NYPD Plans Changes To Stop-And-Frisk Policies
(New York, NY) -- The NYPD says changes are on the way to the department's controversial stop and frisk policy. A department-wide memo regarding "stop-and-frisk" has been sent out reminding officers that individuals should only be stopped if the officers believe a crime has been committed or is about to be committed, and that race or ethnic background can't be a factor in the stops ...Read More
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Health Clinic Linked To Espada Forced To Shut Down
(Bronx, NY) -- The Bronx health clinic at the heart of former State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.'s corruption trial is being forced to close its doors. State health officials say they are shuttering the Soundview Healthcare Network and forcing the facility ...Read More
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USPS: L.A. Tops List Of Most Dog Attacks
(Los Angeles, CA) -- The U.S. Postal Service says Los Angeles tops the list as the city with the most dog attacks on letter carriers. Los Angeles Postmaster Mark H. Anderson says L.A. had 83 attacks, followed by San Diego with 68 including one death ...Read & Hear More
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Americans Taking Steps Now To Afford A Summer Vacation
(Whiting, IN) -- The majority of Americans intend to take some time for themselves this summer. Two-thirds of the respondents in a new CouponCabin.com poll say they'll be taking a vacation this summer ...Read More
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Walcott Announces Plans To Get Rid Of Low Performing Teachers
(New York, NY) -- New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott isn't waiting around to get rid of low performing teachers. Walcott says he plans to offer buyouts to teachers repeatedly found to be incompetent in the classroom ...Read More
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Suspect Pleads Not Guilty In Head Stabbing Of NYPD Officer
(New York, NY) -- A mentally disturbed man accused of stabbing a NYPD officer in the head has pleaded not guilty to charges. Twenty-six-year-old Terrance Hale is facing charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault upon a police officer among other counts for the April 17th incident on a Harlem Street ...Read More
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Drug Gang Arrests In Queens
(New York, NY) -- Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced the breakup of two drug gangs. Kelly says scores of people were arrested including James Corley who was also associated with the felons who sanctioned the execution of Police Officer Edward Byrne in 1988 ...Read More
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Espaillat Picks Up Another Endorsement
(Bronx, NY) -- State Senator Adriano Espaillat has picked up another endorsement in his bid to unseat Congressman Charles Rangel. Former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion stood beside Espaillat yesterday on the steps of City Hall to announce his support ...Read More
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Bronx Teacher Busted On Child Porn Charges
(New York, NY) -- A Bronx teacher has been busted on child pornography charges. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara says 26-year-old Joshua Conde was arrested at his Bronx residence Wednesday and charged with possessing and distributing child porn ...Read More
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Governor Wants To Limit Executive Compensation
(Albany, NY) -- Governor Cuomo is pushing a plan to limit executive compensation for organizations that receive state funds. Under Cuomo's proposal, social service and health care providers that get at least 30 percent of their monies from state or federal funds would ...Read More
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Mary Richardson Kennedy: Death By Hanging
(Bedford, NY) -- Autopsy results show Mary Richardson Kennedy hanged herself. A spokesman for the Westchester County, New York Medical Examiner has listed "asphyxiation due to hanging" as the official cause of death of the 52-year-old estranged wife of Robert F ...Read More
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Sentencing Day For Dharun Ravi
(East Brunswick, NJ) -- It's sentencing day for the former Rutgers student convicted of spying on his gay roommate who later committed suicide. Dharun Ravi faces up to ten-years in prison and deportation after a jury found him guilty of 15 counts including bias intimidation and invasion of privacy ...Read More
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