" NEW YORK (AP) -- As neon lights bathe the dance floor of the darkened nightclub, a group of young women from Latin America sit at tables, sipping water or soda and waiting for men to approach and hand them...
"NEW YORK (AP) -- He was a respected former NYPD detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer. But now Athelson Kelson is charged with bank robbery, identified by authorities as New York's so-called Bling...
In New York, troubled homeowners are getting additional help from their respected state courts. In line with the state’s efforts to curb the rising foreclosure rate, a new program involving early intervention will...
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Residents from the Queens, New York apartments returned to their apartment which caught fire last week. Over Dozen were injured and a 2 year girl received serious burn injuries. Read more http://www.866attylaw.com/blog/residents-of-queens-new-york-apartments-return/
A 63 year old woman Judith Leekin, was sentenced to 11 years in prison in connection with Adoption Scam. She had amassed a fortune of more than $1.63 million in adoption subsidies.Read More : http://www.866attylaw.com/blog/queens-woman-sentenced-to-11-years-in-adoption-scam/
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"Vietnam doesn’t take part in major activities of the pageant, which run from July 8-14, so it doesn’t have a chance to show itself off or learn organising techniques from the US partner. Many expect that...
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Mmm...delicious food + outdoor films + beach = mmmNew York City Food Film Festival has found the right equation, in my humble opinion. It will run a series of 18 films with related dishes to tempt all...
We'll be keeping our eye on this story..."NEW YORK - Two subway cars derailed Sunday in Manhattan, forcing more than 400 passengers to leave the tunnel on a second train, officials said. ...
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We must elevate our conversation to face the weakness of ourcommunities. Our economic, social and political agenda must beaddressed beyond the complaints that we all can agree fill ourdiscussion. If we can move above the fray of this and the many pastshameful events that have...
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Cricket being played in New York!!! Interesting.Probably it will take a long time before it becomes mainstream, but there is an attempt to increase the proliferation - that is great.
the NYtimes reports on this year's PS1 summer Young Architects Program winners Work Architecture, who propose creating an urban farm:One can only imagine how the judges reacted when the architects walked
in lugging the kind of hulking concrete-pouring cardboard tubes used...
"This year's 52 Miss America contestants haven't just been getting judged, they've been getting zinged in "Miss America: Reality Check," a four-part reality series leading up to Saturday's 8 p.m. EST crowning on TLC.
The series, whose final installment airs Friday, has...
After all the years of enduring the MTA and those long boring rides home maybe a little entertainment is not that bad. "The N train may need to be changed to the NC-17 and the L could be dubbed the lap dance...
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Beauty queens who blather on about world peace are twoa-penny, so my friends' reactions when I told them about Nazanin Afshin-Jam were predictably cynical. 'She was a Red Cross worker who entered Miss World and...