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New York judge dismisses indictment of officer who shot unarmed teen
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday threw out an indictment against a New York City police officer charged with manslaughter over the shooting of an unarmed teenager, but prosecutors can present the case again or appeal the decision, lawyers...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, New York City, Lawyers
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New York woman charged with Newtown fundraising scam
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Bronx grand jury indicted a New York woman on Tuesday on suspicion of posing as the aunt of one of the 20 children killed in last year's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in order to fraudulently solicit donations. Nouel...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Prisons, Lawyers
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New York Woman Charged With Fraud In Sandy Hook Donation Scheme
The Hartford CourantA New York woman who allegedly faked a relationship to one of the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in order to solicit donations is now facing both state and federal charges. Nouel Alba, 37, was arrested Tuesday morning and...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Lawyers, Human Interest
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Allentown police, FBI raid home, arresting suspect in violent jewelry store heist
Allentown police and FBI agents on Wednesday afternoon raided a city home and arrested a 31-year-old man wanted in connection to a jewelry store robbery and shooting almost a year ago in York County, authorities said. Timothy N. Forbes Jr. was taken...
Tags: FBI, Police Investigations, Theft, Allentown, Police Arrests
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Grand Rapids among those targeted to expand urban waters effort
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency, the White House and other federal departments announced Friday that they are expanding a program for restoring and improving urban waterways nationwide. The Urban Waters Federal...
Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Patapsco
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N.J. businessman charged with dumping oily soil in Bangor, Wind Gap
A businessman will face charges of illegally dumping contaminated Bronx, N.Y., soil in two locations in Wind Gap and Bangor, Pennsylvania state authorities said Tuesday. Arthur Fletcher Jr., 53, of Bayonne, N.J., in September and October 2010 moved the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Bangor, Prosecution, Wind Gap
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Mary Thom dies at 68; executive editor at Ms. magazine
Mary Thom, an early staffer at Ms. magazine who rose to executive editor and later wrote an insider's history of the groundbreaking, mass-market chronicle of the women's movement, died Friday in a motorcycle crash in Yonkers, N.Y. She was 68. Her...Tags: Accidental Death, The New York Times, Newspaper and Magazine, Career and Workplace, Book
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READER SUBMITTED: Meet A Zoo Vet: Learn About Cutting Edge Medical Care For Zoo Birds And Beasts
East HartfordFrom emus and an eagle to red pandas and ring-tailed lemurs, a diverse menagerie of birds and beasts relies on Staten Island Zoo Veterinarian Dr. Marc Valitutto for its health and well-being. At The Parrot Club's monthly meeting in East Hartford on...Tags: Queens (New York City), Wildlife, Central Park, Environmental Issues, Wildlife Conservation Society
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Executive profile: Maria Green
Maria Green let silence fall over a weekly meeting before weighing in on the question of how Illinois Tool Works should supply information to board members inquiring about vote tallies at annual meetings. The pause prompted staff members to share...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Georgetown University, Beverly, Arts and Culture
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George Michael: Pretty blue in blue states
A recent article in the real estate section of MSN.com, written by Kurt Badenhausen of Forbes Magazine, was titled “America’s Most Miserable Cities of 2013.” The article ranked American cities based on metrics that included violent...Tags: Queens (New York City), Justice System, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, Real Estate
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FEATURE-Struggling Catholic schools strategize to draw new students
ReutersBy Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, May 2 (Reuters) - For years, headlines about Catholic schools in the United States have told gloomy tales of falling enrollment and multiple closings. Between 2000 and 2013, 2,090 U.S. Catholic schools closed or...Tags: The New York Times, Parochial Schools, Minority Groups, Students, Government
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