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NEWS ABOUT: Bronx

Bronx stories: 18 news summaries

13-Year-Old Runs Over,
Kills Father

Bronx man, 45, was teaching boy to drive Porsche SUV

Aug 19, 09 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 13-year-old Bronx boy accidentally killed his father last night while trying to park the family’s Porsche SUV, the New York Post reports. The family had just eaten at a restaurant, and waiters heard the boy ask if he could move the car. John Cedeno, 45, stood beside the... More »

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car accident • accident • Bronx • accidental death • Porsche • child • John Cedeno

 Nowadays, Everyone's a Foodie 

What does the term 'food snob' mean anymore?

Aug 7, 09 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Trends being what they are, the definition of "foodie" has always been a moving target, and these days, the term seems broader than ever. “You used to be a food snob if you knew all the different kinds of truffles and foie gras,” one expert tells... More »

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food • Michelle Obama • Queens • Bronx • gourmet • President Obama • Jay-ZTV • food trends • foodie • French Culinary Institute

 Unemployed Grad 
 Sues College 
 for Tuition 

Unable to find work, New Yorker wants her $70K back

Aug 3, 09 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - After months of looking for work, fed up New Yorker Trina Thompson is suing her college for the $70,000 she spent on tuition. Monroe College's Office of Career Advancement hasn't done enough to help her find employment, the 27-year-old spring graduate claims in a suit filed in Bronx Supreme... More »

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college • recession • lawsuit • unemployment • Bronx • student • recession depression

(Newser) - A 17-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to baking her former roommate's cat to death in a 500° oven and will serve a year in jail, reports the New York Daily News. The girl and a younger accomplice trashed the woman's Bronx apartment, stole DVDs and food, and fled, leaving the... More »

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crime • New York • animal cruelty • Bronx • plea bargain • cat • animal • Cheyenne Cherry

(Newser) - Bronx cops discovered that cute Build-a-Bears that children are supposed to fill with stuffing were packed instead with some $33 million worth of heroin, reports the New York Daily News. The brown teddy bears held glassine envelopes of brands of heroin with names like "Barack Obama," "Swine... More »

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New York City • heroin • toys • Bronx • drug charges • stuffed animals

Colleagues See Sotomayor as 'Even-Handed,' 'Brilliant'

Daughter of immigrants rose from Bronx project

May 26, 09 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants whose father died when she was 9, Sonia Sotomayor will bring more than a stellar legal resume to her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, the Washington Post reports. She worked her way out of projects in the Bronx to graduate from Princeton and Yale Law,... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • George HW Bush • Bronx • Princeton • Yale Law School • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

Accused Bronx Bombers' Gals Cry 'Entrapment'

They say informant plied 'sensitive' men with drugs, rent money

May 24, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The girlfriends of two accused synagogue bomb plotters say their beaus were duped by an overeager informant, the New York Daily News reports. "David is the most sensitive man I've ever met," said Cassandra McCoy of her Bronx boyfriend, David Williams. "He has three leatherbound books of... More »

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Bronx • synagogue • domestic terrorism • informant • James Cromitie • David Williams • entrapment

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 Yankees' 
 New Stadium 
 Takes a Bow 


Apr 2, 09 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Players and fans checked out the new Yankee Stadium for the first time today, and they liked what they saw. "Wow! I'm in love," one fan who said he opposed the new ballpark told the New York Post. "They did a fantastic job." The... More »

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Chicago Cubs • New York • New York Yankees • Yankee Stadium • Bronx Bombers • Johnny Damon • Bronx

Mystery Archer Busted in NY
Arrow Attack

Plumber was acting 'squirrely' during questioning, say cops

Mar 20, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A plumber who said he was just playing around was busted yesterday in a bizarre bow-and-arrow attack on a Yonkers woman. A 30-inch arrow arced from the sky to pierce the woman's stomach as she walked in the Bronx last Sunday. Police became suspicious when the plumber, who lived near... More »

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New York City • crime • Bronx • attack • assault • bow and arrow

New Yorker Felled by
Arrow in Mystery Attack

'They shot me with an arrow,' screamed the woman in bizarre attack

Mar 16, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Yonkers woman was shot in the stomach yesterday by an arrow from a mystery assailant, reports the New York Daily News. She was struck as she dropped off churchgoers at a Bronx nursing home. "They shot me with an arrow," she screamed as she clutched the 30-inch... More »

