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8 Things you May not Know About Selling a Coop in Queens
Sep 19, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 63 63 recommendations | email to a friend
by George Herrera , Realtor and Listing Specialist with the Queens Home Team at Keller Williams Realty . We sell a lot of properties here in Queens, and being that we’re in New York City, a lot of ...
More About Women’s Rights in the News — the ERA
Sep 16, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 87 87 recommendations | email to a friend
As an employment defense litigation lawyer, I pay attention to civil rights issues, and lately women’s rights issues have gained attention from the media. Actress Patricia Arquette has actively wor...
Can Car Accidents Cause PTSD?
Sep 12, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 115 115 recommendations | email to a friend
Author:Steven Palermo: The Suffolk Personal Injury Lawyer You hear about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that military service members experience from active duty. However, studies now show t...
Are gender identity and religious freedom at odds in America?
Sep 08, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 146 146 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Leeds Brown Law A recent ruling against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has inspired mixed reactions. The case (EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc., E.D. Mich....
Protecting Your Right as a Spouse in a New York Estate
Sep 08, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 139 139 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Bonnie Lawston A Spouse’s Right of Inheritance in New York Under New York law, when a married person dies, the surviving spouse has a “right of election,” a statutory right to receive eithe...
This Month in Queens Real Estate: August 2016
Aug 26, 2016 | 1 1 comments | 212 212 recommendations | email to a friend
by George Herrera , Realtor & Listing Specialist with the Queens Home Team at Keller Williams Realty . August 2016 Market Update Home sales in July dropped again for the fifth consecutive month. De...
What to do When Your Designated Driver Plan Fails
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 238 238 recommendations | email to a friend
There’s no question that designating a driver reduces drunken driving accidents and saves lives. Designated Driver Statistics As time goes along, more and more people have gotten on board with the ...
If I Return to Work Making Less Money, Am I Still Entitled to Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 232 232 recommendations | email to a friend
New York City | Queens | Brooklyn | Bronx Workers’ Compensation Lawyers So you’ve been hurt at work and you can’t perform your old job. What happens if you go back to work at a different position, ...
The Difference that Jurisdiction Could Make in a High Profile Divorce Case
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 209 209 recommendations | email to a friend
by Chris Palermo   Different states and different countries have laws that can significantly affect the outcome of a divorce. A prime example is a high profile case reported in the New York Post . ...
Equal Pay for Women Issues
Aug 25, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 216 216 recommendations | email to a friend
Author: Stephen Hans Long Island City, Queens & NYC Employment Defense Attorney From an employer’s standpoint, if you are following similar pay practices to other businesses, it may seem like safet...

