Welcome to the weekend, Little Neck!
Luckily for those looking forward to a relaxing couple of days of rest, the end of days predicted by a U.S. preacher to begin promptly at 6 p.m. Saturday failed to pass for the inhabitants of New Zealand — the first place on earth scheduled to experience what has been billed as the "global earthquake."
Oh well. I suppose there is always next year.
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Here are your 5 Things for this weekend:
1. During his weekly radio address, Mayor Michael Bloomberg saw at least one silver lining to rumors of a possible apocalypse.
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2. In honor of those responding to actual emergencies, big and small, check out the Little Neck-Douglaston's EMS Celebration Day and open house
3. Now that it's becoming clear that we are all going to be around a little bit longer, here are 10 tips on how to negotiate a raise, courtesy of U.S. News and World Report.
4. In what under normal circumstances might signify the end of days, TLC commish David Yassky proposed making street hails of those rarest of outer-borough vehicles — the yellow cab — perfectly legit.
5. Alternate side parking rules are in effect... for now.
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