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City Room: Woman Suspected in Midtown Manhattan Trash-Can Fires Turns Out to Be a Man
Posted: March 20th, 2012, 5:49pm EDT by By MICHAEL WILSON
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The man, Armando Calderon, 56, told fire marshals he set the fires because he was homeless and angry about it, the authorities said.
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Crime Scene: Burglar Leaves a Dab of Vaseline as His Signature
Posted: March 17th, 2012, 1:10am EDT by By MICHAEL WILSON
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A smear of Vaseline on peepholes has become a calling card for a thief who has bedeviled two Upper Manhattan precincts for six months.
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Crime Scene: Hidden Communal Guns Are More Common
Posted: February 11th, 2012, 6:00am EST by By MICHAEL WILSON
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Community guns, hidden away and shared by small groups of people who use them when needed, then return them, appear to be on the rise in New York, the police say.
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Lens Blog: Antonio Bolfo, the Police Officer With a Camera
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:18pm EST by By MICHAEL WILSON
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Antonio Bolfo was bored, so he became a police officer. To relieve the stress of patrolling South Bronx housing projects, he took a camera on the job. It led to a new career.
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Onstage, Only His Guitar Gently Weeps
Posted: February 17th, 2011, 12:11pm EST by By MICHAEL WILSON
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Mark Vaccacio plans to keep portraying George Harrison in a Beatles tribute band, as long as his cancer allows.
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Cunning, Care and Sheer Luck Save Rare Map
Posted: January 16th, 2011, 11:40pm EST by By MICHAEL WILSON
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Restoring a 1770 map, found at the Brooklyn Historical Society, entailed boiling old books to get the right aged color.
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In 1978 Newark Murders, Defendant Builds Case
Posted: January 2nd, 2011, 6:56pm EST by By MICHAEL WILSON
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Three decades after the murders of five teenagers, one of two men charged last year has pointed to police report inconsistencies and a conspiracy stretching to the mayor.
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Outrage at Unplowed Streets? It’s a New York Tradition
Posted: December 30th, 2010, 1:00pm EST by By MICHAEL WILSON
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Anger at the municipal response to a blizzard is nothing new. (Remember the “Lindsay Storm” of 1969? Queens does.)
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Sometimes, Workplaces Aren’t Meant for Children
Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 8:37pm EST by By MICHAEL WILSON
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An air traffic controller is in trouble after letting his children speak to pilots. Here’s a look at places where it might not be the best idea to bring your child to work.
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Sunday Routine | Alisyn Camerota: Up at 3, on Camera at 6
Posted: September 27th, 2009, 12:23am EDT by By MICHAEL WILSON
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Alisyn Camerota of “Fox & Friends” in her office before a Sunday installment of the program.For a “Fox & Friends” weekend anchor, an early rise and a marathon show, by TV standards, precede family time.
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From Smiling Coffee Vendor to Terror Suspect
Posted: September 26th, 2009, 10:36am EDT by By MICHAEL WILSON
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Najibullah Zazi was no brooding outcast, but prosecutors say he was just as furtive an operative as the Sept. 11 hijackers when he received terrorism training.
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Sept. 11 Steel Forms Heart of Far-Flung Memorials
Posted: September 7th, 2009, 4:19am EDT by By MICHAEL WILSON
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Nearly 2,000 pieces of debris from the disaster, some weighing tons, others the size of a street sign, are being given away to towns across the country.
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For Ex-Gordon Gekkos in the Job Market, Some Options
Posted: February 21st, 2009, 2:30am EST by By MICHAEL WILSON
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Some of the folks involved in Wall Street’s meltdown are now unemployed. But where best to put those talents to use now? We have some ideas.
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Career Options for Ex-Wall Street Workers
Posted: February 21st, 2009, 2:27am EST by By MICHAEL WILSON
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A possible new career for the unemployed in the financial district: Use what you know as a tour guide.
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Cost of Retail Survival: 99¢. Or Maybe 99¢ Plus.
Posted: August 17th, 2008, 2:39am EDT by By MICHAEL WILSON
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At many 99-cent stores, the signs still advertise rock-bottom prices, but much of the merchandise costs more.
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Cost of Retail Survival: 99¢. Or Maybe 99¢ Plus.
Posted: August 17th, 2008, 2:39am EDT by By MICHAEL WILSON
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At many 99-cent stores, the signs still advertise rock-bottom prices, but much of the merchandise costs more.
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A Decision of Many Words Put the Fateful Ones Last
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 9:25am EDT by By MICHAEL WILSON
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Judge Acquits Detectives in Bell’s 50-Shot Killing
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 2:16am EDT by By MICHAEL WILSON
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Three detectives were found not guilty in the 2006 shooting of Sean Bell, who died on his wedding day in a hail of police bullets. -
City Room: Closing Arguments Begin in Bell Trial
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 2:43pm EDT by By MICHAEL WILSON
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Dramatic Testimony From Bell Shooting Survivor
Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 12:20am EDT by By MICHAEL WILSON
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The man shot 16 times in the police gunfire that killed Sean Bell testified about hearing his friend’s last words. -
In Queens Trial, Detective’s Fear and 31 Bullets
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 1:55am EDT by By MICHAEL WILSON
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Prosecutors have introduced the grand jury testimony of all three detectives on trial for the shooting of Sean Bell.