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Queens Home Team Awarded Top Team at Keller Williams Realty Landmark II for Most Units Sold in 2014!
Jan 29, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Queens Home Team at Keller Williams Realty, led by George & Abigail Herrera, were recently honored at the Keller Williams Realty Landmark II awards ceremony in Astoria, NY. Out of 160 Agents, Q...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as ObamaCare)
Jan 29, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Author; Donna Stefans Re:Obamacare The Health insurance reporting requirements on the 2014 tax return are a bit complicated. If you and your family were covered by an employer health care plan for ...
A Different Slant on Class-Based Hiring Discrimination
Jan 29, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen D. Hans Most employers are familiar with the pitfalls of discriminating against applicants in protected classes under Civil Rights laws. For the most part, African Americans, Hispan...
← How Do 2015 Minimum Wage Increases Affect NY Restaurants? Are Employers Free from Liability When Using Staffing Agencies to Terminate Employees?
Jan 23, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
Companies often find that staffing agencies are valuable resources for helping them fill temporary or permanent positions and for handling human resources issues. However, recently, an outside staf...
How Do 2015 Minimum Wage Increases Affect NY Restaurants?
Jan 15, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 51 51 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen D. Hans Minimum wage increases took effect on December 31, 2014, raising the New York minimum wage from $8.00 to $8.75 per hour for employees who work based on hourly wages. By the ...
This Month in Queens Real Estate: JANUARY 2015
Jan 14, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 52 52 recommendations | email to a friend
January 2014 Queens NY Market Update  The pace of existing home sales increased in December, but remained below that in the same month of the previous year. Home prices declined as we moved in to t...
Negligence of Oregon Hospital Led to Wrongful Death of Patient
Jan 12, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 62 62 recommendations | email to a friend
Author:  Mark H. Sackstein, Esq. All it takes is one small mistake for a disaster to occur. No matter how much research is done when choosing a hospital, it is impossible to predict a situation suc...
Matching Workouts With the Results You Want
Jan 10, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 69 69 recommendations | email to a friend
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard friends complain about not getting the results they want, despite how much energy they’re putting into their workout.  People who want bigger muscles go t...
How Do 2015 Minimum Wage Increases Affect NY Restaurants?
Jan 08, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 80 80 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen Hans Minimum wage increases took effect on December 31, 2014, raising the New York minimum wage from $8.00 to $8.75 per hour for employees who work based on hourly wages. By the way...
Immersed in ancient times; the performance of Aida at the Metropolitan Opera. A review.
Jan 03, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 130 130 recommendations | email to a friend
Written By:  Tiziano Thomas Dossena   Imagine being immersed in an ancient world, with colossal stone columns, palaces and images of deities, a marvelous music surrounding you and, thank God, no ce...

