Author: Jehangir Irani (Jehangir Irani)

The Prospect Park Zoo will formally introduce two newborn baboons to the public today. The zoo is also holding a naming contest for the two babies, currently known as #1 and #2.

Irina Shekhets, who recently graduated from Brooklyn Law School, was one of 14 passengers killed on Tuesday when the plane she was flying in crashed in Nepal. Shekhets was on vacation and enroute to a Mount Everest base camp, at the time of the accident.

Eion Cass, 33, a convicted felon who served 11 years for attempted murder was charged with first-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon on Wednesday. Cass is accused of killing Yoseph Robinson last week, during a botched holdup at a Midwood liquor store.

The Brooklyn-based Azteca Linda Corporation is issuing a recall for its “Queso Fresco” and “Queso Hebra” cheeses, after the queso fresco tested positive for listeria in Rhode Island. The second cheese was recalled as a precaution, as both cheeses were produced with the same equipment.

The company’s co-founder, Alexis Miesen, accused landlord, Manuel Fernandez, of reneging on an an agreement for extending the lease. Miesen claims Fernandez wants $3500 monthly, or double the price of “comparable properties in the neighborhood.”

Schmuel Cohen, 24, was sentenced by a federal judge in Trenton, NJ to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to laundering money. 43 other people were indicted, as part of a July 2009 sting operation.

A day after the Orthodox Jewish community held a memorial for Yoseph Robinson, police questioned a person of interest in the case. Robinson, a Jamaican-born convert, was killed while protecting his girlfriend during a robbery.

The Orthodox Jewish community came out en masse on Sunday night to remember Yoseph Robinson, who was killed while protecting his girlfriend during a liquor store robbery. According to reports, the police have a suspect and are actively pursuing him.

Joe D. Green, who pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud, was sentenced to ten years behind bars for filing fraudulent paperwork to obtain $600,000 in mortgage loans.

In what director Spike Lee dubbed, the “second annual” tribute to Michael Jackson, the King of Pop’s fifty-second birthday will be celebrated at Prospect Park’s Nethermead.