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  2. New York City Fire Department - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Fire Department is the largest municipal fire department in both North America, and the Western Hemisphere, and the second largest in the world after the Tokyo Fire Department. [citation needed] The FDNY employs over 11,000 uniformed firefighting employees, 4,274 uniformed EMS employees, and 2,096 civilian employees.

  3. John van Ess - Wikipedia

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    In 1907–08, Van Ess acted as the official interpreter and local expert for a British survey led by William Willcocks to study the ancient irrigation systems. [4] He founded a school for boys, the School of High Hope, in Basra in 1912, [5] [9] and his wife a school for girls in the same city in 1914. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the school ...

  4. Minimum wage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal laws. The federal minimum wage in the United States has been $7.25 per hour since July 2009, the last time Congress raised it. [45] Some types of labor are exempt: Employers may pay tipped labor a minimum of $2.13 per hour, as long as the hour wage plus tip income equals at least the minimum wage.

  5. The Princess and the Frog - Wikipedia

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    The Princess and the Frog is a 2009 American animated musical romantic fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.It is inspired in part by the 2002 novel The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker, which in turn is based on the German folk tale "The Frog Prince" as collected by the Brothers Grimm.

  6. Business Plot - Wikipedia

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    The plot planned to install retired Major General Smedley Butler as dictator of the United States.. The Business Plot, also called the Wall Street Putsch and The White House Putsch, was a political conspiracy in 1933, in the United States, to overthrow the government of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and install Smedley Butler as dictator.

  7. Headquarters of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    Fuller, Turner, Slattery, and Walsh [3] The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on 17 to 18 acres (6.9 to 7.3 ha) of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the East River to the east. [4]

  8. Emily Compagno - Wikipedia

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    Emily Rose Compagno (born November 9, 1979) is an American attorney, TV host, and former National Football League (NFL) cheerleader. She is co-host of Outnumbered on Fox News Channel (FNC). [1] [2] [3] She frequently appears on the late-night show Gutfeld! and hosts The FOX True Crime Podcast with Emily Compagno on Fox News Radio.

  9. Headless Body in Topless Bar - Wikipedia

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    Language. English. Budget. $400,000. Headless Body in Topless Bar is a 1995 American black comedy and psychological horror film directed by James Bruce and written by Peter Koper. The ensemble cast includes Raymond J. Barry, Rustam Branaman, Jennifer McDonald, Taylor Nichols, and David Selby. The film's title is taken from a 1983 headline in ...