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Irene H. Kacher
Irene H. Kacher passed away on February 1, 2010 at the age of 89. She was the beloved wife of Frank J. She was the loving mother of Joan Rozolis and Brian Kacher. She was the cherished grandmother ...
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Lucia Sforza
Lucia Sforza passed away on January 29, 2010 at the age of 87. She was the beloved wife of the late Michael. She was the loving mother of Marie Markowitz and Pasquale Sforza. She was the cherished ...
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Helen T. Szymko
Helen T. Szymko passed away January 29, 2010 at the age of 85. She was the beloved wife of Walter. She was the loving mother of Gregory W. and Edward W. Mass of Christian Burial was offered at Our ...
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Ernest G. Anders
Ernest G. Anders passed away January 29, 2010 at the age of 68. He was the beloved husband of the late Eileen. He was the loving father of Ann Marie Reilly and father-in-law of John. He was the che...
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Henry J. Sulkoski
Henry J. Sulkoski passed away on January 24, 2010 at the age of 85. He was the beloved husband of Trudy, He was the loving father of Gary, Glenn and Geralyn and father-in-law of Maribel and Carol. ...
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Liliana Preiskeit
Liliana Preiskeit passed away January 24, 2010 at the age of 82. She was the beloved wife of the late Horst. She was the loving mother of Peter Preiskeit and mother-in-law of Tina. Private Crematio...
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Michael J. Russell
Michael J. Russell passed away January 21, 2010 at the age of 56. He was the loving son of James and the late Sandra. He was the beloved fiancé of Jamie. He was the dear brother of Doug Russell and...
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Peter Laino
Peter Laino passed away on January 20, 2010 at the age of 80. He was the beloved husband of the late Marianna G. He was the loving father of Julius Laino and Louise Kuefner and father-in-law of Kat...
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Cecilia Cannon
Cecilia Cannon passed away on January 20, 2010 at the age of 62. She was the loving mother of Charles Cannon, Kevin Cannon, Sean Cannon and Margaret Puglin. She was the cherished grandmother of Chr...
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Mary Jo E. Bury passed away on January 18, 2010 at the age of 58. She was the beloved wife of Thomas. She was the dear sister of Annette Raucci and Susan Cicio. Mrs. Bury was a stockbroker with BNP...
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Tessie L. Estrella passed away on January 24, 2010 at the age of 56. She was the beloved wife of Marciano. She was the loving mother of Vanessa Guce and Michelle Estrella and mother-in-law of Jayso...
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Blanche Jarzembowski
Blanche Jarzembowski passed away on January 13, 2010 at the age of 91. She was the beloved wife of the late Stanislaus. She was the loving mother of Anthony Jarzembowski and mother-in-law of Mary A...
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Helen Zagajeski
Helen Zagajeski passed away on January 13, 2010 at the age of 94. She was the beloved wife of the late Anthony. She was the loving mother of Thomas and mother-in-law of Betty. She was the cherished...
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Mary Grochowski passed away on January 10, 2010 at the age of 88. She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph. She was the loving mother of Kathleen Jimenez and Joseph Grochowski. She was the cheri...
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Antonia Gulotta passed away on January 8, 2010 at the age of 83. She was the beloved wife of the late Gasper. She was the loving mother of Marie Gulotta, Barbara Gulotta and Christine Keller and mo...
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Balloon crew surpasses distance record; Mexico landing next

In Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 photo provided by the Two Eagles Balloon Team, Troy Bradley of New Mexico and Leonid Tiukhtyaev of Russia set off from Saga, Japan, shortly before 6:30 a.m. JST Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, in their quest to pilot their helium-filled balloon from Japan in a bid to reach North America and break two major records en route. in their quest to pilot their helium-filled balloon from Japan to North America and break two major records en route. The attempt will put them on course to break a distance record of 5,208 miles (8,381 kilometers). They also want to break the flight-duration record of 137 hours set in 1978 when Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman made the first trans-Atlantic balloon flight. (AP Photo/Troy Bradley, Two Eagles Balloon Team)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two pilots in a helium-filled balloon on a record-setting journey across the Pacific Ocean entered the final leg of their trip Friday as they traveled along the California coast for an expected landing somewhere in Mexico.


2015-01-30 02:52:09 -0500
Federal prosecutors drop dozens of stash house sting charges

FILE - U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon speaks to reporters after the sentencing of Beanie Babies creator H. Ty Warner in this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, at the federal building in Chicago. Prosecutors in Chicago in January 2015 have quietly dropped dozens of serious narcotics conspiracy charges stemming from stings involving fictional drug stash houses. Fardon’s office dropped the charges for 27 out of the 33 suspects in which defendants were arrested for allegedly attempting to steal drugs from stash houses that never existed. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles, File)CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. attorney's office in Chicago has quietly dropped dozens of serious narcotics conspiracy charges stemming from undercover stings involving fictional drug stash houses, a federal law enforcement technique critics contend amounts to entrapment and displays racial bias against minorities.


2015-01-30 02:45:24 -0500
Some businesses stay clear of using Super Bowl name
PHOENIX (AP) — It is the game that must not be named — at least not without permission.
2015-01-30 02:44:55 -0500