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crime • New York • Arrowhead Ripper • Bronx • attack • assault • shooting • archery • bow and arrow

NY Topless Bizman Blows Lid Over Taxes

He claims 'mammary meccas' are protected by First Amendment

Mar 13, 09 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The owner of a Manhattan topless joint has hired a civil rights attorney to block proposed taxes aimed at establishments like his by arguing that the raunchy dances are protected as free speech. A Bronx lawmaker is proposing to impose a $10 tax on patrons of the city's hundreds of... More »

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New York City • taxes • Manhattan • First Amendment • Constitution • Bronx • topless

Feds Bust Ring that Hid Cocaine in Legos

Drugs packaged with toys in Puerto Rico, mailed to New York

Sep 24, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal agents announced the arrest yesterday of a pack of Bronx drug dealers accused of smuggling cocaine into New York with the help of the world’s smallest traffickers: Lego men. Agents say the cocaine was sent from Puerto Rico through normal US mail, ingeniously hidden within buckets of the... More »

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War on Drugs • drugs • New York City • cocaine • Drug Enforcement Administration • Bronx • Puerto Rico • Lego

McCartney's
Ex Donates $1M in Vegan Food

Mills gives soy burgers, hot dogs to poor
Bronx neighborhood

Sep 20, 08 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heather Mills certainly has plenty of money after her divorce with Paul McCartney, and she’s spending $1 million of it to buy soy hamburgers, hot dogs, and other vegan meat replacements for one of the Bronx’s poorest neighborhoods, the AP reports. Mills is a vegan animal rights campaigner... More »

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Heather Mills • Paul McCartney • charity • Bronx • Vegan

 Yankee Fans 
 Run Home 
 With Stadium Steals 

Team steps up security to thwart souvenir-hunters as ballpark gets set to close

Sep 18, 08 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The final few games at Yankee Stadium promise to be a battle of wits between sticky-fingered fans and New York's finest, AP reports. The House That Ruth Built shuts forever soon and at least a dozen fans have been busted trying to take a piece of it home. Seats have... More »

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NYPD • New York Yankees • Yankee Stadium • stadium • Bronx • memorabilia • baseball • Shea Stadium

City Plans to Test Every Bronx Adult
for HIV

Bid to tackle highest AIDS death rate in NY

Jun 26, 08 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - City officials aim to test every Bronx adult for HIV by 2011 under an ambitious initiative to tackle the high rate of AIDS deaths in the borough, the New York Times reports. The voluntary testing would become routine in emergency rooms and storefront clinics and would pare down consent... More »

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AIDS • New York • public health • Bronx • HIV/AIDS • AIDS prevention

 'Star' Hillary Keeps
 Vow With Bronx
 Grad Speech 

Attends teenager's high school graduation

Jun 23, 08 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton was given a rock star's reception yesterday at her first public appearance in New York since surrendering the Democratic field to to Barack Obama. She presented the graduation address at Pelham Preparatory Academy in the Bronx, fulfilling a promise she made years ago to attend the commencement of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bronx • graduation • commencement speech • campaign debt • Pelham Preparatory Academy

Jilted Lover Charged in Contract Hit on Teen Mom

Man hired cousin to kill girlfriend and make it look like a mugging

Apr 16, 08 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The shooting death of an 18-year-old mom and wounding of her boyfriend as they sat with their baby son in a car was set up by the beau, cops now say. The boyfriend initially insisted the two had been shot by a robber in the Bronx, but now he and... More »

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crime • New York • murder • Bronx • shooting • contract hit

Yanks Deal Proctor to Dodgers

NY picks up much-needed backup infielder in Betemit

Aug 1, 07 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Yankees dealt reliever Scott Proctor to the Dodgers yesterday, in exchange for infielder Wilson Betemit. Proctor, who will likely be replaced by minor-league righty Edwar Ramirez, had struggled in the Bronx, giving up four home runs in his last six outings. The Yanks are hoping to add depth to... More »

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MLB • Kansas City Royals • New York Mets • New York Yankees • Atlanta Braves • Los Angeles Dodgers • Mark Teixeira • Scott Proctor • Wilson Betemit • Bronx • Edwar Ramirez • Ocavio Dotel • Kyle Davies • baseball • sports trade

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