Massive brawl breaks out at Resorts World Casino in Queens

Massive brawl breaks out at Resorts World Casino in Queens - NY Daily News

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Watch massive 400-person brawl break out at Resorts World Casino in Queens 

Man survives 66 days at sea

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Man's body found near Brooklyn golf course

@brooklyn_news: Man’s body discovered near Brooklyn golf course: cops: A decomposed body was found near a Brooklyn golf course... http://nydn.us/19RtYiO
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Kenyan terrorists kill over 140 students

@GMA: Over 140 students dead after terrorists storm a Kenyan college– what we know about the attack http://abcn.ws/1CBy9Jo http://twitter.com/GMA/status/583942076863131649/photo/1
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Cyclone stalls on opening day, forcing riders to walk down rollercoaster - am New York

Cyclone stalls on opening day, forcing riders to walk down rollercoaster - am New York

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The first Cyclone ride at Coney Island to welcome a new season instead kicked off a rescue when the roller coaster got stuck.
People walked down staircases on the iconic 88-year-old Coney Island ride on a chilly morning after the wooden roller coaster stopped working just as it inched up to the peak of the ride’s first big drop, according to witnesses.

Rise in government insurance rates to mirror rising waters, flood debt

Rise in government insurance rates to mirror rising waters, flood debt - The Washington Post

"Some owners say they are angry because their houses near lakes, rivers, bays and oceans were much more affordable with cheap rates that will now increase by as much as 25 percent each year until the premiums equal the full risk of settling down on property mapped as a flood zone.

Congress ordered a rate increase because the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency is $24 billion in debt. It reached that historic amount because revenue from the discounted premiums could not cover payments on flood claims, particularly after two devastating hurricanes, Katrina and Sandy, on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts."

NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger | Michael Shank, Ph.D.

NYC Housing: A Clear and Present Danger | Michael Shank, Ph.D.

"In the wake of New York City's devastating gas explosion and fire in the East Village, which destroyed residential buildings and injured dozens of New Yorkers, there couldn't be a more critical time to take a serious look at New York's housing situation."