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East Harlem gasps for air


May 9 -- East Harlem residents have a higher rate of asthma than any other community in New York City. In our Focus Report this week, Terra Hall looks into why the community has been particularly hard hit by the disease and what people are doing to cope.


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Burmese community in New York organizes aid

More than a million people in Burma, also known as Myanmar, are in desperate need of food, water and shelter after a cyclone battered the country last week.


New Yorkers look for new ways to commute

Oil prices have more than doubled in the past year. As gas prices cut deeper into people's budgets, many commuters are choosing not to drive their automobiles.


New Yorkers at risk of foreclosure rescue scams


Thousands of New Yorkers are victims of the sub-prime mortgage crisis and are losing their homes to foreclosures. But their American dreams might turn into a bigger nightmares as more scammers pounce on people's desperation.


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