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New York: 4 teens face charges in rock throwing
Police say four teenagers have been arrested on hate crime charges for throwing rocks at a school bus full of Jewish toddlers. Police say the three girls and one boy yelled epithets last month as they broke windows on the bus in the Brooklyn neighborhood...Tags: Police, Police Arrests, New York, Assault, Juvenile Delinquency
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NYPD: Four teens arrested in Brooklyn hate crime
Police say four teenagers have been arrested on hate crime charges for throwing rocks at a school bus full of Jewish toddlers in a Brooklyn neighborhood with a volatile racial history. Police say the three girls and one boy yelled epithets as they broke...Tags: Police, Police Arrests, Prosecution, Assault, Juvenile Delinquency
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Bruce Foss, New York City firefighter, 53, dies
steve.ritea@newsday.comBruce M. Foss, who as a New York City firefighter worked in the recovery effort after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks despite serious back injuries suffered during his career, died Saturday of cancer at his home in Punta Gorda, Fla. He was 53....Tags: Fires, Death and Dying, Diseases, Cancer, Car Engine Repair
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Rell Should Help Charter School
He's a junior at New York University, majoring in economics and looking for summer work in the financial industry. Jared Bailey, though, also has a Plan B — you know, just in case. "I'm thinking about changing my major to computer science or...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, New York University, Connecticut
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ConEd problems cripple Brooklyn subway service
msweeney@am-ny.comSubway service was expected to be normal Monday morning after problems at two Con Edison manholes in Brooklyn caused major disruptions on five lines Sunday evening. But some residents of Park Slope and Boerum Hill were without power Sunday night as...Tags: Subway Transportation, New Lots, Manhattan, Flatbush, Railway Transportation
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GOP may use immigrant license plan in White House race
dan.janison@newsday.comDifferences between Barack Obama and John McCain now command the spotlight, with standard party-line clashes expected on abortion, guns, taxes and Iraq. Expect sniping to intensify around race, class and terrorism. One Republican operative tells us to...Tags: Eliot Spitzer, David Dinkins, Political Candidates, The White House, Long Island
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Long Island comedy clubs: Are golden days back?
robert.kahn@newsday.comCould Long Island be poised to revisit the golden days of stand-up, when Jerry Seinfeld and Eddie Murphy would take the stage at the East Side Comedy Club or Chuckles? Two new jokester joints - one in Farmingdale, the other in Plainview - are aiming to...Tags: Government, National Lampoon Incorporated, Executive Branch, Plainview, Jerry Seinfeld
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NYPD's Kelly meets with Far Rockaway residents on gun violence
Special to NewsdayPolice Commissioner Ray Kelly met behind closed doors Thursday with Far Rockaway residents and local officials worried that the recent spate of gun violence is only to get worse. For Kelly, it was the second such trip this week -- he went to Crown...Tags: Police Arrests, Far Rockaway, North Carolina, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Police
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NYPD's Kelly addresses violence in Far Rockaway
Special to NewsdayPolice Commissioner Ray Kelly met behind closed doors Thursday with Far Rockaway residents and local officials worried that the recent spate of gun violence is only to get worse. For Kelly, it was the second such trip this week -- he went to Crown...Tags: Police Arrests, Far Rockaway, North Carolina, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Police
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Racial tensions rise in scarred borough
The Associated PressSeventeen years after race riots left the streets of Crown Heights bloodied, tensions are rising again in the neighborhood restlessly shared by Orthodox Jews and blacks. First, a black man was badly beaten on a Brooklyn street. Weeks later, a Jewish...Tags: Riots, Prosecution, Religious Leaders, Lawyers, People
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