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Thursday, February 15, 2007

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High marks for hospital – Ctr. boasts 0 infection rate

There could be no better recommendation for a hospital and its staff than a report of zero infection rate. And that’s what doctors and staff at Beth Israel Medical Center-Kings Highway Division achieved for their patients who hip replacement surgery
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Judaism on the slopes of Hunter Mt.

As 30 Jewish teens, all first and second generation Russian immigrants, snapped their boot bindings into their skis and leapt aboard Hunter Mountain’s lift, they were continuing a tradition of Jewish education begun by Friends of Refugees of Eastern
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Area cops assaulted on the job

A cop who had just returned to the beat after undergoing a liver transplant was attacked by a group of thugs on the 3600 block of Nostrand Avenue Friday, officials said.

The officer, who was hit with a bottle, was one of two police officers attack
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Downhill Judaism in the Catskills Mtns.

The Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe, (FREE), sponsored a special 8 day winter camp located in the heart of the Catskill Mountains for public school children of Russian speaking background who do not enjoy a formal religious education throughout the
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Up, up and away

Handsomely does it, now. A Sea Tow crane makes swift work of unearthing the Sunset Queen from Sheepshead Bay after the party boat suffered a mysterious rupture and sank, January 27. Coast Guard officials are investigating the circumstances surrounding the
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It’s all happening at Queens zoo

Queens Zoo, a Wildlife Conservation Society park, is located at 53-51 111th St. in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Admission is $6 for adults, $2.25 for seniors 65 and older, $2 for kids 3-12, free for children under 3. Zoo hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. da

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