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Guitar Center Employees Unionize in New York
May 25, 2013 1:20 PM ET Employees at Guitar Center's flagship store in Manhattan overwhelmingly voted on Friday to form a union of its 57 retail workers. The new bargaining unit will press the company for improved working conditions and a reversal of declining wages at the 14th Street store. The ...
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Baby dies after being found unresponsive when he slept in parents bed
A baby boy died this morning at a Bronx hospital, cops said.The parents of 4-week-old Maximus Mussenden found him unresponsive after he slept in their bed, according to a police source.The couple lives near the North Central Bronx Hospital in Woodlawn and brought him there shortly before 9:50 a.m., where he was pronounced dead.There were no obvious signs of the trauma on the baby's body, ...
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Cops haul poncho-clad mental case from chilly East River
The NYPD rescued a Tennessee man from the East River this morning, authorities said.A passerby spotted the unhinged man in the water near the FDR Drive and East 81st Street shortly before 10 a.m., and called the police.When ESU Detective Robert Mirfield and his partner Officer Paul Braver heard the job come over, Mirfield began driving quickly up the FDR while Braver suited up in a dry suit, ...
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Amanda Bynes tweets that cop sexually harassed her lied about bong toss
Amanda Bynes today accused the NYPD of sexual harassment, claiming the cop who arrested her for allegedly tossing a bong out the window of her Times Square apartment "lied" about it and was "creepy."The troubled starlet told her Twitter followers, "Don’t believe the reports about me being arrested. It’s all lies."I was sexually harassed by one of the ...
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Mets drop suspended game to Braves in 10 innings
ATL@NYM: Lagares makes a great running grab in center NEW YORK -- The delay was long and intricate, the resolution sudden and abrupt. The Mets played to their first suspended result in more than 25 years Friday night, an impasse caused by inclement weather in a tie game. Eighteen hours passed before the game resumed, but Atlanta worked quickly Saturday and notched two crucial runs in the ...
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Tyson Gay roars to 100m victory at New York Diamond League meet
United States Tyson Gay roared to a 100-metres victory while Sanya Richards-Ross withdrew and high jumper Blanka Vlasic made an emotional comeback triumph in Saturday's New York Diamond League athletics meet.Cold, windy and rainy conditions dimmed bids for spectacular performances at the third of 14 stops in the global series, making health issues a concern as athletes look to the world ...
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freePatBrown goes viral Suspended student Patrick Brown is amazed by reaction
suspended for tweeting about the district's failed 2013-14 school budget had no idea his words and actions would resonate with so many people, he said today. Patrick Brown created the ...
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Collins looking to jump-start Mets offense
Email NEW YORK -- The Mets have had a few dead spots in their lineup this season, and manager Terry Collins is doing anything he can to fix them. New York has seen the ninth slot (.187) in the lineup account for a higher batting average than the fifth (.178) and the eighth slots (.179) this season. The Mets have also seen their cleanup hitter bat .194 (34-for-175) through the season's ...
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Mets bullpen should be fine for Saturdays games
Email NEW YORK -- The Mets found themselves in the odd position of starting their closer on Saturday, but manager Terry Collins said his bullpen should be fine. New York and Atlanta began play on Saturday with the ninth inning of a 5-5 tie game that got suspended late Friday night. Bobby Parnell was be on the mound for the Mets, and Collins said that Brandon Lyon would also be available for the ...
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Boesch rejoins Yankees as Granderson hits DL
Email ST. PETERSBURG -- The Yankees officially placed Curtis Granderson on the 15-day disabled list on Saturday, recalling Brennan Boesch from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to replace him on the active roster. Granderson has played just eight games for the Yankees this season, and he will be sidelined for at least four weeks after suffering a fractured fifth metacarpal of his left hand when he ...
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Yankees claim pitcher Huff off waivers from Tribe
Email ST. PETERSBURG -- The Yankees made a move to add to their pitching staff, claiming David Huff off waivers from the Indians on Saturday. Huff, 28, made three relief appearances for Cleveland this season, allowing five earned runs in three innings. He opened the year at Triple-A Columbus, where he was 3-1 with a 4.07 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 24 1/3 innings pitched over nine games (two ...
