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Michael Dabin Manhattanites enjoy a leisurely weekend morning at Hudson River Park. A smokers’ rights group wants to snuff out the ban on smoking in New York’s Hudson River Park. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, CLASH — Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment — alleges the trust that runs the 550-acre park exceeded its authority when it banned smoking ...

Queens Library Hillcrest resident Chander Iyer, who bravely wrote a book about his own battle with rectal cancer, was ready to lead a recent discussion about the topic at the Queens Library’s Pomonok branch but – unlike the group pictured – only one person showed up. Turns out it takes more than a support group with a catchy name to ...

Queens Library Hillcrest resident Chander Iyer, who bravely wrote a book about his own battle with rectal cancer, was ready to lead a recent discussion about the topic at the Queens Library’s Pomonok branch but – unlike the group pictured – only one person showed up. Turns out it takes more than a support group with a catchy name to ...

Chris Pizzello/AP Bob Dylan is getting sued in France by Croatians over a quote he gave to a magazine. He may have been a prominent Civil Rights movement supporter, but Bob Dylan is being sued for racism. A Croatian community group based in France is suing the veteran singer for comments he made in an interview earlier this year in ...

GEORGE EMMANUEL/AFP/Getty Images Former French hostage Francis Collomp (second right), who escaped his captors during a Nigerian army operation against Islamist group Boko Haram on Sunday is pictured in Kaduna, Nigeria, a few hours after his release. Collomp, whose release was announced Sunday, fled during an exchange of fire between the army and Boko Haram after his cell door was ...

Courtesy Jarrett Gimbl Marine Jarrett Gimbl with his service dog Gunny. Without his dog, Jarrett Gimbl swears, he would be dead. The yellow Labrador-hound mix hardly ever leaves the former Marine’s side — nuzzling Gimbl when his chronic headaches kick in, cuddling when he senses his owner sinking into depression. “If I have a headache, he actually puts his head ...