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One Nabbed, Three Escape In Street Robbery Try
By Charles Rogers
      Three men who attempted to rob an East 103rd Street resident at gunpoint on Wednesday, December 12 got away, but police from the 69th Precinct were able to arrest a fourth man just moments after the incident, according to NYPD sources. Local police did not release the names of either ...
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Another Street Robbery - But This Was Not An Attempt
      Another armed robbery, similar to the attempted theft on East 103rd Street last week, occurred last Monday at 2:45 a.m., police said, when a 24-year-old resident of East 82nd Street was accosted by a gun-wielding bandit. This time, however, the thief was successful, taking the man's wallet an...
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Couple's Holiday Saddened As Cops Probe Infant's Death
      The greatest fears of new parents were realized when the mother and father of a six-week-old girl awoke last Thursday morning and found the infant in bed but not breathing. The mother called 911 and emergency services arrived at East 108th Street in the Breukelen Houses complex and imm...
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'Santa' Markowitz Brings Joy To Youths At Holiday Celebration
      More than five dozen charted buses brought hundreds of children, their parents and guardians from low-income housing and shelters from around Brooklyn to the Christian Cultural Center on Flatlands Avenue last Saturday for a grand holiday celebration that included the distribution of books and...
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State Discovers Unsafe Toys Still On Store Shelves
      Governor Eliot Spitzer last week announced that the state Consumer Protection Board's (CPB) Safe Toys NY Campaign found that toys with unsafe lead levels remain on store shelves across the state. The findings resulted from the Governor's call for a statewide investigation of toys being sold i...
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Carolers Serenade E. 92nd St. Merchants & Us!
      The only things missing when youngsters from the Great Commission Christian School of St. Matthew's Ev. Lutheran Church came to the Canarsie Courier office to sing Christmas carols Friday afternoon were, perhaps, lighted candles and stovepipe hats to give the event that special "Charles Dicke...
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Santa Makes Annual Visit To Fillmore Holiday Party
      You can count on it every year as Fillmore Avenue L Real Estate throws one of the best office parties around for their employees and families. Vice President Jean Paul Ho knows just what to do, of course - especially who to invite - and that includes Santa Claus himself, plus a specia...
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Pet Of The Week
      Tiger has the fabulous fur of his namesake jungle beast with the temperament of a hug-a-bug. This gentle American Staffordshire Terrier mix is affectionate, playful, and a little trained. To adopt Tiger (A742085), please visit Animal Care & Control in Brooklyn at 2336 Linden Blvd, where you c...
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