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St. Stan's Rosary Alter Society Annual Champagne Brunch
Feb 25, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 75 75 recommendations | email to a friend
Sunday, March 30, 2014  12:00 PM Noon St. Stan's - 57-15 61st Street, Maspeth 11378 Delicious Food - Great Prizes - Unlimited Champagne!  Call the Rectory for tickets, which are $17.00.  718-326-21...
A Step-by-Step Guide on Changing Home Door Locks
Feb 24, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 560 560 recommendations | email to a friend
Moving to a new apartment or a newly-acquired home sure is exciting and thrilling for a lot of reasons. You are finally in your own place! While moving to your own place sure is a thrilling experie...
Identity Theft Prevention!
Feb 21, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 123 123 recommendations | email to a friend
On Sunday, March 2nd the Crime Prevention Section will host it's fourth Identity Theft Prevention Event at Gateway Center, 501 Gateway Drive, Brooklyn, NY from 10AM-2PM.  WE have partnered with Lio...
Timing Is Everything
Feb 21, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 368 368 recommendations | email to a friend
     While I was living in Nashville, I was continually learning about different plants and flowers that were native to the region. As I walked through a field one day, I spotted a cluster of daint...
Resorts World Casino Hosts Mid-Winter Food Tasting Benefitting City Harvest
Feb 18, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 144 144 recommendations | email to a friend
Join Resorts World Casino New York City Wednesday, February 26, 2014, from 7:00 p.m-9:00 p.m at the Mid-Winter Taste for City Harvest, a special tasting event featuring food, wine, cocktails and ce...
Protect your company from discrimination complaints and lawsuits
Feb 18, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 168 168 recommendations | email to a friend
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ( EEOC ) reported it obtained a record $372.1 million in monetary relief for victims of private sector employment discrimination in year ending 2013...
Interview to author Tony Napoli.
Feb 18, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 183 183 recommendations | email to a friend
Recently I published a review on the popular book “My Father, My Don,” A Son’s Journey from Organized Crime to Sobriety, and I am now pleased to offer our readers an interview to the author, Tony N...
FREE Dental Emergency Day!
Feb 17, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 178 178 recommendations | email to a friend
February is Dental Health Month.  To promote Dental Awareness and to offer help to the community, Dr. Khaimov is sponsoring a FREE Dental Emergency Treatment Day on THURSDAY, FEB. 27TH, 2014 10AM-4...
This Month in Queens Real Estate: February 2014
Feb 13, 2014 | 3 3 comments | 217 217 recommendations | email to a friend
February 2014 Market Update Homes sales were down in January from the previous month, likely a result of the severely cold weather which affected many markets more than in typical years. Inventory ...
Party Rentals in The Big Apple: Where Does One Start?
Feb 12, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 206 206 recommendations | email to a friend
Planning out a first rate event is in a totally different league from preparing a routine party. No matter what the occasion, if you really want people to be impressed, you’ll need to go all out an...

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More guns won't stop the violence
Dear Editor: The idea of solving violence committed with firearms by increasing the amount of firearms is as idiotic as offering a drowning man a glass of water to relieve his thirst. The NRA's Way...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Congress green lights gun carnage

