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    Alcohol goes on a health kick

    Drinks are suddenly brimming with antioxidants, garden-fresh vegetables and organic spirits, catering to well-heeled tipplers with a taste for indulgence and, perhaps, hypocrisy
    By Alex Williams
    On Monday around 9pm, three young Brooklynites stopped into Counter, a vegetarian restaurant in the East Village. Laughing and chatting, they sampled organic raspberries, poached pears, fresh pineapple and strawberries.

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    Japanese artoutfit pushesthe boundaries

    Japanese musician Nobumichi Tosa uses flower-shaped xylophones, singing robots and dancing puppets
    The lights dim and a spotlight shines on the lean, bespectacled Japanese man in a blue worker's jumpsuit strapped to a metallic winged device with wires and switches.

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    The sky's the limit

    A downward shift in the skateboarding demographic and the accessibility provided by the Internet has major labels seeking to endorse kids as young as seven
    By MATT HIGGINS
    Perhaps it was inevitable that skateboarding would produce the nine-year-old Puehse twins.

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