| New York State Unemployment 4.1 Percent in March
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.1 percent in March, down from 4.4 percent in February and from 4.8 percent in March of last year, state officials reported Thursday. The national unemployment rate in March was 4.4 percent. In New York City, the March unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent, down from 4.8 percent in February and from 5.3 percent in March 2006. Among individual counties, the highest unemployment rate in March was the 7.4 percent recorded by Hamilton County while the Bronx was high in New York City at 6 percent. The lowest March rate was in Putnam County at 3.1 percent while the New York City low was Manhattan at 3.7 percent. .
Manhattan Center Studios Launches MCS Records
New York -- April 12, 2007 -- Manhattan Center Studios (MCS), home of the Hammerstein Ballroom and the Grand Ballroom, announces the launch of MCS Records, a new record label that expands creative options to unsigned and established performance artists of several genres including Hip Hop, R&B, Pop, Rock and Reggae. "Our creative possibilities are unparalleled in the industry," says Richie Clarke, Vice President of MCS Records. .
Express Checkout April 19 2007
Jonathan Lethem is a household-name famous for two wonderful novels, Motherless Brooklyn and Fortress of Solitude, both of which are set in Lethem's native Brooklyn—actually, "set" is probably putting it too lightly, as the borough is almost a character itself in these books. For his follow-up to Fortress, Lethem, perhaps wisely, forgets Brooklyn altogether, setting his story in L.A. hipster 'hood Silver Lake—the West Coast equivalent to BK's Williamsburg. You Don't Love Me Yet is half as long as its predecessor, and that relative lightness extends beyond physical heft, as the book moves breezily, without consequence, following the travails of an unnamed indie-rock band from the perspective of their bored, carefree bassist, Lucinda. YDLMY is heavy on sex and humor, but even in this lesser work, Lethem is nothing short of masterful: His lines are unerringly precise, thoughtful and playful.
ACC sues ex-BNP MP Munshi
Meanwhile, the representatives of four corruption suspects-former chief whip Abul Hasnat Abdullah, Awami League (AL) leaders Akhteruzzaman Babu, Haji Mohammad Selim and Maqbul Hossain--submitted statements of their wealth to the ACC yesterday. Shahan Ara Begum, wife of Abul Hasnat, and Sayeed Ahmed Raza, a lawyer for Babu, Selim and Maqbul, went to the commission with the High Court's letters authorising them to submit the statements. In another development, a five-member committee has begun scrutinising the allegations that have poured in over the last few weeks. As of yesterday, some 4,500 complaints have been submitted to the commission, said sources. A senior ACC official yesterday told journalists that an organogram for the reconstituted ACC would be finalised by the first week of April.
Brooklyn Bookseller Gets 13 Years In Terror Case
NEW YORK -- A bookstore owner was sentenced to 13 years in prison Monday for his role in a conspiracy to fund terrorist groups abroad caught on tape by government informants. Abdulrahman Farhane, 52, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska in Manhattan after he pleaded guilty in November to money laundering and lying to federal agents. The sentencing was the first in a case that also ensnared a New York musician and karate expert, a Florida doctor and a Washington cab driver. .
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