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Man Shot Dead in Canarsie

Sheriek Ellis, 35, found dead at the corner of E 104 St and Glenwood Road in Canarsie in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the police said. The police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious male and upon their arrival, they found Ellis unresponsive and shot several times in the torso. There are...

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Ex-Brooklyn College Student Admits Trying to Help Al-Qaeda

Former Brooklyn College student Syed Hashmi, 30, admitted in court yesterday that he had conspired to provide Al-Qaeda with what prosecutors described as military gear. The trial of Hashmi, a Pakistani who became an American citizen, goes on in Federal District Court in Manhattan today. Hashmi has been in custody for four years after he...

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Autistic Teen Found on Subway is a Brooklyn Resident

NY1 reported today that a 15-year-old autistic boy, who was found unconscious yesterday on subway, has been identified as a Brooklyn resident. The boy was found on a northbound 3 train at 148th Street in Hamilton Heights around 10:30 a.m.  and taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. The police still seek to identify the boy, who...

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Five Torahs, Worth of $250K, Stolen from Brooklyn Synagogue

Five handwritten Torahs worth as much as $250,000 were stolen from the Congregation Yirah Haschem at 1556 53rd St. in Borough Park, community leaders said on Wednesday. The theft was discovered when community leaders opened the synagogue at 6:30 a.m. The religious scrolls topped with silver crowns and adornments were taken from an unlocked storage...

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Hate Crime Trial: The Last Ride

By Nate Rawlings Officer Daniel Ludeman squatted in the back of the ambulance as is sped toward Elmhurst Hospital. Next to him, paramedics monitored Jose Sucuzhanay’s vital signs, making sure he was still breathing and that his heart did not stop beating. Blood was still coming out of Sucuzhanay’s head. Paramedics tried to staunch it...

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“Cirque du Critique”

By Mustafa Mehdi Vural Tuan Le, 33, and his girl friend Vanessa Alvarez, 28, rushed from the subway on Sunday afternoon to Whitman Auditorium at Brooklyn College to see the show of Chinese Acrobats of Hebei. “My girlfriend loves Chinese Acrobatics,” said Vietnam-born, Germany-raised Le. “I do little bit the same thing,” added Alvarez, smiling....

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And Daniel has made a choice worth $3 million

The New York Times has reported that Daniel Goldstein, the last man standing in front of the Atlantic Yards bulldozer, has stepped aside selling his condo on Pacific Street in Prospect Heights to Forest City Ratner, the developer of Atlantic Yards, for $3 million. Goldstein was the founder of the anti-Atlantic Yards group “Develop Don’t...