Police are searching for two men who allegedly robbed a
straphanger at gunpoint at the Bushwick Avenue/Aberdeen
Street L train station on Christmas Day, it was reported.
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Five men were arrested for stabbing four patrons of a New
Year’s Eve party outside an Ozone Park social club, it was reported.
According to police reports, the four victims, ranging in age from 24 to 38, were at a New Year’s Eve party at a social club located at 122-30 Rockaway Blvd. More...
The new year was unkind to motorists throughout Brooklyn
and Queens, with four separate car crashes taking place in the
first days of 2010, including three on Saturday, Jan. 2.
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A South Ozone Park man—allegedly shot at by two men
during an argument in front of his home—was himself arrested
after police officers responding to the incident found a
marijuana-growing operation in his basement, it was reported.
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This past Christmas Eve marked the kickoff of Richmond
Hill’s Holy Child Jesus Church’s yearlong 100th anniversary
celebration, which will include pilgrimages, an outdoor procession
and other ceremonial events in 2010.
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The Obama administration claim that “the system worked” after a failed aircraft bombing wasn't quite as jolting as President George W. Bush's “Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job” while New Orleans sank under deadly Hurricane Katrina. But both raised disturbing questions about presidential response in a time of crisis. More...
On a bitterly cold New Year’s Eve, hundreds of high schoolage
female athletes—some from as far away as Philadelphia
and New Jersey—flocked to Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute to compete
at the 36th Annual Colgate Women’s Games, the nation’s
longest running free track and field competition for girls an More...
Does anyone remember the old corny joke “the shirt and
pants do all the work, and the tie gets all the gravy?”
Well, the joke’s on us, and China, Russia and Norway are
the ones making us look like clowns.
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It was puzzling to read opinion pieces in liberal newspapers like The
New York Times
and Newsday
lamenting the Christmas Day al- Qaida attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines jet. Most of the liberal press agreed: That was not a nice thing to do, and those terrorists should stop the attacks this very minute. More...
Glendale Post Hosts New Year’s Bash The Edward R. Miller VFW Post 7336 in Glendale hosted its annual New Year’s Eve get together with the VFW Members and the Auxiliary. More...
New Year Brings Italian Program To Notre Dame