Hundreds mourn LaVern Baker funeral in Harlem
In Harlem, more than 200 family, friends, and artists attended singer LaVern Baker’s funeral at Abyssinian Baptist Church after her death on March 10 at 67. The Rev Calvin Butts praised her impact on rock n roll and recalled her era of performance. Baker scored 20 R&B hits from 1955 to 1965, including Tweedle-Dee and See See Rider.
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Tweedle-Dee
Jim Dandy
Bystanders Halt Rape Attempt at Ossining Station
OSSINING police say a man tried to rape a woman at a Metro-North station as she waited for her boyfriend from Manhattan. He shoved her onto the tracks, leaped after, and dragged her under the platform before two passengers restrained him. The woman was treated and released. the suspect was arraigned on attempted rape, assault, and resisting arrest charges.
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Phelps Memorial Hospital
Sleepy Hollow
Italian crime fighters hear from New York's Vacca
New York attorney general Dennis Vacca speaks at an international conference on organized crime in Messina about New York death tolls and criminal justice initiatives. He is set to meet Judge Ferdinando Impasimato, head of Italy's Supreme Court, later in the week.
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Honor student sentenced in killing at Albany store
Albany County judge Larry Rosen sentenced Jason Clark to 25 years to life for the murder of Dr Abdelga dir Ahmed during a Marathon Grocery Deli holdup on June 29. Clark, an honor student, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and related charges after offering to aid prosecutors against his co-defendants Antonio Spears and Vaughn Avery.
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Abdelgadir Ahmed
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Clark
Antonio Spears
Vaughn Avery
Thal Clark
Spears
Avery
Marathon
Ahmed
Poverty and youth amid two Syracuse high schools
Westhill and Fowler ninth graders reveal contrasts in homework, safety, and neighborhood influence. Fowler students describe drug hotspots near home, family stress, and the struggle to balance work with school while teachers push for higher standards and social supports. Westhill students report safer, tighter communities, more after school help, and a focus on academics with fewer home pressures.
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Grant Middle School
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Eugene
Virgin
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Grace
Helene Alai
Betty O'Hara
Marcia Ferguson
Jim McLaughlin
Kelsey Shannon
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Solar System
Africa
Roth
Ron Spadafora
Westhall
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Mills
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Aloi
Carousel
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Thuyan
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Richard Mulls
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George Welch
Brian Cordes
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Julie Alexander
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