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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: Plan B (drug), Birth Control, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Kathleen Sebelius
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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: Christian Orthodoxy, Purim, Religion and Belief, Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Israel
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Ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies
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: University of Pennsylvania, World War II (1939-1945), Bill Clinton, White House, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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VIRAL VIDEO: Bus driver catches girl who fell 3 stories
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: New York City, Coney Island
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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
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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: Nathan's Famous, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, Hot Dogs
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Man on cross-U.S.A. trek finds strangers go extra mile ... Michiana and elsewhere
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterAs 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: Education, Queens (New York City), Colleges and Universities, University of Notre Dame, Apple iPhone
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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: Abusive Behavior, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: New York City Police Department, New York City, Shootings, Raymond W. Kelly
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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 Police Department, Facebook, New York City
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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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NYPD cop intervenes in scuffle on JetBlue flight
NEW YORK (AP) — An off-duty New York City police officer subdued and handcuffed an intoxicated passenger who attacked a flight attendant during a scuffle on board a JetBlue plane. The NYPD says Anibal Mercado intervened after 22-year-old Antonio...Tags: New York City Police Department, Kennedy Airport, Dominican Republic, JetBlue Airways, New York City
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