New Yorkers Debate Effect of Mega Stores on Local Retail
In New York City a zoning proposal could bring fifty plus big box stores amid unique neighborhoods sparking debate. Officials warn of lost jobs and tax revenue, while supporters argue price competition benefits consumers and vitality of districts. Local retailers fear erosion of shopping streets, while some experts doubt any drastic impact on ethnicity or neighborhood character.
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Hacmge
Blooming
Berg Goodman
Price Costco
Home Depot
Toys R Us
Rudolph Giuliani
Big Box
SoHo
Manhattan
Astoria Inns
New York City
Howard Strauss
Brooklyn
Queens
Joint Council of Te Ings County Boards of Trade
Howard Tisch
Metropolitan Food Council
New York
Salt Lake City
Kmart
Home
Giuliani
Doyle Hyett
Hyett- Palma
Washington, D.C
Salvi death reopens insanity defense debate in Massachusetts
Boston AP report on John Salvi III who died in prison by hanging, reigniting debate over insanity defense after his 1994 murders at abortion clinics. The case raised questions about whether he belonged in a psychiatric facility and whether corrections failed to protect him or others. Gov Weld had proposed replacing the insanity defense with guilty but insane verdict.
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Salvi
Ronald Duval
Walpole
Bridgewater State Hospital
Bridgewater
Robert Bloom
Boston College Law School
Tony Carnevale
Mount Holyoke College
Moran
William F. Weld
Cancer Alley myth challenged by LSU study
A LSU led study questions the link between South Louisiana’s petrochemical corridor and higher cancer rates. It finds no overall excess cancers in Cancer Alley, though white men there show higher lung and larynx cancer rates likely tied to smoking rather than industry.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Big Muddy
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Viviendi
Louisiana Tumor Registry
Journal of the
Louisiaa State Medical Society
National Cancer Institute
Chen
Louisiana State University Medical Center
South
Charles Brown
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