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Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Koch's favorite moment as mayor of New York City, fittingly, involved yelling. Suddenly inspired to do something brash about the rare transit strike that crippled the city in 1980, he strode down to the Brooklyn Bridge to...
Tags: Donald Trump, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Manhattan (New York City), The Wall Street Journal, Local Government
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7 arrested at Starscape Festival on drug charges
At least seven people were arrested at the annual Starscape Festival at Fort Armistead Park last week on drug charges, Anne Arundel police announced Thursday.
The June 9-10 event, in Baltimore near the Arundel line, consisted of an outdoor music festival...Tags: LSD, Arts and Culture, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Ecstacy (drug), Crimes
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Sandy Victims Prepare To Celebrate Thanksgiving Despite Having Lost So Much
@JayDowNYCA couple of weeks ago, it wouldn't have been possible to see the floor inside this American Legion hall in Broad Channel Queens, let alone be able to mop it. Lead volunteer Etienne David Adorn told Pix11's Jay Dow, "There was also at least a foot of...Tags: Holidays, American Legion, Broad Channel, Thanksgiving
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Free Subway Shuttle To Start Running Tuesday In Rockaways
With the prospect of Rockaway Line service being disabled for the next several months due to the destructive force of Hurricane Sandy, the MTA took the unprecedented action of moving subway cars by flatbed truck onto the Rockaway Peninsula and setting...Tags: Transportation, Subway Transportation, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Rockaway Park, Far Rockaway
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Derry Township Police collecting relief items for Sandy victims
The Derry Township Police Department is seeking the assistance of our stakeholders in the community in gathering relief supplies greatly needed by those afflicted by the devastation resulting from the destructive forces of Hurricane Sandy one week ago....
Tags: Queens (New York City), Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Broad Channel Homes Hung Out To Dry
pix11.com | @colekirstinThey feel as if they are the forgotten. Everywhere we drive along this little spit of Queens, twenty blocks long, four blocks wide, residents stop us or just give us a shout out. "Tell them we need help!" "Where's the Red Cross?" "PIX 11 is the only...Tags: New York City, FEMA, American Red Cross, Breezy Point, Chuck Schumer
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Sandy's Wrath: Much of Manhattan is in the Dark and Subway Tunnels Are Filled With Water Amid Historic Flooding. The Big Question: How Bad is the Damage From Epic Storm?
Historic Hurricane Sandy slammed the tri-state area Monday, leaving millions without power in the region, the lower Manhattan skyline darkened, sea water rushing into subway and car tunnels, and Hudson River water spilling deep into Manhattan streets.
It...Tags: Battery Park, Brooklyn (New York City), Weather, Manhattan (New York City), Weather Warnings
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EXCLUSIVE: Barbara Sheehan On What Happened The Day Of The Shooting (Part 1)
@colekirstinEvery year some 500 women kill their abusers in domestic relationships. The story of how Barbara Sheehan shot and killed her husband Ray with his own two loaded guns, and the her ultimate acquittal at trial, dominated headlines for months. She told her...Tags: Health, Murder, Shootings, Crimes, Juvenile Delinquency
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Barbara Sheehan Recounts Husband's Murder On 'Anderson'
pix11.com | @colekirstinBarbara Sheehan, the Howard Beach housewife who admitted she shot and killed her former cop husband is telling all on the Anderson Cooper show tomorrow. And an audience full of mothers, fathers, wives and husbands showed their support at the filming--...Tags: Anderson Cooper, Politics, Murder, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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At Gus Boulis murder trial, admitted killer may become key witness
Prosecutors say the triggerman in the 2001 murder of South Florida business tycoon Gus Boulis was a New York mobster named John Gurino, who was shot dead two years later by a deli owner west of Boca Raton. Gurino didn't live long enough to be charged...Tags: Litigation, Murder, Prisons, Justice System, Witnesses
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College Student Struck, Killed By L Train; Cops Seek Man Who Pushed Him
pix11.comPolice now have surveillance video of the man, they say, got into a verbal argument on a Brooklyn train that ended in the death of a young Queens man. The victim has been identified as Joshua Basin, 20, of Howard Beach. He was a junior at LaGuardia...Tags: New York City, Long Island, Crime, Law and Justice, Witnesses, Ozone Park
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Burning Twin Towers Used in Ad for Weiner Seat
pix11.comRepublican candidate Bob Turner -- who's running for the 9th district Congressional seat vacated by former Rep. Anthony Weiner after his sexting scandal -- is defending his use of the burning Twin Towers in a campaign ad targeting Democratic rival,...Tags: Health, Politics, Entertainment, Washington (U.S. state), Tea Party Movement
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