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Forest Hills Hospital recognized for stroke treatments
Forest Hills Hospital just received the prestigious American Heart and American Stroke Association Silver Medal for success in using specified guidelines to improve and maintain quality of care fo...
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Pictured from left to right are Hong Kong Dragon boat Festival s Henry Wan, Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski, District Manager of Community Board 8 Marie Adam-Ovide, Executive Director/Founder of Row NY Amanda Krauss, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Council Member James Gennaro, Assistant Commissioner/Administrator of Flushing Meadows Corona Park Estelle Cooper, Parks Chair for CB 7 s Kim O Hanian, and TASCA s Pat Beckles Commodore. $6 million upgrade to boathouse at Flushing Meadows
Officials break ground on renovation project
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De Blasio and Liu join union workers to protest Verizon s impending layoffs of 200 workers. Layoffs on the horizon at Verizon
32 in Queens could be out of work
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Serious biz, first thing in the morning
Gina Simonelli, Randy Brickman, Nolan Fields, and Alan Mann pose for a 7 a.m. picture before a recent meeting of the Forest Hills/Rego Park Chapter of the BNI business group. Simonelli works in ...
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GOP victories a Quinn-lose situation?
Republicans could influence a potential challenge to speaker
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Strengthening families since 1854
Forestdale prepares NYC residents to open their homes, hearts
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At CYO, sportsmanship comes before winning
Early on during a recent girls’ soccer game, Our Lady of Hope Coach Mike Maloney realized the contest was quickly becoming a lopsided affair. Instead of running up the score, he pulled his team b...
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ELECTIONS 2009 RESULTS

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Tricks and a whole lot of treats at Atlas Park
Halloween was in full swing in Glendale last Saturday as costume-clad children and their parents received goodies at The Shops at Atlas Park’s 4th Annual Safe Trick or Treat event. Sweets-seekers ...
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The Queens Falcons headquarters in Maspeth. Queens Falcons down, but not necessarily out
Coach says Appeals Court an option
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Nancy Cataldi Way unveiled
Late civic leader honored
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Police Commissioner Ray Kelly City's top cop visits 102nd Precinct
Kelly discusses city efforts on terrorism and crime
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No more COLA for seniors
Extra money won’t be offered, first since 1975
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112th Precinct jumps into Woodhaven traffic fray
Rigid enforcement being used to prevent future tragedy
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Forest Hills Kiwanis Club Installed
First president chosen
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Historic health care bill nears key Senate vote (AP)

President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove to lock down support to prevail in remaking the US health care system. Adding to their confidence, a wavering Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, pictured here in October, said he would vote with his party this time but warned he might side with Republicans in subsequent fights.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AP - Invoking the name of the late Edward M. Kennedy, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with opposition Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.


Sat Nov 21 17:12:48 -0600 2009
Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang (AP)

In this photo released by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, scientists react in the CERN Control Center after successfully restarting the Large Hadron Collider, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs. (AP Photo/Keystone, Brice, CERN)AP - Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.


Sat Nov 21 13:06:46 -0600 2009
Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations (AP)

In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, left, meets with the archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. The archbishop of Canterbury held his first talks Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI since the Roman Catholic church's unprecedented invitation to disaffected Anglicans with the Vatican saying the two sides still want to press ahead for closer relations. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, HO)AP - After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans.


Sat Nov 21 13:29:41 -0600 2009
Ex-Air Force nurse acquitted of killing patients (AP)

FILE - This Bexar County Sheriff's Office 2007 booking file photo shows Capt. Michael Fontana after he was arrested for racing on a highway in San Antonio. Fontana, 35, an Air Force nurse, goes on trial Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 accused of killing three terminally ill patients at last summer in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Bexar County Sheriff's Office, File)AP - A military judge in Texas has found a former Air Force nurse accused of killing three terminally ill patients not guilty of murder.


Sat Nov 21 16:10:28 -0600 2009
More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving (AP)

Travelers check in at American Airlines counter at Reagan National Airport on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, in Washington. The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year than in 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.


Sat Nov 21 15:16:14 -0600 2009