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Lhota City should double down on charter schools
In his boldest move yet on the campaign trail, GOP mayoral candidate Joe Lhota today will call for doubling the number of charter schools here, The Post has learned.In a speech this morning before the Association for a Better New York, Lhota will announce the dramatic proposal, setting himself apart from his Democratic counterparts who are loathe to offend the teachers union by pushing for more ...
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Ex-probers US ignored ’96 TWA ‘missile hit’
Six former investigators of the crash of TWA Flight 800 say they have new evidence that the jumbo jet was brought down by an "external explosion" off Long Island - and are demanding that the 17-year-old case be reopened. The National Transportation Safety Board and the FBI ignored hundreds of eyewitness reports, as well as radar data, indicating that a missile downed the JFK-to-Paris ...
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UFT’s nod a major boost for Thompson pundits
Chalk one up for Bill Thompson!The city teachers’ union is putting its significant manpower and money behind Thompson in the race for mayor.The former comptroller and Board of Education president got the official nod from the United Federation of Teachers late yesterday after emerging as the heavy favorite to win the powerful union’s coveted backing.Thompson has echoed a number of ...
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Quinn I’d fire a too-frisky Kelly
Mayoral candidate Christine Quinn dealt a blow to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and his stop-and-frisk policies during a televised mayoral forum last night.The City Council speaker previously has said she’d wants Kelly to stay on board as commissioner if she’s elected.But when asked about stop-and-frisk last night, she said she would fire Kelly if he didn’t reduce the ...
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Human bones at Goodfella’s Qns. home
Human remains that may be tied to a decades-old Mafia murder have been dug up at the Queens home of "Goodfellas" mobster James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. "Unknown remains have been recovered and we are examining them," said city Medical Examiner’s spokeswoman Ellen Borakove. The discovery comes two days after FBI and NYPD ...
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Documentary revives theory that TWA Flight 800 was brought down by missile
The New York-to-Paris flight crashed July 17, 1996, minutes after it took off from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 230 people ...
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Pimps pumped by ‘acquittals’
The ho’s got action. Cheered on by their loyal hookers, father-and-son pimps Vincent George, Sr. and Jr., were acquitted of the top sex-trafficking charges, with a Manhattan judge apparently swayed by testimony from the prostitutes, who claimed the men were swell bosses. Happy hookers Desiree Ellis and Danielle Geissler - who have attended the trial in support of the pimps and their ...
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Pettitte up as Rays make first trip to Bronx
The Yankees faced a pair of left-handers in their doubleheader against the Dodgers on Wednesday, and they'll oppose another on Thursday night when they open a four-game set against the American League East-rival Rays at Yankee Stadium. Not that the slew of southpaws should bother the Yankees much. In 23 games this season against left-handed starters, New York is 15-8. It's Matt Moore ...
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Michael Hastings Wife Obliterates New York Times For Dismissive Obituary
Michael Hastings of Buzzfeed and Rolling Stone died Tuesday morning in a car crash. His wife has asked The New York Times to correct its obituary. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The ...
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New Hartford police charge 19 in high school pranks that caused $23K in damage
Students damaged 18 door locks, 10 light switches and one water fountain by filling them with super glue, police said, and two exterior surveillance cameras were shot out with a paintball gun. They also spray painted at least 19 lockers and 11 ...
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Syracuse man charged with raping 15-year-old in Madison County
The Madison County Child Advocacy Center and the New York State Police said Donald Eckhoff, 23, of 301 Scott Ave., was charged with third-degree ...
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Chicago tops in owner-vacated properties in foreclosure
Chicago has the highest number of owner-vacated foreclosed properties among major U.S. cities in June, online foreclosure marketplace RealtyTrac said. In a report released Thursday, RealtyTrac -- which tracks foreclosures -- said Chicago documented 14,717 owner-vacated properties, the most of any metro area in the country. Miami was second with 13,901, followed by New York with 10,074. Two ...
