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Special Report: Election 2012

From Assembly to Congress?

Grace Meng is running to become the first Asian American elected to Congress from New York this November

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Harlem Globetrotter helps kids stop bullies in Brooklyn and Queens

Anthony “Buckets” Blakes explained why basketball – and life – works better without bullying.

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Famous in Kathmandu, anonymous in New York

A rock star from Nepal finds new life in New York

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South Asian-American youths struggle with cultural confusion

They are called ABCD or American Born Confused Desis.

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Arab Americans tired of alleged racial profiling by NYPD

Community claims to still be heavily monitored 10 years after 9/11.

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NYC Marathon: Cheering on a 50-year-old son

The pair stood among a modest but growing crowd this morning, cheering on wheelchair competitors and the earliest female runners before the race reached fever pitch across the river in Manhattan.

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Queens kids replace textbooks with iPads

Queens sixth graders enter the touch-screen world of Apple for assignments, note taking, tutorials and more.

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After fire, Queens shop owner reminisces

Thomas Kourakos remembers the morning his shoe shop caught fire and his career as a cobbler came to an abrupt end.

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After city layoffs, rats abound in Queens

After city layoffs that slashed 75 percent of exterminators, some residents say they noticed an increase in rats in Queens.