On a night in which Alex Rodriguez entered his name next to Joe DiMaggio in the Yankees record book, New York formally ended its run of first-place finishes in improbable fashion. Rodriguez hit his 54th homer, drove in four runs and scored twice Friday night against the Baltimore Orioles. But a rare blown save by Mariano Rivera and Boston’s win over Minnesota ruined New York’s bid to claim the AL…
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Officers on the prowl for drunken drivers nabbed a Yonkers man with 32 glassine envelopes of heroin, police said today. via The Journal News
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“It’s amazing to me to be able to fly all the kites in the same area.”
An 82-yearold man who holds multiple world records for kite flying - one for flying three kites while standing in the back of a moving convertible - will take part in the 2007 Niagara International Kite … via Buffalo News
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After the monumental collapse by the New York Mets, someone is going to take the fall. But who?
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Tom Glavine pitched what may have been his final game as a New York Met. It was almost as bad as his first.
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“It sometimes short-circuits the testing and inspection process that is required in order to prevent hazardous products from entering the marketplace.”
Kolcraft Enterprises Inc. has recalled about 425,000 infant play yards after a 10-month-old boy was strangled in one of them, the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission reported yesterday. via Journal News
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“They were a very sweet, adorable young couple”
A New York City police officer was shot to death yesterday morning at her home in Bay Shore, on Long Island, while her fiance, also a member of the Police Department, was in the house, the Suffolk County police … via New York Times
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