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WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Mint worker dons surgical gloves as she sprays down the large silver pieces like flowers in a garden. They clank and jingle in the tray as liquid beads up on their mirror-like surfaces and they are sent on their way, to be transformed into medals in memory of [...]
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NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) — Rapper Adam Yauch, a co-founder of the Grammy-winning hip hop group the Beastie Boys, died in his native New York City on Friday morning after a long battle with a rare form of cancer, his publicist said in a statement. He w…
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two coalition service members, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. A previously unreported death on Tuesday was also an…
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AMARILLO, TEXAS (BNO NEWS) — A JetBlue captain was locked out of his plane’s cockpit on Tuesday after he apparently suffered a mental breakdown during the flight, forcing the co-pilot to take over command as passengers wrestled the captain to the grou…
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NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — Mexican billionaire businessman Carlos Slim Helú is financing a new online television network which will feature broadcast news legend Larry King, it was announced on Monday. The network plans to begin broadcasting later this ye…
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Albany, NY (Channel 6 News) — Coming off fairly high approval ratings for his first year, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s will announce his plans for his second year in office during today’s State of the State address. The Address, which is scheduled to begin at 1:30 PM, will be a critical part of Cuomo’s [...]
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Ramapo, NY (Channel 6 News) — All lanes are closed northbound just north of exit 14A on the New York state Thruway after a New York State Corrections bus overturned in Ramapo. WABC reports that none of the prisoners appeared to be seriously injured, yet some were seen being transported by ambulance. For those who were not injured [...]
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NEW YORK (Channel 6 News)— About a hundred Occupy Wall Street protesters rallied in New York City’s Grand Central Station to call attention to a law signed by President Barack Obama that they say represses civil liberties. The protesters gathered in the main atrium of the station Tuesday where they held a noisy rally in [...]
