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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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Catsimatidis to pay $3.9M in old Gristedes legal fees
Gristedes supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis is running for mayor in the 2013 election. Credit: Joseph Victor Stefanchik for The Washington Post via Getty ...
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With ‘Still Running An Art Marathon for Boston’ BU students hope to help the city heal through artistic collaboration
Two days after the bombings at the Boston Marathon, Boston University students Taylor Mortell and Luca De Gaetano were seated in painting class, their first since BU had resumed classes. But nobody painted that morning. "We naturally formed a circle and were trying to talk about it," Mortell says. "Everyone was very shaken up by what had happened. Out of this group discussion, ...
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Boston’s summer violence prevention effort includes more cops more outreach
Citing the typical spike in violence each summer, Boston officials said they are doing more this year to try to get ahead of crimes before they ...
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Matthew Royer returns to Collegeville Pa. unharmed
Matthew Royer was found alive. Royer, the Collegeville, Pa. native who never made it back to Montgomery County after he left the University of Rhode Island for summer break on May 16, was found Thursday unharmed, state police said. Where the 21-year-old student had been was not been disclosed. Royer’s parents made public pleas for their son’s return after state police said it ...
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VIDEO Two West Oak Lane burglars sought
Police identified one of two suspects in a West Oak Lane grocery store burglary that occurred overnight May 3. Richard Johnson and another man allegedly forced open a back door at Sam’s Grocery Store on 7100 Louise Street and stole a Glock 9mm handgun, a Dell laptop, an iPad Touch, two cartons of cigarettes and $200 in cash, police ...
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Obama video maven produced Weiner’s announcement
Jim Margolis, the man behind President Obama’s campaign ads in both 2008 and 2012, volunteered to produce the video announcement that Anthony Weiner was running for mayor, the Daily ...
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VIDEOS Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man shoots hoops with kids
filming all over New York City for the past several months. Even a superhero like Spider-Man needs a break sometimes. The film's lead actor, Andrew Garfield, played basketball with local kids at PS 1 school in Chinatown - in costume. Donning a full Spider-Man costume Garfield shot some hoops with kids. Tell us this is not every child's dream come ...
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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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