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Power Line Fire Knocks Out Electricity To Corona Residents
pix11.com | @jaydownycCon Ed experienced peak usage at five o’ clock in the afternoon on both Wednesday and Thursday and at one 1pm on Friday. There are several explanations for why the utility’s system peaked so early today -- but Friday afternoon’s rough...Tags: Long Island
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10 More Pinched By The Feds Over LIRR Billion Dollar Pension Scandal
pix11.com | @mariopix11The Long Island Rail Road pension scandal has hit its last stop, Federal Court. On Tuesday, 10 more arrests were made in the alleged $1 billion pension scandal. The arrests are a continuation of the first wave of indictments that resulted in 11 people...Tags: Prosecution, Pension and Welfare, Police Arrests, Interior Policy, Politics
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Subway Bomb Case Goes To Jury
pix11.com | @wpixAn anonymous jury--its members known only by numbers--started deliberating Monday the terror conspiracy case against 28 year old Adis Medunjanin of Flushing, Queens. Medunjanin is charged in the plot to bomb New York City subway cars in September 2009....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Subway Transportation, Suicide, Pakistan, New York City
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The secret to success when reporting on the transportation beat? Being there.
What could be more boring than a room full of transportation wonks discussing “percent of vehicles beyond useful life” and “operating cost per passenger mile”? That’s often true for Regional Transportation Authority board...
Tags: Metra, Chicago Transit Authority, Washington, DC, Music, Commuting
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Firefighters Contain Brush Fires In Suffolk County
pix11.com | @pix11danFirefighters in Suffolk County have contained a massive and ugly wildfire in Suffolk County that has destroyed over one thousand acres of land. For nearly twenty-four hours, hundreds of firefighters from all one hundred and nine towns of Suffolk responded...Tags: Wading River, Peconic, Disasters and Accidents, Suffolk County (New York), Ridge
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Spring Snowstorm Slams Northeast, Up to 16" Possible
CNNA large snowstorm came barreling through the Northeast on Monday, threatening to drop 16 inches in some areas and frustrate commuters. By Monday morning, Newfield, New York, was reporting 10 inches of snow, while Ridgebury, Pennsylvania, had 8 inches....Tags: Monroe County (Pennsylvania), Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation, Snow Storms, Forestry and Timber, Long Island Power Authority
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Al Qaeda Targeted Walmart, Long Island Rail Road
pix11.com | @wpixA Long Island-raised former truck driver--who quit the U.S. Army and later joined Al Qaeda--gave shocking testimony Monday that he suggested bombing Long Island Railroad commuter trains and Walmart locations during discussions with a senior member of Al...Tags: Prosecution, Suicide, Pakistan, New York City, National Government
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Elderly Commuter Killed In LIRR Escalator Accident
pix11.com | @wpixOne person is dead after an escalator accident at the LIRR's Lindenhurst station Tuesday afternoon. According to the LIRR, around 2 p.m. the victim, an 88-year-old woman, died after falling on the escalator that connects to the station's platform. An...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Accidental Death
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Assault And Possible Abduction At LIRR Station [VIDEO]
pix11.com | @wpixPolice are looking for a man caught by surveillance cameras brutally assaulting and possibly abducting a woman outside the LIRR Ronkonkoma station Sunday morning. The incident occurred just after 7:40 a.m. when the woman got off the train. The man can be...Tags: Kidnapping, Abusive Behavior, Long Island Expressway, Ronkonkoma
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Special Report: Bloomberg Reloads In Push For Gun Control
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Among the slick, million-dollar ads for the likes of Pepsi and Honda during the Super Bowl this Sunday, viewers in Washington will see a far more modest spot. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will be...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Jared Lee Loughner, National Rifle Association of America, Government
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Lloyd Waters: Public sector unions often worse than management
When I was a new correctional officer back in the 1970s at Maryland Correctional Institution (MCI), it was a very difficult time for a lot of reasons. One reason was that management always had a tendency to cram more inmates into MCI than its rated...Tags: Unions, Fraud, Corporate Crime, Career and Workplace
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Coyotes Terrorizing Residents Near LIRR Station
pix11.com | @monicamoralestvLIRR riders say they only have to go to their neighborhood station to catch a train and also catch a glimpse of a real life coyote. Signs posted by Antionette Jorge, arider who says she came face to face with several coyotes the other night, warn...
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