Four-Nine Cop ‘Nails’ Gun-Toting Suspect
Archive | October, 2012
Police Arrest Robbery Suspect Armed with Nail Gun
Posted on 22 October 2012.
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From Albanian Roots to an Albany Job: Mark Gjonaj’s Long Trail to the Assembly
Posted on 20 October 2012.
Assembly candidate Mark Gjonaj came from humble beginnings and will most likely be the first Albanian-American in the New York State Assembly.
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Obama the Favorite in this Bronx Barbershop
Posted on 18 October 2012.
Ghanaian immigrants may be 5,000 miles away from their homeland, but they are deeply engaged in America’s presidential election.
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Drive-by Wi-Fi Coming to a Project Near You
Posted on 18 October 2012.
The New York City Housing Authority hopes to help close the city’s digital divide by bringing wired vans to nine housing projects and other neighborhoods in the Bronx.
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Sounding Off On Stop and Frisk
Posted on 16 October 2012.
Bronx Ink reporters fanned out over 12 neighborhoods last week to capture the stories and thoughts from Bronx residents about law enforcement tactics.
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Stop-and-Frisk Goes on Trial
Posted on 15 October 2012.
Judge Shira Scheindlin of the Manhattan federal court today begins hearing allegations that the NYPD has been unlawfully stopping minorities under its stop-and-frisk program, reports The New York Post. A Columbia professor who has analyzed stop-and-frisk data and a representative of the Bronx District Attorney’s office, which has refused to prosecute some trespassing cases without first […]
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Fire Destroys Fordham Heights Home
Posted on 15 October 2012.
Fire gutted a home on East 184th Street in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx early Monday morning. A video report by SkyFoxHD shows the house in flames before firefighters arrived on the scene. FDNY officials said the flames broke out at about 6:20 a.m. at 15 E. 184th St. near Walton Avenue. It […]
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The Bronx High School of Science and its Nobel Prizes
Posted on 14 October 2012.
Since 1972, the Bronx High School of Science has produced eight Nobel Prize laureates. The New York Daily News takes a look at what makes this school unique. Interviews with current students show the school’s strong foundation in science education.
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