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Victim speaks out after bat and knife attack by NYC cab driver

A killer cabby didn’t utter a word as he viciously beat a would-be passenger with a baseball bat and then fatally stabbed the man’s pal on a Queens street, the survivor of the horrific attack told The Post yesterday.

“He didn’t say anything. He just got out of the car and started fighting,” victim Carlos Perez said from his bed at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, where he is recovering from a broken arm and stab wounds received in the predawn Saturday ambush in Woodside.

Cops yesterday were still hunting the driver who killed Perez’s longtime pal, deejay Isaac Martinez, 26, before speeding off, leaving the men bleeding on Roosevelt Avenue.

Perez and Martinez were both boozed up and had just left their local bar, El Perlita, bought more beer at a bodega and were making their way home around 5 a.m. when the bloody scene unfolded, according to law-enforcement sources and witnesses.

“I said, ‘Let’s go to my house.’ My friend wanted to get beer at the store. I told him I would get a cab,” Perez, 33, recounted.

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NYC cab driver on the loose after killing drunk man, police and witnesses say

A New York City cab driver is on the loose after he stabbed and killed an intoxicated man who was looking for a late night ride home, police and witnesses say.

Sources told the New York Post that two men, ages 33 and 26, were drinking at a bar near 68th street in Queens before they went into a bodega to buy a few six-packs.

They hailed the cab driver around 5 a.m. local time Saturday, but he refused to give them a ride because he noticed both men were drunk.

An argument ensued, and then the driver got out of his car and smashed its rear window with a baseball bat before going after the passengers, who defended themselves with beer bottles, police sources told the New York Post.

The cab driver stabbed the 33-year-old in the torso, police said, and the 26-year-old in the chest when he tried to help out his friend. Both were left bleeding in the street as the cabbie sped away.

The 26-year-old was later pronounced dead at a local hospital, while the 33-year-old is in stable condition.

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NYC case casts light on West African mining fight

A federal case in New York City has cast a harsh light on a high-stakes battle over iron ore mining rights in West Africa.

Prosecutors in Manhattan have charged Frederic Cilins with obstructing justice by trying to get the wife of the former president of Guinea to destroy evidence of bribery.

Court papers cite secretly recorded conversations of the Frenchman telling the wife he’s under orders to make sure the documents burn. They say he was overheard offering her millions of dollars.

The wife now lives in Jacksonville, Fla., and has agreed to cooperate with the FBI and make the recordings. She claimed to have proof that a mining company that employed Cilins used bribes to secure mining licenses in Guinea.

Both Cilins and the company have denied any wrongdoing.

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NYC fire officials say resident set off bug bombs

New York fire officials say a resident in a Chinatown building set off two rounds of bug bombs to battle an infestation, causing an explosion that injured 12 people.

Fire officials say the woman set off 20 canisters Wednesday. On Thursday, she deployed about two dozen more but forgot to turn off a pilot light. The poisonous flammable fumes exploded, shattering windows on three floors. Three people were seriously hurt.

Bug bombs are also known as foggers. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued new warning labels last year reminding people to not use more than one in a room at a time and to turn off all electronic appliances and pilot lights because the pesticides are highly flammable. They cause about 500 explosions annually nationwide.

The fire was considered accidental.

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Conviction upheld in plot to firebomb NYC airport

A New York appeals court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of a man who joined a failed plot to firebomb Kennedy Airport.

Kareem Ibrahim (EE’-bruh-heem) was convicted in 2011 of several conspiracy counts. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Friday that Ibrahim received a fair trial.

The government says he and other men wanted to kill thousands of people and cripple the American economy. It says their goal was to blow up fuel tanks and underground pipelines that run through a neighborhood near the airport.

Defense attorneys argue the case was entrapment.

Two others have been convicted of conspiracy charges and are serving life in prison. A fourth has pleaded guilty to providing material support and was sentenced to 15 years.

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NYC officials seek human remains amid plane debris

Police say the alley near the World Trade Center where landing gear believed to be from a Sept. 11 hijacked plane was found remains a crime scene until medical examiners finish looking for human remains.

