Plaza Hotel to Close for Renovation Into Apartments and Shops
The Plaza Hotel on Fifth Avenue will shut on April 30 to be transformed into about 150 hotel rooms, 200 condominiums, and new retail space. Blad Properties bought it for 675 million, plans to preserve famed interior spaces and reopen next year with a scaled down hotel operation.
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Fifth Avenue
Kings
Queens
Midtown
Central Park
Miki Naftali
Plaza
Blad Properties
Elad
Naftali
Oak Room
Prosecutors Appeal Over Delayed Execution in Ross Case
Connecticut prosecutors petitioned the U S Supreme Court to overturn a judge's order delaying Michael Ross's execution to allow a competency hearing. Ross, 45, on death row for four murders in the 1980s, seeks to end appeals. If the high court rules for prosecutors, the execution would proceed after a stay expires.
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Connecticut
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
State Public Defenders’ Office
U.S
Robert Chatigny
Michael Ross
Ross
New England
Supreme Court
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Chatigny
New York
Gerard A. Smyth
Fluoride in instant tea linked to bone pain study finds
The Associated Press reports Washington University researchers tested ten instant tea brands and found fluoride levels from 1.0 to 6.5 ppm in regular strength tea. A case study of a woman drinking 1–2 gallons daily prompted concerns, with experts urging moderation and further study.
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Washington University School of Medicine
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China
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Washington University
American Journal of Medicine
Joe Simrany
The
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Michael Kleerekoper
Wayne State University
Johns Hopkins student found dead in off campus apartment
Baltimore homicide officials said Linda Trinh a Johns Hopkins University senior was found dead in her off campus apartment from asphyxiation in what they described as an opportunity crime not related to another student death earlier in the month. Police noted no forced entry and indicated more patrols would be deployed. This marks the 27th homicide in Baltimore that month.
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Johns Hopkins University
Linda Trinh
Christopher Elser
Richard Fahlteich
Trinh
Fahlteich
Crane Collapse At Shipyard Kills Worker In Massachusetts
A giant crane fell onto a building at a former shipyard near Boston killing a worker and injuring four others as rescuers searched for another missing employee. The crane was being dismantled with twelve workers present removing asbestos when it gave way.
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Braintree
Mass
Boston
David Traub
Dan Quirk
Patriot Ledger
Michael Cheney
Charges against New York hawk activist dropped
Prosecutors dropped charges Wednesday against Lincoln Karim, a 43 year old video engineer for Associated Press Television News, in a case tied to stalking and harassing CNN anchor Paula Zahn over two red tailed hawks Pale Male and Lola. Zahn and her husband Richard Cohen live in the Fifth Avenue building.
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New York
CNN
Paula Zahn
Manhattan
Zahn
Lincoln Karim
Associated Press Television News
Lola
Fifth Avenue
Karim
Richard Cohen
Soldier detained for making bomb threat at fort campbell
Fort Campbell Kentucky. Spc Rodney Whitacre 26 of Decatur Illinois was detained by military police while allegedly calling in a bomb threat against his unit as he prepared for deployment to Iraq. Army officials confirmed the incident and identified Whitacre as the subject of the investigation.
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Iraq
Spc
Rodney Whitacre
Decatur
Ill
Man declared dead after Raleigh accident breathes again
Larry D. Green, 29, was pronounced dead by EMTs after a car strike in Raleigh. The medical examiner later found Green breathing in the morgue, prompting an investigation that led to suspensions of several Franklin County EMS members. He remains in critical condition at Duke University Medical Center.
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N.C
Larry D. Green
J.B. Perdue
Green
Perdue
Duke University Medical Center
Durham
Franklin County Emergency Medical Service
Darnell Batton
Passengers Detain Unruly Man On Flight
Passengers on Southwest flight 2161 from Philadelphia to West Palm Beach helped restrain an unruly traveler after he disturbed passengers and threatened the pilot. Flight attendant alerted passenger Christopher Egged, 37, who calmed briefly before a group restrained him near the cabin. Authorities cited Palm Beach County Sheriff's spokesman Paul Miller.
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Philadelphia
Southwest
Christopher Egged
Palm Beach County
Paul Miller
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