Accused rapist Thomas Boker is due in court to be sentenced later today. Boker allegedly raped two women at a Brownsville housing project. He was arrested in March 2008.
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February 23, 2010March 4, 2010Brooklyn Life
Hungry, on a Rainy Afternoon
Here in Brooklyn: Lunch in the rain on 13th Avenue in Borough Park.
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February 23, 2010April 2, 2010Brooklyn Life, Crime, Video
VIdeo – After the fire: Luisa’s funeral
Miguel Chan mourns at a funeral for his wife Luisa Chan, victim of the Bensonhurst fire that killed four others.
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February 23, 2010March 5, 2010Arts & Culture, Brooklyn Life, Business
Ukulele Sales Soar in Brooklyn
Ukulele sales in Brooklyn are on the rise: A seller in Flatbush says his numbers are up 80 percent from last year.
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February 22, 2010February 23, 2010Multimedia, Slideshow
After the Fire: The Funeral
By Jeannette Neumann Brooklyn’s Guatemalan community gathered on Friday in a Coney Island funeral home to remember the five people who died at the end of January in a blaze allegedly set by a man living in their building. The funeral had been postponed until the bodies were identified.
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February 22, 2010March 1, 2010Brooklyn Life, Crime, Politics
Zazi pleads guilty to terrorism charges
By Danielle Bengsch, contributed reporting Althea Fung Najibullah Zazi listened attentively to U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie in Federal District Court in Brooklyn today as he listed the charges: Zazi was alleged to be part of a conspiracy of planning an attack with weapons of mass destruction, being part of a conspiracy to commit murder...
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February 22, 2010March 4, 2010Live Wire
Zazi pleads guilty to terror charges
Afghan immigrant Najibullah Zazi plead guilty to the charges of conspiracy to attacks with weapons of mass destruction, conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and collecting materials, support and other resources for a terrorist attack.
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February 22, 2010March 4, 2010Live Wire
Officers Acquitted In Sodomy Case
Three police officers were acquitted on all counts this morning in the Brooklyn police-brutality trial. The jury declared Officer Richard Kern was not guilty of assaulting Michael Mineo in a Brooklyn subway station.
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February 22, 2010March 4, 2010Live Wire
Is Fort Greene affordable?
With the rising cost of living, residents of Fort Greene are feeling the squeeze. The Fort Greene Association is answering questions and providing tips on how to make Fort Greene affordable at Lafayette Presbyterian Church, 85 S. Oxford St. tonight at 7:30.
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February 22, 2010March 4, 2010Live Wire
Hit and Run
Police are searching for the driver of a 1993 green Acura who struck two women on Sunday at approximately 4:30 a.m. as they were crossing Flatbush Avenue near Prospect Place. Police found the car that hit the women a few blocks away with a smashed windshield. Both women were taken to Kings County Hospital. The...