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Times Sq. ‘block’ buster
The world’s largest LEGO model - a 5.3 million-brick "Star Wars" X-wing fighter - was unveiled in Times Square yesterday."I built pretty big things with LEGO, but this is the biggest ever," LEGO "Master Builder" Erik Varszegi said at the toy company’s unveiling of the 23-ton spaceship, which took 32 workers 17,000 hours to make.Begun in the Czech ...
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A chance to ‘train’ pets
If it becomes law, the bill would scrap Amtrak’s current pet policy, which allows only service animals on trains. It would designate one car per train for domestic pets, with a minimum of at least two cars per train. Pet owners would be able to ride with dogs and cats in kennels weighing no more than 50 pounds - big enough for medium-sized pooches, such as border collies and cocker ...
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Safety plea at Hofstra
A former Hofstra University homecoming king and queen have launched an online petition asking school officials to beef up off-campus security, including in the nearby Long Island neighborhood where a student was killed during a home invasion.Andrea Rebello, a junior, was accidentally shot dead by an officer responding to the home invasion early last Friday.Rebello, 21, was buried Wednesday after ...
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Judge snuffs bootleg Indian’s cheap cigs
A member of an upstate Indian tribe has been told to butt out of the discount- cigarette business after admitting he sold more than 10,000 bootleg smokes to city residents.A judge ordered Robert Gordon of the Seneca Nation of Indians to stop selling untaxed cigarettes in response to city allegations that he violated various tobacco regulations through his "All of Our Butts" company on ...
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F’book cheat scandal at HS
Long Island honors students have been caught using Facebook to cheat on their homework - by posting and sharing answers online, school officials said yesterday.At least 11 ninth-graders in two honors-biology classes at West Islip HS were involved ."There is an investigation in the high school,’’ said West Islip Schools Superintendent Richard ...
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Charge in Village gay slay
The thug held in the West Village gay-slay shooting of Mark Carson has been indicted in the senseless bias murder, prosecutors announced yesterday.Ex-con Elliot Morales, 33, remains held in lieu of bail pending the formal unsealing of his indictment at a Manhattan Supreme Court arraignment on June 18."Look at these faggots - what are you, gay wrestlers?" Morales had allegedly hissed at ...
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Sparing bowling alleys from shoe-slip suits
ALBANY - Forget sleaze and corruption. Albany lawmakers are spending their time facing down the really important issues - like bowling shoes.Lawmakers in the capital are taking a break from the endless scandals to do a sweetheart favor for the bowling industry by pushing a bill protecting lane owners from lawsuits filed by clueless patrons who wear bowling shoes outside and then slip and ...
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Doctors lawyer LIRR at fault in fraud
FBI Most Wanted Lawyers for the Long Island Rail Road and Dr. Peter Ajemian exchanged sharp words in court filings Thursday about levels of responsibility for the massive LIRR disability fraud scandal, on the eve of Ajemian's scheduled sentencing on conspiracy charges Friday.Ajemian faces at least 10 years in prison under federal guidelines for endorsing phony disability claims for ...
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Weiner works to focus mayoral bid on issues
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner is swarmed by the media as he greets commuters at the 125th Street 2/3 subway station in Manhattan. (May 23, ...
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LIRRs Cannonball to Hamptons may sell out
The Long Island Rail Road has a piece of advice for travelers looking to take the first ever nonstop train from Penn Station to the Hamptons this afternoon: Be early.The LIRR says it has seen unprecedented demand for the "Cannonball."The agency announced last month that the popular Friday afternoon summer train, which has for years departed out of Hunterspoint Avenue in Queens, ...
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Schumer Feds to provide $3.7B in Sandy aid to transit agencies
Search post-Sandy business reopenings The federal government will provide $3.7 billion in superstorm Sandy aid to the MTA and other transit providers in the region, including $1.3 billion that must be spent on hardening systems to protect them from future storms, Sen. Charles Schumer announced Thursday.The Federal Transit Authority funds will be split among the Metropolitan Transportation ...
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No joke Weiner run could help other candidates
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Anthony Weiner is questioned by the media as he leaves his Park Avenue South apartment building in Manhattan. (May 15, ...
