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Botched robbery leads to N.Y. student's death -- by police
It wasn't like the movies. Seven of the police officer's bullets hit the robber. An eighth hit a hostage, Andrea Rebello. Both were killed, and a standoff was over. The repercussions, however, had just begun. The death of the 21-year-old Hofstra...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Criminals, Firearms, Hofstra University, Government
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Hofstra student, captor killed in home invasion near university
NEW YORK -- A Hofstra University student being held hostage during a home invasion was shot dead and her captor was also killed as police arrived at the scene of the break-in early Friday, just two days before commencement ceremonies at the college on...
Tags: New York City, Colleges and Universities, Students, Shootings, Nassau County Police
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What happened when Baz Luhrmann moved 'The Great Gatsby' to Australia
F. Scott Fitzgerald's ambition for "The Great Gatsby" was scarcely modest: "Something new — something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned," the novelist wrote to his editor of his plans for the 1925 novel. Tobey...
Tags: The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Australia, Men in Black III (movie), Jay-Z, Old Westbury
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Easton man faces charges in theft of valuable artwork at Long Island house
Authorities said they used hidden cameras to catch an Easton man who worked as a house painter stealing several pieces of valuable artwork from a New York collection, including a Pablo Picasso etching. The footage showed 42-year-old Joselito Vega...Tags: Arts, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Security, Theft, Arts and Culture
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MSG Plan To Run Nassau Coliseum Mentions Hartford's AHL Team
The Hartford CourantWhile Madison Square Garden Co. is competing for the right to renovate and run the Nassau Coliseum, the company says it has no specific plan to eventually move its AHL affiliate from Hartford to Long Island if it wins the bid. The Islanders will be...Tags: Madison Square Garden, Connecticut Whale, XL Center, Women's National Basketball Association, New York Liberty
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MSG Eyes Long Island
pdoyle@courant.comMadison Square Garden Company signed a lease extension with Comcast Spectacor just five weeks ago, reaching an agreement to keep its AHL affiliate at Hartford's XL Center for at least the next three seasons. But it seems the executives at MSG may...Tags: Madison Square Garden, Connecticut Whale, XL Center, Women's National Basketball Association, Philadelphia Flyers
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Preview Of Summer Arts Events All Around Connecticut
There's a lot coming to Hartford-area museums this summer. Here's just a few of the biggest events: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St. in Hartford, will present “Virgil Marti / MATRIX 167” opening on Aug. 1. Marti’s...
Tags: Science and Technology, Artists, Arts, Colleges and Universities, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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States Provide Lucrative Subsidies For Gunmakers
The Hartford Courant— Governments in nine states have awarded at least $49 million in subsidies in the past five years to gun and ammunition makers whose products are under scrutiny after the school shootings in Newtown. Almost 85 percent of those tax breaks or...Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Osceola County, Olin Corporation, Business
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Former Eagle Scout faces child pornography charges on Long Island
A former Eagle Scout who became a Boy Scout leader faces child pornography charges on Long Island, N.Y., officials said. Edward Orenchuk III of Garden City, has been arrested and charged with multiple felonies for possessing images of child...Tags: Pornography, Social Organizations, Punishment, Sex Crimes, Steven Forsyth
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Local team returns from New York City with storm stories
South Bend TribuneThe Indiana Incident Management Assistance Team from District 2 (northern Indiana) has many stories to tell of destruction and newfound friends. The 15-member team from Goshen and South Bend as well as Pulaski, Starke and Marshall counties was in New York...Tags: Cystic Fibrosis, New York City, Hurricane Sandy (2012), PTA, Fires
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Nathan Englander examines identity
Every journalist's nightmare is the interview with the subject who responds to questions with one-sentence (or even one-word) answers. Fortunately, the writer Nathan Englander — who was in Chicago recently as the inaugural Crown Speaker Series...Tags: Religion and Belief, John Updike, USA Today, James Baldwin, Long Island
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'Walking Dead' dispute provokes man to shoot girlfriend
PIX11.comLife imitating art? Perhaps. It was passionate beliefs that zombies are capable of taking over the world, as fictionalized in the popular cable TV series “The Walking Dead,” that triggered a violent argument between Jared Gurman and his girlfriend of more...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, The Walking Dead (tv program), Shootings, Television Industry, Long Island
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