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NYPD hunts gunman in fatal bus shooting
New York police said they were looking for an unidentified gunman who shot and killed a teenage girl Saturday as she boarded a city bus in Queens. The 14-year-old victim was on her way home from a birthday party at a neighborhood club when someone on the sidewalk opened fire on the bus at a stop in the Jamaica section of the borough. The girl, whose name was not released, was struck in the ...
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On Basketball Latest Knicks Failure Has Its Roots at the Top
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Trains damaged in Conn. Metro-North crash being removed from tracks Monday morning rush-hour plans to be announced later today
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - The transit agency that runs the Metro-North commuter rail line says trains damaged in a Friday crash in Connecticut are being removed in the first step to making repairs and restoring service.Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, says the trains will be removed Sunday. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating, gave ...
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Five firefighters hurt battling fatal fire in Syracuse
Syracuse, NY - UPDATE: Four firefighters were burned and one suffered a broken finger while battling a fire near Upper Onondaga Park that killed one person early this morning. The firefighters are at Upstate Medical hospital and their conditions are unknown. The fire department has not released their names. The fire happened at 4 a.m. at 354-56 Clairmonte Avenue, a two-family home near the ...
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Man wants to see Hotel Syracuses glory days again
Spencer Wallace stands outside the entrance to the Hotel Syracuse on South Warren Street in Syracuse. Wallace was general manager of the hotel from 1964 to ...
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Sen. Gillibrand proposing new legislation to ease student-loan burden
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is proposing new legislation to ease the burden for students who have borrowed to pay for their education.The New York Democrat will announce Sunday morning new legislation that would allow student borrowers currently repaying their federal student loans to refinance at a lower interest rate.The Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act would enable students and graduates who ...
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R.A. Dickey Blue Jays look to avoid sweep in New York
Yankee Stadium continues to be a source of disappointment for the Toronto Blue Jays. The New York Yankees can claim their second home sweep of Toronto this season Sunday when CC Sabathia squares off against R.A. Dickey. The Blue Jays came into the series winners of four in a row and seven of 10 after starting 10-21. But the Yankees have outscored Toronto 12-2 in winning the first two games of ...
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Greg Cote Knicks would have been spicier matchup for Miami Heat
Miami Heat players have been steadfastly neutral in claiming no preference as they waited for Indiana and New York to figure out which would play the underdog in the NBA’s upcoming Eastern Conference finals. Confident champions do not deign to worry about who’s next; they leave the worrying to opponents. The lion who runs the jungle does not much care if he is feasting on zebra or ...
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Politicians furious over Bronx bus companys Ghetto tour
Tourists are crowding onto a Bronx bus tour that promises "a ride through a real New York City ‘GHETTO’ " - and local politicians are furious.Three times a week, Real Bronx Tours takes riders - mainly white Europeans and Australians - on a trip that includes stops at food-pantry lines and a "pickpocket" park.Last week, on the first stop of the $45 tour, guide Lynn ...
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Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York
this video . "It's very clear that's how they were meant to be seen," Brown says. "They were a source of amusement or entertainment, because there was this element of surprise." That they also often feature an element of fruits, berries or other foods is partly a reflection of the Renaissance blossoming of natural sciences, like botany. "At a distance, they ...
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Hostage victim mistakenly killed by police in Hempstead N.Y.
A Hempstead, N.Y., police officer shot and killed a 21-year-old Hofstra University student while aiming for the man holding her hostage, officials said. Dalton Smith, 30, of Hempstead, N.Y., forced his way into the home of Andrea Rebello and her twin sister, Jessica, Friday in an apparent robbery attempt, Nassau County police said. A person who was in the home at the time of the robbery ...
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Game of bones Brooklyn bar hosting contest to find NYs smallest scepter
This could be some stiff competition! A Brooklyn bar is hosting a contest to find the smallest endowment in New York - giving men used to coming up short a chance to rise to the occasion. Kings County Bar in Bushwick is already signing up members for the inaugural contest, set for July 20."The little guy needs to be celebrated," said bar manager Aimee Arciuolo, 33, who’s behind ...
