friends of RESOLVE Award...and support (see also Reproductive Health). RMA of New York is truly honored to be awarded The 2009 Friends of...

Article: New York's Legislature Grinds to a Halt
NPR Morning Edition;  July 2, 2009 ;     366 words ...New York's Legislature Grinds to a Halt wHere tHe State...passed. ROBERT SMITH: And I'm Robert Smith in New York Time 10:00-11:00 AM Play Audio ROBERT SMITH: And I'm Robert Smith in New York, where the State Senate couldn't get its act together...

Article: [ Caption only: Divers jump from a Los Angeles Police Department Huey in the Port of Los Angeles during a demonstration ... ]
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Article: CNY CONGRESSMEN KEY VOTES ON CLIMATE PROPOSAL; REP. MAFFEI SAYS PROPOSED BILL PENALIZES NEW YORK'S GREEN ENERGY EFFORTS.(News)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  June 26, 2009 ;     578 words ......Mark Weiner Washington Bureau Central New York's congressional delegation emerged Thursday...D-Utica, said they were among Upstate New York House members subject to intense lobbying...Asked where his colleagues in the Upstate New York delegation stood on the bill, Maffei said...

Article: New York Police uses cricket to bond with communities.
Asian News International;  June 29, 2009 ;     294 words ...Byline: ANI New York, June 29 (ANI): The New York Police Department has chosen cricket as a way to foster relationships...and on Tuesday, play began for another season, reports the New York Times. Interest has expanded, with 10 teams and 170 players...

Article: New York to help high-profile building owners enhance security against terror attacks
Xinhua News Agency;  July 1, 2009 ;     239 words ...New York to help high-profile building owners enhance security against terror attacks NEW YORK, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The New York Police Department ( NYPD) handed out a report Wednesday to help the owners of high- profile buildings in the city to...