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Man dies after being shot five times on Brooklyn street
Addae Gibbs, 22, was found on Dean St. near Utica Ave. shortly after 1:40 a.m.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
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JFK 'ramp rats' busted for stealing thousands from travelers' luggage
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Seven thieving “ramp rats” -- JFK Airport baggage handlers working for a company hired by El Al Airlines -- have been busted for stealing thousands of dollars worth of bling and electronics from travelers' luggage, authorities said.
“When air travelers check their luggage with an airline, there is an...
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High school security guard in Cicero charged with assaulting student
A security guard at a west suburban high school allegedly sexually assaulted a 16-year-old student. While employed as a security guard at Morton East High School in Cicero, 36-year-old Osiel Martinez befriended the teen girl, but then engaged in a sexual relationship with her at some point between March and August this year, Cook County prosecutors said Saturday. On one occasion, Martinez, who lives in Cicero, drove the girl home, followed her in and had sex with her, prosecutors said. Martinez allegedly told the teen not to tell anyone because he would go to jail. The alleged victim later told …
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Carolyn Hax: He works all day so wants to relax before seeing his wife and baby
Are there letter-writers you wonder about to this day? While I’m away, readers nominate some who stayed in mind. “He said (roughly) is it so much to ask that he gets a couple of hours of unwind time after work? After all (again, roughly), he didn’t get to go to the mall and nap during the day like his wife did . . . home with the baby. I’ve often wondered what happened there.”Read full article >>
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Washington Watchdog: Expensive Perks of Being a US General
They take troops into battle, but even the Pentagon has admitted it’s spending too much to house some of America’s top generals. In an upscale neighborhood in Coral Gables, Fla., a five-bedroom home of 3,900 square feet is inhabited by a four-star general who commands...
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Police: Burbank toddler found in car dies
A Burbank toddler who died Friday may have been left in a vehicle parked outside his home, police said.
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Miley Cryus bares breasts for another racy photo shoot
Miley Cyrus literally cannot stop showing off her figure. Fresh off the 20-year-old singer's salacious MTV VMAs performance, Notion magazine will hit newsstands this week featuring none other than a scantily clad Cryus.
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Rupee Drops, and Outlook Grows Darker for India
Data released on Friday by the Indian government showed that the economy slowed in the quarter ended in June to the weakest rate since the worst of the global downturn.
Friday, August 30, 2013
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Affinity Plus CEO Kyle Markland resigns
Kyle Markland is the second high-level departure in recent weeks, but the interim CEO says they are unrelated.
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Socialcam: Videos from Turkey
The Washington Post is partnering with Socialcam to share stories and video directly from the scene of the protests in Turkey. Socialcam is a smartphone app that lets users record short video clips. We'll be featuring a selection of videos taken by Socialcam users at the site of the demonstrations in Taksim Square on our "On the Ground: Turkey" page. We'll be looking for and featuring video shot in Istanbul; if you're in the area, you can share your video using the Socialcam iPhone or Android app. Take a look at the videos so far.Read full article >>
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The art and science of making beer can chicken
There are solid scientific reasons that chicken really does roast better in a more upright.
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Black vegetarians balance new diet and old traditions
the black vegetarian society of texas is an educational and social organization for all races.
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Monument to ‘god of chaos’ materializes in front of Oklahoma City restaurant
Staff at Paseo Grill are still making sense of a mysterious monument to a fictional deity that materialized on their front lawn.
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Woman fatally struck by a Caltrain in Palo Alto
An elderly woman was fatally struck by a Caltrain in Palo Alto
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New Neighbor’s Agenda: White Power Takeover
Residents of Leith, N.D., thought nothing of it when Paul Craig Cobb moved in and began buying property, until they learned of his plan to start a white supremacist colony.
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To some, D.C. halfway house is more like ‘Hopeless Village’
Joseph Willis is an African American man just out of prison who needs a job in a city where more than 20 percent of black men and about half of former inmates can’t find employment.He hoped that Hope Village, the Southeast Washington halfway house where he stayed for months after he was released from the D.C. jail, would help him get back on his feet and start a new life.Read full article >>
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Carolyn Hax: New parents who are miserable
Are there letter-writers you wonder about to this day? While I’m away, readers nominate some who stayed in mind. “I still worry about that family all the time!”Sunday, March 15, 2009Hi, Carolyn:Please help; I’m desperate. My husband and I are parents to an 8-month-old son, and while we were very excited to welcome a baby, we have learned over the past eight months that parenthood is not for us. We knew we would be changing our lifestyle, but we had no idea we’d be miserable doing it.Read full article >>
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Man killed by Brooklyn Center police was facing prison sentence
An attorney for the officer says a traffic stop turned into “a life-or-death struggle” before the shooting.
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Elderly woman killed by MTA bus
Seth GottfriedAn elderly woman was struck and killed by an MTA bus at 6:45 this morning at the intersection of Pennsylvania Ave. and Seaview Ave.
An elderly woman was killed by an MTA B82 bus this morning as she tried to cross a busy Brooklyn street, authorities said.
The...
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They Might Walk On, but They’ll Undoubtedly Sit
The walk-on tryouts for the West Virginia football team offered would-be Mountaineers a shot at the reward for nearly all winners: zero playing time.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
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Mobile Doctors CEO, physician charged with Medicare fraud
The head of a Chicago-based company that manages physicians who make house calls and one of its most prolific doctors were arrested Tuesday on charges the company fraudulently billed Medicare for millions of dollars by inflating the level of care given patients.
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Gilroy: Traffic stop results in major cocaine bust
A traffic stop in Gilroy ended in a major drug bust last week, after a police dog sniffed out about 11 pounds of well-concealed suspected cocaine with a street value of more than $120,000, police said.
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Patients at Martinsburg VA medical center displaced by mold
A domiciliary housing 175 patients at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va., has been closed after tests showed the presence of mold in many of the rooms.The mold was discovered Thursday in the fan coils of air-conditioning units in the domiciliary, and patients were moved out on Friday, according to VA officials. Many of them are being housed in Martinsburg area hotels during the clean-up work, which the VA said will take two months.Read full article >>
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New Jersey football players rewarded after paying for items at store with no clerk
Four football players in New Jersey are being rewarded for their honesty.
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Hacked New York Times website still down; alternate site working
WASHINGTON -- It’s a battle between one of the nation’s largest newspapers and what is suspected to be a group of hackers supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad, and for the moment at least, the hackers appear to be winning.
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