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Waiting to see them blow it up https://6abc.com/traffic/live-controlled-demolition-of-old-tappan-zee-bridge/5036679/

WILTON — The owner of the limousine that crashed in Schoharie, killing 18 people on board and two pedestrians, is a former FBI informant who testified in two high-profile terrorism cases, a state official confirmed Monday. Shahed "Malik" Hussain owns Prestige Limousine in Wilton, the official said. The limousine company is being scrutinized as federal and state investigators try to determine what caused the crash.

The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General on Thursday charged a licensed practical nurse with involuntary manslaughter in the April 13 death of Herbert R. McMaster Sr. in the nursing home at Cathedral Village, in the Upper Roxborough section of Philadelphia. Christann S. Gainey, 30, was also charged with neglect of a care-dependent person and tampering with records for allegedly failing to provide appropriate care to McMaster, the father of former national security adviser H.R. McMaster Jr., after he fell in his room and hit his head, according to an eight-page criminal complaint.

I took this as a threat, as did many others on Twitter. Reported to Secret Service, FBI, DOJ etc. Not sure how to post properly (after all these years) but here goes "Seems like those “unnamed sources peddling second-hand hearsay with rank speculation that continue to leak inaccurate information,” came straight from 1600 Penn. Jared better start wearing his kevlar on his back."

Beautiful version of Hallelujah from a Christian group live at a Coffee Shop

WEST CHESTER >> The Common Pleas Court judge’s decision allowing for more than a dozen provisional ballots cast in the race for the 156th Legislative District seat has paved the way for an eventual hand recount of the votes cast in the tight race and, ultimately, a decision on who has won. But that recount will take a back seat, at least temporarily, to a hand recount of the results of the presidential race in Chester County, a recount demanded by supporters of failed Green Party candidate Jill Stein and some disappointed Democrats. On Thursday, the county Board of Elections...

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SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications] — On Saturday, April 2, 2005, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Herman, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, sent letters of condolence to Angelo Cardinal Sodano, Vatican Secretary of State, and Walter Cardinal Kasper of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, upon learning of the death of Pope John Paul II. “I greet you with brotherly love in Christ and extend the condolences of the Holy Synod of Bishops, Hierarchs, Clergy, Monastics, and Faithful of the Orthodox Church in America,” Metropolitan Herman wrote. “Throughout the many years of his service as spiritual leader of the Roman...

July 13, 2004 -- The monsignor of an East Side Catholic church swindled an elderly parishioner out of $500,000 - including $100,000 that he used to buy a luxury condo on the Jersey Shore, an explosive lawsuit charges. Monsignor John Woolsey allegedly betrayed the trust of Rose Cale, who died last year at the age of 88. Now the executor of her estate, family friend Janet Naegele, has filed suit against the Archdiocese of New York and the pastor of St. John the Martyr Church over Woolsey's "unconscionable and reprehensible conduct" in draining the devout Catholic's life savings. Woolsey, "in...

<p>May 12, 2003 -- A Brooklyn woman stabbed her hubby to death early yesterday after he complained about her figure and how long she spent using the computer, cops said.</p> <p>Judy Thomas, 27, was in the bedroom of the pair's basement apartment on Hemlock Street in Cypress Hills around 1 a.m. when her husband, Jackson Thomas, berated her about the amount of time she spent on the computer, investigators said.</p>

WHAT: Support The Troops Rally For Freedom This is a non-partisan rally aimed to show support for the troops currently fighting in Operation Iraqi Freedom. WHO: This is being sponsored and organized by the Nassau County Young Republicans. There will be veterans from Nassau County, elected officials of all political parties, and people showing support & patriotism. WHEN: Sunday, April 6, 2003 at 2PM WHERE: Nassau County Supreme Court House One Supreme Court Drive in Mineola, NY (just east of Franklin Street) For more information, you may contact Stephen Canzoneri at the above information or visit the Young Republicans online...

April 1, 2003 -- THERE was a moment. Before the Mets took the field at Shea to break our battle-weary hearts, 50,000 Americans - those who'd traveled here from Queens or from Brooklyn, from Japan and India, Mexico and Russia, and even the Upper West Side of Manhattan - bowed their heads and shut their mouths. And for a moment, there were no arguments. No cheers. No cries. The only sound to be heard, unexpectedly loud enough to blot out your own breath, was the wild flapping of flags in the chilly spring wind. American flags. Then the moment of...

Opponents of the war in Iraq lying on Fifth Avenue at Rockefeller Center on Thursday morning blocked traffic for more than an hour. More than 200 people were arrested Thursday for blocking traffic in Manhattan during a day of civil disobedience called to protest the war in Iraq and the corporate media's reporting of the conflict. Waves of protesters lay down in the streets throughout the day, conducting mass "die-ins" that city police broke up by hauling people away in handcuffs, sometimes by the busloads. The largest die-in occurred during the morning rush hour in the area around Rockefeller Center...

<p>With the onset of war against Iraq, the NYPD has launched "the most comprehensive terrorism-prevention operation the city has ever conducted," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday. "We have every reason to feel safe and secure," Kelly told reporters after putting the NYPD's sweeping Operation Atlas plan into action - deploying special detection teams and heavily armed police officers, and setting up checkpoints around the city, including at all bridges and tunnels.</p>

<p>Students at a Connecticut high school burned a replica of the French flag to protest the refusal of America's oldest ally to support the U.S. invasion of Iraq.</p> <p>"The French actions have been bad so far," said Newtown HS senior Austin McChord.</p>

Retired firefighter and Baldwin resident Bob Beckwith, whose image with President Bush atop a pile of rubble at ground zero was flashed around the world shortly after Sept. 11, turned down an invitation to attend the president's State of the Union address in Washington. The ticket was given to Beckwith last week by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan), who is pressuring the Bush administration to release $90 million in federal health funds in order to monitor rescue workers suffering from respiratory problems in the wake of Sept. 11. Maloney, who urged her House colleagues to give up their gallery passes...

Gay-Lesbian Youth Center OpensBy Jerome Burdi STAFF WRITER October 12, 2002 A local gay and lesbian youth group opened a new center in Bay Shore Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, a line of local officials and an Episcopalian priest. "We've picked today because it is National Coming Out day," said Robert Vitelli, Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth's director of education, training and policy. "The ribbon cutting is to celebrate the first gay-owned and -operated community center [on Long Island]. This is historic." Before its 4,300-square-foot center on Park Avenue, the group, which is embarking on its 10th anniversary, operated...

<p>September 20, 2002 -- City officials are looking at converting the parking lot behind the medical examiner's office - where the remains of hundreds of 9/11's unidentified victims are kept - into a beautiful serenity park, The Post has learned.</p>

On Fox news live now, Verrazano Bridge closed, possible bomb?

<p>August 24, 2002 -- Wake up and smell the coffee?</p> <p>Maybe not in Brooklyn.</p> <p>Millions of java addicts think the aroma of freshly roasted coffee is heavenly, but to the City Department of Environmental Protection the "fugitive odors" from a 160-year-old coffee company are unlawful-air contaminants.</p>