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• In Brief: From the mailbag: "Guy outside of Grand Central ...

  Published: July 27, 2007, 3:59 pm

  Tags: Did He Beat You Girl Did He Beat You, Friday Randomness, Grand Central, Metro, Were You Scared, Whatever

  From the mailbag: "Guy outside of Grand Central selling 'I survived the steam blast' t-shirts for $15 bucks, standing in front of a piece of posterboard that says 'Were you scared? I was.'"

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• Some People Benefited From the Skype Outage

  Published: August 19, 2007, 9:39 am

  Tags: Company Amp 038 Product Profiles, Ebay, Gizmo Project, Google, Grand Central, Skype

  of 19,102. The Google owned Grand Central offers a one number everywhere telephone service. Whilst the service doesn’t compete with Skype in the softphone market, the service does provide functionality that competes with Skype services such as Skype In. According to Alexa, Grand Central hit a 4 week high on Friday with a 33% increase in

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• Google Disconnects Grand Central Customers

  Published: August 20, 2007, 9:36 am

  Tags: Company Amp 038 Product Profiles, Google, Grand Central

  for life” service Grand Central have been discovering that life actually meant for the term of the current owners, with Google sending out notices canceling user’s telephone numbers. Troy Schneider received such a notice, advising him that in 8 days his Grand Central number would be canceled and that he would be required to

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• Deb Futter Named Editor-in-Chief at Grand Central Publishing

  Published: November 13, 2007, 4:07 pm

  Tags: Media, Amy Einhorn, Deb Futter, Grand Central Publishing, Hachette

  of the hardcover division of Grand Central Publishing, it was announced today. Grand Central has been without an EIC since this summer, when Ms. Einhorn went to Putnam to lead her own imprint. Ms. Futter comes to Grand Central from Doubleday, where she edited, among others, Katie Couric, Steve Martin, and Sebastian Faulks.

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• McCain Plans Two Days of Campaigning Here

  Published: February 4, 2008, 10:22 am

  Tags: Featured Box, Government Politics, Buildings And Landmarks, Primary Journal, Campaigns, Barack Obama, Democrats, Elections, Grand Central Terminal, Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Mccain, Primaries, Republicans, Rockefeller Center

  The Arizona Republican, who is leading in national polls for his party's presidential nomination, will appear at Grand Central Terminal at 3 p.m. today and at Rockefeller Center at 7 a.m. on Tuesday.

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• Ghosts In The Machine

  Published: February 6, 2008, 12:31 pm

  Tags: Grand Central Terminal, Nyc

  Monday night, I found Grand Central almost completely deserted. In thousands of visits, I've never seen it like this. Eerily beautiful. I could actually hear the echo of my footsteps. This month, PBS's American Experience devotes an hour to the history of Grand Central Terminal, calling it "the greatest station of any type in the

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• Manhattan Commuters Stop for No One, Not Even God

  Published: February 21, 2008, 12:31 pm

  Tags: Real Estate, Commuiting, God, Grand Central Station

  teenagers camped out at Grand Central Station offering the power of prayer to harried New Yorkers. Standing under red banners emblazoned with the word "prayer," each of the four members of "Youth with a Mission" group wore red pinnies reading "Prayer Changes Things," and implored passersby to take a minute and

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• Metro-North Service Restored After Building Collapse

  Published: March 4, 2008, 3:39 pm

  Tags: Top Story, Transportation, Buildings And Landmarks, Police And Fire, Service Updates, Commuters, Commuting, Grand Central Terminal, Metro North Railroad, Trains

  A building collapse at 124th Street and Park Avenue caused temporary disruption of service on three of Metro-North's rail lines, and headaches and inconvenience for commuters.

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• Subways Show a Softer Side

  Published: March 12, 2008, 10:44 am

  Tags: Featured Box, Transportation, Offbeat, Manhattan, Business, Ads, Grand Central Terminal, M T A, Subways, Times Square, Toilet Paper

  If "please don't squeeze the Charmin" gets stuck in your head, you might (or might not) enjoy Kimberly-Clark's ad campaign for toilet paper on the Lexington Avenue train line.

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• No. 7 Service Is Restored After 40-Minute Disruption

  Published: April 2, 2008, 8:49 am

  Tags: Top Story, Transportation, Police And Fire, Queens, Grand Central Terminal, M T A, Subways

  Service on the No. 7 subway line, which had been suspended between Times Square and Hunters Point Avenue in Long Island City, Queens, because of smoke at Grand Central Terminal, was restored at 8:38 a.m.

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• WOW. Gun Show on the Subway

  Published: April 24, 2008, 5:09 pm

  Tags: Crime, 30 Million, Bomb, Crime Level, Grand Central Terminal, Guns, Nypd, Operation Torch, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, Security Initiative, Subway, Terrorism, Terrorist, Times Square, Transit Hubs

  Holy hell, did you see all the guns on the subway today? Apparently, it’s all part of “Operation TORCH,” a new federally funded security initiative. The NYPD received a $30 million grant to increase subway security in a major way. However, it seems like they are only focusing on major subway hubs. The police units, part of

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• Subway Idol Auditions

  Published: May 2, 2008, 8:20 pm

  Tags: Video, Grand Central Terminal, Idol Auditions, Mta, Music Under New York, Musician, New York Times, Performance, Subway, Subway Music

  The New York Times has really stepped up its online video mojo. I haven’t looked at any of their vids in a long time, but today one caught my eye called “Subway Idol.” It is a very well produced story or mini documentary about a musician auditioning for Music Under New York, a program that funds [...]

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• Use the East River to Power the Subway

  Published: May 7, 2008, 11:45 pm

  Tags: This Just In, Electricity, Gct, Grand Central Terminal, Green, Hydropower, Mta, Subway Station, Usa Today

  Well here’s an idea that finally makes sense. This year, the surging current of the East River will help provide power to a nearby subway station. The lights that lace the ornate interior of Manhattan’s Grand Central Station have largely been replaced by bulbs that burn brightly but save energy. There are plans to make the [...]

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• India Home based Software Development Engineer

  Published: May 19, 2008, 2:45 am

  Tags: Java, Work At Home, Linux, Distributed Prgramming, Unix, Design, Development Engineer, Grand Central Com Sprl, Freelancer, Coding

  Home based Software Development Engineer: Did you know that Grand Central Com is a leading developer of Web Services? We are passionate about building highly scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed... For more info on latest job openings and other career related information visit my site http://venky-itjobs.blogspot.com

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• India Home based Senior Software Development Engineer

  Published: May 19, 2008, 2:34 am

  Tags: Sse, Php, Java, Perl, High Performance, Xsl, Work At Home, Design, Mason, Soap, Freelance, Vxml, Linux, Unix, Reliable, Grand Central Com Sprl, Html, Coding

  Home based Senior Software Development Engineer: Interested in working on challenging, exciting, and high-impact Web Services development projects? Join the Grand Central Com Web Services (AWS)... For more info on latest job openings and other career related information visit my site http://venky-itjobs.blogspot.com

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