Postal workers protest privatization in Rochester
Hundreds of postal workers marched in Rochester on Saturday to oppose a U S Postal Service experiment turning Priority Mail duties over to a private firm. About 500 people attended the rally as Kirk Fulton warned that privatization could hurt service while noting a $1.7 billion first phase contract to Emery Worldwide Airlines for 10 Priority Mail processing centers along the eastern seaboard over 58 months.
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Near Collision Blamed on JFK Air Traffic Controller
A federal aviation official said a JFK near collision between an American Airlines Boeing 767 and a Delta MD-80 was caused by a controller’s mistake. In dense fog the planes veered. distance reached about 100 feet vertical and a half mile horizontal. The unnamed controller was removed for retraining.
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John F. Kennedy International Airport
American Airlines
Alison Duquette
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington
Kennedy Airport
Duquette
Paroled man charged in 13 year old’s stabbing death
New York police arrest Joseph Oates 19 after tips from neighbors and callers. The 13 year old victim Charlie Gardner was found with multiple stab wounds in the Pomonok Houses Flushing Queens. Oates, with a sealed juvenile record, had a previous arrest for drug possession in the same complex and served about half of a three year sentence after a January 1996 conviction.
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Queens
Joseph Oates
Charlie Gardner
Pomonok
Flushing
Howard Safir
Oates
Sonny the poodle survives neighbor shooting after two incidents
Audra and Bob Abel recount Sonny the poodle being shot four times by a neighbor across two incidents near Buffalo. The 12 year old dog survived prior injuries including a spine and rib hits before a third shot near the spine led to police arrest of the neighbor who confessed to shooting the dog for being in his yard.
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Teen injured as bricks fall from school roof in Brooklyn
A 16 year old girl, Yanahan Zhao, remained in extremely critical condition after bricks blew off a five story roof at Public School 131 in Brooklyn. Winds allegedly whipped a tarpaulin causing bricks to cascade down. Espo Construction Co. was fired by the School Construction Authority.
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Brooklyn
Yanahan Zhao
Tom Hinkson
Kings County Hospital
Zhao
Espo Construction Co
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