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Phelps Yanks aim to continue home dominance of Jays
With it being nearly two weeks since he last took the hill, Blue Jays right-hander Brandon Morrow is ready to make his eighth start of the season on Saturday against the Yankees in the Bronx. Scratched twice because of soreness in his upper back and neck, Morrow and the team now feel he is healthy enough to make the start. "We'll be cautious, it has been a little while since he has ...
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Car-ram tragedies in Bronx
A 16-year-old girl was killed and five other Bronx pedestrians were injured yesterday when they were struck by vehicles in three accidents, police said.The 16-year-old victim along with two other women, 16 and 51, were struck on Grand Concourse near Mt. Eden Parkway at around 3:30 p.m. The two teenagers were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where one of the girls was declared dead and the other ...
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‘1199’ boost for de Blasio
Bill de Blasio’s mayoral bid just got a big jolt - an endorsement from Local 1199-SEIU, which represents 200,000 health-care workers. The powerful union is the first to get behind the public advocate, whom many see as labor’s darling in the race.The move, meanwhile, is a blow to two of his Democratic rivals: City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former city Comptroller Bill ...
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Co-ed beauty in hofstra horror
A beautiful Hofstra University sorority girl was shot dead during a home invasion early yesterday after a masked gunman stalked her and her twin sister from a bar to their home near campus, law-enforcement sources told The Post.Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old junior at the Hempstead, LI, college, pleaded for her life right before the gunman exchanged fire with Nassau County police, officials and ...
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Party girl who celebrated life
She wasn’t just a pretty face.Andrea Rebello, 21, was a stunning social butterfly who plastered party pictures all over social media - but she also had a little-known domestic side in which she cooked, gardened and enjoyed family. The beloved sorority girl - a junior public- relations major with a sociology minor at Hofstra University - was rarely seen without her twin sister, Jessica, ...
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Cory’s figure of speech $1.3M
Newark Mayor Cory Booker has made $1.3 million in fees for 90 speeches he has delivered around the country since 2008, including nearly $500,000 since the start of last year.Booker disclosed his income from speaking engagements in a filing made yesterday with the US Senate. The Democrat is required to report his income because he is running for the Senate in 2014.His campaign staff provided ...
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What’s the deal NJ sets rules on ’Net bets
ATLANTIC CITY - New Jersey moved forward yesterday with its plans to offer Internet gambling, issuing regulations on how new online bets are to be handled.The rules offered by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement include techniques to verify that players are within New Jersey’s geographic boundaries, include a 15 percent tax on casinos’ online winnings and add cautions for people ...
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Shocker Post finds honest NY politician
EXCLUSIVE Finally, an honest pol!City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer helped bust a businessman on a bribery charge, The Post has learned.Mike Wolfert, who’s developing a massive indoor rock-climbing center in Queens, allegedly asked Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) to pull strings for him after he was slapped with a stop-work order for doing construction work without a permit.But rather than accept ...
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Great Googa Mooga Food And Music Festival Kicks Off
massive food and music festival , with more than 90,000 foodie and music fans taking over part of the park. Festival co-founder Jonathan Mayers of Superfly promised a better experience for festival-goers in its second year. ';We added more restaurants. We’ve also simplified it where every restaurant vendor has one option,'; Mayers told WCBS 880′s Marla ...
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Lawyer Assault on Brown athlete from Norwood was self-defense
PROVIDENCE - A Connecticut Marine accused of beating a Brown University basketball player from Norwood, Mass., so badly that he was hospitalized with head injuries acted in self-defense, his attorney said ...
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Watch New York Mega Millions Drawing
Across America. Evening America I'm Brian hooker it's Friday may seventeenth the night mega million jackpot -- an estimated in the ninety million dollars. Our first quite well tonight. 43 and a ...
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UPI Sports Calendar for Saturday May 18
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Conn. commuter trains collide 60 go to hospitals
FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five critically injured and one very critically injured, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. There were no reports of ...
