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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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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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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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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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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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Bridge collapses near Seattle people in water
Vehicles can be seen in the water after a section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River, north of Seattle, collapsed Thursday evening, May 23, 2013. The four-lane bridge collapsed at about 7 p.m., Trooper Mark Francis said. (AP Photo/Skagit Valley Herald, Gina Cole) / ...
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Abu Dhabi hires key role for New York franchise
Claudio Reyna, left, is the first key appointment for Manchester City's MLS franchise team, New York City Football Club. (Photo: Manchester City ...
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Kerry Urgency needed in Mideast peace process
John Kerry said ahead of a second round of meetings Friday. "I am convinced, with great humility, that this moment is a critical one for the region and particularly for Israel, for Palestine and for Jordan," Kerry said before meeting with Israeli ...
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Man held hostage for a month in New York
A businessman was snatched from a City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound and burned with acid while his kidnappers demanded a $3m ransom that his family ...
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Hurricane center Beware of the storm surge
By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ...
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New York sheriffs voice opposition to strict gun law seek to join lawsuit
ALBANY, N.Y. – 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 fairly. The New York State Sheriffs' Association and five individual sheriffs are asking U.S. District Judge William Skretny to add their position to the record. They support gun rights advocates seeking ...
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Actress Amanda Bynes arrested in NYC on marijuana charge police say she threw bong out window
FILE - This 2012 police booking photo released by Los Angeles Conty Sheriff's Department shows actress Amanda Bynes, 26, who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after allegedly hitting a sheriff's patrol car. Bynes was been arrested in midtown Manhattan Thursday May 23, 2013 after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Conty Sheriff's ...
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Seach for Ithaca man who went missing on Cayuga Lake to resume authorities say
Christopher Dennis, of Cayuga Heights Road, left a campsite around 5 a.m. Wednesday in the town of Covert and put a canoe into Cayuga Lake alone. When Dennis didn't return later in the day, his friends began looking for him and found an overturned canoe in the middle of the lake around 12:30 p.m., the sheriff's office said. The friends called 911. On Thursday searchers from the ...
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I-5 bridge collapses in NW Wash. no fatalities reported
An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol ...
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New York tour operator cancels Bronx ghetto tours
NEW YORK, NY - A New York company offering tours of Bronx neighborhoods has shut down after officials objected to its advertising that claimed to give visitors "a ride through a real New York City 'ghetto'," according to a statement from Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. The tour's controversial description states that when thinking of the Bronx, people envision ...
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New York biker events May 24-26
The D.U.P.A. event which was held last Sunday was a great success, with about 30 people in attendance at Petrocelli Photography studio in Latham, NY. Participants learned some valuable information from Attorney Ben Rabin from the Rabin Law Firm in Syracuse, and Hank McGrath of Bikers Against Discrimination, as well as compelling stories of police aggression suffered by their own peers in the ...
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Man survives kidnap ordeal in New York
Police have 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 ...
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Obama defends use of drones offers to cut some slack for heckler from anti-war group
Obama defended his controversial drone-strikes program as a linchpin of the U.S. response to the evolving dangers. He also argued that changing threats require changes to the nation's counterterrorism ...
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Bloomberg accused of threatening to destroy New Yorks taxi industry
USA New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has found himself at the center of unwanted media attention after allegedly unleashing a profanity-laced tirade against the CEO of a large taxi fleet company over his opposition to the city's "Taxi of Tomorrow" plan. The altercation, which is said to have occurred last Thursday during a basketball game at Madison Square Garden's private ...
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Hail destroys West Monroe farmers berry crop
Greg Levkefech, of Syracuse, with pails of blueberries he picked for S.G. & S. Farms in Cato in 2008. On Wednesday, a severe thunderstorm produced hail that destroyed this year's berry crop for one farm in West ...
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Jurors deadlock on death penalty for convicted murderer Jodi Arias retrial set for July...
A new panel likely will be seated to try again to reach a decision on a sentence - unless the prosecutor takes death off the table and agrees to a life sentence. The judge scheduled a retrial for July ...
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Fired teacher says meaning lost in translation after calling student Negro
A Bronx teacher says her language lesson was lost in translation when she was fired for calling a student "Negro" - though she claims she was simply using the Spanish word for the color "black" at the time, according to a new lawsuit. The non-tenured junior high instructor, Petrona Smith, 65, was booted from the bilingual PS 211 in March 2012 after a seventh-grader reported ...
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Boy Scouts drops ban on openly gay boys
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout ...
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Pineda goes five innings in extended spring game
Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda was acquired in a trade with the Mariners on Jan. 23, 2012. (AP) Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda tossed five innings on Thursday at the club's Minor League complex, the Star-Ledger reported. General Manager Brian Cashman told the Star-Ledger that Pineda's velocity was around 93 mph and that Pineda could begin a rehab assignment following his ...
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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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