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2016 Won’t Be Déjà vu For Giants
The first two games of the 2016 season for the New York Giants aren’t performances for the highlight reel, they aren’t going to be games you want to re-watch over and over again. But at the end of ...
Sep 21, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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For Christ the King, ‘sky’s the limit’ if they can just ‘finish’
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
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Shamrocks Reserves defender Chris Burns picked up a rare goal when he opened scoring in the team's 2-0 win. (Photo: Dennis Schneider)
Shamrocks women’s ‘B’ team gets first-ever victory
SOCCER
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Late goal lifts Red Storm women over La Salle
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September BB Alive & Well
There was a point in this season where many baseball fans in New York had to wonder if the month of September would be meaningful for either team in any way. Both the Yankees and the Mets have had ...
Sep 14, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Coach Kevin Grogan (left) with new Shamrock Jamie Clarke.
Rocks first team, women open season with win
Victories for the first team, the Rocks Women and the Over 30s were the standout highlights of a busy opening day of the season for the Woodside-based Shamrocks Soccer Club. Making his club debut o...
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St. John’s women handed first loss of the year
The St. John’s women’s soccer team suffered its first setback of the season on Sunday evening, falling to Portland, 2-1, in the final game of the Nike Portland Invitational. The Red Storm (4-1-3) h...
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STAN WAWRINKA
2016 U.S. Open produces two first-time champions
For the first time since 2011, the U.S. Open had first-time champions on both the men’s and women’s sides, as the new roof on Arthur Ashe Stadium closes for the final time on another exciting fortn...
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SADE JACKSON
Pratt names new coach
Sade Jackson has been named head women’s basketball coach at Pratt Institute. Jackson arrives in Clinton Hill from Adelphi University, where she served as an assistant coach, and becomes the third ...
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2016 U.S. Open enters quarterfinal round
The 2016 U.S. Open is headed down the home stretch. The men's field has been whittled down to eight players at the quarterfinals got underway on Tuesday with a matchup between French countrymen Gae...
Sep 06, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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As football season nears, Jets & Giants will both be playoff bound
It seems like just yesterday I was preparing my column for Super Bowl 50, breaking down all the in’s and out’s of the matchup between Peyton Manning’s Denver Broncos and Cam Newton’s Carolina Panth...
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St. John’s has big night, finds back of net 5 times
Looking to tie the second-longest unbeaten streak to start a season in program history on Sunday night against Fairfield, the St. John’s Red Storm put forth its best offensive performance in over t...
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Pandeli Mano
First Skyline win for SJC
Bayside native Pandeli Mano’s goal in the 85th minute lifted St. Joseph’s College to a 2-1 triumph over Yeshiva University in their season opener last week, snapping a 16-game winless streak dating...
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2016 U.S. Open kicks off in Flushing Meadows
Djokovic, Williams the favorites
Aug 30, 2016 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kaepernick’s Protest Misguided, But Not Un-American
It’s very rare that you’ll read a column from yours truly that dives into matters beyond what you see on the field, the diamond or the court, but I feel I have to do my civic duty in discussing 49e...
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British Open organizers pay tribute to Arnold Palmer

File-This July 31, 1972, file photo shows Jack Nicklaus kneeling as partner Arnold Palmer looks over his shoulder while they study a putt on 18th green at Laurel Valley Golf Club at the PGA National Team Championship in Ligonier, Pa. Palmer, who made golf popular for the masses with his hard-charging style, incomparable charisma and a personal touch that made him known throughout the golf world as "The King," died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, in Pittsburgh. He was 87. (AP Photo, File)ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Organizers of the British Open paid tribute to Arnold Palmer on Monday for his "immeasurable" contribution to golf's oldest major, a tournament that he won twice in the early 1960s and helped bring to international prominence.


2016-09-26 07:01:27 -0400
Iran: Utah state senator didn't mention job when visiting

FILE -- In this May 8, 2015 file photo, Sen. Jim Dabakis, a Salt Lake City Democrat, speaks during an Administrative Rules Review Committee meeting, in Salt Lake City. Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Dabakis, a Utah state senator, who traveled to Iran in May did not clarify his job as senator in his visa application. Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told reporters Monday that a visit by Sen. Jim Dabakis was technically legal, but that he did not make his government position clear in his application and never met with any Iranian officials. Dabakis is openly gay and reports on his visit set off a firestorm in Iran, where hard-liners accused him of being part of Western project to “infiltrate" the country. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File )TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's Foreign Ministry says a Utah state senator who traveled to Iran in May did not clarify his job as senator in his visa application.


2016-09-26 07:00:50 -0400
British police, with new clues, seek missing toddler on Greek island

South Yorkshire police officers and members of the Greek rescue service (in red uniforms) investigate the ground before commencing excavating a site for Ben Needham, a 21 month old British toddler who went missing in 1991, on the island of KosBy Vassilis Triandafyllou KOS, Greece (Reuters) - British police started excavations on a Greek island on Monday, saying they were armed with new leads into the disappearance of a British toddler there 25 years ago. South Yorkshire Police, who are leading the investigation, said they would focus their attention on two sites on the island of Kos, close to where the child, Ben Needham, was last seen near his family's holiday home on July 24 1991. Detective Inspector Jon Cousins, the lead investigator, said new information on the case surfaced in May, following a public appeal to Kos residents.


2016-09-26 07:00:46 -0400