On Saturday, police were guarding the alley, which was secured as a crime scene two blocks from the trade center site. Police say it will be protected until the search is completed.

Workers this week discovered a rusted piece of landing gear wedged between a luxury apartment building and a mosque that had prompted virulent national debate about Islam and freedom of speech.

Police spokesman Paul Browne says the twisted metal part includes a Boeing identification number.

The two planes hijacked by terrorists in 2001 were made by Boeing.

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You'll Never Guess Where The New Hotbed Of Student Startup Activity Is

By J. Maureen Henderson, Contributor

When you think of college towns, you think of the likes of Blacksburg, Ithaca and College Station and when you think of startup hotbeds, you think of Silicon Valley, the greater San Francisco area, NYC and Boston. In either case, Montreal, Canada likely doesn’t come to mind. A group of student venture capitalists are looking to change that and to put the city with the greatest student population density in North America on the tech map.

From: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jmaureenhenderson/2013/04/22/youll-never-guess-where-the-new-hotbed-of-student-startup-activity-is/

Today in History for 21st April 2013

Historical Events

1509 – Henry the VIII becomes King of England
1914 – US marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months
1976 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977 – “Annie” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances
1980 – Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit Mich
1985 – Patty Sheehan wins LPGA JandB Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament

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Famous Birthdays

1651 – Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)
1887 – Lillian Walker, Brooklyn NY, entertainer
1911 – Leonard Warren, NYC, baritone, Met 1939-60) died on stage
1912 – Marcel Camus, French director, Orfeu negro)
1948 – Claire Denis, Paris France, actress (Boom Boom, Chocolat)
1970 – Nicole Sullivan, American actress

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Famous Deaths

1509 – Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52
1793 – John Michell, English seismologist (b. 1724)
1918 – “Red Baron”, [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25
1982 – Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O’Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80
1989 – James Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil’s Holiday), dies at 64
1996 – Rodney Meredith Thomas, architect/painter, dies at 93

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From: http://www.historyorb.com/day/april/21

NYC race beefs up security after Boston Marathon bombing

New York Road Runners is enhancing baggage security measures for a 4-mile race on Sunday in Central Park in response to the Boston Marathon bombings — and the New York City police department is bringing in extra cameras for added surveillance.

The NYPD purchased 100 mobile cameras it will use at the race as a result of the bombings, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Friday. There will also be significantly increased police presence at the race as well as at a 5K run/walk to the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum on Sunday, he said.

Runners were being encouraged not to bring bags to the City Parks Foundation Run for the Parks, but people who do will be asked to put all their belongings in a clear, plastic bag provided by race officials. The NYRR cautioned runners that any unattended bags will be confiscated.

Runners in shorter-distance events have traditionally been allowed to use their own bags to stash their clothes and other post-race items, which are stored in a designated area staffed by volunteers. But many longer, larger races tightened their gear-check policies several years ago, requiring all runners to use a bag — often clear — provided by organizers. Organizers of the half-marathon and marathon in Austin, Texas, for example, have been providing runners with clear plastic bags for their belongings for almost a decade.

At Sunday’s London Marathon, only gear stored in the official bag provided by race organizers will be accepted. Next weekend’s Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon and Half-Marathon, organized as a tribute to the victims of the 1995 bombing that killed 168 people at that city’s federal building, only accepts gear in the clear plastic bag it provides runners.

New York Road Runners puts on dozens of races a year, including the New York City Marathon. The club did not say if the policy for Sunday’s run will extend to future races.

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Man asks court to toss 1979 NYC child-killing case

A man who confessed to killing a long-missing New York City boy is asking a judge to throw out the murder case against him. His lawyer says the confession was false and there’s not enough evidence to support it.

The dismissal request was filed Wednesday in one of the nation’s most notorious child disappearances. Six-year-old Etan Patz (AY’-tahn payts) vanished en route to school in May 1979.

