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    May 13, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana

  1. US government files morning-after pill appeal

    NEW YORK (AP) — The Obama administration on Monday filed a last-second appeal to delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn last week refused...

    Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Plan B (drug), Health Treatments

    2. Mar 3, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  2. Expectant parents die in NY crash; baby survives

    NEW YORK (AP) — A young Jewish Orthodox couple en route to a hospital to have their first child were killed in a car crash early Sunday, but their child survived. Nathan and Raizy Glauber, both 21, were using a car service to go to the hospital...

    Tags: Christianity, Williamsburg (Bronx, New York), Religion and Belief, Judaism, Hospitals and Clinics

    3. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| AP Indiana

  3. Ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies

    <span style="font-size: small;">C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96.</span>
    C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96. An assistant at Koop's Dartmouth institute,...

    Tags: AIDS, HIV, Euthanasia, Harry Reid, Heroin

    4. Jul 17, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  4. VIRAL VIDEO: Bus driver catches girl who fell 3 stories

    <span style="font-size: small;">A New York City bus driver was being hailed as a hero for saving a 7-year-old girl who fell three stories from an air conditioning unit outside a Brooklyn building.</span>
    A New York City bus driver was being hailed as a hero for saving a 7-year-old girl who fell three stories from an air conditioning unit outside a Brooklyn building. "I just prayed that I'd catch her," Stephen St. Bernard recalled after rescuing the...

    Tags: Coney Island, New York City

    5. May 16, 2011 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  5. Notre Dame football recruit Stephon Tuitt starting the big push

    <span style="font-size: small;">Stephon Tuitt took a break for his promising future this weekend just to exhale.</span>
    South Bend Tribune Staff Writer
    Stephon Tuitt took a break for his promising future this weekend just to exhale. Everything seemingly in the soon-to-be Notre Dame freshman defensive end's life over the past three months, since signing with the Irish, has reeked with purpose. Texting...

    Tags: Michigan, Alabama, Sun Bowl, U.S. Army, Under Armour Inc.

    6. Aug 2, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  6. NYC medical examiner probes stillborn mix-up

    NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City medical examiner's office says it is responsible for an error that resulted in a Brooklyn family burying someone else's stillborn in their native Poland. Justyna and Rafal Sliwa (SLEE'-wuh) told the New York Post...

    Tags: New York City

    7. Jul 4, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  7. Joey Chestnut is again top dog - 6th straight title

    NEW YORK (AP) — Joey Chestnut won his sixth straight Coney Island hot dog eating contest. The San Jose, Calif., man known as "Jaws" scarfed down 68 hot dogs and buns to win Wednesday in Brooklyn. He takes home $10,000 and a mustard-yellow champion'...

    Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Hot Dogs, Foods and Beverages, Nathan's Famous

    8. Jul 4, 2012 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  8. Man on cross-U.S.A. trek finds strangers go extra mile ... Michiana and elsewhere

    <span style="font-size: small;">As a kid, James DiGiovanni recalls looking at a map of the</span><span style="font-size: small;"> United States and wondering: <strong><em>Is it possible to walk from New York to</em></strong></span><strong><em><span style="font-size: small;"> L.A.?</span></em></strong>
    South Bend Tribune Staff Writer
    As a kid, James DiGiovanni recalls looking at a map of the United States and wondering: Is it possible to walk from New York to L.A.? The question stuck in his mind, so much so that, two months ago, after graduating from Georgia State University with a...

    Tags: University of Notre Dame, Colleges and Universities, Apple iPhone, Pacific Ocean, Queens (New York City)

    9. Jan 6, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  9. 3-year-old NY girl found bleeding in mother's arms

    NEW YORK (AP) — A 3-year-old girl died at a hospital Friday after being found bleeding from puncture wounds on her face and neck in the arms of her rambling, incoherent mother. Authorities were called to the family's Brooklyn home early Friday...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Abusive Behavior

    10. Dec 13, 2011 |Story| WSBT-TV

  10. 4 more in custody after NYC officer's death

    NEW YORK (AP) — Four more suspects are in custody following the deadly shooting of a New York City police officer who was responding to a break-in in Brooklyn. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne says they include a man who had struggled with an officer...

    Tags: Raymond W. Kelly, New York City, New York City Police Department, Shootings

    11. Dec 11, 2011 |Story| WSBT-TV

  11. NYPD Facebook probe raises free speech question

    NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City police department is investigating whether police officers made offensive comments on a Facebook page devoted to the annual West Indian Day parade in Brooklyn. Department officials said this week that at least 20...

    Tags: New York City, New York City Police Department, Facebook

    12. Dec 29, 2011 |Story| WSBT-TV

  12. Family: NY woman's generosity led to burn death

    NEW YORK (AP) — Relatives of a New York City woman torched in her building's elevator say she was a kindhearted woman whose generosity with a down-and-out handyman led to her death. Deloris Gillespie's children told reporters Thursday that she...

    Tags: Charity, New York City

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