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Columbia News Service Arts The ultimate art history whodunit: a Michelangelo forgery or a classical antiquity? A Columbia University art historian says one of the most famous antiquities, the “Laocoon” statue, is really a forgery by Michelangelo. She says she has the evidence to prove it. For art historians, this may be the ultimate whodunit.
Deadline GOVERNMENT Mayoral Hopeful Says Tobacco-Settlement Money Must be Used for Public Health Manhattan Borough President and mayoral candidate C. Virginia Fields, D-Manhattan, today called on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to spend more money from a tobacco settlement on health care.
Columbia News Service Education Rap now preps students for the SATs A new rap album is fusing SAT vocabulary words with rap-style lyrics set to catchy music. The group, Flocabulary, aims to help college-bound students strengthen their vocabulary ahead of the May and June SAT tests.
Deadline HEALTH Newly Svelte Clinton and Arkansas Governor Huckabee Help Launch Healthy-Living Initiative for Kids Former President Bill Clinton and Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, both of whom once weighed more than 200 lbs., announced plans to launch a 10-year initiative to combat childhood obesity.
Bronx Beat COMMUNITY Gardeners hired for neediest city parks A collaboration between the city and New Yorkers for Parks plans to revive community green spaces.
Bronx Beat TRANSPORTATION MTA plan cuts station repairs; stalls expansion Repair work on nine No. 6 line stations is scheduled to begin in 2007.

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Central Park, core of the Big Apple
At the heart of Manhattan lies a rectangle of land, water and urban playground. Central Park –cultural hub, man-made marvel and core of the Big Apple—stretches 51 city blocks in length and occupies six percent of Manhattan’s total acreage.



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Community Nets Arena
Residents Are Not Cheering for a New Home Team.


Documentary Photography
Six dancers please Mistress Lola in a fetish party at Delancey Lounge on Delancey Street on Sunday, February 13, 2005. For Lola, being a dominatrix is more than a job. It is a lifestyle. (Photo/Samir S. Patel)


Photo Journal
Kids of all ages flocked to the American Museum of Natural History during the New York City public schools' spring break. (Photo/Kay Grennan)


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Subterranean Homeless Blues
During last month's homeless census, volunteers counted more homeless people in Manhattan than in any other borough--But the second highest number wasn't found in one of the other four boroughs, it was in the subway system. George Spencer guides us through their subterranean world.
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