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		<title>14-year-old shot to death on Queens bus</title>
		<link>http://queenscourier.com/2013/14-year-old-shot-to-death-on-queens-bus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 03:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cristabelle Tumola</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Southeast]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bus shooting Queens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daja Robinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jamaica]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 14-year-old girl was shot in the head and killed aboard a Queens bus Saturday night, said police. The teen, identified as Daja Robinson, was on the Q6 bus on Sutphin Boulevard near Rockaway Boulevard in Jamaica around 9 p.m. when she was struck. The fatal shot was fired from outside the bus, according to published reports. There are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>51 charged in drug sweep at Queens housing developments</title>
		<link>http://queenscourier.com/2013/51-charged-in-drug-sweep-at-queens-housing-developments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cristabelle Tumola</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Astoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[istrict Attorney Richard Brow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[istrict Attorney Richard Brown]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensbridge Houses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ravenswood Houses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An undercover drug investigation at two western Queens housing developments has led to the indictment of 28 men and women for selling narcotics, and the arrest of 23 others, announced District Attorney Richard Brown and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. Authorities have 15 of the indicted individuals in custody and are still seeking 13 more. Ranging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Fresh Meadows horse stable faces eviction</title>
		<link>http://queenscourier.com/2013/historic-fresh-meadows-horse-stable-faces-eviction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Chan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fresh Meadows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Lightstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joy Tirado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landmark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pigeon Meadow Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Senator Tony Avella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Riding Club]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Horses in a historic Queens barn may have their last trot in a century-old stable. “Everyone’s saddened to see that it’s in jeopardy,” said equestrian master Joy Tirado, 43. The Western Riding Club in Fresh Meadows—and its seven steeds—faces eviction now that property owner John Lightstone, 87, has put the land up for sale after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pols want to speed up bike share expansion in western Queens</title>
		<link>http://queenscourier.com/2013/pols-want-to-speed-up-citi-bike-share-expansion-in-western-queens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angy Altamirano</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citi Bike Share]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Long Island City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Shore Greenway]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NYC Bike Share]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queens East River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensboro Bridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Michael Gianaris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunnyside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[western Queens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the much-anticipated Citi Bike Share scheduled to begin by the end of the month, local politicians are calling on the Department of Transportation (DOT) to speed up expansion into western Queens. On May 9, DOT set the Citi Bike Share’s start for the week of Memorial Day for annual members who sign up by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Queens&#8217; Morning Roundup</title>
		<link>http://queenscourier.com/2013/queens-morning-roundup-257/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cristabelle Tumola</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cigarette-smuggling ring nyc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health code violations nyc daycares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hofstra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS Chief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Eichenbaum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Long Island City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resorts world casino]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TODAY&#8217;S FORECAST  Friday: Overcast in the morning, then partly cloudy. High of 73. Winds from the NNW at 10 to 15 mph. Friday night: Partly cloudy. Low of 59. Winds less than 5 mph. EVENT OF THE DAY: What’s New in LIC? Come take a tour of Long Island City with historian Jack Eichenbaum. The tour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Senator Peralta goes on the record on Huntley wiretap</title>
		<link>http://queenscourier.com/2013/state-senator-peralta-goes-on-the-record-on-huntley-wiretap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence M. Cullen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Albany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiram Monserrate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huntley recordings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huntley wiretaps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York State Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shirley Huntley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Senator Jose Peralta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wiretap]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[State Senator Jose Peralta says he did not have any illegal discussions with his former colleague, Shirley Huntley, when she secretly recorded him last year. “I was as surprised as anybody to have my name on this list,” Peralta told The Queens Courier. “I did no wrong-doing whatsoever. I know that nothing on these tapes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full A train service returns to Rockaways May 30</title>
		<link>http://queenscourier.com/2013/full-a-train-service-returns-to-rockaways-may-30/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cristabelle Tumola</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A train restoration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A train service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H train]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phillip Goldfeder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockaways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sandy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Almost seven months after Sandy significantly damaged the A train in the Rockaways, the subway will fully start running in the area on May 30, the MTA announced today. The storm washed-out 1,500 feet of tracks, and damaged miles of signal, power and communications wires. Two stations were also completely flooded and needed to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MTA worker busted for staging robbery at Queens subway station</title>
		<link>http://queenscourier.com/2013/mta-worker-busted-for-staging-robbery-at-queens-subway-station/</link>
		<comments>http://queenscourier.com/2013/mta-worker-busted-for-staging-robbery-at-queens-subway-station/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cristabelle Tumola</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[111th Street subway station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[7 train]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[District Attorney Richard Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queens subway robbery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tracy King]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A MTA worker and her male accomplice have been arrested for stealing $4,000 in a staged robbery at a Queens subway station, announced District Attorney Richard Brown. Tracy King, 48, of Queens, and Anthony Brown, 42, of Brooklyn, have been charged with grand larceny, defrauding the government and falsely reporting an incident. As part of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Queens&#8217; Morning Roundup</title>
		<link>http://queenscourier.com/2013/queens-morning-roundup-256/</link>
		<comments>http://queenscourier.com/2013/queens-morning-roundup-256/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cristabelle Tumola</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Weiner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Long Island City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Powerball jackpot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queens New Music Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random Access Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rockaway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Secret Theatre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TODAY’S FORECAST Thursday: Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clear. High of 73. Winds from the WNW at 10 to 15 mph. Thursday night: Partly cloudy in the evening, then clear. Low of 55. Winds from the West at 5 to 15 mph shifting to the North after midnight. EVENT OF THE DAY: Queens New Music [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Board permits Willets Point mall in key vote</title>
		<link>http://queenscourier.com/2013/board-permits-willets-point-mall-in-key-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://queenscourier.com/2013/board-permits-willets-point-mall-in-key-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Chan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[approval]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CB 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Board 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special permit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ULURP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willets Point]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plans for a behemoth mall at Willets Point received a key nod from Community Board (CB) 7 after the city and the facility’s developer laid out a list of new commitments. CB 7 granted a special permit to Sterling Equities and Related with a 22-18 advisory vote. The joint venture wants to move Citi Field [...]]]></description>
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