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Shouts of 'Officer Down' After College Player Shot

Monday, March 12, 2012

Police transmissions from an incident in which a college football player was killed by a New York officer include repeated shouts of "Shots fired! Officer down!"

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Closings Tuesday in Rutgers Webcam Spying Trial

Monday, March 12, 2012

Jurors might see for the second time a video of a statement to police from a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man.

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Fistfight Breaks out at Chicago Symphony Concert

Saturday, March 10, 2012

It was an unusual backdrop for a fistfight: Maestro Riccardo Muti was nearly through the second movement of Brahms Symphony No. 2 at the normally staid Chicago Symphony Orchest...
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Behind the Rash of Tuba Thefts in California

Friday, March 09, 2012

They've still got their trombones and their trumpets, their cornets and their clarinets.

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Pal: Rutgers Student in Spying Case Didn't Show Anti-Gay Views

Friday, March 09, 2012

The defense presented its first day of testimony in the trial of the Rutgers student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate intimate encounter with another man never expressed anti-gay views to him.

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Hacker Arrested in NY Cooperated From Day 1

Thursday, March 08, 2012

An elite computer hacker who stunned fellow Internet saboteurs by becoming an FBI informant didn't put up any resistance when agents first knocked on his door.

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Christie, Lawmakers Agree to Fix Anti-Bullying Law

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Gov. Chris Christie and New Jersey lawmakers have agreed to fix the state's anti-bullying law. The law was struck down in January when a state panel found it was a financial burden to school districts.

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Kennedy Center Plans Nordic Arts Festival in 2013

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Nordic artists will take over the Kennedy Center next year for a monthlong festival to cap a new season of programs in 2012 and 2013 that were announced Tuesday.

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NY, NJ, CT Politicians Seek Minimum Wage Increase

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Legislative leaders from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are pushing a novel, unified approach to promote higher minimum wages, hoping to spur a national movement and eliminate a major argument of opponents in the Northeast who say hikes hinder a state's competitiveness.

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Strauss-Kahn Hearing in NY Gets Delayed

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

A New York court has postponed a hearing on a lawsuit filed against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn by a woman who says he sexually assaulted her in a hotel.

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NJ Rep. Donald Payne Dies at 77

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Payne was New Jersey's first black congressman. The 12-term member of the House had announced in February that he was undergoing treatment for colon cancer and would continue to represent his district.

 

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Rutgers Roommate Saved Tweets, Detective Says

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

A detective has shown jurors that a Rutgers University student saved screenshots of his roommate's Twitter postings that said he was seen on a video chat "making out with a dude" ...

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Nassau County Closes Precincts to Cut Budget

Monday, March 05, 2012

A suburban New York county has voted to realign its police precincts.

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'Third Jihad' Narrator Rallies in Support of NYPD

Monday, March 05, 2012

The narrator of "The Third Jihad," a documentary that uses dramatic footage to warn against the dangers of radical Islam, spoke at a rally Monday to support the New York Police Department's aggressive counterterrorism efforts, even though city officials have disavowed the film.

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Bloomberg: NJ Surveillance Complaints 'Ridiculous'

Friday, March 02, 2012

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says New Jersey officials' complaints about NYPD surveillance of Muslim groups are "ridiculous."

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Indian Point Nuclear Plant Back in Service After Day Offline

Thursday, March 01, 2012

A nuclear plant in the New York suburbs has been reconnected to the electrical grid after a day and a half offline.

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NJ Governor Chris Christie Critical of NYPD Surveillance Secrecy

Thursday, March 01, 2012

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie kept up his criticism of the New York Police Department on Thursday saying the department ignored one of the key lessons of the 9/11 attacks when it conducted secret surveillance of Muslim communities in New Jersey: sharing information.

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Conservative Publisher Andrew Breitbart Dies at 43

Thursday, March 01, 2012

Conservative media publisher and activist Andrew Breitbart, who was behind investigations that led to the resignations of former Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York and former U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, has died in Los Angeles. He was 43.

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Remains of Some 9/11 Victims Went to Landfill

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

A new Pentagon report reveals that partial remains of some 9-11 victims were sent to a landfill after they could not be identified.

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Cardinal Dolan Wants to Be a Saint

Monday, February 27, 2012

New York's newly elevated Cardinal Timothy Dolan says he wants to be a saint.

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