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Valley residents charged in $4 million jewelry store heist in Connecticut
Four Lehigh Valley men and a New York man took part in an April home-invasion robbery and jewelry store heist in Connecticut that netted $4 million to $5 million in watches and jewelry, authorities said Thursday. Four of the men were arrested by...Tags: Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Prisons, Shootings, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Cell Phones
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Pittsburgh on the Hudson? Wrong city in NY City campaign logo
ReutersNEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - For New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner, the road to City Hall leads through Pittsburgh. Weiner, the candidate who infamously resigned from the U.S. Congress two years ago in a sexting scandal, unveiled a video...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Elections, Brooklyn Bridge, Twitter, Inc.
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He done Ma proud: 26-year-old Tumblr founder's transformation from whiz kid to tech king
Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — As a teenager, Tumblr CEO David Karp would canvass the streets of New York City's Upper West Side, offering to build websites for local businesses. After his freshman year of high school, the precocious, computer-savvy kid decided to...Tags: Marissa Mayer, Employees, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Computer Networking and Internet, Media Industry
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New York Woman Charged With Fraud In Sandy Hook Donation Scheme
The Hartford CourantA New York woman who allegedly faked a relationship to one of the victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in order to solicit donations is now facing both state and federal charges. Nouel Alba, 37, was arrested Tuesday morning and...Tags: Crimes, Punishment, Bronx County, Trials, Justice System
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Executive profile: Maria Green
Maria Green let silence fall over a weekly meeting before weighing in on the question of how Illinois Tool Works should supply information to board members inquiring about vote tallies at annual meetings. The pause prompted staff members to share...
Tags: Restructuring and Recapitalization, Lincoln Center, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Graduation, Jamaica
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George Michael: Pretty blue in blue states
A recent article in the real estate section of MSN.com, written by Kurt Badenhausen of Forbes Magazine, was titled “America’s Most Miserable Cities of 2013.” The article ranked American cities based on metrics that included violent...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Jesse Jackson, Montgomery County (Maryland), Barack Obama, Political Corruption
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FEATURE-Struggling Catholic schools strategize to draw new students
ReutersBy Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, May 2 (Reuters) - For years, headlines about Catholic schools in the United States have told gloomy tales of falling enrollment and multiple closings. Between 2000 and 2013, 2,090 U.S. Catholic schools closed or...Tags: Government, Awards and Prizes, Chicago Tribune, Financial Aid, Graduation
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Allentown police, FBI raid home, arresting suspect in violent jewelry store heist
Allentown police and FBI agents on Wednesday afternoon raided a city home and arrested a 31-year-old man wanted in connection to a jewelry store robbery and shooting almost a year ago in York County, authorities said. Timothy N. Forbes Jr. was taken...
Tags: Criminals, Shootings, Theft, York (York, Pennsylvania), Allentown
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Grand Rapids among those targeted to expand urban waters effort
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency, the White House and other federal departments announced Friday that they are expanding a program for restoring and improving urban waterways nationwide. The Urban Waters Federal...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Patapsco, Environmental Issues, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Environmental Politics
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Nonprofit hospitals: Do they give back enough?
Although Orlando is a medium-sized metro, its two main hospital systems rank in the big leagues of top-grossing nonprofit hospitals in the nation, according to a recent report. With annual gross charges of $8 billion, Florida Hospital came in fourth out...
Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Internal Revenue Service, University of Pittsburgh, Corporate Officers, Orlando
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Caroline Kennedy talks 'Poems to Learn by Heart'
During Caroline Kennedy's childhood, poetry was a family affair. Her father, President John F. Kennedy, had admired Robert Frost enough to give him a prominent place at his inauguration, and her mother, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, had loved poetry since...
Tags: Painting, Mother's Day, John F. Kennedy, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Arts and Culture
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Perez to headline UPJ commencement
Activist, Academy Award-nominated actress and Emmy-nominated choreographer Rosie Perez is to speak at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown’s 41st annual Commencement ceremony. Perez is a vocal advocate for many causes, and has spoken...Tags: Barack Obama, HIV, Hispanic Heritage Month, Lower East Side, Manhattan (New York City)
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