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Overnight rain may turn heavy for Friday morning commute
The National Weather Service says wind gusts of more than 60 mph are possible - and 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 inches of rain are likely Thursday. Newsday ...
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Bus tours of South Bronx ghetto end
A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighborhood.Real Bronx Tours, which took mostly European tourists from Manhattan to see life in the South Bronx "from a safe distance," issued a statement this week saying it would immediately cease all tours there.Three times a ...
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Attorney Plea deal closer in Rebecca fraud case
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | An exterior view of the Broadhurst Theatre, where the musical, "Rebecca," was to open in Manhattan. The play was ultimately cancelled due to lack of financing. (Oct. 3, ...
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International Planking Day Boston’s top spots for a faded fad
It's the two-year anniversary of the first International Planking Day, a makeshift holiday honoring an internet meme that had its heyday in 2011. ...
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Suspects still at large in Queens kidnapping of Ecuadorean national
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly holding a surveillance photo of one of the suspects still at large in the kidnapping of an Ecuadorean national in Queens. The photo is from a bank surveillance camera; the suspect attempted to use the victim’s card to withdraw cash. Credit: Danielle ...
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Bloomberg Cuomo offer mixed reactions to Weiner’s campaign
launch of Anthony Weiner’s campaign, a cagey Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a scornful Governor Andrew Cuomo separately offered their thoughts about the former congressman on Wednesday. Dodging questions at an East Harlem press conference regarding New York City’s new professional soccer team, Bloomberg steadfastly avoided saying whether he believed Weiner’s ...
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Queens girl 12 commits suicide after alleged ASK.FM cyberbullying
Kelly said the girl left a suicide note indicating that she had been a victim of cyberbullying. Two computers from the girl’s home have been seized and will be analyzed by detectives, Kelly said. When asked who, if anyone, would be held responsible, Kelly hedged, saying the NYPD is ';just gathering information now.'; Molina was found in her room by her 15-year-old sister ...
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Dropkick Murphys added to Boston Strong concert lineup filed under “well duh”
Imagine our surprise when an announcement that the Dropkick Murphys had just been added to the lineup for Boston Strong: An Evening of Support and Celebration landed in our inbox. No way, we said, do you also mean to tell us that the sky overhead is blue and the world is round? Because we were surprised when the Dropkicks weren’t on the bill to begin with. The Dropkicks and Boston are like ...
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Cigarette and booze tax meets City Council
Mayor Michael Nutter’s proposed cigarette and liquor-by-the-drink tax bills were introduced in City Council today, and were met with some suggestions. City Council President Darrell Clarke edited the cigarette tax so all the revenue would be used to fund the school district. Nutter’s original bill diverted a portion of the money to help fund a health department’s anti-smoking ...
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FDNY accused of underreporting response time
Officials with the firefighter union on Wednesday accused the FDNY of fudging its emergency response time numbers. The union analyzed response time data from the last two weeks and found that the FDNY excluded the amount of time it takes a caller to reach an operator through the city’s beleaguered 911 call system. "They're not counting the time a 911 caller spends with the 911 ...
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Infant and man 25 hurt in SEPTA bus accident
An infant suffered a head injury and a 25-year-old man suffered a back injury today after the SEPTA bus they were riding on was involved in a car accident, officials said. A car crashed into the back of a Route 53 bus around 1:45 p.m. this afternoon on the 4800 block of Wayne Avenue in Germantown. The car erupted into fire after striking the bus, but the extent of the blaze was not known, SEPTA ...
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DA Murder suspect’s sis intimidated witnesses on Facebook
The younger sister of a man wanted for a Charlestown murder allegedly made intimidating phone calls and sent Facebook messages to potential witnesses in an effort to derail the case, authorities ...
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Annual MSPCA gala raises nearly $450K for Boston-area animal protection
The fundraiser, which took place at WGHB-TV studios in Brighton, brought together nearly 400 animal lovers and 30-plus four-legged friends. The funds help support the MSPCA's law enforcement, advocacy, shelter and veterinary care programs. The annual event was emceed by WCVB-TV anchor Randy Price and chaired by Boston fashion maven and lifestyle guru Erica Corsano. Other guests included ...
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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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