Jamaica Bay Marshland Disappearing: Researchers
By Charles Rogers
      Just like glaciers and waterways and meadowlands and trees that were once taken for granted, too many signs of a once-burgeoning Jamaica Bay are now disappearing, leaving the areas along its shore more barren every day.
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New School Year Can Mean Scheduling Anxiety For Parents
      By ANGIE WAGNER For The Associated Press Shannon Conner keeps a 2-foot-by-3-foot calendar on the wall and also carries a Palm, just to make sure she knows which of her six kids belongs at which activity. The Indianapolis mom used to have a rule: Choose one sport and one non...
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Here's How Our Community Rates In Health Care
      Editor's note: In a report released this week, SUNY Downstate Medical Center listed a variety of differences among the diverse communities, statistically rating many of our health care problems.
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