NYC Sentinel

Video: The next frontier of NYC Web innovation

By Alex Hotz and Radhika Marya It's no secret that Americans love TV. Although the vast majority of viewers (99 percent) still watch shows on a television set, it's clear that at least some couch potatoes are moving online. Today approximately 131 million Americans watch about three hours of online TV every month, according to a study by two industry research agencies.

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From the sidelines to the finish line, New Yorkers come out for the big race

By Radhika Marya and Clare O’Connor Meb Keflezighi blessed himself and kissed the ground after bursting through the finish line tape at the ING New York City Marathon today, a day of historic firsts for the event’s male and female winners.

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A glimpse inside the first NYC Yarn Crawl

Knitting and crocheting enthusiasts spilled in and out of New York City’s yarn stores this past Columbus Day weekend in celebration of the first-ever NYC Yarn Crawl. Fourteen yarn stores participated in the event, designed to promote needlecrafts in the city from Oct. 9 – 12. To attract customers, the stores held raffles, offered discounts and [...]

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Cheese and antiques return to the Upper West Side

By Radhika Marya Some combinations go together naturally: peanut butter and jelly, chips and salsa, mashed potatoes and gravy, eggs and toast. But what about cheese and antiques? Maya Schaper, owner of the recently opened West Side Cheese Company, swears by this pairing, which she’s been selling for a good portion of the past three decades.

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gdgt.com launch party

The New York City based gadget Web site gdgt.com hosted its first-ever meetup last Thursday. Some of the companies that showed off their wares included BlackBerry, Data Robotics, FLO TV, HTC, Kodak and PlayStation. — Alexander Hotz and Radhika Marya

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Tale of a P.S. 44 fourth grader

Trying to get people to talk to you and open up about their lives can be a pretty challenging experience for a journalist, especially student journalists like me. My partner, Michael Martin, and I were reminded of this when we were sent out on assignment to cover the first day of school today at Brooklyn’s Public [...]

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