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More than a dozen people were injured, one of them critically, in an apartment fire which engulfed a Brooklyn home on Tuesday. Firefighters managed to rescue six people, and two small children from a second-floor apartment, according to fire officials and witnesses.

The fire broke out around 2 a.m at the corner of Newkirk and Ocean Avenues in Flatbush. Eight members of one family have been admitted to hospital.

Dozens of residents were able to get out of Ocean Avenue Building. One person escaped by jumping out of a window.

Three firefighters received minor burn injuries said Jim Long, a Fire [...]

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The redevelopment work of World Trade Center came to a halt after more than 400 cement truck drivers went on strike

The Union held strike due to their disagreement over wages and working conditions with the Association of New York City Concrete Producers.

According to the Associated Press, a teamsters’ spokesperson said that the union could not agree with the Association of New York City Concrete Producers over wages and working conditions.

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A former New York City detective was arrested for allegedly issuing phony police badges to dozens of convicted felons.

Mr. Neves, 49, who is a resident of Staten Island and a former city detective, appeared on Tuesday before Federal District Court in Manhattan, New York and was released on $55,000 bail.

The police reported that Mr.Neves was fired from Police Department in 1995. He was found guilty of obtaining computer records.

The case is being prosecuted in New York, and Mr. Rios will be brought to Manhattan District Court to face the charges, officials reported.

Several of these phony badges were used [...]

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A former Army scientist will receive $5.8 million in order to settle his lawsuit against the Justice Department.

Steven Hatfill claimed that the Justice Department has violated his privacy rights by speaking with reporters about the case.

The Justice Department will pay $2.825 million up front along with a $3 million annuity which will pay him $150,000 each year for 20 years.

Hatfill contracted infectious disease while working in laboratory from 1997 to 1999. Five people were killed and 17 sickened by anthrax on 2001, when anthrax was mailed to lawmakers on Capitol Hill and members of the news media in New York [...]

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A former washed-up shock jock was working as a counterfeiter in Manhattan, New York.

Bruce Bond, 49, whose radio career started to plummet in 2001 when he was fired from a Pennsylvania station for attacking co-workers on air, was charged with creating counterfeit checks worth millions from a stolen bank account. He had created several thousand bogus checks while operating from his Wall Street, New York apartment, prosecutor Gary Snitow told Justice Marcy Kahn in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Bond, used to forge checks on regular basis, and in the past 15 months. Manhattan, New York prosecutor allege that Bond, used to mail counterfeit [...]

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The mastermind behind a human corpse stealing racket was sentenced to 18-54 years in prison.

Michael Mastromarino, 44, was pleaded guilty in March to dozens of felony counts which includes grand larceny and enterprise corruption.

Legal prosecutors say that Michael was previously working as a head of Biomedical Tissue Services. He has reportedly made several million dollars by looting dead human corpses from city funeral homes and selling them as transplants illegally. His three accomplices were also charged with felony counts for their alleged involvement.

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The New York City Council on Thursday unveiled bill No.721 which would make things difficult for death-defying climbers who scale New York City’s skyscrapers. The Bill would make it illegal to scale or jump from a building 25 feet or taller.

These skyscraper climbers used to receive handshakes on the roof of New York City Skyscrapers, are receiving hand-wringing in the past few weeks, after two men climbed to the top of the New York Times Building with no ropes or safety nets.

These climbers used to receive mild punishments under the current New York City laws, which prompted the Council [...]

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Two popular drug stores will be sued by the state attorney general for selling expired drugs and food products.

The Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo gave Rite Aid pharmacies and CVS two weeks before carrying out a follow-up investigation. However the Attorney General found that the pharmacy companies continued to sell and stock outdated products including eggs and baby formula, children’s medicine. Several of these products were found expired more than a year past their expiration dates.

The pharmacy drug stores had promised to remove the product, following a June 12 letter sent by the Attorney General.

Around 24 CVS stores were checked by [...]

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