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$$ OPPORTUNITY HAS KNOCKED ! $$ Networking For Prosperity & Adventure $$
Jun 20, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 202 202 recommendations | email to a friend
Bring Pen & Paper for this great opportunity to learn about:  * Job search, Employment Training, Networking Skills & How Every Dollar Counts . **Snacks & Beverages provided.** WHEN : Wednesday June...
This Month in Queens Real Estate: JUNE 2014
Jun 19, 2014 | 3 3 comments | 231 231 recommendations | email to a friend
June 2014 Queens NY Market Update The pace of home sales rose in May after a slow start in the beginning of 2014. Inventory increased slightly again in May, meaning buyers should have a bit more ch...
Book Expo America 2014 Part 1: The Italian presence…
Jun 15, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 271 271 recommendations | email to a friend
  Originally Written By:  Tiziano Thomas Dossena for L'Idea Magazine   Book Expo America 2014 has brought a wave of foreign authors, either in the original language or in translation, and among the...
Book Expo America 2014 Part 2: The Authors Speak…
Jun 15, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 276 276 recommendations | email to a friend
Originally Written By:  Tiziano Thomas Dossena  for L'Idea Magazine   Javits Center was the center of attention for all American book lovers for four days at the end of May, with a series of events...
Interview to author Tony Napoli.
Jun 15, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 724 724 recommendations | email to a friend
Recently I published a review on the popular book “My Father, My Don,” A Son’s Journey from Organized Crime to Sobriety, and I am now pleased to offer our readers an interview to the author, Tony N...
How Much Can Allegations of Discrimination Cost You?
Jun 11, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 255 255 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen D. Hans Discrimination is a serious issue for employers. It can lead to disputes, lawsuits and even forced business sales. Forced business sale, substantial fines and the disgrace o...
Wage and Hours Cases Setting Precedents for Tipped Employees
May 31, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 422 422 recommendations | email to a friend
  Restaurant owners are subject to numerous regulations they must comply with and as various cases are litigated, rulings establish new precedents that can change how the industry does business. Ma...
What you need to know about landing a job most don`t know
May 21, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 465 465 recommendations | email to a friend
Hello everyone  Shirley & Albert  {More about us from the link) Invite You to join us. Our second up coming event which will be on "New Strategies for employment & higher clientele methods plus mor...
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Best practices for avoiding employee lawsuits
May 16, 2014 | 0 0 comments | 499 499 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen D. Hans Small businesses often feel like a family. You’re a small group, perhaps you socialize outside of work or have a company baseball team where everybody gets along great. The ...

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Nothing but Daylight Ahead for Queens Falcons Football
QUEENS, N.Y. (CSD) – When a running back tucks the football under his arm and tries to burst over the line of scrimmage, he usually has to do it through a maze of teammates and opponents. Breaking ...
May 26, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 49 49 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mets set attendance record at CitiField, win first Subway Series
The season’s first Subway Series was a hit on the field and at the box office for the beleaguered New York Mets, who are struggling through another roller coaster year.
May 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
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Margaret Lambert Honored at Francis Lewis High School
Lambert, 96, was a top qualifier in the high jump at the 1936 Olympics.
May 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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G.O.A.L.S. Athletic League Off to a Fast Start
Beginning at age 9, Ginny Peiser played softball every chance she got while growing up in Queens.
May 20, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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New York Knicks player Wilson Chandler arrested for marijuana posession
Police stopped the 23-year-old Chandler while he was riding in a 2010 Mercedes-Benz with the head lights off near 94th avenue and 213th street at around 11:20pm.
May 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
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Omari Lawrence
Omari Lawrence to transfer from St. John's
Omari Lawrence is leaving St. John’s, as head men’s basketball coach Steve Lavin announced that the freshman swingman plans to transfer to another institution this offseason. “We wish Omari all the...
May 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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Blue Collar Basketball Shootout Now In Its Sixth Season
NEW YORK, N.Y. (CSD) – When Michael McLeggan and several others founded the Nickelodeon Sports Foundation in 1980, they wanted to give young men such as themselves a good place to play competitive ...
May 19, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. John’s Prep Boy’s Basketball wins Sportsmanship Award
The St. John’s Prep Boys Varsity Basketball Team won the 2009 - 2010 Alex Tierno Sportsmanship Award.  This award is presented by the IAABO Basketball Officials to the program that was voted most r...
May 05, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 48 48 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Joseph’s Softball captures second consecutive HVWAC Championship
Look out world, the Lady Bears are back. After setting a school record wins in a season and capturing the Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference championship last season, the St. Joseph’s Colleg...
May 05, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 61 61 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sacred Heart Baseball off to Fast Start
The Sacred Heart Rookie baseball team improved to 2-0 on the season with a convincing victory over St. Margaret’s. Scott Larsen and Scott Hannon each hit 3 run home runs during the victory. Normall...
Apr 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 51 51 recommendations | email to a friend
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Long Island Volleyball Reaches Out to Community with Clinic
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – On April 9, the Long Island University volleyball paid a visit to a local school in an attempt to give back to the community and promote the sport throughout the city. The Blackbir...
Apr 30, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 38 38 recommendations | email to a friend
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Old Style Leagues, Inc. Provide Year-Round Recreational Basketball Opportunities
QUEENS, N.Y. (CSD) – Glenn O’Brien may not walk around singing like Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons from nearby Newark, but his year-round basketball league is music to the ears of the approxima...
Apr 30, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 55 55 recommendations | email to a friend
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Russ Salzberg talks Baseball
Brooklyn native and FOX5/My9 Anchor on the Yankees, Mets
Apr 21, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
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Doron Lamb headed to Kentucky
If Kentucky dashed your bracket last year, they might be in better position to make it up to you next year. And if they do, you’ll have a local kid to thank. Doron Lamb, ESPNU’s #29 prospect in the...
Apr 21, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
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Alyson Chiaramonte: Athlete of the Week
If you’re a frequent reader of the Queens Ledger/Brooklyn Star sports section, then Alyson Chiaramonte should be a familiar name to you. We raved about St. Joe’s fireball-throwing pitcher last year...
Apr 21, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 47 47 recommendations | email to a friend
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US, Germany vow cooperation despite espionage spat

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, at a hotel where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Kerry meets separately with Steinmeier to discuss a spiraling espionage dispute between the close NATO partners. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)VIENNA (AP) — The United States and Germany are vowing to work closely together on global matters despite strains in their relationship linked to recent espionage accusations.


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Top US, German diplomats stress importance of US-German cooperation on global matters
VIENNA (AP) — Top US, German diplomats stress importance of US-German cooperation on global matters .
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Jersey City officer killed during armed robbery

A person lays on the ground near evidence markers as officials investigate the scene where a Jersey City Police Department officer was shot and killed while responding to a call at a 24-hour pharmacy, Sunday, July 13, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J. Officer Melvin Santiago was shot in the head while still in his police vehicle as he and his partner responded to an armed robbery call at about 4.a.m., Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said in a statement. Fulop said officers responding to the robbery call shot and killed the man who shot Santiago. He was not immediately identified.(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A police officer responding to an armed robbery call at a 24-hour drugstore was fatally shot early Sunday by a suspect who had snatched a gun from an armed security guard inside, officials said.


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