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Thursday, July 29, 2004

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18-year-old shot in Rockaways

The 18-year-old, who was not identified, was taken to Peninsula General Hospital after a bullet hit his right leg at the corner of Beach 43rd Street and Beach Channel Drive, the paper reported.
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Pedestrian bridges must be revamped

In New York City most pedestrian bridges are over interstate highways and are designed by the New York State Department of Transportation.

In the near future, expressways such as the Cross Bronx, Gowanus, Brooklyn-Queens and others will be rehabil
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Immigrant challenge

In some cases he will be reaching out to communities where large numbers of immigrants are undocumented and afraid to take advantage of city services such as medical care and education. These communities often suffer from high rates of joblessness, povert
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So many left behind

But New York City parents hoping to get their kids into a decent school next September are in for a major disappointment. The flood of children hoping to transfer threatened to overwhelm the city’s best schools. Last year, 7,000 of the 300,000 eligi
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Man hit by stray bullet on Guy R. Brewer Blvd.

The man, who was not named, was on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard near 134th Street when an argument between two men up the street led to a gun being fired. One of the shots hit the 22-year-old in his right thigh, and he was taken to Mary Immaculate Hospital in
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Hogging parking spots is just wrong

From her letter I gather that she has two cars. One she drives and the other she uses to block the spots so she can park the first car when she gets back.

She approaches the situation as some sort of a joke. Something she is proud of doing. A quest
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Getting inured to four-letter words

No, I’m not talking about oil, clean air or water. I’m talking about our language. Specifically, four-letter, Anglo-Saxon root words. Yes, those words.

I was on a bus a few days ago when it hit me. All around were people using these wor
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Gambling must be discouraged

Gambling revenue from video slot machines, which is what these terminals really are, is basically a regressive form of taxation on the poor.

Further, with the constitutionality of these terminals still in question and the fact that proposals to bri
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The Indian side of the story

Every time I read an article about the Indians of Little Neck in the 1600-1700s there is not much said concerning their side.

It irks me to no end to read that the Dutch gave Little Neck and Douglaston to Thomas Hicks, an Englishman, in the year 16
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National night out

The event is aimed at raising awareness about crime and drug prevention, fostering a partnership between the police and the community and letting criminals know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back, according to the National Night Out Web si

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