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Hagel tells West Point cadets they must stamp out scourge of sex assault in military
WEST POINT - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military.A day after President Barack Obama delivered a similar edict to U.S. Naval Academy graduates, Hagel's message comes amid a series of widespread incidents of sexual misconduct across the armed services in recent ...
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SoHo Residents To City We Don’t Want Bike Sharing Docks Here
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The city's bike sharing program is set to roll out Monday, and the stations are all in place with bicycles at the ready. But as 1010 WINS Steve Sandberg reported, for some people, the new Citi Bike racks are about as welcome as cockroaches in the kitchen cabinet. Such sentiment is particularly evident at one park in ...
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Totally Biased Turns Knicks Gay Protest Into Fashion Show At Madison Square Garden
"Totally Biased" sent two correspondents, comedians Guy Branum and Aparna Nancherla, to Madison Square Garden to interview people protesting gay-bashing that recently occurred at Knicks games -- interview them about their fashion choices, of course. Check out the clip above to see what happens when a protest turns into a red ...
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NYPD street stop policys critics seek big changes
NEW YORK -; It once was an accepted tactic as old as policing itself and, according to the New York Police Department, a key to the city's dramatic drop in crime: patrol officers stopping young men on the street to see if they're up to no ...
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Rescuers search for pilot of Angel Flight that crashed upstate killing two passengers
EPHRATAH - Divers searched a large pond while investigators combed nearby woods Saturday for any sign of the pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed, killing two passengers.The plane's passengers were found dead Friday night near where the small plane crashed in Ephratah, about an hour west of Albany, Fulton County Sheriff Thomas Lorey said. The bulk of the plane was found submerged ...
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Teen arrested for having illegal handgun
Police collared a teen for an illegal handgun during a police stop in Jamaica, authorities said.Plainclothes cops spotted Nicholas Morris, 17, adjusting an object in his waistband about 1:40 p.m. yesterday near Sayres Avenue and 167th Street during a surveillance operation, police said.They identified themselves and asked Morris what he had in the waistband, cops said.When he said he a gun, ...
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Mets Offer Free Tickets Perks For Volunteer Efforts
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The New York Mets have teamed with the charity New York Cares to reward people with free tickets in exchange for volunteer efforts. As WCBS 880's Marla Diamond reported, one volunteer effort was in progress this week in Far Rockaway - an area that was devastated by Superstorm Sandy seven months ago. The line of people in need of basic necessities such as ...
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8 Years For Doctor In LIRR Disability Fraud Scheme
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Long Island doctor was sentenced to eight years in prison this week for his part in a massive scheme enabling Long Island Rail Road workers to collect disability fraudulently. As WCBS 880's Irene Cornell reported, Dr. Peter Ajemian, an orthopedist with a practice in Rockville ...
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Hagel To West Point Grads Sexual Assault In The Military Must Stop
WEST POINT, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told cadets at the West Point U.S. Military Academy that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military. About 1,000 cadets received their diplomas at the academy Saturday. Speaking a day after President Barack Obama delivered a similar edict to U.S. Naval Academy graduates, Hagel’s message ...
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Joyful Noise in Silent Barn an Alt-Arts Mecca in Brooklyn
The Silent Barn, which its Twitter page calls an "auto-didactic cooperative performance space," does attract the weird and the surprising: noise bands, 'zine librarians, urban agriculturists, piata sculptors, jellyfish experts, makers of digital art. But five months after taking over the former offices of George Cho Contractors and establishing itself in the mainstream and ...
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Deadly Angel Flight crash in upstate New York
EPHRATAH, N.Y. The crash of a volunteer Angel Flight in upstate New York that killed at least two people is under investigation, and the search for the missing pilot is ongoing, authorities said. Fulton County Sheriff Thomas Lorey said the flight's two passengers were found dead near where the twin-engine plane crashed in a wooded area in Ephratah, about an hour west of Albany. He said the ...
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Sister of high-ranking Chinese diplomat busted for shoplifting
EXCLUSIVE The sister of a high-ranking Chinese diplomat was busted for alleged shoplifting from the Herald Square Macy’s - and her well-connected family caused a huge scene trying to get her out of police custody, The Post has learned.Guo Wang, 37 - whose brother Bangfu Wang is a section chief in the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs - walked into the Macy’s flagship store ...
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Weiners rivals in mayoral race may use Cuomos shame on us remark
Gov. Cuomo’s smackdown of Anthony Weiner’s mayoral bid is "political gold" for the shamed sexter’s rivals, campaign sources told The Post. "This is exactly the kind of stuff you’d use if you need to take Weiner down," an operative in an opposing mayoral camp crowed yesterday, after Cuomo bluntly declared "shame on us" if voters elect Weiner. ...
