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DEC Fines Fraudulent Bronx Inspection Stations

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced today that it has assessed penalties totaling $930,000 on two inspection stations in the Bronx for conducting fraudulent motor vehicle emissions inspections.
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[Crime & Punishment] Brandon Landau Of Bronx Found Dead

The Winnebago County Coroner is awaiting toxicology reports to determine the cause of death of a 18-year-old Bronx man who authorities found Sunday morning in a creek at White Pines State Park in Mount Morris, about 85 miles west of Chicago....
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[Local] Bronx Cops Fight Disciplinary Actions

If you saw a few uniformed cops throwing around a football with a kid on the Fourth of July in Bronx, you would:...
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[Health] Psychological Evaluations For NYPD Officers

Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson wants patrol officers in New York City to undergo psychological testing....
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[Comedy] Growing Up Gonzales Show Extended

The premise of Growing Up Gonzales has a lot in common with many other autobiographical solo shows: a neighborhood full of colorful characters, an affectionate, seriocomic look back at childhood, a search for balance between the protagonist’s personal identity and ethnic heritage....
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[Art] Photographer Captures Stunning Faces Of Addiction In Bronx

Photographer Chris Arnade documents heroin and crack addicts in Bronx for his ongoing photo essay, Faces of Addiction. The portraits and accompanying stories reveal an arresting intimacy between subject and photographer....
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[Business] The Morgan Group Pays $3M For Bronx Multifamily

The Morgan Group acquired 600 Trinity Avenue in the Bronx from Urban American Management for $3 million, or $62,500 price per unit....
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[U.S.A.] 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....
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[Local] Livery Cab Crashes Into Bronx House And Injures One

A livery cab crashed into a Bronx home after colliding with a van early Monday morning....
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[Politics] U.S. Senate Candidate Tours New York City

Dr. Scott Noren, U.S. Senate Candidate, NY 2012, will be touring New York City this week. During his time in the Big Apple, Dr. Noren will be visiting numerous college and university campuses, such as New York University and Columbia University, to highlight what he perceives as a “key economic issue that concerns college students today” - namely, student loan interest rates and payment arrangements. ...
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[Crime & Punishment] Father & Son Found Dead In Bronx

A father and son were found dead in a Bronx apartment on Saturday. ...
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[Art] Bronx Masquerade Art Exhibition

Bronx Masquerade brings together ten emerging Bronx artists who reveal the true stories of young people in Bronx....
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[Crime & Punishment] Teen Arrested In Bronx Boy Deli Shooting

A 15-year-old boy was arrested Friday night in the shooting of a young boy inside a deli in the Soundview section of Bronx earlier in the week. ...
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[Crime & Punishment] Man Exposed Himself At A Bronx Train Station

Police are searching for a man who is suspected of exposing himself to passengers at a Bronx subway station....
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[Crime & Punishment] Seven Arrested In Drug Bust

There were several arrests Thursday in connection with drug sales in the Southern Tier. Two of the arrested were natives of Bronx....
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[Music] The Bronx Start Work On New Album

The Bronx have announced via Facebook that they are to start work on their fourth studio album....
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[Crime & Punishment] Bronx Nursing Home Employees Prosecuted

A Registered Nurse and a Certified Nurse's Aide at Beth Abraham Health Services, a Bronx Nursing Home, were sentenced earlier this month after being prosecuted by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the New York Attorney General's Office....
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[Business] A Friendlier Bronx Business Climate

In his State of the Borough speech earlier today, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. touted business development projects like the Kingsbridge redevelopment and a deal that lured the Queens-based FreshDirect company to the South Bronx as proof that he is creating jobs and stimulating the borough's economy....
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[Crime & Punishment] Bronx Teacher Arrested For Alleged Sex Crime

For the fourth time this month, a New York City public school employee has been charged with a sex crime against a student....
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[Business] Guide To Donating Your Car To Charity*

As tax time is upon us, we would like to help donors make informed giving decisions when they part with their hard-earned dollars by writing a check to charity. In the past few years, however, more and more donors are attempting to help themselves, and help others, by donating their used automobiles to charity....
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A Different Way Of Looking At China

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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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Edward J. Small

is currently a graduate student at the Columbia School of Journalism. He has previously worked as the editor-in-chief of his college newspaper, The Dickinsonian, and as an editorial intern at America’s most prominent fake newspaper, The Onion. He is a native of Connecticut but currently lives in New York City.