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Woman In Court To Answer To Charges Of Attacking Police Dog
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Queens woman was arraigned Wednesday on charges that she kicked and injured a police dog, as an officer tried to arrest her following a fight on a subway ...
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Touro Law Students Come To Aid Of Sandy Victims Battling Insurance Company
ISLAND PARK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Several legal eagle law students from our area are spending their summer volunteering - in a trailer, a trailer where Hurricane Sandy victims are forced to live. As CBS 2's Jennifer McLogan reported Wednesday, the law students are helping senior citizens maneuver through complicated legal battles to regain their homes. Anna and Frank ...
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New addition Young slots in leadoff for Mets
Email ATLANTA -- Had he not simply been a fan of his father's big league teams, Eric Young, Jr. would have grown up a Mets fan. Raised in Piscataway, N.J., Young still has family in the area and travels there often. "I definitely still go back and visit on holidays, so pretty much the whole state has been calling me up so far," Young said Wednesday, hours after the Mets acquired ...
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With Atchison to DL Mets recall Brown
Email ATLANTA -- As expected, the Mets placed right-handed reliever Scott Atchison back on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday, recalling outfielder Andrew Brown from Triple-A Las Vegas. Atchison suffered a strained right groin while warming up during Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader. It would have been his first appearance since returning from a month-long DL stint with right elbow ...
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Mets ink first-rounder Smith plus dozen more
Email ATLANTA -- In addition to first-round Draft pick Dominic Smith, who made his signing with the organization official on Wednesday, the Mets announced that they have inked a dozen more of their Draft picks. The latest batch of signees includes second-round right-handed pitcher Andrew Church, third-round outfielder Ivan Wilson, third-round right-hander Casey Meisner, fifth-round outfielder ...
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Official ruling gives Wright another career hit
Email ATLANTA -- David Wright's latest souvenir is not quite what he thought. Major League Baseball made an official scoring change to last Wednesday's game against the Cardinals, ruling that Wright's bouncing ball in the eighth inning -- originally an error on Cards third baseman David Freese -- was in fact an infield single. That means that when Wright saved the ball from his ...
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NYC teachers union endorses Thompson for mayor
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City's massive teachers' union backed former City Comptroller William Thompson for mayor Wednesday, giving a sizeable campaign boost to a onetime school board chief who made an unexpectedly strong showing in the last mayoral ...
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson on Performing in New York’s Shakespeare in the Park Comedy of Errors Production—Rain or Shine
Summer after summer, New Yorkers and tourists alike spend hours upon hours waiting in line at the Delacorte Theater. For it is there, smack dab in the middle of Central Park, that a little slice of magic known as Shakespeare in the Park takes place. For the past five-plus decades, the stage at ...
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Alberta’s Redford takes pipeline pitch to Manhattan
Alberta Premier Alison Redford delivered an ardent pitch for expanded development of her province's oil sands, calling it critical to the long-term growth and security of the United States and Canada.Ms. Redford made her appeal in America's financial capital, part of a continuing campaign by federal and provincial officials to keep the pressure on American policy makers as they ...
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Woman arraigned for kicking police dog in mouth breaking its teeth
Police Officer Vincent Tieniber, poses with his partner, Bear, in New York. A cop-hating woman was arraigned this afternoon for kicking an NYPD K-9 in the mouth and broke his teeth, cops said.Bear, a 6-year-old German Shepard and his partner Officer Vincent Tieniber, 36, had come to the platform of the 59th Street station to help break up a fight between four women yesterday morning.When ...
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Legends hit City Council fight to keep MSG at Penn Station
Don’t dunk on Madison Square Garden!Legends who’ve played in the "World’s Famous Arena" showed up in force at a City Council hearing today to fight plans to force MSG to move out of its current Penn Station location in as little as ten years.Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Christine Quinn, whose district includes MSG, said the arena’s operating permit ...
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Cuomo strikes deal to allow Las-Vegas style casinos in New York
Photo credit: Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens.(Barbara Alper) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo struck a deal with state lawmakers to license new resort-style casinos, in an effort to help revive a stagnant economy in upstate New York, the governor said on Wednesday. The agreement would amend the state constitution to legalize public, non Native American casino gambling with an initial ...
