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1 BR Coop for Sale @ Station Square in Forest Hills Gardens!!!
Jun 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 67 67 recommendations | email to a friend
Privacy and convenience are featured in this lovely Forest Hills Gardens Coop for sale. Offered for sale by George & Abigail Herrera of the Queens Home Team @ Keller Williams Realty Landmark II. T...
11th Annual RELAY FOR LIFE of Middle Village
Jun 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 143 143 recommendations | email to a friend
The American Cancer Society's RELAY FOR LIFE is a unique celebration of life in honor and in memory of those whose lives have been touched by cancer.  Relay for Life involves teams of people who ta...
This Month in Queens Real Estate: June 2013
Jun 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 134 134 recommendations | email to a friend
June 2013 Queens Market Update The recovery of the Queens housing market now appears to be well under way. While demand is still high even with credit conditions constraining buyers...
Is your sexual harassment policy effective?
Jun 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 115 115 recommendations | email to a friend
In our politically correct and litigious world, employers need to establish strong and specific policies regarding sexual harassment.  Not only is this behavior against the law but if a sexual har...
NY Estate Probate Attorney talks about Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Jun 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 109 109 recommendations | email to a friend
If you are an executor of an estate or an administrator of a trust, you are considered a fiduciary.  In either position you are required by law to ethically fulfill your fiduciary duties which are...
Business Owners Beware - Part 2
Jun 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 115 115 recommendations | email to a friend
Are you protecting your business? A column by John Rafferty – WATCH GUARD 24/7 Employee testing & more… Each year millions of businesses fail; 50% of small businesses fail in the first year and 95...
Business Owners Beware
Jun 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 118 118 recommendations | email to a friend
Are you protecting your business? A column by John Rafferty – WATCH GUARD 24/7 It might be your employees... Each year millions of businesses fail; 50% of small businesses fail in the first year a...
NY Personal Injury Lawyers: The Importance of Treating Clients like Family
May 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 116 116 recommendations | email to a friend
Our Family Serving Yours for Over 60 Years When you suffer a serious injury, there is nothing more comforting than having caring family members at your side. Their support is part of the reco...
Brooklyn New York Divorce Attorney talks about NY Divorce Law Overhaul
May 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 112 112 recommendations | email to a friend
If you are looking for a shock and a laugh today, take a peek at . You’ll find a list of some of the silly, strange and/or outdated laws that are still technically in place in New York and New J...
Warning: Your social media policies may get you in trouble with the NLRB
May 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 116 116 recommendations | email to a friend
As social media becomes the norm in everyday life, federal regulators are getting touchy about employers creating policies that limit what employees can say online. In the past, employers ha...

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Kew Gardens Hills Library expansion gets underway
Electeds thank a late civic leader for her advocacy
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Stan's inducts new members into Hall of Fame
Last week St. Stanislaus School added a handful of people to their Hall of Fame at a dinner for nearly 180 people in the school's auditorium. The dinner raised more than $35,000 for scholarships an...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vicious Astoria fight is caught on camera
Astoria Park was the site of a melee last week, as a number of girls mauled each other as peers egged them on and captured the fight on camera. Video of the brawl was eventually posted to the webs...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Unsolved Queens murder renews debate on microstamping
Local elected officials pledge more reward money
Apr 24, 2013 | 8 8 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Smith, Halloran & Tabone all plead not guilty
All of the defendants in the bribery scheme to get State Senator Malcolm Smith on the Republican ballot for mayor pleaded not guilty in federal court in White Plains on Tuesday. The six people in ...
Apr 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (4/15/13-4/21/13)
Monday, Apr. 15 Stuart Pratts was arrested at the intersection of Flushing Avenue and 59th Drive for making graffiti by Officer Digeorgio. Krzyszof Granda was arrested at the intersection of 75th...
Apr 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Quinn’s plan to cut commute times, improve transit
Calls for greater role for NYC mayor in MTA
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (4/8/13-4/14/13)
Monday, Apr. 8 Julian Cortez was arrested at 68-74 Fresh Pond Road for petit larceny by Officer Florio. Gerardo Pichardo was arrested at 2019 Harman Street for menacing by Officer Gomez. Edwin Ac...
Apr 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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New group targets airplane noise in NE Queens
Plan to work with the FAA to find solutions
Apr 10, 2013 | 3 3 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (4/1/13-4/7?13)
Monday, Apr. 1 Giulio Adragna was arrested at 1840 Decatur Street for assault by Officer Collins. Wilson Guzman was arrested at 1664 Woodbine Street for assault by Officer Reyes. Tuesday, Apr. ...
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St. Stan’s alum Ken Rudzewick headlines 2013 Hall of Fame inductees
St. Stanislaus Elementary School in Maspeth has a rich history as a place where you just “fit in” according to many who have graduated from there. Rooted in the Roman Catholic tradition, St. Stan’...
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102nd Anniversary tribute to Triangle Shirtwaist Factory victims
Triangle Fire Memorial Association presents awards
Apr 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Halloran, Smith arrested by feds on bribery charges
Queens GOP vice chairman Vincent Tabone also arrested in sting
Apr 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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104th Precinct Police Blotter (3/25/13-3/31/13)
Monday, Mar. 25 Delon Nelson was arrested at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and 65th Place for aggravated unlicensed operator by Officer Winter. Gus Diaz was arrested at the intersection of Cy...
Apr 01, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ridgewood Reservoir to be decommissioned
CB5 is concerned about the possibility of vandals
Mar 27, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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President Barack Obama listens to French President Francois Hollande during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The final day of the G-8 summit of wealthy nations is ending with discussions on globe-trotting corporate tax dodgers, a lunch with leaders from Africa, and suspense over whether Russia and Western leaders can avoid diplomatic fireworks over their deadlock on Syria’s civil war. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama will renew his call Wednesday to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, the White House said.


2013-06-19 06:10:19 -0400
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude.
2013-06-19 06:06:30 -0400
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab said on Wednesday its fighters were behind an attack on a United Nations compound in Mogadishu and said a battle between their gunmen and security forces continued more than an hour after an initial blast. "Mujahideen units from the Martyrdom Brigade have stormed the UNDP compound near the airport in Mogadishu," the group said on its official Twitter feed @HSMPRESS1. A U.N. spokesman in Mogadishu said the attackers had entered the compound. (Editing by Richard Lough and Edmund Blair)
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