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Michael Shain
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Michael Shain, NY Post, NY Newsday, TimesLedger, Queens Chronicle, co-creator of the headline game Man Bites Dog ().
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If you are the groom's mother, you have one invaluable service to perform. It is to sit him down and explain: every question his bride-to-be asks about the wedding is serious. The wrong response can cause countries to go to war. What makes him think that his wedding is different?
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On any given Saturday, 3,000 people line up on the perimeter of Bland Houses in Flushing. Some 80 volunteers working for La Jornada, a decade-old food pantry, stuff bags with produce, packaged goods and bakery products. They work until the food runs out or the people stop coming.
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A tunneling project in Elmhurst used a high-tech, laser-guided boring machine to dig out a seven-foot hole under Queens Boulevard this week. Very unusual project in NYC. Took a week to do and they didn’t have to shut down the busiest street in Queens. Loved this shoot.
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“Who volunteers? Retirees, that’s who. Then, the government told people over 60 to stay home.” on the La Jornada food pantry in Flushing, which found the young people stepped up to feed their neighbors:
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