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Red Cross confirms about $3 million in text message donations

If you haven’t heard, the Red Cross has set up an easy way to donate to the relief efforts in Haiti by texting “haiti” to 90999. By doing so, $10 will be added to your cellphone bill and the entire … Continue reading

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Historic Dreamland Amusement Park bell raised from the ocean floor

This past Thursday, a commercial diver named Gene Ritter brought a nearly 100-year-old brass bell weighing about 500 pounds to the surface at Coney Island. The bell helped ring in the arrival and departure of visitors to Dreamland during the … Continue reading

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