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Queens rookie cops probed in bogus summons scam
rocco.parascandola@newsday.comTwo rookie cops in Queens are under investigation for a scam involving overtime pay and possibly bogus summonses, police sources said. Earlier this spring, the officers, assigned to the 113th Precinct, wrote nearly 40 red light and seat belt summonses in...Tags: Law Enforcement, Prosecution, Imperial and Royal Matters, New York City Police Department, Springfield Gardens
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Controversy around 50 Cent long preceded fire
glenn.gamboa@newsday.comCurtis Jackson, better known as the rapper 50 Cent, is no stranger to controversy. His list of high-profile feuds is lengthy, surpassed perhaps only by the number of outrageous things he says. He has carefully cultivated the persona of a bully, an anti-...Tags: Sales, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Hip Hop, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut)
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New Yorkers finding ways to save
msweeney@am-ny.comAsk most New Yorkers how they're coping with the sagging economy and escalating prices and listen to a litany of small ways to save. "Now I skip breakfast," said Barbara Smith, 47, a home health aide from the Bronx. Smith, who makes about $380 a week,...Tags: Prices, Market and Exchange, Petroleum Industry, Food Industry, Consumer Electronics Industry
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An excerpt from "Something on the Side" by Carl Weber
Chapter One Tammy I love my life. I love my life. I love my marriage. I love my husband. I love my kids. I love my BMW, and I love my house. Oh, did I say I love my life? Well, if I didn't, I love my life. I really love my life. I stepped out of my BMW...Tags: Kensington, Jamaica Estates, Clubs and Associations
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Big gigs
NEWSDAY STAFF WRITERTHURSDAY KENNY CHESNEY. Aw, man, we don't know how long we would have lasted with Renée Zellweger, either. (7:30p.m., Madison Square Garden, Seventh Avenue and 32nd Street, Manhattan, 212-465-6741. $51.50-$91.50.) MARK OLSON. The Jayhawks were never the...Tags: Mark Olson, Central Park, Bruce Springsteen, J. Mascis, Hammerstein Ballroom
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Vivi, now leader of the pack?
Newsday Staff WriterRemember Vivi? A handful of diehard searchers do. Tuesday marks the six-month anniversary of the wandering whippet's escape from her crate at Kennedy Airport after she competed at the Westminster dog show. Though Vivi's owners eventually returned home to...Tags: Whitestone, Society, College Point, Imperial and Royal Matters, Kew Gardens
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Cops: DNA links bouncer to student slay
NEWSDAY STAFF WRITERThe blood of a bar bouncer considered the prime suspect in the brutal rape and killing of John Jay College graduate student Imette St. Guillen was matched to a plastic packaging tie used to bind her wrists, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Sunday....Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Murder, Witnesses, Biotechnology Industry, Raymond W. Kelly
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Imette Saint-Guillen case prods city council to boost bar safety
Newsday Staff WriterCiting the brutal February slaying of Manhattan graduate student Imette Saint-Guillen, the City Council Tuesday proposed revamping security at city bars and clubs and ensuring that any law-breaking nightspots face stiff fines. "There is no enforcement,"...Tags: Fines, Law Enforcement, Long Island, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Murder
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Bouncer's van seized in student slay probe
Newsday Staff WritersPolice investigating the rape and murder of graduate student Imette St. Guillen Tuesday searched the South Jamaica home of Darryl Littlejohn and seized a car seat that he had removed from his van, police sources said. The van, a light gray Ford Windstar,...Tags: Vehicles, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Witnesses, Prosecution, East New York
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New charges for Littlejohn
NEWSDAY STAFF WRITERThe man already charged in the brutal death of Imette Saint-Guillen was accused Thursday in the earlier abduction of a female York College student while he posed as a law-enforcement officer in Queens. "This case is outrageous in its audacity," Police...Tags: Vehicles, Richard Brown, Lawyers, Kidnapping, Raymond W. Kelly
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