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Pending Home Sales Hit 8-Month High in May by REUTERS



By REUTERS


Contracts to buy previously owned homes reached an eight-month high in May, the latest indication that housing was pulling out of a recent soft patch.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Reduced Charge for Boy in Fatal Bronx Stabbing by EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS and BENJAMIN MUELLER



By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS and BENJAMIN MUELLER


The grand jury indicted the teenager, Noel Estevez, 14, on a charge of second-degree manslaughter, the Bronx district attorney, Robert T. Johnson, said. Noel’s case will be moved to Family Court.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Census Estimates Show Another Increase in New York City’s Non-Hispanic White Population by SAM ROBERTS



By SAM ROBERTS


In a city that had experienced decades of white flight, a tiny shift toward racial equilibrium is seen.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Apartment Inventory Is Up in Manhattan; Prices Are, Too by MICHELLE HIGGINS



By MICHELLE HIGGINS


The average price for a Manhattan apartment rose 20 percent to $1,697,000 in the second quarter, compared with the same period last year, according to a report.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Mexican Soldiers Wage Bloody Battle With Gang by RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD



By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD


At least 22 people were killed in the firefight — all of them assailants, the military said. One soldier was injured.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Chinese Manufacturing Expansion Hits 6-Month High by REUTERS



By REUTERS


A government report put growth in the sector in June at its highest point this year, an indication that the economy has stabilized.


Published: July 2, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Weekends at a Bronx Beach That Feature Backboards Instead of Surfboards by ANDREW BORYGA



By ANDREW BORYGA


Fans of basketball can head to Orchard Beach in the Bronx every Saturday and Sunday from mid-June to mid-August for the Hoops in the Sun tournament, which has 50 teams and various youth divisions.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Arizona Town Recalls Wildfire, and 19 Who Died Battling It by FERNANDA SANTOS



By FERNANDA SANTOS


There were public and private commemorations of the close-knit crew of firefighters who were killed one year ago.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Knicks’ Top Draft Selection Focuses on His Situation, Not on Anthony’s by SCOTT CACCIOLA



By SCOTT CACCIOLA


Cleanthony Early, a forward from Wichita State selected by the Knicks with the 34th pick in the draft, said he would enjoy being teammates with Carmelo Anthony, but that life would go on without him.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Apartment Inventory Is Up in Manhattan; Prices Are, Too by MICHELLE HIGGINS



By MICHELLE HIGGINS


The average price for a Manhattan apartment rose 20 percent to $1,697,000 in the second quarter, compared with the same period last year, according to a report.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Cashen’s Gift on the Mets Was Magic by KEN BELSON and RICHARD SANDOMIR



By KEN BELSON and RICHARD SANDOMIR


The death of Frank Cashen, the general manager of the Mets in the 1980s, recalls how good the Mets teams of his era generally were and how they became the dominant franchise in New York sports.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Census Estimates Show Another Increase in New York City’s Non-Hispanic White Population by SAM ROBERTS



By SAM ROBERTS


In a city that had experienced decades of white flight, a tiny shift toward racial equilibrium is seen.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Nancy Garden Dies at 76; Wrote Young Adult Novel of Lesbians by MARGALIT FOX



By MARGALIT FOX


In 2000, School Library Journal named “Annie on My Mind,” for which Ms. Garden remained best known, to its list of 100 books that shaped the 20th century.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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L’Oréal Settles With U.S. Over Skin Care Claims by REUTERS



By REUTERS


The cosmetics maker has agreed to settle complaints that advertisements for some of its skin care products were deceptive, the Federal Trade Commission said on Monday.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Czech Republic: Former Aide Convicted by REUTERS



By REUTERS


A former aide to former Prime Minister Petr Necas who later married him was found guilty of abuse of power on Monday in a scandal that exposed their affair and toppled the government a year ago.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Indonesia: Life Sentence for Ex-Justice by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS



By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


The former chief justice of the Constitutional Court was sentenced to life in prison for corruption, the heaviest sentence ever for graft in one of the most corrupt countries in the world.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Pending Home Sales Hit 8-Month High in May by REUTERS



By REUTERS


Contracts to buy previously owned homes reached an eight-month high in May, the latest indication that housing was pulling out of a recent soft patch.


Published: July 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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