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Far Rockaway is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens.
Far Rockaway is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens.
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Strip club's risque sign troubles residents
Special to NewsdaySaying it is too risque for their neighborhood, concerned residents are outraged over a large advertisement for a strip club on the border of Queens and Nassau County. In the hopes of coming up with a plan to do something about the Platinum Club's sign,...Tags: Queens (New York City), Dining and Drinking, Imperial and Royal Matters, Bars and Clubs
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Hillary Clinton accepts secretary of state nomination
tom.brune@newsday.comHillary Rodham Clinton said she's ready to leave New York and the Senate to return to the world stage after President-elect Barack Obama announced Monday he would nominate his former political rival as his secretary of state. If confirmed by the Senate,...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Manhattan (New York City), John McCain, Epidemics and Plagues, Terrorism
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As secretary of state, Clinton faces tough juggling act
tom.brune@newsday.comWASHINGTON - When Hillary Rodham Clinton steps up next to President-elect Barack Obama in Chicago today to accept the nomination as secretary of state, she will be taking on a portfolio whose importance was underlined dramatically by the recent deadly...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Manhattan (New York City), John McCain, Epidemics and Plagues, Terrorism
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Mourners urged to carry on legacy of slain rabbi, wife
michael.amon@newsday.comIn a memorial service by turns somber and defiant, Long Island ultra-Orthodox rabbis called on their congregations yesterday to carry on the dedication and faith of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivkah, the Brooklyn couple killed in the Mumbai...Tags: Long Island, Torah, Terrorism, Religious Texts, Judaism
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Brooklyn Rabbi killed in Mumbai mourned
michael.amon@newsday.comIn a memorial service by turns somber and defiant, Long Island ultra-Orthodox rabbis called on their congregations Sunday to carry on the dedication and faith of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivkah, the Brooklyn couple killed in the Mumbai...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Long Island, Torah, Terrorism, Religious Texts
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Wal-Mart worker dies in Black Friday stampede
matthew.chayes@newsday.comA stampede of shoppers in a Valley Stream Wal-Mart on Friday morning left one worker dead and at least three patrons injured after an impatient crowd broke down the store doors and trampled the seasonal employee, Nassau police said. Jdimytai Damour of...Tags: Law Enforcement, Health and Safety at Work, Police, Injuries, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Coast Guard flotilla commander killed in car accident
bill.bleyer@newsday.comJames P. Conlon never owned a boat, but that didn't stop him from revitalizing a South Shore Coast Guard Auxiliary unit. Conlon, 47, of East Islip, commander of Auxiliary Flotilla 01-04, was fatally injured in a North Lindenhurst car accident Sunday....Tags: Fire Island, North Carolina, North Dakota, Long Island, Keyspan
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POLICE BEAT
Reports from county or village police, Oct. 26-Nov. 1. Cedarhurst A basement storage room at a Grove Avenue home was broken into Oct. 26 or 27; gifts from a bridal shower were stolen. Elmont A television set and a digital camera were stolen from a...Tags: Whittier, Nikon Corp, Police, McDonald's, Grand Boulevard
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Arrest in Halloween stabbing in North Lawrence
joseph.mallia@newsday.comA Far Rockaway man was arrested Wednesday in the stabbing of a passerby who tried to break up a fight on a North Lawrence street on Halloween, Nassau police said. Misael Hernandez, 17, was charged with second-degree attempted murder, assault, gang...Tags: Police Arrests, Lawrence, Assault, Police, Crimes
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School that channels fireworks
katti@kattigray.comRight away, my preconceptions about the intellectual capacity of students assigned to the Woodward Children's Center are dispelled. "Just because an artist is famous and says, 'You're not an artist unless you appreciate [my] work,' that doesn't mean...Tags: Kew Gardens, Schools, Depression, SoHo, Behavioral Conditions
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Equipment problems cause LIRR delays
john.valenti@newsday.comA truck hit a bridge overpass at Merillon Avenue in Garden City on Monday, causing 10- to 15-minute delays on trains on the Long Island Rail Road west of Mineola, railroad officials said. It is unclear how long those delays will last. Details on the...Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Long Island, Transportation, Flatbush, Railway Transportation
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Injured cop to testify in fatal Crown Heights shooting
anthony.destefano@newsday.comA bit of luck - and his bulletproof vest - saved the life of New York police Officer Herman Yan when he and his partner Russel Timoshenko were shot during an early-morning traffic stop in Crown Heights on July 9, 2007. Yan suffered an arm wound but a 9-...Tags: Pennsylvania, Justice System, Long Island, New York, Witnesses
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