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Kew Gardens is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City.
Kew Gardens is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City.
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Westbound LIRR service restored
john.valenti@newsday.comA signal problem at a Long Island Rail Road operations area caused a suspension of local westbound service between Jamaica and Penn Station for about one hour on Thursday, a railroad spokesman said. That service was disrupted at about 10:20 a.m. and...Tags: David A. Paterson, Michael Bloomberg, New York City Transit, Long Island Rail Road, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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LIRR expects normal evening rush after morning "bump"
john.valenti@newsday.comWednesday's evening rush on the Long Island Rail Road was expected to be normal, after a morning incident when two trains bumped each other, causing minor injuries to five riders and delays of more than an hour. In a statement, the LIRR said that a...Tags: Railway Accidents, New York City Police Department, Long Island Rail Road, Injuries, Pain
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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: Far Rockaway, Behavioral Conditions, Kew Gardens Hills, Depression, Bipolar Disorder
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Veteran official arrested in LIRR pension scandal
robert.kessler@newsday.comA veteran Long Island Rail Road official was arrested Monday on charges of illegally helping employees to obtain disability pensions, according to state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Frederick Kreuder, 49, of Bellmore, was charged in Queens with...Tags: Employees, Helena Williams, Prosecution, Wages and Pensions, Justice System
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The scene: Queens: Voting frights
Spin CycleAfter voting herself in Kew Gardens this morning, Newsday reporter Randi Marshall compiled this report from conversations with friends. Along with the massive waits voters arround the country are encountering, put this in your "Why is it so hard to......Tags: Referenda, Kew Gardens Hills, Parliament, Voting, Florida
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Cops: Queens man was selling counterfeit Nikes
bill.mason@newsday.comA Queens man was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Uniondale as he tried to sell counterfeit Nike sneakers, police said. Paul Walters,25, of 75-25 153 St., Kew Gardens Hills, was charged with second-degree counterfeiting and was to be held for arraignment...Tags: Police Arrests, Police, Kew Gardens Hills, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Police Investigations
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Stolen Scriptures returned to synagogue
NEW YORK — Eight stolen scrolls of Hebrew Scriptures have been returned to a New York City synagogue in time for the Rosh Hashanah holiday. The Torahs, valued at about $500,000, were taken in August from the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills in...Tags: Judaism, Kew Gardens Hills, New York
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Wall Street panic hits New Yorkers hard
mnaanes@am-ny.comA flood of somber, dejected-looking bankers and investors poured out of the Stock Exchange Monday after a Congressional bailout plan failed, sinking the Dow Jones industrials to historic lows. "A lot of people haven't seen these events unfold in their...Tags: Stock Activities, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Financial District, Banking, Stock Market
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"Thirty-Eight Witnesses," by A.M. Rosenthal
When a 78-year-old pedestrian was downed by a hit-and-run driver in Hartford, Conn., in June, street surveillance video showed multiple cars passing by without stopping and fellow pedestrians staring at the victim without any visible move to aid him. This...Tags: Witnesses, Philosophy, Crimes, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Prosecution
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'Fugitive Pieces'
Hopscotching time on film is never an easy task, but Canadian writer-director Jeremy Podeswa handles it with skill and care in his lovely, absorbing adaptation of Anne Michaels' lauded novel about a circumspect writer haunted by his traumatic youth....Tags: Movies, Manhattan (New York City)
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Expert's testimony may boost Bell defense
anthony.destefano@newsday.comThe testimony Monday of a top New York police forensic expert appeared to give a boost to the defense of three detectives charged in the shooting death of Sean Bell by suggesting they feared for their lives. Peter Pizzola, who runs the department's crime...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Witnesses, Police, Prosecution, Sean Bell
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FDNY firefighters killed in line of duty
These New York City firefighters died in the line of duty in recent years: August 18, 2007 Joseph Graffagnino, 33, Brooklyn, and Robert Beddia, 53, Staten Island Engine 24, Ladder 5, Battalion 2 in Manhattan Died fighting a fire at the Deutsche Bank...Tags: Deutsche Bank AG, Fires, Williamsburg (Virginia), Fresh Meadows, Astoria
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