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Occupy Wall Street 'May Day' Protests Sprout Up Across NYC, Globe
Occupy Wall Street protesters took to the streets Tuesday as several groups set up shop outside city banks and other businesses to mark International Workers Day, or better known as "May Day."
Among the locations demonstrators targeted were the...Tags: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Entertainment, Michael Bloomberg, Manhattan (New York City), Sunset Park
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Brooklyn's Sisters Of Mercy Bring Music To Most Needy
PIX11.com | @MurphyPIXWhen 49-year-old John Palecki sings the old tune, "Proud Mary", with his Brooklyn-based band, Melodic Soul, he may not quite sound like Ike and Tina Turner--or even John Fogarty from Creedence Clearwater Revival--two other 1960's era bands that turned the...Tags: Entertainment, Staten Island (New York City), Creedence Clearwater Revival (music group), Health, Behavioral Conditions
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Park Slope Parents Now Buying 'Babycinos' For Their Children
pix11.com | @hilarywhittierSomething new is brewing at coffee shops in Brooklyn, but it's not a cup of Joe for your typical audience. You've heard about cappuccino, but what about babycinos? Spots that sell the beverage are in Park Slope, Prospect Heights and Fort Greene. PIX11...Tags: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Park Slope, YouTube, Coffee
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Brooklyn Man, 22, Stabbed To Death
Staff reporterA young man spending Friday night hanging out at a friend's house is dead. Police have identified the victim as Marcquel McDuffy, 22. He lived at 177 Sands St., kitty-corner to where he was killed in Fort Greene. According to investigators, the victim...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics, Brooklyn (New York City), Downtown (Brooklyn, New York), Health
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Education Panel To Decide Fate Of 23 NYC Schools
PIX11.com / @kerrydrewIt's decision day for 23 schools in New York City. A panel from the Department of Education will meet Thursday night and decide on the future of the schools; 18 could be closed for good, and five others could lose some of their grades. The Panel for...Tags: Occupy Wall Street, New York City
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Cops Looking For Brazen Bank Robber
pix11.comPolice are looking for a Hispanic or Black man, 5'9"-6'01", between 20-30 years old in connection with 15 bank robberies that have occurred in Brooklyn and Queens since last December. The thief wears a hat or baseball cap, a scarf or bandanna,...Tags: Crimes, Manhattan (New York City), Crime, Law and Justice, New York City Police Department, Bank Robbery
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Suspect Sought In Brooklyn Groping Attack Of 5-Year-Old Girl
Police are searching for a brazen pervert who groped a 5-year-old girl in broad daylight in Brooklyn.
According to authorities, the suspect, identified as 22-year-old Michael Lewis, approached the child outside a home on Dekalb Avenue in the Fort...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Queens (New York City), New York City Police Department, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Cathie Black Booed, Mocked During School Closing Hearing
The boos rained down on Cathie Black as an entire auditorium loudly turned on the new schools chancellor Thursday night.
The raucous crowd gathered at the educational policy meeting at Brooklyn Tech in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, to protest the decision to...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Politics, Elections
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Parents Furious Over Schools Closures, Massive Protest Planned
pix11.comCathie Black, the new New York City schools chancellor is under fire again. This time, it's for how she spoke to parents and others at the end of a five-and-a-half hour public hearing on Tuesday over the closing of schools. "I can't speak if you're...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, High Schools, Manhattan (New York City), Midtown, New York
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Toxic PCBs Found In Bushwick School
pix11.comAt Public School 45 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, the latest Environmental Protection Agency tests show the highest levels of leaking PCB’s since they started a round of testing in city schools this year. The test at PS 45 found up to 660 thousand...Tags: Hormones and Metabolism, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bushwick, Environmental Politics, Regional Authority
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NYC Schools Receive Letter Grades On Their Performance
wpix.comOfficials for the New York City public school system released report cards Thursday, awarding each school a letter grade based largely on how well students performed on state math and English exams. This year, 25 percent of schools received A's, 35...Tags: Public Schools, Sunset Park, New York, Schools, Charter Schools
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