Bronx cheer for stampede of elephants
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Republicans might have had a lot of reasons to hold their convention here - but none of them had anything to do with actually winning the state.
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More than 100,000 demonstrators swarmed Manhattan&#39;s streets loudly, exuberantly and peacefully Sunday, seizing the limelight on the eve of the Republican National Convention
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With a clash of mallets and the stomping of jumbo feet that shook the earth, the game was under way. Tense commands were shouted by pith helmeted players tied firmly to their two-ton mounts. The beasts collided and the ball disappeared in a forest of elephantine legs, raising some dust and much laughter. We had just witnessed a classic scrum in the whacky sport of elephant polo.
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Except for religion, few things arouse as much emotion as politics and sports. Tuesday, New Yorkers will be able to indulge in both.
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The memorial service was held outside, with a few mourners, bunches of flowers and a framed photo of the 55-year-old deceased, an elephant named Peaches.
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David Ortiz, still champagne-scented, was watching Saturday's decisive playoff game between the Yankees and Twins with a friend. Up stepped Ruben Sierra, who'd been 1 for 20 in the series, to clock a three-run homer and tie the game in the eighth. &quot;Here they come,&quot; the Red Sox slugger said. Did anyone from Eastport to Block Island expect anything else?
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Variety - NEW YORK -- All those elephants in town continue to trample Broadway biz.
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NEW YORK  - John Turturro, Oliver Platt   and Daniel Sunjata will star in the ESPN miniseries "The Bronx   Is Burning," which centers on the tense times surrounding the   1977 World Series victory by the New York Yankees.
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The prospect of Pedro MartÃ­nez going to Queens is potentially the best news in years for the Mets. They have now won a public relations battle with the Yankees.
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NEW YORK -- The carriage horses at Central Park are one of this city's most iconic sights, along with the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, the street-side artists and the hot dog vendors. But now one city council member from Queens is trying to send the horses the way of the...
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Esteban Loaiza got an ovation from the fans at Yankee Stadium, the game ball from Mariano Rivera, the lineup card from Joe Torre and his 100th win as a big-leaguer last night.
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Priyanka Chopra is just back from New York but her euphoria over the attention she received from non resident Indian fans at the India Day Parade there hasn't died down.
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WASHINGTON - It only took a few seconds for three year-old elephant Kandula to pounce on his first pumpkins of the season Wednesday at the National Zoo's annual Pumpkin Stomp. He smelled them with his trunk, raised one leg and the crowd went wild.
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Attendance is up at the San Francisco Zoo following the tiger attack that killed a young man.
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CALGARY, Alberta -- A baby elephant has been given a rare blood plasma transfusion after being shunned by her mother and is getting healthier by the day, Calgary Zoo officials say.
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For many New Yorkers, it is an unpardonable insult that Rudolph W. Giuliani has declared he will be rooting for the Boston Red Sox against the Colorado Rockies in the World Series.
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The corner of Broadway and Wall Street turned into party central for legions of Giants fans.