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State working to help city's small businesses
Assemblywoman outlines several initiatives at biz event
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Angelica Harris with students at her alma mater, St. Sebastian s School in Woodside. Empowering youth through reading & writing
Author returns to her Queens roots
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LICBDC Business-to-Business Expo is a Hit
On Wednesday, over 150 businesses from all over the state flocked to Terrace on the Park in Flushing Meadows Corona Park for the Long Island City Business Development Corporations’ ( LICBDC ) annu...
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Jackson Heights residents planning a greener nabe
Driving a green agenda with the help of Pratt
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Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras hosted Corona s first town hall meeting at P.S. 19 last Thursday. Town Hall highlights problems with gangs, prostitution
Last Thursday, Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras hosted Corona’s first-ever town hall meeting at P.S. 19 to give her constituents an opportunity to discuss their concerns about problems in the communi...
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42-40 65th Street in Woodside, where a basement fire claimed the lives of three. Fire kills 3, injures 4 others
The fire department responded early Saturday morning to a fire that originated in the illegally subdivided basement of a house in Woodside. The blaze, which was called in at 2:45 a.m., claimed the...
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Newtown Superfund more complex, costlier than Gowanus
Combined, projects could top $1billion
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GOP victories a Quinn-lose situation?
Republicans could influence a potential challenge to speaker
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ELECTIONS 2009 RESULTS

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Burglars hold LIC building hostage
Business looks to recoup losses
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Fixing cracked sidewalks faster
City unveils new Queens pilot program
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Andre Smith, who played basketball at LIC High School from 1981 to 1985. LIC High School inducts second class
School’s Athletic Hall of Fame continues to grow
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Kosciuszko Bridge project moving forward
Despite gov’s comments, Newtown span will be rebuilt
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22nd District Endorsement: Peter Vallone, Jr.
In politics experience tends to matter. Not always, of course. But in the case of the 22nd Council District race, where incumbent Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. is running against Green Party cand...
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26th District Endorsement: Jimmy Van Bramer
Like in many other districts in Queens this election year, the Republican Party is running viable candidates against the winners of September’s Democratic primaries, and the 26th District in...
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Initial Senate vote looms on health legislation (AP)

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, accompanied by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz., right, lifts copy of the Democratic health care reform bill, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - A crucial first Senate vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in a rare Saturday night session looms as a test of Democratic unity and the president's prestige.


Sat Nov 21 02:33:47 -0600 2009
Levin: May be more troubling emails from Hasan (AP)

file - This Oct. 2008 file photo by Muhammad ud-Deen shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. The imam, who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, said he did not pressure Hasan to harm Americans, The Washington Post reported Monday, Nov 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File) MANDATORY CREDIT NO SALESAP - There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday.


Sat Nov 21 00:16:42 -0600 2009
Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks (AP)

This photo taken on November 27, 2008, shows flames and smoke gushing from The Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, one of the sites of attacks by alleged militant gunmen. The first anniversary of the attacks will be difficult for many of the hotel staff, who have been offered counselling and post-trauma therapy for the last 12 months.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AP - Italian police on Saturday arrested two Pakistani men accused of providing logistical support for last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, officials said.


Sat Nov 21 03:21:40 -0600 2009
US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard (AP)

FILE - In a Monday, July 21, 2008 file photo, Blackwater Worldwide's headquarters is seen in Moyock, N.C. Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday, Nov.10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)AP - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.


Sat Nov 21 00:17:08 -0600 2009
GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care (AP)

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, gestures during a health care reform news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. From left are, Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., McConnell, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.


Sat Nov 21 00:17:45 -0600 2009