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December 24, 2004

Homicide rate down (yet again) to 549 [updated]

The NYT reports that with just a few days left in the year, the city's homicide rate has decreased 5% from last year and stands at 549. But in the same headline announcing the news, they wonder, "But has it...

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December 16, 2004

Man run over by van on East Side, gets stuck under it, survives

The picture pretty much says it all, but this poor guy was crossing the street at 45th and First Avenue yesterday when a van took a left turn and ran him over. He was knocked to the ground, and...

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December 11, 2004

Murder Scene in East Harlem +

Second Ave, East Harlem, 1:15 am. Cop arriving in van: "Well, you called the 85* in." Cop on post: "Yeah, but only because I saw the guys running." Lots of plainclothes officers and detectives on the scene, searching through...

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December 3, 2004

Hostage drama in Brooklyn library

Gerard Joseph was very interested in a female co-worker at the Brooklyn Central Library. He repeatedly begged her for a date, but she wasn't interested. Finally, she relented, but the data didn't go well. When she refused to go out...

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