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Power Outage Shuts Down 7 Train Between Manhattan And Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Service on the 7 Train between Manhattan and Queens was suspended Saturday morning, following a power outage. Due to the loss of power between the 42nd Street-Times Square and Queensboro Plaza stations, 7 Train service was suspended in both directions between the two stops shortly after 5 a.m., according to the Metropolitan Transportation ...
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Rain And Cold Not Dampening Spirit On Jersey Shore
Despite miserable weather, Jersey Shore residents and business owners were excited about the reopening of the shoreline for Memorial Day Weekend. (Credit: CBS ...
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Bethpage Air Show Called Off For Saturday Due To Weather
Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach , Long Island, has been canceled for Saturday due to the rainy, bone-chilling weather. The air show will go on as planned on Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 3 ...
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Michael Bloomberg’s Gun Control Group Is Going After A Democratic Senator And It’s Already Getting Really Personal
Business Insider May 25, 2013 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s first gun control challenge to a Democrat is already getting personal. Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), the pro-gun control group backed ...
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Knicks Acquire Four-Time All-Star Carmelo Anthony
from Minnesota. At 26 years old, Carmelo is in the prime of his NBA career having already established himself as a one of the games elite players and the opportunity to add him to our roster was one we could not pass up, Walsh said. I feel we now have a great frontcourt tandem in Amare and Carmelo and this is an exciting day for the New York Knicks and all our fans. It is extremely difficult ...
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NY Knicks vs. Miami Heat Sweepstakes Official Rules
NY KNICKS VS. MIAMI HEAT SWEEPSTAKES (The Sweepstakes) OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. 1. PERIOD: Sweepstakes begins at 12:00pm (noon) Eastern Time (ET) on Monday, January 24, 2011 and ends at 8:00pm ET on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 (the Sweepstakes Period). 2. ELIGIBILITY: Sweepstakes is open to ...
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Knicks Roster Coming Together
The New York Knicks roster is starting to fill out nicely. A day after the Knicks officially obtained five-time All-Star Amare Stoudemire, the team announced the acquisition of Anthony Randolph, Ronny Turiaf and Kelenna Azubuike from Golden State in a sign-and-trade deal for David Lee on Friday. The Knicks roster, including the three drafted rookies, now stands at 12. This trade gives us an ...
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Knicks Complete Sign Trade for Stoudemire
has been officially acquired from the Phoenix Suns, via sign-and trade, in exchange for a protected future second-round draft selection. Stoudemire, 6-10, 249-pounds, has career averages of 21.4 points, 8.9 rebounds, 1.40 blocks and 34.3 minutes in 516 career games (499 starts) in eight NBA seasons with the Phoenix Suns. The Lake Wales, FL-native has been named an NBA All-Star five times and ...
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Riverkeeper Calls on Governor to Declare new York City Watershed Off-Limits to Natural Gas Drilling
Riverkeeper Calls on Governor to Declare new York City Watershed Off-Limits to Natural Gas Drilling NEW YORK - August 8 - At a press conference with Queens City Councilman Gennaro today, Riverkeeper called on Governor Paterson to designate the New York City Watershed ...
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B’klyn drug and gun raid
Cops busted two heavily armed Brooklyn drug dealers yesterday, scoring three guns and a cache of cocaine and heroin, authorities said.David Etienne, 27, and Brian Johnson, 25, were caught off guard when officers from the NYPD’s Brooklyn North Gang Squad stormed their building on Clifton Place in Bedford-Stuyvesant at 9:30 a.m., and gave up without a fight.Cops said they recovered a .22- ...
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Bynes is a brat gone bong-kers
Andrea Peyser Sometime-actress and full-time train wreck Amanda Bynes took her pocketful of crazy into Manhattan Criminal Court yesterday, where the disturbed and potentially hazardous actress caught a major break. In a ratty, platinum-blond wig that looked as if something had died in it, Bynes did her best impersonation of that competing four-car pileup, Lindsay Lohan.This is just what the city ...
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Bikes rack up protests
Opponents of the city’s bike-sharing program have plastered East Village kiosks with copies of a Post article headlined, "Get the rack outta here," that shows a crew moving a rack across town. A gadfly scribbled, "Call 311!" over the photocopied posters. "This is not a good location," resident Tallia Herrara, 29, said of bike racks on East 13th Street and ...
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New York's community gardens creating tension once more
Community gardening in New York is under threat again, but what are the ideas and opinions surrounding this ongoing battle between the people and the city?
Community gardening is a well-known term and idea in New York City thanks to the much-publicized opposition between former Mayor Giuliani and members of the New York City public, who brought a lawsuit to have the gardens protected. The issue was eventually resolved when Mayor Bloomberg replaced Giuliani and introduced the Garden Settlement of 2002. Read more
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