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A giant crane topples on the East Side of Manhattan and seven people are killed. A steam pipe explodes near Grand Central Terminal, leaving one passer-by dead, injuring dozens of others and forcing a number of businesses to close. A fire rips through a home in the Bronx, killing 10 members of two immigrant families from West Africa.

Most people got news of these major New York stories from television, radio, the newspaper or, more and more, the Web.

But some of the first hints that something big was happening came from a series of transmissions from outside the five boroughs. Those messages came from a strip mall in New Jersey and were sent to pagers and computers in newsrooms in New York City and beyond.

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WASHINGTON — Randy Levine, the president of the Yankees, told a Congressional hearing Friday that if the city had not issued tax-exempt financing for the team’s new stadium, it would have left town.

“It’s been no secret for many years” that the team would move if it could not save tens of millions of dollars on financing with tax-free bonds, Levine told the House subcommittee on domestic policy. He added: “There was no shortage of suitors. We see ourselves as a paradigm in professional sports.”

Levine refused to be specific about the other suitors, but when asked after the hearing if New Jersey has wooed the Yankees in recent years he said, “Absolutely!”

He did not say if the interest had emanated from the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, the landlord of the Meadowlands complex. But Carl Goldberg, a board member since 2002 and chairman since 2003, said by telephone, “I’ve never had conversations with any representatives of the New York Yankees about them relocating to the Meadowlands.”

George Zoffinger, the former president, confirmed the history. Read more..

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At Intermediate School 162 in Mott Haven, they’re going “pink.”

Students and faculty joined forces last week to raise awareness and money to fight breast cancer.

“A lot of girls have breast cancer, so we need to find a way to cure it,” said sixth-grader Jenabu Simaha. “Because we are fund-raising for it, maybe students think about it more.”

Simaha joined several of her classmates Friday in selling pink water bottles, bandannas, charm bracelets and more to support the American Cancer Society’s Eastern Division.

IS 162 was one of 14 Bronx schools that decorated its campus with pink balloons and streamers and raised funds to support the cause.

Principal Maryann Manzolillo, who donned a pink wig and outfit for the occasion, said she jumped at the chance to have her students participate.

“It’s important for the children to get this information, to know that it affects everybody,” she said.

Officials from the American Cancer Society also made video presentations to students in the school auditorium and conducted an informal forum for students to ask questions.

“Hopefully, they’ll take it home with them and encourage their mothers and grandmothers and aunts to go get mammograms,” said society spokeswoman Kafayat Aromashodu.

The student fund-raisers are part of the Teen Action after-school program, which regularly takes part in community service projects.

The funds raised will be donated to the society’s “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” walks on Oct. 19. There will be 28 walks in New York and New Jersey, including one at Orchard Beach.

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