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NYPD defends undercover spying of Muslims

Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The New York Police Department is defending its use of undercover officers to prevent terrorism attacks, saying it follows the Constitution regardless of what civil rights lawyers say about its surveillance of the Muslim community...
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks with the media at a press conference announcing the New York Islanders' move to Brooklyn in 2015 at the Barclays Center on October 24, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Gun control Super Bowl ad set to air

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - A gun control group founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is airing an advertisement during the Super Bowl calling for background checks...
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New York Mayor Ed Koch listens during the 9th annual National Action Network convention in New York. Koch, the combative politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during three City Hall terms, has died at age 88. Spokesman George Arzt says Koch died Friday morning Feb. 1, 2013 of congestive heart failure. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies at 88

Deepti Hajela, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Ed Koch's favorite moment as mayor of New York City, fittingly, involved yelling...
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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 22: People walk in Lower Manhattan as One World Trade Center (C) rises under construction on October 22, 2012 in New York City. The Census Bureau reported last month that between 2000 and 2010 the city's downtown population grew by nearly 40,000 people, in spite of the September 11 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center. One World Trade Center is scheduled to open in 2014 at the symbolic height of 1,776 feet and will be the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Racist graffiti found inside World Trade Center bathrooms

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - The newly constructed One World Trade Center stands as a beacon of historical significance and remembrance for those affected by the September 11th terrorist attacks more than a decade ago...
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3 released from prison after wrongful convictions in '95 murders

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VIDEO - Three men walked out of jail into the arms of family members Wednesday night, after 18 years in prison on wrongful murder convictions...
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Judge lets NYPD resume stop-and-frisks

Larry Neumeister, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge let the New York Police Department on Tuesday temporarily resume stop-and-frisk stops she believes are unconstitutional while she decides what permanent remedies are necessary to prevent illegal stops at thousands of privately owned buildings...
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Cops accused of beating up man in Crown Heights

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VIDEO - In a lawsuit Crown Heights resident Jabbar Campbell claims NYPD officers tampered with security cameras before beating him up outside his home...
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Lawyer Kenneth Thompson, advocate for victims, makes bid for Brooklyn DA

Zerlina Maxwell
theGRIO REPORT - Kenneth Thompson announced his plans to run against incumbent Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes this fall...
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A person stands next to a Church's Chicken restaurant on July 24, 2008 in the South Los Angeles area of Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Study: NYC better than LA at cutting kids' obesity

Mike Stobbe, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - From 2003 to 2011, obesity rates for poor children dropped in New York to around 16 percent. But they rose in Los Angeles and ended at about 20 percent...
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Naeem Davis stands in front of Judge Lynn Kotler during his arraignment on murder charges Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in New York. Davis was arrested Tuesday in the death of 58-year-old New York city subway rider Ki-Suck Han, who was shoved onto the tracks. (AP Photo/New York Post, William C. Lopez, Pool)

Alleged NYC subway pusher uses 'Timberlands defense'

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - Naeem Davis, 30, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to second degree murder and first degree manslaughter for the death of Ki-Suk-Han...
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