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Fatal Police-Involved Shooting Outside Elementary School
A man brandishing a fake pistol was shot and killed by police Monday outside an elementary school in Brooklyn, officials said.
The police-involved shooting happened outside PS 194 located at 3117 Avenue W in the Sheepshead Bay section at around 3:10 p.m....Tags: Coney Island, Juvenile Delinquency, New York City, Schools, Health
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Raoul Wallenberg, Lena Horne, Jack Nicklaus: Gold medals for all?
WASHINGTON -- World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg, singer Lena Horne and golfer Jack Nicklaus would be added to the list of Congressional Gold Medal recipients under measures that have cleared the House. The action comes as the House prepares to vote this...
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Surviving Hitler, fleeing Stalin
Like anyone who survived Hitler, Frank Shatz could write a book. But Shatz — a Jew, a native-born Czech and later a journalist in communist Hungary — also survived Stalin. So a book was inevitable. "Reports From a Distant Place" is a...Tags: Winston Churchill, Budapest (Hungary), Yehudi Menuhin, Rentals, Labor Legislation
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Briefs: Romney v. Newt; Obama talks about education funding; Paterno remembered
Analysis: Romney hits Gingrich early, often, in Florida; debate likely to reassure his backers
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Mitt Romney, forced to prove his resilience after a stinging loss in South Carolina, is showing why the so-called Republican...Tags: Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Colleges and Universities, Justice and Rights, CNN (tv network)
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Two films, two wars
Two films dealing with war and politics in the tinderbox of the Middle East are coming to Newport-Mesa for one-night special screenings. The city of Costa Mesa on Friday night will host a screening of "Patrol Base Jaker" at the Triangle Square Cinemas....Tags: Iraq, International Court or Tribunal, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Budapest (Hungary)
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Lamont Johnson dies at 88; Emmy-winning director honored for his TV work
Lamont Johnson, an Emmy-winning director who was honored for his work on the TV programs " Gore Vidal's Lincoln" and "Wallenberg: A Hero's Story" during a wide-ranging career in television, film and theater, died of congestive heart failure at his...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Colleges and Universities, Health, Armed Forces, Martin Sheen
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Siegfried Halbreich dies at 98; Holocaust survivor lectured on his experience
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSiegfried Halbreich, a survivor of four Nazi concentration camps who devoted the second half of his long life to public education about the horrors that Jews experienced during World War II, died of heart failure Wednesday at his Beverly Hills home. He...Tags: Colleges and Universities, FBI, Health, Beverly Hills, Israel
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William Basch dies at 82; Holocaust survivor was featured in documentary 'The Last Days'
William "Bill" Basch, a retired Los Angeles garment industry executive who was one of the Holocaust survivors whose stories were told in the Oscar-winning documentary "The Last Days," has died. He was 82.
Basch died of age-related causes Monday at his...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Budapest (Hungary), Los Angeles, Entertainment, Movies
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Letters to the editor
A good story well told Re "The old men and the sea," Column One, Jan. 1 Christopher Goffard's article was an especially fine piece of writing. It was well-structured and lucid, with many beautiful turns of phrase. He captured his subject, of course,...Tags: Fraud, New York, Real Estate Agents, Health, National Government
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Historical journey
South Florida ParentingLong before Washington, D.C., existed, the shores of the Potomac were divided into plantations owned by wealthy traders and gentleman farmers. Mount Vernon -- just 16 miles from Washington -- was a plantation George Washington inherited and lived in...Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Georgetown, Tourism and Leisure, Fort McHenry, Gardens and Parks
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Deconstructing Harry
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday December 12, 1997 People are going to be furious at Woody Allen's latest film and it's not difficult to see why. Writer Harry Block, played by Allen himself, is petty, spiteful and vindictive and his self-absorbed, misogynistic antics are...Tags: Comedy (genre), New Jersey, Entertainment, Bob Balaban, Robin Williams
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