Aug 16th, 2005 · 7-11 convenience stores are returning to Manhattan -- Slurpees and all-- after leaving the island more than 20 years ago due to distribution problems. The retail chain now features tiny stores designed to take on locally owned markets and bodegas. Dina Temple-Raston reports it's just the latest national chain to try its hand on the island.
Keywords: national · designed · distribution · stores · markets · Manhattan · Island · NYC · convenience · Bodegas · Slurpees · Dina Temple Raston
Feb 27th, 2005 · Medical residents at Columbia University Medical Center in New York are learning all about the surrounding community of Dominicans and other Latinos by visiting their homes, bodegas and botanicas. It's part of a growing movement in medical schools to teach young doctors how to understand patients who come from a different culture.
Keywords: Doctors · community · Latino · culture · New York · residents · movement · homes · Patient · medical · schools · Bodegas
