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Botched robbery leads to N.Y. student's death -- by police
It wasn't like the movies. Seven of the police officer's bullets hit the robber. An eighth hit a hostage, Andrea Rebello. Both were killed, and a standoff was over. The repercussions, however, had just begun. The death of the 21-year-old Hofstra...Tags: Government, Theft, Firearms, Health and Safety at School, Long Island
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More poor live in suburbs than urban areas, research shows
Bucking longstanding patterns in the United States, more poor people now live in the nation's suburbs than in urban areas, according to a new analysis. As poverty mounted throughout the nation over the past decade, the number of poor people living in...
Tags: New York City, Chicago Tribune, Social Issues, Northwestern University, Conservation
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Hofstra student, captor killed in home invasion near university
NEW YORK -- A Hofstra University student being held hostage during a home invasion was shot dead and her captor was also killed as police arrived at the scene of the break-in early Friday, just two days before commencement ceremonies at the college on...
Tags: New York City, Students, Nassau County Police, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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Nazareth grad wins $10,000 Fox News College Challenge
TV WatchersNazareth High School graduate Julia Skrobak will appear on "Fox and Friends" at 8:20 a.m. Friday, along with two other students, as winners of the 2013 "Fox News Channel College Challenge." The three women, who currently are all students at...... -
LI council has affordable housing website
NewsdayThe Long Island Regional Planning Council has launched an interactive website focusing on the organization's advocacy for more affordable housing. The website, LI2035.org, officially debuts Tuesday and grew out of the planning council's LI 2035 Regional...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Long Island, Rentals
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Walter Heimer, LIU professor, dies at 85
NewsdayWalter Heimer, a longtime psychology professor at LIU Post known for his dapper appearance and warm demeanor, died on Friday of complications of lung cancer. He was 85. Heimer was born in the Bronx on June 24, 1927, to Polish immigrants who soon moved...Tags: Teachers, Science and Technology, Long Island, Teaching and Learning, Manhattan (New York City)
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Emmaus grad competes Monday on 'Jeopardy'
An Emmaus High School graduate will be one of 15 competitors on "Jeopardy! College Champions," which begins Monday. Laura Rigge, 20, will compete against 14 others for $100,000 and the chance to compete in the "Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions" in the...Tags: New York City, Students, Emmaus, ABC (tv network), Jeopardy!
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Crime writer Connelly to talk at Museum of Art
Michael Connelly's novels about LAPD detective Harry Bosch have made him one of the top contemporary mystery writers, and a staple of the best-sellers list. More than 20 years after Connelly's 1992 award-wining debut "The Black Echo," he is still...
Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Miami Dade College, Sunrise (Broward, Florida), Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach Gardens
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PASSINGS: Ben Pleasants, Kenneth Appel
Ben Pleasants L.A. poet and playwright Ben Pleasants, 72, a Los Angeles poet and playwright who also championed the work of Charles Bukowski and John Fante in literary critiques, died of a heart attack April 18 in Crescent City, his wife, Paula, said....Tags: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Esophageal cancer, Science and Technology, Long Island, Freedom of the Press
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Hofstra opens Gitenstein Institute for Health Law
Newsday"Justice" and "health care" are terms seldom heard together. But ensuring quality health care for everyone is the goal of the new Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy at Hofstra University's law school in Hempstead. "We see health care and...Tags: Students, Abusive Behavior, Healthcare Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Healthcare Policies
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Remember when nostalgia died?
I cannot be the only one who gets a little jolt anytime he encounters someone waxing nostalgic over the 1980s or even the 1990s. We just lived the '80s and '90s, like, a moment ago, didn't we? They seem so recent that many of us are working harder at...Tags: DePaul University, MTV (tv network), The Cosby Show (tv program), Entertainment, Beyonce
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Harford Teacher of the Year finalists named
The top five finalists for the 2013 Harford County Teacher of the Year Award were announced by Harford County Public Schools Monday: Tara N. Buecker, Jarrettsville Elementary School physical education/health teacher; J. Laura Childs, Edgewood High...Tags: Students, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Teachers, Adult Education, Science and Technology
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