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3 hrs ago | AllHipHop.com

DMC Bringing Rock Hall Trophy To Queens For July 4th

Rapper DMC plans to celebrate Independence Day in his old neighborhood of Queens, New York, where he will celebrate being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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11 hrs ago | NY Daily News

NYPD says crime in Queens is on decline

Major crimes in Queens dipped nearly 13% through the first half of 2009 - more than the citywide drop - despite slumping economic times that historically encourage lawbreaking, preliminary NYPD statistics show.

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20 hrs ago | UPI

NYC street corner renamed for rappers

Run-DMC and the late Jam Master Jay's street cred may take a hit, but their legacy gets a boost with the renaming of a New York street corner after the group.

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Yesterday | M2.com

Verizon Wireless expands network in Queens

US mobile network operator Verizon Wireless has announced it has activated a new cell site in Jackson Heights.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: John Leguizamo Talks New Movie

The voice of 'Sid' in the new flim 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' is that of actor John Leguizamo.

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New York Post

Alleged NJ Fugitive Shot in Queens

A New Jersey man who authorities claim is a fugitive was shot once in the stomach this morning after police officers pulled him over in Queens, officials said.

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Associated Content

Queens, New York: Best Strip Clubs

Strip clubs in Queens, New York often take a backseat to their brethren in Manhattan in terms of notoriety and glamour.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

The Dallas Morning News

OP-ED: Richard Cohen: Through dumb luck, I dodged Bernie's trap

Among the alumni of Far Rockaway High School in Queens, N.Y., are three Nobel Prize winners - two in physics and one in medicine - plus a pioneer in women's basketball , a famous psychologist , a financier and, appallingly, Bernard Madoff, class of 1956.

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The Village Voice

Somebody Got Murdered: Another Man Shot in the Head, This Time in Queens

DATE: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at approximately 2:41 a.m. LOCATION: In front of 105-19 171 Street, Queens.

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WCBS-TV New York

NYC Street Corner To Honor Run-DMC

Jul 1, 2009 9:07 am US/Eastern Corner Of 205th Street And Hollis Avenue To Be Named 'Run-DMC JMJ Way' A New York City street corner will be renamed for the late Jam Master Jay and Run-DMC. The New York City Council has approved the new name "Run-DMC JMJ Way" for the corner of 205th Street and Hollis Avenue.

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WKBW-TV

Senate Democrats Claim Session Was Legal

Democrats in the New York State Senate met on Tuesday and passed 124 bills, after claiming that a Republican senator walking through the chamber gave them the required quorum of 32 lawmakers.

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CBS News

Three Workers Killed At NYC Waste Station

Three workers, including a father and son, died after becoming trapped inside a hole and apparently inhaling toxic fumes at a waste management station in Queens, N.Y. June 29, 2009.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

New York Post

Ex's Naked 'Attack'

A spurned Romeo hungry for revenge allegedly stalked and threatened his former lover -- a married teenager -- and plastered nude photos of her around her Queens neighborhood, authorities said yesterday.

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Forward

Survivors' Hopes Dashed as NY Assembly Adjourns Without Sex Abuse Vote

Sexual-abuse survivors who traveled to Albany, N.Y., with high hopes this past spring got a tough lesson in political reality.

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Newsday.com

Three Queens workers trapped in manhole die

Three workers - including a father and son - were killed Monday afternoon when they were overcome by hydrogen sulfide fumes while trying to escape a deep, water-filled hole at a Queens waste transfer plant, authorities said.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

WCBSTV.com

NYC Firefighters Try To Rescue 3 Trapped Workers

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WHNT-TV Huntsville

Street food without the street

If you think the San Gennaro festival is your only shot at scoring delectable street foods--think again: upscale eateries are serving festival foods like cotton candy, zeppole, and corn dogs to comfort-food craving customers.

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National Public Radio

A Dream Is Deferred In Queens, N.Y.

Joe Alonzo says he needs a job to move out of his parents' home and start his own family.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

New York Post

4 Hospitalized After Queens Bus Crash

Four children were hospitalized after a school bus collided with a car in Far Rockaway this morning.

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WINS-AM New York

Queens Man Dies after Falling into a Sewage Drain

An elderly man cleaning a sewage drain died after falling into the drain and getting stuck in the sludge.

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