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Traffic stop leads to Astoria drug arrest

Police stopped the car Saturday at 30-80 31st St. in Astoria after they saw the driver failing to signal.

Three men, 19, 25, and 33 years old, were seen with marijuana, open containers of beer and a knife, police said.

They were charged with
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Cambria Heights baby dies at hospital

Sariya McCall, 6 months, of 118-40 223rd St. in Cambria Heights, was found unconscious and unresponsive by EMS personnel who responded to the home at around 8:11 p.m. Friday, police said.

She was taken to Long Island Jewish Hospital where she was p
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Thief grabs Sidekick on Fresh Meadows bus

The passenger was sitting in the front of the bus when the suspect boarded and snatched the Sidekick from her hand at 175th Place and the Long Island Expressway at around 6 p.m. Sunday, police said.
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Luggage filched in Little Neck

Two men took the luggage with clothing, a camera and an iPod inside at around 8 a.m. Saturday on the 53rd Avenue block of Overbrook Street, police said.

The suspects fled in a gray minivan with Florida plates, police said.
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Man dies in single-car Laurelton accident

John Havlicek, 44, of 82 Second St. in Deposit, N.Y., was traveling southbound on Laurelton Parkway at around 6:24 p.m. Friday when his 2002 Ford van struck the 130th Street overpass, police said.

Havlicek was pronounced dead at the scene, police s
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Unconscious infant dies in 105th: Police

The boy’s father found him unconscious around 7:52 p.m. Monday, police said.

Police did not disclose where the boy was found, only that the discovery was made “within the confines of the 105th Precinct,” which is headquartered in Queens Villa
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Jamaica NAACP honors history

The Jamaica branch of the NAACP honored Black History Month with performances and speeches Sunday at the Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church in Jamaica.

Leroy Gadsden, president of the Jamaica NAACP, said it was fitting to hold the African-American

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