Dear Editor:
 The Senate's rejection of expanded background checks for gun buyers was an act of cowardice and a catalyst for carnage. Those 46 senators who voted against it gave a green light to th...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Honor the wishes of the people in the 19th CD
Dear Editor: It is very important that the projects that were approved for funding in Councilman Daniel Halloran’s district under the participatory budgeting (PB) project be allocated those monies....
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Don't believe the hype, or SuperPACs
Dear Editor: Last week, an ad attacking Speaker Christine Quinn and her campaign for mayor was released by what is known as a SuperPAC. While we’ve all been hearing about SuperPACs for years now, t...
Apr 18, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Good 'Point': help Amtrak grow and thrive
Dear Editor: "Amtrak ridership growth" (Illustrating a Point - March 28th edition) confirms why real long-term solutions are worthwhile. If only our elected officials would support decisive action,...
Apr 18, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ticket surcharge should be used for speed cameras
Dear Editor: I find it quite disturbing the state's new budget calls for a surcharge on speeding tickets and that the extra money would go back to the state and not used for more speed cameras. I l...
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Proposal for tennis stadium makes sense
Dear Editor: I was so very pleased with your editorial on the West Side Tennis Club and the comprehensive excellent proposals made for its use. This club is such a beautiful venue and perfect for c...
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Co-op & Condo Task Force is on the way
Dear Editor: On March 28, the Bay Terrace Community Alliance hosted an informative and lively Queens borough president candidates forum. It was standing room only at the Clearview Park Golf Course ...
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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There was someone missing from beep debate
Dear Editor: Why was there no Republican candidate for Queens borough president present at "Candidates in Queens beep race meet in Bayside" (Andrew Shilling - April 4)? Will either former GOP counc...
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Clinton award deserved
Dear Editor: There appeared in the 3/26 edition an interesting dichotomy of opinions concerning an earlier letter by Nicholas Zizelis. The letter in question was in the 3/7 edition titled “GOP stra...
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Get veterans the benefits they deserve
Dear Editor: The veterans who have and are returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq should not have to wait for any extended period to receive their well-earned and much-deserved benefits. These br...
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Let USTA Expand
Dear Editor: In preparation for the recent Community Board 7 meeting about the U. S. Tennis Association expansion plans, I had read several news articles and opinion letters in local papers. Most o...
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Support The Fair Tax
Dear Editor: It is time to file my Federal Income Tax return. That means hours spent gathering information and working with tax software or a preparation service to guide me through the maze of reg...
Apr 04, 2013 | 4 4 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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A memorable night of music in Forest Hills
Dear Editor: I would just like to comment briefly about your editorial in the March 14th edition titled "Sensible Concerts at Forest Hills (FH) Tennis Stadium." I would agree totally with the main ...
Mar 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Not so grand?
Dear Editor: Fascinating, but not shocking. I recently read a Dispatch by Nicholas Zizelis in which he stated that President Bill Clinton had received the honored Republican Lincoln Leadership Priz...
Mar 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Experts: Case of burned Texas boy problematic

CORRECTS TO JUDGE HAMILTON, NOT COLLINS IN SECOND SENTENCE - Don Willburn Collins waits to be placed into the custody of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office following a hearing at the 359th Judicial District Court with Judge Kathleen Hamilton on Thursday, March 6, 2014, in Conroe, Texas. Collins, now 28, accused of dousing Robert Middleton with gasoline and setting him on fire in 1998 when he was a teenager, can be tried as an adult for murder after the victim died from his burns nearly 13 years later, Judge Hamilton ruled Thursday. (AP Photo/ The Courier, Jason Fochtman) MANDATORY CREDITCONROE, Texas (AP) — Now that prosecutors have persuaded a judge that a Texas man accused of setting an 8-year-old boy on fire as a teenager can be tried as an adult for murder, securing a conviction in a case where the victim died 13 years after the attack could prove difficult, legal experts say.


2014-03-07 03:54:12 -0500
Japan says Bitcoin not a currency, but taxable

Bitcoin trader Kolin Burges (C) from London is surrounded by reporters as he protests against Tokyo-based bitcoin changer MtGox in front of the company's office in Tokyo on February 26, 2014Bitcoin is not a currency but transactions involving it should be "subject to taxation", Japan's government said Friday, in a move that could pave the way for formal regulations on the troubled virtual unit. Tokyo also said that banks could not broker Bitcoin transactions or open accounts holding the virtual unit, which launched just five years ago, in an apparent bid to clamp down on the digital currency. But, as regulators around the world grapple with how to handle Bitcoin, the Japanese statement did not specify if Tokyo would immediately begin cracking down on it, or how it would do so, given the unit's opaque nature. If Bitcoin transactions were used for money laundering "that would constitute a crime", it said, adding that "there are no Japanese laws that clearly define Bitcoin".


2014-03-07 03:46:06 -0500
Half of millennials more likely to lean Democratic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Young adults like to think of themselves as independent, but when it comes to politics, they're more likely than not to lean to the left.
2014-03-07 03:40:31 -0500