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Networking in Forest Hills
Physical therapist Dr. Jay Sarkar, reverse mortgage specialist Mark Fuchs, and yoga studio proprietor Kaity Leisure poae for a photo with Chapter President and Vice President Ted Wint and Nolan Fi...
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'Kohl' lotta jobs
Kohl’s store opens, will employ 250 people
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Pictured from left to right are (first row) Robert Engel, Iris Weinshall, Jay Goldstein, Katharine Cobb, James Muyskens, (second row) Carter Hodgkin, Dave Gosine, Paul Broches, and Thomas Strekas. Queens College opens new chemistry addition
Huge mosaic centerpiece of 3-year renovation
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Police remove the body of shooter Mark Bailey from his home at 145-50 230th Place in Rosedale Monday afternoon. (Photo by Michael O Kane) Quadruple killing
Man kills wife, daughters, himself
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Vince Marchetti, manufacturers representative for green cleaning product company Envirox. It’s easy being 'green'
Queens Chamber shows businesses how, again
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Pictured from left to right are Queens College President Dr. James Muyskens, Distinguished Professor of Sociology/Research Center for the Korean Community Director Dr. Pyong Gap Min, College of Staten Island Dean of Research and Graduate Studies Dr. E.K. Park, Deputy Korean Consul General in New York Nak Young Joo, Assemblywoman Grace Meng and Korean-American Association of Greater New York President Yong Hwa Ha. New Year, New Center
Queens College opens Korean research center
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Broken promises: Liu takes on developers
Most developers who receive public assistance for private projects skimp on their community benefits agreements, Comptroller John C. Liu announced. Developers of large-scale projects like Atlantic...
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Queens Metro, the new “it” school?
Brian Fassano, a 13-year-old 8th grade student at IS 73, hopes to go there for high school. Eileen McDonegh wants to send her three sons there, and Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley is considering th...
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Bearak steps down as Queens Civic Congress president
Pat Dolan has replaced Corey Bearak as president of the Queens Civic Congress, an influential coalition of over 100 community organizations dedicated to the betterment of the borough. The leadersh...
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Aqueduct racino fallout
Gov defends AEG selection
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Queens Young Republicans are back
Group hosts its first event in five years
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Gillibrand: I had a good first year
Senator highlights accomplishments
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Chris Collett of the Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce; Ted Wint, president of BNI Advantages; Maurice Pilarski, owner of Custom Handyman Services; and Jacqueline Vargas, director of Massageworks Healing Center. BNI brings global networking to Queens
BNI , which refers to itself as “the world’s largest referral organization,” hosted a networking reception last Wednesday at HSBC in Rego Park. The event was co-hosted by two local chapters, B...
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Karen Koslowitz takes the oath of office, which was administered by Judge Terrance O Connor. Holding the Bible are her grandchildren. With oath, Koslowitz makes her return to the Council official
Former councilwoman will again represent the 29th
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Vantage in hot water with Attorney General
Property company facing harassment lawsuit
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Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California (AP)

Driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in El Cajon, Calif. Sikes' 2008 Toyota Prius raced out of control on a San Diego freeway Monday. A California Highway Patrol officer helped him stop the car. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - A Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway was towed to a dealership Tuesday while federal and company inspectors converged on the car to determine whether a stuck gas pedal was to blame.


Tue Mar 09 16:07:21 -0600 2010
Pope's brother: I ignored physical abuse reports (AP)

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006 file picture Pope Benedict XVI, right, walks with his brother priest Georg Ratzinger in Regensburg, southern Germany. The pope's brother says in a newspaper interview that he slapped pupils across the face after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also says he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir, but did nothing about it. In an interview with the Passauer Neue Presse published Tuesday March 9, 2010 , he said 'repeatedly administered a slap in the face' to pupils at the Regensburger Domspatzen boys choir. He says it was common then and he stopped after Germany banned corporal punishment in 1980. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher,File)AP - The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir but did nothing about it.


Tue Mar 09 16:07:21 -0600 2010
Ohio State janitor's gunfire kills co-worker, self (AP)

In this ID photo released by Ohio State University, is shown Nathaniel Brown. Brown, a university custodial employee, reportedly shot two co-workers in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, and then fatally shot himself, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio, according to officials. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Ohio State University) NO SALESAP - An Ohio State University janitor who was about to lose his job walked into a maintenance building for his early morning shift Tuesday and shot two supervisors, killing one of them and fatally shooting himself. No students were hurt.


Tue Mar 09 16:30:05 -0600 2010