New Jersey U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Dies At 77
Rep. Donald Payne, dean of the New Jersey Congressional delegation, died Tuesday morning at the age of 77 at St. Barnabas Hospital after a battle with colon cancer.
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Rep. Donald Payne, dean of the New Jersey Congressional delegation, died Tuesday morning at the age of 77 at St. Barnabas Hospital after a battle with colon cancer.
For five years Iris Marcus had been approved for conditional Access-A-Ride service, meaning that she would take a bus or subway to meet her ride. But Marcus was getting door-to-door service instead. However, Marcus said she's lost that service.
CVS pharmacy said its Chatham location may have given as many as 50 families the breast cancer fighting drug Tamoxifen, instead of fluoride tablets for children, over the last 60 days.
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When a Long Island contractor heard about the story of a cancer patient, he had to help.
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Hundreds of volunteers gave up part of their Christmas Eve to feed residents in the New York City area who are too sick to help themselves.
Mya returned from a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where she was successfully treated for leukemia.
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Don't just sit there. Get up and do something!
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When Sal Polizzi isn't running the family pizzeria in Bushwick, Brooklyn, he's running.
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Con Ed blamed the Bushwick power outage on snow and road salt mixing together and seeping into its ground equipment.
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An Extreme Cold Warning is in place across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut through 1 p.m. Sunday.
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The entire Tri-State Area will be under an Extreme Cold Warning as dangerously cold temperatures settle in, along with some snow.
An Extreme Cold Warning is in place across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut through 1 p.m. Sunday.
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The entire Tri-State Area will be under an Extreme Cold Warning as dangerously cold temperatures settle in, along with some snow.
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The Patchogue-Medford School District said in a letter that the Suffolk County Department of Health alerted them about an infectious person in the school community.
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Two-for-one tickets are returning for New York City's Off-Broadway Week.
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Daniss Jenkins scored 18 points in his last game as a two-way player and the Detroit Pistons routed New York 118-80 on Friday night to end the Knicks' winning streak at eight games.
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