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Pictured, left to right are Julia Ryan (LISC), Michael Blaise Backer (MARP), Basil Jones (Sans Souci), Lillie Jones (Sans Souci), April Hawkins (MetLife), Captain Anthony Tasso (88th Precinct) “Murder Avenue” now a thriving business strip
Group honored for turning around Myrtle Ave
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Brooklyn wings promotion turns wild
Shots fired after thousands turn up at Atlantic Center
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Training for green-sector jobs in North Brooklyn
St. Nick’s offers EPA -funded courses
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Salvatore “Sarge” Mirando with great-nephew Michael. Salvatore “Sarge” Mirando: A Tribute
You’re not likely to find a more beloved figure in the parish of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel than the late Salvatore “Sarge” Mirando, who passed away Thursday at the age of 79. For years the Music Dire...
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Inside Bushwick’s sole Bloomberg stronghold
In a sea of blue, one red enclave stands out
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Newtown Superfund more complex, costlier than Gowanus
Combined, projects could top $1billion
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At CYO, sportsmanship comes before winning
Early on during a recent girls’ soccer game, Our Lady of Hope Coach Mike Maloney realized the contest was quickly becoming a lopsided affair. Instead of running up the score, he pulled his team b...
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ELECTIONS 2009 RESULTS

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The Culture Spot
Williamsburg’s pop-up perfection At 303Grand, an ever-changing scene
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Driving to Brooklyn gets easier
City will improve Brooklyn Bridge exit ramp
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Greenpoint YMCA after school going strong
The recession is taking its toll on after school programs around the country, but not in North Brooklyn, where the Greenpoint YMCA’s after school program is still going strong. On the tenth annive...
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Kosciuszko Bridge project moving forward
Despite gov’s comments, Newtown span will be rebuilt
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Mad Science at the Greenpoint Y
The Greenpoint YMCA was overflowing with super heroes, witches, fairy princesses, and mad scientists at the annual Halloween party, one of the Greenpoint YMCA’s most popular free family events. ...
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Meeker’s massive market
Biggest flea changing rules of game
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Brooklyn projects score state revitalization funds
Navy Yard, Brooklyn Brewery among selected
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U.S. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueAP - Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.


Sat Nov 21 20:48:39 -0600 2009

Mourners attend the funeral of one of the Fort Hood shooting victims. US Army Major Nidal Hasan, who is accused of killing 13 people earlier this month at Fort Hood, Texas, intensified his communications with a radical Yemeni American cleric just months before the shootings and began discussing with him surreptitious financial transfers, The Washington Post reported Saturday(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Banks)AP - The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday.


Sat Nov 21 19:27:03 -0600 2009

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, smoke rises from the entrance of the exploded coal mine in Hegang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Saturday evening, Nov. 21, 2009. A gas explosion tore through the state-run mine early Saturday, killing tens of people and leaving dozens of others trapped underground. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Song)AP - Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese coal mine jumped to 87.


Sat Nov 21 20:25:47 -0600 2009

U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox reacts prior to the start of a hearing at Perugia's court, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Prosecutors are set to make their sentencing requests for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a British woman in Italy. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)AP - Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game — charges the U.S. woman dismissed as "pure fantasy."


Sat Nov 21 20:09:05 -0600 2009

FILE - This Bexar County Sheriff's Office 2007 booking file photo shows Capt. Michael Fontana after he was arrested for racing on a highway in San Antonio. Fontana, 35, an Air Force nurse, goes on trial Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 accused of killing three terminally ill patients at  last summer in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Bexar County Sheriff's Office, File)AP - A court-martial acquitted a former military nurse of murder Saturday after he was accused of giving lethal doses of painkillers to hasten the deaths of three terminally ill patients at the Air Force's largest hospital.


Sat Nov 21 19:07:04 -0600 2009