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Controversial 'Hooker' Billboard Taken Down
pix11.com | @lifeofareporterA billboard for a low-budget vodka company is grabbing attention in the South Bronx. The four-word slogan, "escort quality, hooker pricing" that sits high above the Bruckner Expressway is not a welcome addition to Hunts Point, a neighborhood that has...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Prostitution, Documentary (genre), Hunts Point
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2 Charged In Shocking YouTube Beating Of Homeless Man
pix11.com | @colekirstinTwo thugs who sadistically beat a homeless man and then posted it to You Tube have been caught and are now facing hefty jail time. Wall Township, NJ police arrested 20 year old Taylor Giresi of Belmar after an anonymous tipster brought the video to...Tags: Prisons, YouTube, Culture, Genes and Chromosomes, Arts and Culture
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Hanukkah Hate Served Up at Two Northern NJ Synagogues
pix11.com | @dalfaroneCops in Hackensack are searching for whoever painted horrible symbols of hate on Temple Beth El on Summit Avenue sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. People in the community say this bias crime is disgusting. Joanne Rose has been a secretary at...Tags: Judaism, Religion and Belief
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Hasidic Singer Pays Tribute To Slain Brooklyn Boy
pix11.comHe is a Hasidic singer known to people as the 'Jewish Elvis', but Lipa Schmelter does not see his himself as a pop icon. He said he sings to heal and now he is on a mission to try and heal his community still shaken by the brutal murder of 8-year-old...Tags: Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Brooklyn (New York City), Judaism, Crimes
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Mom Jailed After Keeping Children From Father
A woman from Long Island who alienated her children from their father, violating a joint custody agreement, will now be spending six weekends in jail.
Judge Robert Ross ruled that Lauren Lippe, 47, purposefully kept the children away from her ex-husband,...Tags: Judges, Death, Justice System, Prisons, Punishment
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Scary Economy v. Halloween
NEW YORK - The economy may be nothing short of a horror flick right now, but it's not scaring off consumers who seem to be digging deeper into their wallets for Halloween spending. Americans are planning on shelling out even more cash this year than last...Tags: Holidays, Halloween, Religious Festivals, Consumers
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Cops: Driver Who Plowed Into Hanukkah Celebration Won't Be Charged
WOODMERE, N.Y. - Nassau County police confirmed Friday the driver who's out-of-control car slammed into a Woodmere building, where a Hanukkah festival was taking place, won't face any charges. The crash is still under investigation, but so far police...Tags: Health, Nassau County, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Judaism
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Leaving for Iraq Soon: I Am Proud, Excited, Nervous, Anxious...
Hello Everyone! As most of you know, I am leaving to go to Iraq tomorrow with fellow reporter Marvin Scott and cameraman Dave Kimmel to celebrate "PIX Christmas in Iraq." Marvin has been working on this since May and finally last week we were confirmed...Tags: Christmas, Personal Data Collection, Army National Guard, Family, New York City
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Menorah Sparks House Fire, 4 Children Injured
wpix.comA burning menorah sparked a Brooklyn house fire that sent five people, including four children, to the hospital Wednesday night, police said. At 9:37 p.m., the Fire Department of New York responded to the blaze at 1866 47th Street near Lawrence Avenue in...Tags: Health, Brooklyn (New York City), Disasters and Accidents, Fire Department of New York, Hospitals and Clinics
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Cool and Soggy
29 days until summer—but it sure won't feel like it for the next few days around Portland. Normal high for this time of year is about 68 degrees; we’ll be in the upper 50s for today, tomorrow and possibly Thursday as well. Rain will move...Tags: Weather Reports, Weather, Human Interest, Holidays, Memorial Day
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With new book, Madeleine Albright sheds light on long-hidden family secrets
In 1997, Madeleine Albright couldn't have been more certain that she knew everything important about herself and was in possession of every relevant fact about her life.
And then, at age 59, just days after being confirmed as U.S. secretary of state,...Tags: Christianity, Book, Religion and Belief, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Roman Catholicism
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Remembering Maurice Sendak through his Stephen Colbert interview
Show TrackerMaurice Sendak died on Tuesday at age 83. One of Maurice Sendak's most memorable final interviews was with Stephen Colbert on "The Colbert Report."...
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