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Albany corruption has cost NY taxpayers at least $49710630.64
These crooks cost us a fortune.Shady politicians and their backroom deals cost taxpayers at least $49,710,630.64 - enough cash to build two schools, bankroll the New York Islanders or pay for 100 new fire trucks - according to a Post analysis of documents relating to 15 city and state officials who’ve been jailed, indicted, censured or lost re-election bids under a cloud of suspicion since ...
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House of the Week Lake views inside and out
SKANEATELES, N.Y. - Although he lives in New York City now, Tom Eagan has a soft spot for Skaneateles Lake. "I grew up on the lake in the summers," he said. "My parents have a place on the lake. My aunt has a place on the lake. I love the lake. It's irreplaceable." Eagan and his family bought a place of their own on the east shore of the lake in 2010 to use as a ...
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Person found dead inside Syracuse house this morning
A person was found dead inside a house fire in Syracuse this morning, police said today. The body was found in the house at 354 Clairmonte Ave. around 4 a.m. today. The police say the person has not been ...
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One dead in overnight fire in Syracuse
Syracuse, NY - Syracuse police say there was a fatal fire early this morning at 354 Clairmonte Avenue. The fire happened at 4 a.m. Sunday. A body was found inside the home, but police have not identified the person. The cause is also not known. Syracuse police and fire departments are ...
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Secret drug shame of Mets star Doc Gooden
Few athletes have risen so far, so fast and fallen so hard as Dwight "Doc" Gooden. The New York Mets wunderkind debuted in 1984 as a 19-year-old - his sizzling fastball and ungodly curve packing stadiums across the country. By 1986, he and the boozing, brawling Mets dominated baseball, snatching a miracle come-from-behind victory over the Boston Red Sox in the World Series. But what ...
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Colossal Head Sculptures Grace New York Botanical Garden In Bronx
Four colossal fiberglass sculptures of human heads dominate the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory Courtyard. Their features are made of faux vegetation including fruit, bark, flowers and twigs. Each head depicts one of the four seasons. For example, the mosaic-like features of the Autumn work are a composite of nuts, gourds, figs and grapes. The 15-foot-high busts are the creation of contemporary ...
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Break-in suspect Hofstra student victim both killed by police during confrontation
By FRANK ELTMAN,Associated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University.A short time later, the intruder, Dalton Smith, and a 21-year-old college junior, Andrea Rebello, were both dead. The two were killed ...
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Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup
Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad crash that injured 70 ...
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$590M-plus Powerball 1 winning ticket sold in Fla
DES MOINES, Iowa - It's all about the odds, and one single ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching all the numbers to win the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said early Sunday.The lone winner was sold at a Publix supermarket location in Zephyrhills, Fla., according to Florida Lottery executive Cindy O'Connell. She told ...
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1 Winning Ticket Sold in Fla. on Powerball
A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. Terry Rich, a lottery official in Iowa, confirmed the ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Florida. Rich told The Associated Press by telephone that details were expected to be announced later by Florida lottery officials about the actual ticket ...
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Angelina Jolies sisters When genetics feel like a death sentence women resort to radical options
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Rachel Francisco had both breasts removed and reconstructed in 2008. She didn't have cancer. Not yet. Francisco is a "previvor." The Camillus woman has a gene that raises her risk of breast cancer to close to 90 percent over her lifetime and the risk of ovarian cancer to 45 percent. It is the same rare genetic mutation that actress Angelina Jolie recently ...
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How Gov. Cuomo the Oneida Indian Nation and two counties made historic deal in record time
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Oneida Indian Nation leader Ray Halbritter, with John Becker, chairman of the Madison County Board of Supervisors, left, and Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente in Albany last ...
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Lance Stephenson Gives Pacers Energy Points and Signature Play Against Knicks
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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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