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KNIFED BY HER MATE
Nab Queens Murder Suspect Making Run For The Border
      Following an extensive search by local police and federal agents, the Corona man accused of fatally knifing a 21-yearold College Point woman last Saturday, Aug. 23 has been apprehended in Texas, law enforcement sources said.
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Firefighters Hurt Blaze
Cause Of House Fire Investigated
      While working to extinguish flames that engulfed a Maspeth home, two firefighters suffered minor injuries during the two-alarm event that broke out on Tuesday, Aug. 26, Fire Department sources said. Reportedly, the fire started at around 11:40 a.m. on the top floor before spreading to the roof of a two-story home on 55th Street between Grand and Flushing avenues.
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ATTACKED ON A WALK
Gunman Is Sought For Sex Assault In So. Richmond Hill
      Armed with a silver handgun, an unidentified man reportedly took belongings from and sexually assaulted an 18- year-old woman who was walking along a South Richmond Hill street early on Monday morning, Aug. 25, police reported.
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Nab Tag Pair In Chicago
Say Woodside Woman, Boyfriend Vandalized MTA Property In NYC
      A Woodside woman and her boyfriend have been arrested in connection with the vandalism of Metropolitan Transportation Authority property. Danielle Bremner, 26, of Woodside, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug.
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Case Against Ridgewood Contractors Will Proceed
Brooklyn D.A. Wins State Appeal
      A state court has given the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office the go-ahead to proceed with a case against a Ridgewood cement company accused of polluting the nearby Newtown Creek. The New York State Appellate Division's Aug. 21 ruling reversed a June 2006 Brooklyn Supreme Court dismissal of Kings County District Attorney Charles J.
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COLD ON TRACK
Probe Death Of Man At Subway Station In Woodside
      Subway service during the afternoon rush hour was temporarily halted along the G, R and V train lines in Woodside last Wednesday, Aug. 20 after a 43-year-old man was found unconscious on the tracks, police reported. The victim, whose identity was not disclosed by police, later died from his injuries at a local hospital.
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In Bushwick Building Uncovers Marijuana Stash
Federal Government Investigating
      An Aug. 20 fire at a thought-tobe vacant Bushwick commercial building uncovered a marijuanagrowing operation inside. The one-alarm blaze occurred in a one-story structure on 1290 Decatur St., off Knickerbocker Avenue at 8:35 a.m.
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Motorcyclist Killed In Crash With A Hit-And-Run Driver
Say Car Made A U-Turn Into Victim
      Riding his motorcycle along a Jamaica roadway turned deadly for a South Richmond Hill man who was killed after reportedly colliding with a hit-and-run driver on Sunday evening, Aug. 24. Police identified the victim as 29-year-old Intiaz Hussain of 103rd Avenue.
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Pair Of Fatal Falls
Two Take Deadly Plunge In Forest Hills, Rego Pk.
      Within a span of four hours, two men reportedly fell to their deaths from apartment buildings in Forest Hills and Rego Park last Saturday, Aug. 23, according to police. Law enforcement sources said that a 44-year-old man plunged from the fifth floor of an apartment house located in the vicinity of 65th Road and Yellowstone Boulevard at around 5:20 p.m.
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DA: Armored Car Driver Stole Cash
Could Spend Seven Years In Jail
      An Ozone Park armored car company employee has been charged with stealing more than $40,000 from clients' deposit bags by using a piece of metal wire to "fish" $20, $50 and $100 bills from the bags,
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114 BLOTTER
      Persons arrested in recent police actions as reported by the 114th Precinct included the following individuals: Aug. 12
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