Thursday February 29, 1996

A car-jacking of a pathfinder in Queens that resulted in a hit and run is still under investigation with suspects attending a line-up today.

Automatic promoting in public schools is under fire by the teacher's union. The policy of advancing students to new grades is a common problem for teachers. Students unable to handle workloads that are too advanced for them distract teachers and bring down the level of classes as a whole. However, by pushing students forward, the schools keep such students moving through the system until they are old enough to legally drop out, without the expense of special education programs and tutoring.

Taxi fares go up tommorrow.

Wednesday February 28, 1996

A woman who was leaning to far over the subway tracks full on the E-line at 53rd St. and Lexington. She became wedged between the tracks and train, and is in critical condition at this time.

The doctor and wife who were questioned about "shaken baby syndrome" are fighting to keep the hospital from pulling the plug on their baby. The child's brain activity stopped several days ago.

Tuesday February 27, 1996

The bodies of the students who died in Isreal have been returned.

In the South Bronx, a double homicide appears to be suicide. A man and a woman where found dead with a crying baby. Police believe the man shot the woman then turned the gun on himself.

For the second time a suspected car thief was pulled in for questioning then complained of being roughed up, after police discovered the arrest was in error. The problem is that the police haven't been removing the stolen cars from their computer database so they remain on the "hot" list and are subsequently pulled from the road.

OJ has sold his Manhattan condo. for around 1 million.

Monday February 26, 1996

The man who was suing Bellevue for lack of security has lost the case. He was trying to collect 25 million for the death of his wife who was killed by a homeless staying at the hospital.

Judge Duckman is even more severely under fire today. Citizens have constructed a billboard on the side of a truck which is circulating the area where he works.

Friday February 23, 1996

Judge Duckman, infamous for letting wife-beaters off with light sentences, is in very hot water today. Rumor is quickly spreading that he himself beats his wife.

Thursday February 22, 1996

Yesterday's mutilation murder of a doctor appears to be consistent with Haitian tradition for infidelity. Police are questioning the doctor's former girlfriend and her lover.

Wednesday February 21, 1996

A bizarre murder, without apparent motive, has taken the life of a doctor. He had been missing since Monday, but he was discovered mutilated in his car just blocks from his clinic.

Monday February 19, 1996

Happy New Year. Today is the Chinese New Year, heralding the year of the rat. Celebrations will be extravagent in Queens and Chinatown.

Friday February 16, 1996

Snow will be falling and you can expect as much as 6 inches. Be sure to follow our Weather Page.

The man accused of beating his ex-girlfriend is back in court for the same offense. Judge Duckman, responsible for letting the assailant go even though a jury found him guilty, is receiving criticism from mayor.

Rudy Crew, School's Chancellor, is under guard today after clamping down on allegedly corrupt members of various school boards.

Thursday February 15, 1996

With the president in town tonight expect large traffic delays.

Bronx residents: don't forget to vote: (212)-VOTE-NYC

Wednesday February 14, 1996

Happy Valentines Day

Tuesday February 13, 1996

A custodian has been arrested after being caught looking through a peep hole he had manufactured that looked into the boy's bathroom at a Queen's intermediate school.

Monday February 12, 1996

Kasparov is adjusting his strategy to deal with the cold calculation of IBM's deep blue (computer) in the chess match currently taking place.

Friday February 9, 1996

Services are being held for Louis Valentino, the 37 year-old firefighter who died monday in the line of duty. The cause of the fire that brought down the roof on New York's bravest is still being investigated.

A man slipped onto the subway tracks of an oncoming R train today the at 59th Street 4 Ave. station. The man has survived but may loose his legs.

A chinese woman has been rescued in Jamaica Queens after having been kidnapped and brutally abused by three assailants for several weeks. The suspects were apprehended after they tried to ransom the woman to her husband in China for $38,000.

Staten Island is being littered with hate vandalism by white supremists.

The MTA is under fire for extravagent office remodelings that are juxtaposed by announced reductions in subway station renovation.

The Domino Sugar factory in Williamsburg Brooklyn may soon be leaving after a decade.

Thursday February 8, 1996

The Coast Guard is leaving Govenor's Island and plans are being formered for how to use the space, though it will be at least a year before the federal government makes it available.

Wednesday February 7, 1996

The story of children being used in line-ups without parental consent has reached the ears of the police chief and mayor. NY1 news was the organization that broke that story.

The man who shot a neighbor has been exonerated. The neighbor who was shot had been in the midst of beating his wife and children with a baseball bat.

Tuesday February 6, 1996

The strike of the maintenance worker's union is at a close. After weeks of being out of work the strikers are returning to their jobs.

Monday February 5, 1996

A woman took out a hit on a 14-month old baby. The child is the daughter of her boyfriend, a police officer.

Our condolences go to the police officer who missed his chance at $1,000,000 when he missed the field goal.

Friday February 2, 1996

School security guards are asking for bullet proof vests.

We're expecting just under a foot of snow for the coming weekend.

Allegations of using minors for line-ups are being leveled at the police. Parents are outraged to discover that their children are being paid to appear as non-suspects in police line-ups without their written permission.

Thursday February 1, 1996

Key evidence had to be thrown out in a Brooklyn rape case because of a problem with the search warrant. The search warrant granted to police was for a day search, but the officers conducted the search at night making the seach illegal and inadmissable as evidence. The mayor has spoken out against the ruling.

The girl who was slashed on the subway train to high school is returning today. The Bronx Science student was attacked by an insane woman and slashed in the face resulting in hundreds of stitches.