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Kew Gardens is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City.
Kew Gardens is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City.
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Torahs found; NYC synagogue employee arrested
Eight scrolls of Hebrew Scriptures taken from a New York City synagogue have been found, and a synagogue employee arrested on charges of stealing them. The Torahs are valued at around $500,000. They were taken in August from the Jewish Center of Kew...Tags: Police Arrests, Police, Judaism, Kew Gardens Hills
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Unusual smell forces JetBlue plane back to JFK
carl.macgowan@newsday.comA JetBlue flight carrying nearly 60 passengers returned to Kennedy Airport Tuesday after the pilot noticed an "unusual" smell, a spokeswoman for the airline said. It was the second such incident involving Kew Gardens-based JetBlue in the past week....Tags: Transportation Accidents, Embraer SA, Kennedy Airport, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, JetBlue
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Temp companies on Long Island find market strong
patricia.kitchen@newsday.comThe government employs a variety of barometers to gauge the health of the nation's economy. There's the gross domestic product, the consumer price index, the index of leading economic indicators, the consumer confidence survey, among others. But some...Tags: Consumers, Financial and Business Services, Long Island, Kelly Services Incorporated, Florida
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Woman stabbed to death; cries for help unanswered
rocco.parascandola@newsday.comIn the last moments of her life, Ebony Garcia cried out for help - and no one in the Queens building where she died responded. One resident thought the sounds she heard came from someone who was drunk. Another, visiting from Korea, heard cries but doesn'...Tags: Trials, Police, Colleges and Universities, Prosecution, College Point
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Long Island Rail Road returns to normal schedules
alfonso.castillo@newsday.comCommuters heading to work after enjoying the three-day holiday weekend will find new timetables for the Long Island Rail Road that reflect completion of a summerlong track project and the addition of trains in response to riders' requests, railroad...Tags: St. Albans, Forest Hills, Transportation, Locust Valley, Imperial and Royal Matters
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Suspect in Queens slaying stopped near Mexican border
john.valenti@newsday.comThe alleged killer of a Queens woman whose cries for help went unanswered as she left her bloody handprints on two apartment doors Saturday in College Point was apprehended Tuesday in Brownsville, Texas -- just 100 yards from the Mexican border....Tags: Roosevelt, Queens (New York City), Demographics, College Point, New York
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Religious scrolls stolen from synagogue
The Associated PressEight scrolls of Hebrew Scriptures valued at around $500,000 have been stolen from a Jewish center in Queens. Police say they're investigating last week's theft of the Torahs from the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills. There was no forced entry, and...Tags: Police, Police Investigations, Judaism, Kew Gardens Hills
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8 religious scrolls stolen from Queens synagogue
Eight scrolls of Hebrew Scriptures valued at around $500,000 have been stolen from a Jewish center in Queens. Police say they're investigating last week's theft of the Torahs from the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills. There was no forced entry,...Tags: Police, Police Investigations, Judaism, Kew Gardens Hills
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Seven Torahs disappear from Kew Gardens Hills temple
New York police are investigating the disappearance of several Torahs from a Kew Gardens Hills temple, police said. Seven Torahs were reported missing Saturday morning from the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills at 71-35 Main St., a police spokesman...Tags: Radio Industry, Police, Religious Texts, Police Investigations, Torah
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Ex-Suffolk legislator Allan Binder to face charges
sandra.peddie@newsday.comFormer Suffolk County Legis. Allan Binder surrendered Monday morning to Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota's office to face charges, according to the DA's spokesman Robert Clifford. Clifford declined to specify the charges, but said Binder will be...Tags: Government, Thomas Spota, Suffolk County (New York), Long Island Power Authority, Central Islip
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Charles Gayden Wren II, corporate lawyer, dies
jesse.cozzetti@newsday.comCharles Gayden Wren II, a real estate and corporate lawyer with the firm Cullen and Dykman for more than 40 years, died Wednesday of a heart disorder, cardiac amyloidosis. He was 78. "The two things he loved most were his family and the law," said his...Tags: Northwestern University, Justice System, Long Island, Colleges and Universities, Lawyers
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