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Cops: Three workers die in Queens sewage hole
New York City police say three workers died doing some type of cleanup work in a sewage hole in Queens. Firefighters were attempting to rescue the workers, but it is believed they were already dead when they arrived. They worked with a private...Tags: Fires, Health and Safety at Work, Employees
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Cops: Suffolk sheriff shoots fugitive in Queens
Special to NewsdayA man with a felony drug warrant out for his arrest was shot in the stomach by a member of the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department working as part of a federal task force in Queens Wednesday morning, according to New York City Police. Members of the NY/...Tags: New York City Police Department, Drug Trafficking, Suffolk County (New York), Crimes, Raymond W. Kelly
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Queens Street Corner To Be Renamed To Honor Hip Hop Pioneers Run DMC
wpix.comQueens residents will now get to "Walk This Way" on Run DMC JMJ Way. A New York City street corner will be renamed after trail blazing rap trio Run DMC and Jam Master Jay, officials announced Tuesday. The corner of 205th Street and Hollis Avenue will be...Tags: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Imperial and Royal Matters, Joe Perry, Aerosmith (band), Dining and Drinking
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A look at world's deadliest air disasters
A look at some of the world's deadliest air disasters: June 30, 2009: Yemenia Airbus 310 enroute to the Comoros Islands crashes into the Indian Ocean with 153 people on board. June 1, 2009: Air France Airbus A330 runs into thunderstorms and crashes into...Tags: Transportation, Disasters, Bodies of Water, Boeing Co., Long Island
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NY assemblyman pleads guilty to fraud
Associated Press WriterA New York assemblyman accused of collecting $1 million from people who did business with the state pleaded guilty to fraud Wednesday in a plea deal that prosecutors said could result in a sentence of more than 11 years in prison. Anthony Seminerio, 74,...Tags: Symptoms, Prosecution, Trials, Parliament, New York
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FBI raids on LI, Queens crack down on drug dealers
robert.kessler@newsday.comFBI agents staged raids Thursday on six locations in Suffolk, Nassau and Queens as part of a crackdown on drug dealers believed to be supplying street gangs on Long Island, according to court documents and sources. Four people were arrested, including...Tags: West Babylon, FBI, Police Arrests, Long Island, Trials
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Three Workers Dead After Trapped in Sewage Hole
Three workers, who fell down a water-filled hole at a private garbage transfer plant in Jamaica, have died, PIX News has learned.
Authorities were alerted about the incident shortly after 2:30 p.m. Monday, when a caller reported the workers at the...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Employees
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Old Wethersfield Honored By Magazine
Old Wethersfield has been named Connecticut's "Best Old House Neighborhood" by "This Old House" magazine. "This Old House" named 51 "Best Places to Buy an Old House" this year one for every state, and one in Ontario, Canada. "Old Wethersfield is an...Tags: Richmond Hill, Connecticut, Wethersfield
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E. Islip men arrested for fireworks possession
bill.mason@newsday.comTwo East Islip men were arrested Wednesday by New York City police who found 42 cases of fireworks in the vehicle they were traveling in through Queens, police said. Karl Jurgensen, 44, and Fred Masso, 35, both of 42 Patchogue Ave., were charged with...Tags: New York City Police Department, East Islip, Organized Crime
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Girl, 2, critically injured in Queens hit-and-run
Special to NewsdayNew York City police were searching Saturday for a hit-and-run driver who struck a 2-year-old girl along Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park, leaving her critically injured. A passing motorist who saw the Friday night accident unfold told police that the...Tags: Ozone Park
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Queens DA: Mom's fire voodoo burns daughter, 6
A New York City woman has been accused of burning her 6-year-old daughter during a voodoo ritual and then ignoring her cries for help and sending her to bed. Prosecutors say Marie Lauradin poured an accelerant over her daughter during a Haitian...Tags: Symptoms, Richard Brown, Justice System, Lawyers
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iPhone 3GS hits shelves
NEW YORK (AP) — The new iPhone went on sale Friday morning, greeted by much smaller lines and less hoopla than previous models.
A few hundred people were in line just before the 7 a.m. opening of Apple Inc.'s flagship store on Manhattan's Fifth...Tags: Apple Inc., AT&T Corp., United States, Palm Inc, New York
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