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July 29 2010
New York Students’ Passing Rate Plummets
July 29th, 2010 
Tommy July 20 2010
New York Will Make Standardized Exams Tougher
July 20th, 2010 Tommy Officials said that state standardized exams had become easier to pass and that they would recalibrate scoring.
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July 7 2010
New York City Ordered to Keep 19 Schools Open
July 7th, 2010 Tommy A state appellate court has ordered New York City not to shut down a group of low-performing schools.
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July 2 2010
Abercrombie shuts New York store due to bedbugs
July 2nd, 2010 Tommy Teen apparel chain Abercrombie & Fitch Co has closed its Hollister store in New York City due to bedbug infestation.
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June 30 2010
New Gifted Testing in New York May Begin at Age 3
June 30th, 2010 Tommy The current test is valid only for children 4 and older, but a new test could work for even younger children, allowing the city to speed up the admissions calendar.
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June 29 2010
Accused airport bomb plotters face New York trial
June 29th, 2010 Tommy Two accused Islamist extremists charged with planning to bomb a New York airport are due to stand trial this week in the first case involving an alleged plot against the city to go before a local jury since 2006.
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June 26 2010
Prince Harry, with Mets cap on, visits New York
June 26th, 2010 Tommy 
Britain’s Prince Harry showed he can shoot. On the second day of his U.S. visit, New Yorkers got to see him throw.
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June 15 2010
New York Charter Schools Attract Few Hispanics
June 15th, 2010 Tommy Although Hispanics are the largest demographic group in the city’s public schools, there are almost twice as many blacks among the 30,000 charter school students.
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June 9 2010
New York man freed after 15 years in prison
June 9th, 2010 Tommy 
A man who spent 15 years in prison on a New York City murder conviction is free after the Brooklyn district attorney’s office concedes the case was mishandled.
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June 1 2010
New Schools Face Brunt of New York Teacher Layoffs
June 1st, 2010 Tommy Union contracts require layoffs to be by seniority, especially burdening the city’s new, small schools and their typically young, recently hired staffs.
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