Maple Shade, N.J., resident Pedro Hernandez was arrested last year after police got a tip. He later told authorities he’d choked Etan, boxed his limp body and left it with trash.

Defense lawyer Harvey Fishbein has said Hernandez is mentally ill. Fishbein says in Tuesday’s court papers Hernandez’ confession included questionable claims.

Prosecutors have said there’s sufficient evidence to support the charges.

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NYC man convicted of stealing toner worth $376K

A former employee of a New York city law firm has been convicted of stealing more than $376,000 worth of copy machine toner from the firm.

Thirty-nine-year-old Adrian Rodriguez pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny for his thefts from the firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said Tuesday that Rodriguez ordered more than $376,000 worth of toner from vendors between 2010 and 2012. Prosecutors said Rodriguez then resold the black ink toner for $10 per box and the color ink toner for $15 per box.

The cartridges were worth $80 to $259 apiece.

Officials have said Rodriguez’s scheme was part of a growing black market for toner cartridges and other office supplies.

He will be sentenced May 21.

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Jury deadlocks in NYC therapist killing trial

A jury has deadlocked in the murder trial of a mental patient who slashed a New York City psychotherapist to death with a meat cleaver.

A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after jurors said they couldn’t reach a verdict in David Tarloff‘s case.

Tarloff didn’t dispute that he killed Kathryn Faughey (FAW’-hee) in February 2008. But defense lawyers say Tarloff’s schizophrenia made him so psychotic that he couldn’t tell that what he was doing was wrong.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office says Tarloff carried out a deliberate plan and understood it was illegal.

Tarloff told authorities he set out to rob Faughey’s officemate, encountered her instead and thought she was evil.

Tarloff envisioned getting money from the hold-up to whisk his sick mother away to Hawaii.

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Teased: Icona Vulcano teased again before Shanghai reveal [w/video]

By Jonathon Ramsey

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It used to be that New York marked the end of the auto show season, but after the Shanghai show has moved so as not to compete with NYC, we’ve settled in for a few more weeks of teasing. Here we have another glimpse of the Vulcano, the supercar created by Shanghai-based boutique carmaker Icona that we’ll see revealed at the Shanghai Motor Show.

It’s a fuller view of the back end than we glimpsed in the first teaser, covered in “Red Magma” paint. We’re looking forward to finding out what that central hatch hides since the Vulcano’s V12 engine – the work of Claudio Lombardi, whose resume includes powertrain engineering for World Rally Championship Lancias and the Formula One and GT Programs at Ferrari – is mounted in front. That engine is mated to electric motors and the whole shebang kicks out 900 horsepower.

The Vulcano is said to be an evolution of the all-electric Fuselage concept that Icona showed at the 2011 Shanghai Motor Show. “Evolution” is a broad term, especially when we’re going from a zero-emissions vehicle to a 900-horsepower hybrid sports car, but to at least check out where the company has been there’s a video of the Fuselage below.

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Today in History for 15th April 2013

Historical Events

1632 – Battle of Rain; Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat Count Tilly of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Yearsand#039; War.
1906 – The Armenian organization AGBU is established.
1910 – Taft is 1st pres to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game
1952 – Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Montreal Canadiens in 4 games
1957 – KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1977 – 1st baseball game at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium

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Famous Birthdays

1688 – Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer
1800 – James Clark Ross, explorer (British Antarctic)
1850 – John Munroe Longyear, US, capitalist/bank president
1940 – Robert Walker Jr, NYC, actor (Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver)
1955 – Enith Salle Brigitha, Neth, 100m/200m swimmer (Olympic-bronze-1976)
1971 – Katy Hill, British television presenter

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Famous Deaths

1220 – Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies
1632 – George Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)
1854 – Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)
1889 – Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840)
1912 – William T. Stead American author and journalist. (b. 1849)
1962 – Arsenio Lacson, Filipino politician and sportswriter (b. 1911)

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Ex-Credit Suisse exec pleads guilty in NYC

A former Credit Suisse executive has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in New York City after his extradition from the United Kingdom.