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N.J. Judge Accused Of Hindering Law Enforcement Appears Before Colleague
She’s accused of hindering the apprehension of her boyfriend wanted by authorities . Judge Carlia Brady was in court, but not in her own courtroom. The 41-year-old Superior Court judge had to come to the Somerset County Courthouse to answer to charges that she harbored a suspect, who attempted to rob a pharmacy, inside her Woodbridge home for an hour. The man, sources told CBS 2's ...
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Kids’ Only Gym Aims To Encourage Fitness From The Youngest Age
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Some parents have been getting their kids to the gym at the youngest ages possible, in an effort to battle obesity before it can ever take hold. As CBS 2's Alex Denis reported, at ...
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Virgin Hotels announce New York location.
Virgin Hotels has just announced the location of their brand new hotel set to descend upon the big apple. It can now be confirmed that the new hotel will be located on the northwest corner of 29th Street and Broadway.With over 300 guest rooms, various fine dining experiences, meeting rooms, and a gym - the new Virgin venture is set to open in ...
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Three plead guilty in New York City payroll fraud case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three women pleaded guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges arising out of what prosecutors say was a corrupt New York City payroll project that cost the city more than $600 ...
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Teachers’ Union Backs Thompson for New York Mayor
The United Federation of Teachers, one of the largest local unions in the country, on Wednesday threw its vast network of supporters behind William C. Thompson Jr. in the race for mayor of New ...
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Two New York men accused of assembling X-ray weapon
Federal authorities accused two men Wednesday of assembling a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel.The indictment charged 49-year-old Glendon Scott Crawford and 54-year-old Eric J. Feight with conspiracy to provide support to terrorists with the ...
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Wife mom and cousin plead guilty to helping CityTime scammer
The wife, mother and a cousin of the mastermind behind the massive CityTime payroll-system scam pleaded guilty today to helping Mark Mazer launder $25 million in kickbacks.Mazer’s wife, Svetlana, his mother Larisa Medzon, and cousin Anna Makovetskaya also agreed to forfeit more than $27 million in cash and various properties worth more than $4 million as part of their agreements ironed out ...
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Judge OKs Genovese crime family soldier wake attendance
This judge has respect for respects.A Brooklyn federal court judge today allowed a reputed Genovese crime family soldier to remain out on bail despite his ill-advised attendance at a mobbed up wake.Despite bail conditions that prohibit his mingling with mafiosi, James Bernardone, 46, showed up at a March 21 Bronx memorial that drew more than 25 known hoods - including Luchese underboss Steven ...
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Police dog from LI injured in subway fight
Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | With both their injuries apparent, Officer Vincent Tieniber, 36, shows his police dog Bear's broken teeth at One Police Plaza. The two are recovering from injuries suffered after they tried to break up a fight on the southbound platform of the No. 4 subway at 59th Street and Lexington Avenue, police said. (June 19, ...
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LIRR Loose track switch component may have caused derailment
Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | An Eastbound LIRR train that officials say "probably derailed" just after leaving the Penn Station platform on track 14 rests as it is looked over by officials. (June 17, ...
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Feds make find at former home of NY mobster
A woman ducks under crime scene tape in front of a New York city house once occupied by a famous gangster, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in New York. The work started Monday at the home of James Burke, a Lucchese crime family associate known as "Jimmy the Gent." He was the inspiration for Robert De Niro's character in the 1990 Martin Scorsese movie "Goodfellas." Burke died ...
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New York man given three-year sentence for computer hacking
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is still developing and testing computer systems meant to determine consumers’ eligibility for government subsidies, the Government Accountability Office said. Plans to train “navigators” to assist people in finding new insurance plans have been delayed about two months past a June deadline, the GAO found. The exchanges are set to ...
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Rick Perry bashes New York in ad to attract businesses to Texas
Photo credit: Texas Gov. Rick Perry (Getty Images) Texas Gov. Rick Perry threw a gauntlet at the Empire State Wednesday in an attempt to woo employers to his neighborhood. The former presidential candidate stars in a TV ad that urges businesses to come to Texas by painting New York as a heavy taxer and business-unfriendly state. "If you're tired of the same old recipe . . . get out ...
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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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