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Girl's mom: Don't charge boy in bus death
Newsday Staff WritersHis feet dangling beneath the globe-sized steering wheel, little Tafiri tried his best to pilot the diesel-powered school bus. The 26,000-pound coach lurched forward Monday afternoon, crushing to death an innocent girl, Amber Sadiq, 8, who didn't know...Tags: Court Administration, Death and Dying, Vehicles, Crown Heights, Punishment
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Girl killed by school bus laid to rest
Newsday Staff WriterAs mourners arrived at the Woodhaven funeral home Wednesday, they were handed a photo montage celebrating the short, sweet life of Amber Sadiq: Amber with her brightly colored schoolbag; Amber and her sister by the pool; Amber hugging a doll. Her dad,...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Woodhaven, Death and Dying, Religious Leaders, Islam
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The Cemetery Belt
Staff WriterUnder cover of darkness the creaking horse-drawn wagons are loaded onto the ferry. Once across the river, they lumber through the sleeping countryside, finally coming to a halt on Queens hillsides where graveyard workers unload their strange cargo --...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Yorkville (Manhattan, New York), Queens County, Imperial and Royal Matters, Astoria
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Descendant: Dad Was A Rough Rider; A Letter From T.R. Proves It
Staff WriterThe letter is fragile, almost disintegrating at its folds, and Helen Fraas of Westbury opens it gingerly. ``Sir, the bearer, Mr. Albert Powers, was a corporal in my regiment. He was wounded in our first fight while doing his duty . . . He was an...Tags: Death and Dying, Injuries, Diseases, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), The White House
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'Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them'
Staff WriterIt seems only fitting that when Jackie Robinson died in 1972, he was buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery. The largest of the 17 cemeteries that straddle the Queens-Brooklyn border, Cypress Hills is all-inclusive: The departed of all races, colors and...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Death and Dying, General Motors Corp., Monuments and Heritage Sites, Mae West
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Last Surviving VeteranOf War of 1812
Staff WriterThe Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution in 1783, but it didn't end hostility between the United States and Great Britain. England was at war with France. American vessels sailing to French ports were seized and about 2,500 American sailors were...Tags: American Revolutionary War, Death and Dying, Treaties, Brooklyn Bridge, Long Island
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Queens Home Sales
++++++++++++++++++++ || Bayside || 217 || St || $432,500 || 4 || Colonial || 2.5 || 1930 || Full || Y || Y || Frame/Sidi || 37 x 100 || $1,705 || 6/27/01 || || Bayside || 53Rd || Ave || $485,000 || 4 || Tudor ||...Tags: Fresh Meadows, Maspeth, St. Albans, Queens (New York City), Queens Village
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