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Law enforcement observes Missing Children Day
U.S. law enforcement officials are urging parents to spend time with their children to discuss safety tips Saturday, National Missing Children Day. Parents should consider a child's age when offering advice on what to do if a strangers approaches in public, WXMI-TV, Grand Rapids, Mich. Young children generally require shorter, more specific instructions than older children. Children ...
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MLB Baltimore 6 Toronto 5
Adam Jones added a solo blast as Baltimore improved to 16-10 on the road this season. Garcia (1-2) yielded three runs (two earned) on nine hits and no walks over five innings, striking out one. The 36-year-old right-hander, who spent the last two seasons with the New York Yankees, collected his 153rd career win and first for Baltimore since being recalled from Class AAA Norfolk. Hardy ...
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Gay wins 100 at Adidas Grand Prix in New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- Tyson Gay accomplished all his goals at the Adidas Grand Prix: He won, put his body through the grind of rounds - and stayed ...
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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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Todays MLB starting lineups May 25
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Baltimore Orioles: 1. ...
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Hagel tells West Point cadets they must stamp out scourge of sex assault in military
WEST POINT - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military.A day after President Barack Obama delivered a similar edict to U.S. Naval Academy graduates, Hagel's message comes amid a series of widespread incidents of sexual misconduct across the armed services in recent ...
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Week later 1 charged in stabbing death of NY man
Police on Saturday say they arrested Steven Hamilton of Blooming Grove about 3 p.m. Friday in a grocery store parking lot. He is accused of stabbing 21-year-old Daquan Nugent to death on May 17 in Newburgh, about 60 miles north of New York ...
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Totally Biased Turns Knicks Gay Protest Into Fashion Show At Madison Square Garden
"Totally Biased" sent two correspondents, comedians Guy Branum and Aparna Nancherla, to Madison Square Garden to interview people protesting gay-bashing that recently occurred at Knicks games -- interview them about their fashion choices, of course. Check out the clip above to see what happens when a protest turns into a red ...
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Vietnam memorial wall replica on display in Oswego County
New Haven, NY -- The Vietnam Moving Wall will be on display in Oswego County until Monday evening. The memorial wall is being hosted by the New Haven American Legion Post #1532 and the Mexico American Legion Post #384. The original replica is half the size of the Vietnam Wall in Washington D.C. and will be at the New Haven Fire Station until Monday. The wall will be open to the public 24 hours ...
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No injuries in Davis Street fire Syracuse firefighters say
a house fire on Davis Street in the city of Syracuse Friday afternoon. Firefighters responded to a three-apartment house at 219 Davis St. around 3 p.m. after a caller reported smoke coming from the windows. The first floor of the house is vacant, but the second floor is occupied, a fire official said. No one was home at the time of the fire. The fire was out by 3:30 p.m. and no one was ...
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NYPD street stop policys critics seek big changes
NEW YORK -; It once was an accepted tactic as old as policing itself and, according to the New York Police Department, a key to the city's dramatic drop in crime: patrol officers stopping young men on the street to see if they're up to no ...
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Rescuers search for pilot of Angel Flight that crashed upstate killing two passengers
EPHRATAH - Divers searched a large pond while investigators combed nearby woods Saturday for any sign of the pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed, killing two passengers.The plane's passengers were found dead Friday night near where the small plane crashed in Ephratah, about an hour west of Albany, Fulton County Sheriff Thomas Lorey said. The bulk of the plane was found submerged ...
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Teen arrested for having illegal handgun
Police collared a teen for an illegal handgun during a police stop in Jamaica, authorities said.Plainclothes cops spotted Nicholas Morris, 17, adjusting an object in his waistband about 1:40 p.m. yesterday near Sayres Avenue and 167th Street during a surveillance operation, police said.They identified themselves and asked Morris what he had in the waistband, cops said.When he said he a gun, ...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson dies
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Haynes Johnson has died in Bethesda, Md., of a heart attack, his wife said. He was 81. The former Washington Post journalist, who won acclaim for his coverage of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, died Friday at Suburban Hospital, his wife, District of Columbia Court of Appeals Judge Kathryn Oberly, said. Johnson began his career as a ...
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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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