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Bronx Man Had Nearly $2K In Fake Bills

A New York man was arrested in Brooklyn, Connecticut after police found $1,970 of counterfeit money on him.

Bronx Church Permitted To Meet At NYC School

A federal judge cleared the way Thursday for a small Bronx church to continue meeting for religious services at a New York City public school despite an appeals court ruling upholding the city's ban on use of the schools for worship services....
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Guilty Plea To Selling Pipe Bombs

A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of selling homemade pipe bombs in Bronx....
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Armed Robbery Of Livery Cab Driver

Police are searching for three men in connection with the armed robbery of a livery cab driver in Bronx....
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Bronx Man Sets Himself Ablaze

A 42-year-old Bronx man is at Jacobi Medical Center in Bronx today being treated for burns over 45 percent of his body after he set himself on fire at a bus stop at the Cross County Shopping Center, police said....
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3 Arrested In Rutland Town Drug Sting

State Police arrested three New York residents at the Holiday Inn in Rutland Town, VT in the early morning hours Monday on suspicion of heroin trafficking and possession of cocaine, according to a press release. ...
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Bronx Teenager Stabbed To Death

A Bronx teenager was stabbed to death in Brooklyn Saturday night in a fight after a game of parking lot football, police said....
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Woman Killed In Bronx Hit-And-Run

A 42-year-old woman was killed on a Bronx street last night after being down by a hit-and-run driver, police said. ...
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Go Beyond The Cover: Behind The Scenes

Dermablend takes you behind the scenes at the "Go Beyond The Cover" video shoot with Zombie Boy a.k.a. Rico....
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Bronx Sex Assault Suspect Sought

Police in the Bronx are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with a sex assault they say happened in February of last year....
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Fatal Hit-and-Run Vehicle Torched In Bronx

Cops are hunting a hit-and-run driver who killed a pedestrian in the Bronx last year in a car later found torched on a Kingsbridge street, police said. ...
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Jateik Reed Is Still An Alleged Criminal

Aside from NYPD's disturbing behaviour in the context of the society we enjoy living in, Jateik Reed remains an alleged criminal with a variety of charges against him, including harassment, resisting arrest and marijuana possession on the streets of Bronx....
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Jamar Rogers Singing On The Voice

Usually singing-competition shows aim for some milquetoast backstage drama with their contestants, like a lost relative or a handicap overcome. Breaking the mold is The Voice crooner Jamar Rogers, an HIV+ former meth addict who came clean with his story in his introductory bit above....
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Powerful Pressures & Special Waters

It does seem like there is something magical about artesian wells. Digging down to a level in the Earth from which water then spurts unaided is like a dream come true for some. And, after all, why pay the electric company for power to run a pump if Mother Nature will do all the work herself?...
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Bronx Thruway Accident Causes Delays

An accident on the New England Thruway in the Bronx has backed up traffic in the southbound lanes....
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Cops Seek Robbery Suspect In Bronx

Cops are hunting a robbery suspect who allegedly stole cash from a livery cab driver at knifepoint in the Morrisania section of the Bronx, then took off with his victim's vehicle....
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Art Exhibit Belligerently Depicting The Morale Of Life & Art For Arts Sake

The Dino Eli Gallery is proud to announce its first exhibition of cutting-edge, “Instant Gratification Abstract”, contemporary art, hosting works by celebrated New York artist, Eddie Rehm....
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Finally: FreshDirect Moving To Bronx

The New York City Internet grocer FreshDirect is moving to new headquarters in Bronx....
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Charles Dickens' 200th Birthday Celebrated In Bronx

While Charles Dickens is best known for such classics as Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist and David Copperfield, a global festival marking the British author’s 200th birthday this month is spotlighting some of his earlier works in Bronx....
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Boxing Makes It’s Way To The North Side Of Bronx

Last year, Alexander Cintron opened World Wide Boxing Gym on the corner of 205th and Jerome Ave because he felt the North side section of the Bronx needed and deserved a good boxing gym....
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Axing A Lot Of Nuclear Power Plants

Energy is the lifeblood of modern economies and there’s no more amazingly useful form of energy than electricity.
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A Different Way Of Looking At China

Hard landing, soft landing, civil unrest, dominant economic superpower – the forecasts flow freely regarding China.

Bronx Fire Kills One, Another In Critical Condition

One person is dead and another in critical condition after a fire tore through an apartment building at Marble Hill Housing on West 225th Street. Witnesses reported seeing large flames and heavy smoke in the area as firefighters battled the blaze.
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Bronx Men's Shoes Beard Growing Billboard

Bronx Shoes SA pioneers world's first interactive growing billboard The 3rd of April sees the unveiling of the world's first interactive beard growing billboard in Cape Town. Bronx Men's Shoes, the "Man Enough" brand in South Africa, through Bletchley Park, Cape Town.

India - A Bric Hitting A Brick Wall

“If you see a Brahmin and a snake, kill the Brahmin first.”         - Old South Indian proverb The Fatal Attraction of Indian Populism India, one of the

Feds Investigate Password Requests

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Charles E. Schumer today called on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch a federal investigation into a new disturbing trend of employers demanding job applicants turn over their user names and passwords for social networking and email websites to gain access to personal information like private photos, email messages, and biographical data that is otherwise deemed private.
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Arrest For Bestiality In Zimbabwe

A Zimbabwean man responded to his goat’s distress bleats and was shocked to find a young man hunched over the animal – bonking it. David Mutunha said he could not believe what his eyes were seeing.
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Vulture Stalking A Child

Sudan, March 1, 1993.
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US Citizen From Bronx Becomes A Man Without A Country

Here is an American story for you. Abdo Hizam, born in 1980 in a small village in Yemen to a Yemeni-American father, received an American passport as a child of Americans.

Steps Forward & Back For The World’s Nukes

My household has no less than three nightlights that give good service to me and mine. Perhaps you have a nightlight or two yourself. And beyond those useful little devices, of course, there are the regular lights that a person may switch on in the middle of a windless night.

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Barbara Akowuah

Barbara Akowuah is a native New Yorker and aspiring Journalist and Entrepreneur. Barbara was born and raised in the Bronx, New York and has also resided in Queens, New York and Baltimore, Maryland. Barbara has a B.A. in History from the City University of New York-Queens College. Among other things Barbara is a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success and has written numerous articles for various publications. In her spare time she enjoys, writing, music, and sports.