U.S. citizen and London resident Kareem Serageldin (sehr-uh-GEHL‘-din) entered the plea Friday in federal court in Manhattan.

Serageldin was accused of distorting the value of mortgage securities in 2007. Prosecutors said he and others took actions that contributed to a $2.7 billion write-down in Credit Suisse‘s 2007 year-end financial results.

Last year, a New York grand jury indicted him on charges of conspiracy, false record-keeping and wire fraud. He pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to falsify books and records. Sentencing was set for Aug. 2.

Two other people in the case have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and agreed to cooperate. A British court approved extradition in January.

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Homosexuality: The Political Battering Ram

By Bradlee Dean

“I believe granting liberty to gay people advances a compelling government interest, that such an interest cannot be adequately advanced if “pockets of resistance” to a societal statement of equality are permitted to flourish, and hence that a law that permits no individual exceptions based on religious beliefs will be the least restrictive means of achieving the goal of liberty for gay people.”

Chai Feldblum, an open Lesbian who was nominated to serve as a Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by Barack Hussein Obama

The lid has yet again been blown off of the radical homosexual agenda. As the Supreme Court held hearings on the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8, Obama spent $350 million on sexual indoctrination classes for children. The timing is impeccable.

Through the Personal Responsibility Education Program, students will be taught that no type of sex is wrong and that the only “unsafe” behavior is becoming pregnant.

One can look to New York City, which implemented a similar type of sexual indoctrination on NYC schools in 2011. This curriculum is taught to grades 5, 8, and 10, which students receive standardized testing on.

Here are some examples of their twisted curriculum:

  • High-school students go to stores and jot down condom brands, prices, and features such as lubrication.
  • Teens research a route from school to a clinic that provides birth control and STD tests and write down its confidentiality policy. (Interesting, I will say that again – they are to write down the confidentiality policy. Did you hear that, parents?)
  • Kids ages 11 and 12 sort “risk cards” to rate the safety of various activities, including “intercourse using a condom and an oil-based lubricant,’’ mutual masturbation, French kissing, oral sex, and anal sex.
  • Teens are referred to resources such as Columbia University’s website Go Ask Alice, which explores topics like “doggie-style” and other positions, “sadomasochistic sex play,” phone sex, oral sex with braces, fetishes, porn stars, vibrators, and bestiality. (See Exodus 22:19 and 1 Corinthians 6:9-10)

Do not those who developed this curriculum belong in jail?

Within a year after this perversion was implemented, an article was released in the Wall Street Journal that revealed cases of sexual misconduct by teachers and that the teachers’ unions were protecting the teachers who received little to no consequence for their crimes against children.

For example, teacher William Scharbach was found to have inappropriately touched and held young boys. “Respondent’s actions at best give the appearance of impropriety and at worst suggest pedophilia,” wrote the arbitrator, the fox in the chicken coop who was hired by the union to protect the union, before giving the teacher only a reprimand. The teacher didn’t deny the touching but denied that it was inappropriate. This is criminal!

Also coinciding with the radical push for sexual deviancy upon America’s children, we cannot forget about Dan Savage, a radical homosexual who dared God’s justice by authoring a book titled “Skipping Towards Gomorrah.” Savage uses the guise of anti-bullying with his Obama-endorsed organization “It Gets Better” – which is nothing but an attempt

From: http://www.westernjournalism.com/homosexuality-the-political-battering-ram/

NYC judge vacates conviction in 1975 child death, frees man

A man jailed nearly four decades in the death of an 8-year-old New York City girl is a free man after a judge found his trial attorney provided a poor defense.

David Bryant was released Thursday afternoon, not long after a Bronx judge determined his defense in the 1975 killing had been flawed.

The New York Times reports the judge found the failure of Bryant’s attorney to consult with a blood and semen testing expert deprived him of a fair trial.

The then-18-year-old Bryant was arrested less than a day after the discovery of Karen Smith‘s body in the stairwell of an apartment house. She’d been raped, beaten and stabbed.

A spokesman for the Bronx district attorney’s office says no decision has been made on appealing the judge’s ruling.

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