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About 18 percent of St. Johns County registered voters cast their ballot by the time early voting for the general election concluded Saturday afternoon. Unofficial totals from the Supervisor of Elections office showed 24,440 of the county's 139,444 registered voters had voted since early voting began on Oct. 18. A breakdown of voters by party affiliation wasn't available Saturday night, but officials have said that Republican voters were turning out at a higher rate than Democratic voters last week. Just under 35,000 people had cast ballots last week in Duval, Clay, Nassau and St. Johns counties, and more than 20,000...

Disgraced St. John’s University dean, Cecilia Chang, who was charged earlier this month with embezzling over $1 million in donations from the college, was nabbed again today by the FBI and accused using scholarship students as domestic servants. Chang, 57, allegedly forced students to do her laundry, clean her house, cook and chauffeur her son around. “Chang threatened the students and placed them in fear that if they refused to perform these personal services they would lose their scholarships and be unable to attend St. John’s,” FBI Special Agent Kenneth Hosey wrote in the arrest warrant.

On Monday, March 29, 2010, President Obama was interviewed by NBC News and portions were broadcast on the Today show on March 30. According to the The Caucus blog at the New York Times: "Mr. Obama said he would not select a church while living in the White House. 'What we have decided for now is not to join a single church, and the reason is because Michelle and I have realized we are very disruptive to services,' he said. Instead, he said he would from time to time visit St. John's Church, across Lafayette Square from the White House,...

When practices started last week, St. John's University football coach John Gagliardi, 81, began his 56th year of coaching the Johnnies and 60th year of college coaching. On Monday, I talked with the four-time national champion and college coaching's all-time leader in wins (453) about his past, present and future. BS: Let's get it out of the way. Any thoughts of this being your last year of coaching? I think I've asked you that question for the past 20 years. JG: You might as well go for 30 in a row. No plans at the moment. BS: Does it ever...

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A St. John's student, lugging a loaded rifle and wearing a creepy Hallow een mask on the campus yesterday, was wrestled into custody by a quick-- thinking NYPD cadet and guard - and within min utes, students were text- messaged to stay put while cops swarmed the grounds. Frightened students -- locked into classrooms, the gym and cafeteria at the Queens university - were both relieved at the timely warning and scared stiff at the prospect of a sicko sniper stalking the sprawl ing campus. "I thought it would be Vir ginia Tech right here," said Rakesh Dalal, 46, who...

NEW YORK -- A St. John's University freshman was arrested on the Queens campus with a rifle and President Bush, police said Wednesday. Police sources said the suspect, Omesh Hiraman, 22, told police that he was acting alone and walked across campus with the gun. Hiraman did not give any reason why, police said. St. John's University was locked down and classes were cancelled as a result. A campus security officer, a student and an NYPD cadet taking courses at Queens’s campus tackled Hiraman. Police said the NYPD cadet, Christopher Benson, was sitting on a bench on campus when he...

NEW YORK -- One person carrying a rifle in a bag was arrested on the St. John's Queens campus Wednesday afternoon, police said. The man appeared to be wearing a President Bush mask, according to preliminary information from law enforcement officials. Authorities asked students and faculty across the campus to stay indoors. There was a large police presence on the campus. Areas near the site of the man's apprehension have been locked down. Police said they were possibly looking for more suspects. The St. John's University Web site issued this advisory: "A male with a rifle in a bag was...

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