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Hughes and Yankees fall flat in nightcap
LAD@NYY: Adams makes an impressive diving stop NEW YORK -- Phil Hughes' troubles within the not-so-friendly confines of Yankee Stadium continued on Wednesday, as the right-hander allowed five runs and heard boos as the Yankees fell to the Dodgers, 6-0, in the second game of a day-night doubleheader. Hughes completed six innings and kept Los Angeles' lineup in the yard, but he was ...
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Latest loss puts Marcums starting spot in question
NYM@ATL: Duda comes down with liner in mid-air ATLANTA -- Zack Wheeler is no longer some vague thought for the future, an idea without a face. As of Tuesday, Wheeler has officially arrived in the big leagues, and his presence is about to make a real impact on others. Because of Wheeler, their top pitching prospect, the Mets will soon need to dump someone from what is now a six-man rotation. ...
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Roundup By Earning Split Dodgers Salvage Mattinglys New York Return
Chris Davis cleared the fences twice, giving him a major league-leading 26 homers, to help the Baltimore Orioles defeat the Tigers, 13-3, on Wednesday in Detroit. Davis hit a two-run homer in ...
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Hundreds gather to remember Lori Bresnahan
Hundreds attended a candlelight vigil for murder victim Lori Bresnahan near the Griffin Visitor Center at Onondaga Lake Park Wednesday night. At right center in orange is Lori's cousin Mary Holland, at left, is her husband Bill ...
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Your comments on community group protesting corner store Why not work together
Syracuse United Neighbors will protest a planned corner store at Oxford Street and Midland Avenue in the former Midgley Printing building. Across the street is the Oxford Inn, a men's shelter of last resort run by Catholic ...
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Jersey town mourns loss of regular guy Gandolfini
Working-class Westwood, New Jersey mourned the loss of their hometown hero, TV mob boss James Gandolfini. The Emmy Award winner, who was born in the town’s Pascack Valley Hospital in 1961, still visited the town and was remembered as a regular guy."We’ve known him for a very long time, since he was a teenager," said Mike Meidanis, the owner of Ridge Diner. "He came ...
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New York KKK member designs death ray against enemies of Israel
A KKK member from upstate New York was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly designed a "death ray" that is meant to kill Muslims and other "enemies of ...
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Wanda to launch $1b New York hotel project
Dalian Wanda Group Corp Ltd, one of China's largest property developers, plans to invest about $1 billion to build a five-star hotel in New York as its third major investment outside its home market, Wang Jianlin, chairman of Wanda said on Wednesday. Wang said that Wanda is negotiating with potential partners for ...
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NY baseball greats daughter catches falling baby
NEW YORK (AP) -- The daughter of former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre made a quick-thinking save Wednesday when she caught a baby who had tumbled off of a second-floor Brooklyn apartment's fire escape, the baseball great has ...
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Academy 3 midshipmen charged with sexual assault
The U.S. Naval Academy has charged three midshipmen - all current or former football players - with sexually assaulting a female student at an off-campus house in Annapolis more than a year ago. The ...
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Former outfielder Kidd throws first pitch in Bronx
Email NEW YORK -- Hours before throwing the first pitch prior to the nightcap of Wednesday's twin bill between the Yankees and Dodgers, Jason Kidd reminisced about what made him confident the throw would be a success. In high school, Kidd was a highly regarded baseball player and even worked out with the team at California when he first arrived in Berkeley, Calif. "That was part of ...
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Turkish parade in New York is a show of power Turkish Minister
Turkey's EU Minister Egemen Bagis said Turkish parade was a cultural show of power NEW YORK - Turkey's EU Minister and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis said, " Turkish Day Parade is a signal of Turkey's power, a cultural show of power." Federation of Turkish American Associations (FTAA) organized the 32thTurkish Day Parade in New York.Addressing the crowd after the parade, ...
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New York Men Charged with Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
ALBANY, NY-The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of York announced that Glendon Scott Crawford, age 49, of Galway, New York; and Eric J. Feight, age 54, of Hudson, New York, have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. The arrests followed a lengthy investigation by the Albany FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force that began in April ...
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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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