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NJ Cop Charged With Multiple Counts Of Attempted Murder In Alleged Firebomb Attack
MONROE TWP, NJ(CBSNewYork) — An Edison, New Jersey police officer was arrested and charged with five counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated arson, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office announced on Thursday. Michael A. Dotro was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly set fire to the home of Edison Police Department Captain Mark Anderko. The charges came on the ...
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President Obama To Join Gov. Christie At The Jersey Shore On Tuesday
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — CBS 2 has learned that President Barack Obama will visit the Jersey Shore on Tuesday with Gov. Chris Christie. It will be his first time on the shore since he visited right after Hurricane Sandy hit on Oct. 29. A White House advisory said Obama would view the ongoing recovery efforts from Sandy and talk about ';expanding economic opportunity for families hit ...
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City Beaches Prepare For Crowds As Holiday Weekend Approaches
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — With the holiday weekend fast approaching, New Yorkers are getting ready to step off of the concrete and into the sand. But only seven months after Sandy, are the city’s beaches ready? ';When I first opened the door I saw this gigantic ice machine floating in the kitchen,'; Wayne Norbitz, president of iconic eatery Nathan’s, told CBS 2′s ...
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Quinn Blasts Vito Lopez For ‘Arrogant’ ‘Outrageous’ Run For City Council
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and other female elected officials gathered at City Hall Thursday evening for a women-for-Reynoso rally. Antonio Reynoso is running for ...
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Army Officer Thanks East Village School Kids For Their Support During Long Deployment
NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — A local soldier took some time to thank a group of East Village school children who supported him during a deployment to Afghanistan. Army Major Roderick Cassidy received a standing ovation from students at Immaculate Conception School, on Thursday, when he visited them after returning from a 9-month deployment. The students sent Cassidy hundreds of care packages ...
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The Edge [Blu-Ray]
David Mamet has written so many plays and movies about men struggling to survive against their environment and each other that it was only a matter of time before he finally set one of his stories in the wilderness. Previously, all of his characters had displayed their predatory natures within the ... ...
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Fired teacher says meaning lost in translation after calling student Negro
A Bronx teacher says her language lesson was lost in translation when she was fired for calling a student "Negro" - though she claims she was simply using the Spanish word for the color "black" at the time, according to a new lawsuit. The non-tenured junior high instructor, Petrona Smith, 65, was booted from the bilingual PS 211 in March 2012 after a seventh-grader reported ...
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Weiner Unveils Some Ideas He Says Will Change New York City For The Better
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A new war on smokers was launched on Thursday. Not by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but by the man who wants to replace him, Anthony Weiner. He's running for mayor and has a lot of new ideas, CBS 2's Marcia Kramer reported. Weiner is not telling smokers to quit — not yet at ...
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Pineda goes five innings in extended spring game
Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda was acquired in a trade with the Mariners on Jan. 23, 2012. (AP) Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda tossed five innings on Thursday at the club's Minor League complex, the Star-Ledger reported. General Manager Brian Cashman told the Star-Ledger that Pineda's velocity was around 93 mph and that Pineda could begin a rehab assignment following his ...
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Bloomberg adds 2 Hamptons properties info shows
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg has added to his roster of high-end real estate, buying a house and a vacant parcel last year next to a 35-acre estate he already owns in tony Southampton, information released Thursday ...
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NYPD Businessman tortured held for ransom for month in US warehouse 3 flee to Ecuador
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound and burned with acid as he was held for a $3 million ransom his family back in Ecuador did not have, authorities said. Pedro Portugal, 52, was found this week by detectives who had been monitoring phone calls, noticed pizza ...