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‘Swipe, Swipe’: New Yorkers Give the MetroCard a Public Funeral

There were few tears at a funeral for the MetroCard, which included chants of “swipe, swipe” and an urn.

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The MetroCard (a Mets fan, according to this framed image) was given a somber send-off in Washington Square Park in Manhattan on Wednesday after three decades of service.
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Research Library at NASA’s Goddard Space and Flight Center to Close Friday

Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out.

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The NASA Goddard Information and Collaboration Center in Greenbelt, Md. The 100,000 volume library will close Friday.
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