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Maryland State Police seize 26,000 packs of contraband cigarettes
The Maryland Comptroller’s Office and Maryland State Police from the Hagerstown barrack stopped two vehicles earlier this week that authorities allege were carrying 26,000 packs of contraband cigarettes worth $154,000 across state lines, law...Tags: Maryland State Police, Punishment, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons
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Roadway Worker Killed On Grand Central Parkway
pix11.com | @dfoley27A roadway worker was struck and killed by a drunk driver Tuesday on the Grand Central Parkway. Frank Avino, 63, was laying down cones in the left-hand lane of the highway in Forest Hills, Queens, when he was hit. At around 11 a.m., a man identified as...Tags: New York City Police Department, Forest Hills
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Miracle On Hudson Pilot Trashes Plans For Waste Facility Near Runway
pix11.com | @pixscottHero pilot Chesley Sullenberger safely-splash landed his passenger jet from the air over New York three years ago. Now he's about to hit the air waves in New York to voice his criticism over the city's expansion of a garbage transfer station in College...Tags: Queens (New York City), LaGuardia Airport, Chesley B. Sullenberger III
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College Point Yacht Club Plagued By Sewage Stink
pix11.com | @stephtsofliasSummer might stink for boat owners in College Point. Local civic leaders say sewage is building up near Mom and Pop docks making it impossible for boaters to dock. "The untreated contaminated products come into the water," said Nick George, who owns...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Cleanup, Environmental Politics, Education, Colleges and Universities
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A list of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack victims
A list of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack victims from data compiled by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The overall death toll from the attacks stands at 2,977 -- including 2,753 killed as a result of the attacks at the World Trade Center, 184...Tags: East Northport, Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), North Bellmore, Manhasset, Research
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Cops Searching For Man Who Allegedly Groped 8-Year-Old Girl
PIX11.comPolice are searching for a suspect in connection with another sexual assault in Queens - and this time, the victim was an 8-year-old girl. It happened Thursday at around 6 p.m. inside the Marshall's Department Store at the Skyview Center on College Point...Tags: WPIX
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Worker Electrocuted on Queens Roof
wpix.comA man working on a roof in Queens was electrocuted when the ladder he was using came into contact with power lines, PIX News has learned. According to police, the incident occurred around 9 a.m. as 27-year-old William Barrett was leaning against a two-...Tags: Career and Workplace, New York, Queens (New York City), Death, Hospitals and Clinics
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Brutal Gay Beating Caught On Tape
wpix.comShocking video has surfaced in connection with an apparent hate crime that has left an openly gay man from Queens in a medically induced coma. In the video, you can see the two attackers beat 49-year-old Jack Price as he was leaving a 24-hour corner deli...Tags: New York City Police Department, Gays and Lesbians, Crime, Law and Justice, Health, Assault
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Rapist On The Loose In Queens
wpix.comPolice want the public's help in locking up the man they say has sexually assaulted three women in the Flushing and College Point sections of Queens going back to last fall. Investigators say the most recent attack took place Feb. 27 at approximately 3:...Tags: Rape, Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault, Queens (New York City), Social Issues
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Sanitation Workers Removing Trash Again, But Blizzard Sickout Investigation Underway
wpix.comEven though the snow emergency is over, its effects linger with mounds of garbage citywide, an investigation into a possible blizzard sickout by sanitation workers and a life saved by piled-up trash. As is typical during severe snowstorms, most...Tags: Concourse Village, Suicide, Career and Workplace, Disasters and Accidents, Snow Storms
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