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Stop Persecution Solemn Peaceful Protest in New York
Falun Dafa practitioners protest peacefully in front of the Chinese Consulate General in New York on May 17, calling for an end to the persecution of the practice in China. (Edward Dai/The Epoch ...
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Custom Motorcycle Program Helps At-Risk Orange County Teens
PINE BUSH, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A motorcycle racer is participating in a program to help once-troubled teens from Orange County find redemption at 200 mph. As CBS 2′s Lou Young reported Friday, Laura Klock is revved up for a high-horsepower adventure. She was fitted for her custom racing machine in Pine Bush ahead of her world record attempt this summer in Utah. The crew members ...
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Kuroda Simply Dominant Owns Blue Jays Over 8 In Yankees’ Win
NEW YORK (AP) Hiroki Kuroda pitched two-hit ball for eight dominant innings and the New York Yankees again beat Mark Buehrle and the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-0 on Friday ...
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Stewart to miss a few games but DL not necessary
Email NEW YORK -- Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Friday that catcher Chris Stewart would not be put on the 15-day disabled list and that the result of an MRI indicated Stewart did not seriously injure his left groin Thursday night, as the club had feared. The club had been concerned that the catcher might have required a DL assignment, too. Rookie Austin Romine was in the starting ...
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Kuroda stifles Blue Jays with eight two-hit innings
TOR@NYY: Kuroda fans five, holds Blue Jays scoreless NEW YORK -- This was supposed to be a down year for the Yankees, even before Opening Day. The adjusted assessments, following injuries to key personnel, were for an even more bleak season. At the same time, the Blue Jays were expected to make a move, one year after the fall of the Red Sox and simultaneous with the expected Yankees decline. ...
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N.B.A.s Concussion Policy Has Major Role in Knicks-Pacers Series
Professional basketball players do not routinely collide at full speed, or fire small objects at one another with extreme velocity. They do not tackle, ram or body-check. Their heads may rise to startling heights, but they are not in ...
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Reyes rejoins Jays in New York rehab of sprained ankle progressing well
Toronto Blue Jays Jose Reyes, who twisted his left ankle during a Friday game, watches from the dugout during the second inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Orlin ...
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Naked man found dead inside car in Rockaways
The body of a dead naked man was found in a car in the Rockaways this afternoon, police said.The unidentified 51-year old man was discovered by cops in the front seat of a 2002 white Ford Mustang on Beach 120th Street near Rockaway Beach Boulevard at 2:55 p.m., police sources said.EMS declared the man dead at the scene.According to sources, the man was believed to be drunk and there were no ...
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Weiner to comply with financial disclosure calls
Anthony Weiner said Friday, following reports about his wife's consulting work, that he would comply with disclosure requirements on her finances as required by law if he runs for mayor. The law, however, would not require revealing who her clients were and what she was paid.He ought to reveal that anyway, said Dick Dadey, executive director of the good-government group Citizens Union. ...
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Buggy hordes of cicadas sighted in Virginia ... but New York Not yet
The first of the Brood II cicadas, which only mature every 17 years, are being spotted in some southern states including Virginia. NBC's Brian Williams ...
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Former IRS Acting Director Grilled During Congressional Hearing
ousted acting director of the Internal Revenue Service got a scolding on Capitol Hill on Friday, as he testified about the scandal that has rocked the tax agency. Before the House Ways and Means Committee began its hearing, members made Steven Miller take an oath to swear to tell the truth. As CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer reported, the congressional panel required the rare oath because they ...
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Hefner faces Cubs seeking first win of 2013
The Cubs have won four of their past six games, inching closer to the .500 mark despite a 3-2 loss in Friday's series opener against the Mets. Chicago enters Saturday afternoon's contest at Wrigley Field with a 17-24 record. On the same date last year, the club was 15-23 and in the early stages of a 12-game losing streak. Manager Dale Sveum no doubt hopes this year's Cubs are ...
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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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