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Thursday, February 23, 2006

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D.A. under fire

An attorney representing a Queens man who was freed after spending 12 years in prison for an attempted murder in Bayside says he has evidence of 84 cases where Queens prosecutors allowed witnesses to give false testimony.

The road ahead may be diff
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Oh, no, it’s a spa

The councilman told NY1 that he was particularly concerned about the impact that the hotel would have on traffic. “The traffic pattern for this section of the community is very unique,” he said. “You sort of have go around in a circle to
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An unacceptable silence

For nearly a month the news around the world has been dominated by reports of riots and angry protests in response to cartoons published in European newspapers that appeared to mock the Prophet Mohammad.

The cartoons were childish and insensitive t
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Nyet, nunca, nein

The legislation would require the city’s cash-strapped schools to translate all forms handed out to parents in a quantity over 1,000 into eight languages in addition to English. This includes Russian, Korean, Urdu, Spanish, Cantonese, Haitian/Creole
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My religious symbol replaced by snowmen

The law clearly states that holiday displays that are temporary in nature may include religious symbols. We are talking about a display, not an educational lesson plan. Why is it discrimination when it is against anyone else but Christians? Why is the ACL
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Brian, we wish you all the best

This letter is a small tribute to a man big in stature, heart and passion for his neighbors, friends and constituents. To paraphrase an old Irish ballad, Brian, we wish you one more day to stay and lift a cup or two with us. If you must however leave us,
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Martin’s Field must be respected as burial ground

It is said “you judge a people or a nation by the way they treat their children, women, elderly and their dead.” The African presence in New York City has been here for 393 years. In 1613, when Dutch merchants first arrived in the so-called Ne
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Did we get more of same with John Boehner?

One of the first statements made by Tom Delay’s replacement, John Boehner, however, was that the proposal that Hastert and House Rules Committee Chairman David Drier (R-Calif.) put forward was not his nor that of the Republican Conference Plan. It
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Klein erred in opening schools after storm

This is a fulfillment of the chancellor’s pledge that he was ending the”business as usual” custom of catering to the teachers union. All other public and private schools within a 50-square-mile radius, with few exceptions, were closed. W
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MS 74 students in need of crossing guard

Before departing for his new post, Capt. Pilkington wrote us all a very uplifting and positive letter, reassuring us that he was creating a post and that attention to this concern would be a priority. He also said that whenever possible a footpost would b

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