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Police seek shooter in bodega robbery

The man entered the grocery store, located at 157th Street and 111th Avenue, around 2:30 p.m., displayed a gun and demanded that the counterman give him cash, police said. The man then shot the counterman in the hip and pushed a 79-year-old customer to th
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Police seek Flushing bank robber

The suspect also robbed the Flushing Savings Bank, also on Kissena Boulevard, the morning of Feb. 20, displaying a small silver handgun and passing a note before fleeing on foot, police said.

He was last seen wearing a white knit hat, a white overc
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Bayside woman forged checks for chicken: DA

Alicia Bunkem, 47, wrote nine checks using the information from a couple who closed their account in 2004, the Queens district attorney’s office said. All nine were written out to Boston Market for deliveries to her home on 217th Street, authorities
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Glen Oaks man missing after hospital visit

Gonzales is described as 5 feet, 3 inches tall and 150 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. He is missing one finger has tattoos, and is in poor mental health, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-577-TIPS.
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The Downfall of Brian McLaughlin

McLaughlin’s confession turns the spotlight on the culture of corruption that pervades Albany and the potential for conflicts of interest in state government that is too often ignored. The state’s most powerful leaders routinely resist calls f
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A First Step

Faced with this crisis, a handful of local political leaders, including state Sens. Malcolm Smith (D-St. Albans) and Shirley Huntley (D-Jamaica), recently convened an event at Campus Magnet High School that brought together some of the area’s bigges
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A Life Well Lived

Among her accomplishments, Ms. Black worked side by side with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights era. Said Queens Councilman Leroy Comrie, “Dr. Black was a role model, in the truest sense of the word, and she inspired countless
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Justice or a Witch Hunt?

According to the complaints, Aldorasi pushed a student back into his seat and on other occasions verbally threatened some of the teachers at the school. The department at first sought to fire the man, but an arbitrator ruled instead that he be given a $6,

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