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Unnamed Jets Player 80-90 Percent Of Team Wants Mark Sanchez Benched
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – It’s never too early for some Jets drama, is it? OTAs have just begun, but quarterback Mark Sanchez is off to a rough start already. The former first-round pick threwthree interceptions in 11 pass attempts on Wednesday, which didn’t sit to well with head coach Rex ...
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Police Accomplices In Brutal Queens Kidnapping Ransom Plot Flee The Country
brutal monthlong kidnapping of a businessman have fled to Ecuador. Kelly said Thursday that detectives were also looking for a man in New York City. He was seen on surveillance footage at Chase Bank trying to get cash from the victim’s account. Pedro Portugal was snatched off the street in broad daylight last month. Authorities say he was held captive by brutal kidnappers who burned him ...
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Man says missing students parents harassing him
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) -- A man who was one of the last people to see an Indiana University student before she vanished in 2011 says the student's parents are harassing ...
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Bus chaperone explodes at NY kids after candy toss
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) -- Police say a chaperone on a bus taking boys home from a party lit into them with a death-threatening, foul-mouthed tirade after one boy threw a piece of ...
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New York mayoral candidate Weiner uses Pittsburgh as backdrop
New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, a former U.S. House member and tweeter of lewd selfies, inexplicably splashed a photograph of Pittsburgh's Downtown across his campaign ...
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Summer Heat Is Going To Make New York Deadly
Summer heat waves can transform East Coast cities likes New York and Washington, DC, into humid, odiferous swamps of misery and stagnation. But with climate change conspiring toward increasingly hotter summers, New York and other towns won't just be more unpleasant; they'll be deadlier. ...
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Citibike gives Broadway building a win over street vendors
Several food vendors in front of 140 Broadway will need to relocate or shut down, as the building will host a CitiBike rack in front of the ...
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A look at weekend Thoroughbred racing
The Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer and, with no Triple Crown hopes to extend the spring, also kicks off a "second season" of racing. There are important turf races at Churchill Downs, Belmont Park, Hollywood Park and Arlington Park. Some of the nation's top steeds will be on display in the Grade I Met Mile at Belmont. Fillies and mares are in action from coast to coast and ...
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Three at SAC hedge fund issued subpoenas
Three executives at SAC Capital Advisors LP were issued subpoenas related to a U.S. insider trading investigation, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Citing sources it did not name, the newspaper said SAC President Thomas Conheeney, Chief Compliance Officer Steven Kessler and head of trading Phillipp Villhauer were issued subpoenas, but none have been accused of wrongdoing. The ...
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REFILE-BRIEF-New York Co reports Q1 earnings per share $0.03
Thu May 23, 2013 4:46pm EDT May 23 (Reuters) - New York & Co Inc : * Announces first quarter 2013 EPS of $0.03 * Q1 earnings per share $0.03 * Q1 same store sales fell 2 percent * Q1 earnings per share view $-0.07 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S * Q1 sales $227.5 million versus I/B/E/S view $216.8 million * Says expects positive low to mid single-digit comparable store sales for the second ...
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New York Posts guide to Memorial Day Weekend
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to summer and the perfect time to get out and about in the gorgeous weather. Check out the Post's guide to plan your perfect ...
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New Yorks best beaches
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to summer and the perfect time to start working on that tan. Here is a list of the best local beaches so break out the sun block, pack a picnic and call your ...
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Police Investigating Possible Cyberbullying In Suicide Of Queens Girl 12
being bullied online . The girl was found dead in her home Wednesday afternoon by her family. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Thursday that investigators have taken two computers from the home to determine whether online messages may have led to her death. Police were also interviewing her friends and relatives. The girl, identified as Gabrielle Molina, attended Jean Nuzzi Intermediate ...
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Anthony Weiner’s Campaign Website Features Picture Of Pittsburgh
The view from the Roberto Clemente Bridge in Pittsburgh serves as the background for Anthony Weiner’s website. (credit: ...
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Mobster Pleads Guilty To Massive International Drug Trafficking Ring
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A guilty plea in Brooklyn federal court sheds light on a major narcotics syndicate that knew no boundaries. Alessandro Tallone of the Rizzuto organized crime family based in Montreal is one of ten members of that branch of La Cosa Nostra charged with trafficking over $1 billion worth of marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy into the U.S., WCBS 880′s Irene Cornell ...
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Silverman John Tortorella’s Coaching Moves Likely To Bury Rangers
how remarkable Henrik Lundqvist can be in goal for the Rangers . It would be wrong to expect any let-up in Game 4 from the Bruins. But the Rangers are a different ...
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Knicks Small Forward Carmelo Anthony Named To All-NBA Second Team
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- LeBron James was a unanimous pick for the All-NBA team and Kobe Bryant earned his record-tying 11th first-team selection. James received all 119 votes for the first team from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the U.S. and Canada. Joining the league’s MVP and Bryant on the first team Thursday were Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant, San ...
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New York man held captive for a month in warehouse rescued by police
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police rescued a businessman from a New York City warehouse where he had been held captive for a month by kidnappers who demanded a $3 million ransom from his family in Ecuador, authorities said. Acting on a tip from the victim's mother, police ...
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87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case
Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil trial focused on Jacqueline Goldberg's claim that Trump cheated her in a condo bait-and-switch ...
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NYPD says 3 kidnapping suspects fled to Ecuador
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says three accomplices to the brutal monthlong kidnapping of a businessman have fled to ...
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NY girl 12 kills herself cites cyber bullying
Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott has spoken with the family and offered condolences. Education officials did not comment on reports of cyber bullying because of the ongoing ...
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NY sheriffs fault new gun law seek to join suit
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- County sheriffs have asked to join the federal lawsuit challenging New York's tough new gun restrictions, calling some provisions vague and impossible to enforce ...
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New York State museum adds Lincoln artifacts to war exhibit
ALBANY, N.Y. – The New York State Museum has added two artifacts to its exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Now in the exhibit, entitled "An Irrepressible Conflict: The Empire State in the Civil War," are the notes taken by two physicians who attended President Abraham Lincoln on his death bed. Also added to the collection is the only existing oil painting ...
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New York City F.C. hires first employee
Claudio Reyna as its director of football operations. Reyna, hailing from New Jersey, played for the United States in four World Cups and earned a stint as captain for the national team. Reyna also spent time with Manchester City, playing for the British club from 2003-2007. He is ...
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FDA panel says Merck’s insomnia drug safe in lower doses
A Food and Drug Administration panel says Merck & Co.'s experimental insomnia drug is effective and safe at lower doses, moving the drug company a step closer to gaining approval for the U.S. sale of the sleeping pill. An FDA advisory committee met Wednesday to make recommendations on Merck's drug, suvorexant, which if approved would be first in a new class of sedatives that ...
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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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