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December 13, 2010December 13, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn Gun Swap Brings in 147 Guns
A pink 9 mm, 60 semiautomatic pistols, 72 revolvers, 19 rifles, five shotguns and one sawed-off shotgun were all among the nearly 150 guns surrendered at Brownsville’s First Baptist Church and East New York’s Southern Baptist Church according to the New York Post. The guns were anonymously given up in return for a $200, no...
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December 13, 2010December 13, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn Mom Clinging to Life
A Brooklyn mom is fighting for life after being shot through the door in the face by a gunmen intending to injure her son according to the New York Post. Police are still searching for gunman who shot Marie Fougere, a 51-year-old nurse’s aide.
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December 13, 2010December 13, 2010Live Wire
Four Charged in Polluting Shell Bank Creek
A TGI Fridays, United Artists Sheepshead Bay Stadium 14 movie theater and two other businesses face felony charges for illegally dumping raw sewage into Shell Bank Creek, which flows into Jamaica Bay according the New York Daily News.
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December 13, 2010December 13, 2010Live Wire
Walmart eyes East New York for city’s first store
East New York may be home to the city’s first Walmart according to the New York Daily News. The City Council will hear from the big-box store on January 12.
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November 29, 2010November 29, 2010Brooklyn Life
Brooklyn Morning – Maria Hernandez Park
By Joe Proudman
The sun is just creeping over the buildings down Irving Street on the northeast side of Maria Hernandez Park in Bushwick. It's just past 7:30 a.m. and four people are making their way around the third-of-a-mile pathway that circles the park.
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November 16, 2010January 11, 2011Brooklyn Life
Video: Worth the Risk
By Joe Proudman Player safety has been a big discussion in football lately, especially surrounding concussions. As former players get older more and more are developing diseases that can be traced back to their time as athletes. Paul Bourlis suffered a severe concussion about a month ago, during the last game of the Brooklyn Mariners...
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October 15, 2010October 15, 2010Live Wire
Police Searching for Missing Man
Police are asking for help finding a missing elderly man in Brighton Beach. Benedicto Espino, a 69-year-old white male, was last seen on 2 p.m. on Wednesday leaving Long Island College Hospital. He is 5 feet 6 inches tall and 120 pounds. He was last seen wearing a dark jacket and dark jeans. Call Crime...
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October 15, 2010October 15, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn Man Charged in Stray-Bullet Shooting
Brooklyn teen Quayshawn Smith, 18, was arrested today in connection with a stray bullet that struck a 10-year-old boy while he was watching cartoons in his East New York home, reports the New York Post. Smith was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon according to police. The boy survived the shooting.
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October 15, 2010October 15, 2010Live Wire
FEMA to Reimburse CIty for Tornado Clean Up
The September 16 storm that ripped tornados through Brooklyn and Queens was enough for President Barack Obama to approve the state’s request for Federal Emergency Management Agency Funds reports New York 1. The storm cost the city more than $27 million. The government will reimburse 75 percent of clean up cost to the city.