http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ny/ en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:50:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414967/posts The NBA and Washington Wizards are investigating Gilbert Arenas for storing firearms in his locker, which would be a violation of the league's gun policy. After CBSSports.com first reported the incident Thursday, the Wizards released a statement saying that Arenas stored unloaded firearms in a locked container in his locker. The guns were not accompanied by ammunition, the team said. But under league guidelines collectively bargained between the players and owners, players are not permitted to carry firearms on league property or during league business. Arenas, who was previously suspended one game in 2004-05 for violating the NBA's weapons policy,... cbssports.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414967/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:50:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414941/posts Several thugs tried to drag a woman off a Queens subway train Thursday night, but she fought back and fatally stabbed one of her tormenters before fleeing on another train, police said. The large group of men - perhaps as many as eight - surrounded the woman outside a chicken restaurant above the 21st St.-Queensbridge station about 9 p.m., police and a witness said. The harassment, which may have included unwanted sexual advances toward the woman and grabbing, continued as she entered the subway station. The woman broke free from the men and frantically ran down to the platform and... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414941/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:01:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412533/posts At least common thieves don't destroy an entire health care system and socialize the American economy when they commit their felonies. Too bad we can't say the same for our illustrious Democratic senators who sold out the nation. In exchange for criminally unconstitutional favors for their respective states, they voted to pass the Senate health care bill just 38 hours after it had been made available to the public for review. Everyone knows about Sen. Mary Landrieu's negotiating $300 million for her state in non-guaranteed Medicaid payouts. She was even cocky about her institutionalized larceny. Sen. Bernie Sanders finagled $10... davidlimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412533/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:39:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412120/posts Mayor Bloomberg's crusade against guns comes with a price tag attached. Bills obtained by the Daily News show the city Law Department has paid almost $1.5 million to Kroll Associates, a high-end detective firm, for its undercover probe of out-of-state gun sales. The mayor announced the results of that investigation with a big splash in October, playing secretly recorded videos of dealers improperly selling guns at gun shows. Detectives were able to buy guns even after saying they wouldn't pass a background check, or after having a friend fill out the required purchase forms for them. "I wouldn't pass either,... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412120/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:00:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2410164/posts A new Islamic mosque will open its doors just steps from Ground Zero where Muslim terrorists murdered 2,751 people in the name of Allah on Sept. 11, 2001 – and its leading imam, who conducts sensitivity training sessions for the FBI, has reportedly blamed Christians for starting mass attacks on civilians. The five-story building at Park Place, just two blocks north of the former World Trade Center site, was the site of a Burlington Coat Factory. But a plane's landing-gear assembly crashed through the roof on the day 19 Muslim terrorists hijacked the airliners and flew them into the Twin... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2410164/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:55:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409135/posts A new video released by the Christian Action Network shows Muslim women at a compound in New York state practicing throat-slitting techniques and assault weapons attacks. The video was distributed by the makers of the movie "Homegrown Jihad: The Terrorist Camps Around the U.S.," which documents how a jihadist group has developed dozens of training camps across the nation. WND reported at the time how Jamaat ul-Fuqra has built 35 compounds – mostly in the northeastern corridor of the U.S. Now the organization has posted on YouTube a "chilling" training video provided to CAN by an unnamed law enforcement source... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409135/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:46:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408990/posts A chilling new video released by the Christian Action Network shows Muslim women at a compound in New York State practicing throat cutting techniques and assault weapons training. Christian Action Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408990/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:37:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408428/posts A new video released by the Christian Action Network shows Muslim women at a compound in New York state practicing throat-slitting techniques and assault weapons attacks. The video was distributed by the makers of the movie "Homegrown Jihad: The Terrorist Camps Around the U.S.," which documents how a jihadist group has developed dozens of training camps across the nation. WND reported at the time how Jamaat ul-Fuqra has built 35 compounds – mostly in the northeastern corridor of the U.S. Now the organization has posted on YouTube a "chilling" training video provided to CAN by an unnamed law enforcement source... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408428/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:12:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408932/posts Mysterious Group Buys Building Next to Ground Zero For Mosque Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Jim Hoft A mysterous Muslim group with unknown sponsors has purchased a building steps away from Ground Zero. Hudson New York reported: An identified group with unknown sponsors has purchased building steps away from where the WorldTrade Center once stood — to turn it into potentially one of the largest New York City mosques. At the moment the building, the old Burlington Coat Factory, already serves as a mini-mosque: an iron grill lifts every Friday afternoon for a little known Imam leading prayers a few yards... Hudson New York Institute via GatewayPundit.FirstThings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408932/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:28:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406515/posts They do their dishes in the shower, sit sideways on the toilet and need to watch their weight just to fit into their bathrooms. But these cramped New Yorkers wouldn't have it any other way. A week after The Post told the story of Zaarath and Christopher Prokop and their 175-square-foot micro-studio on Sunday, other New Yorkers lined up to share their tales of living small, including a 55-square-foot apartment in Hell's Kitchen and a 90-square-foot home on the Upper West Side. "To me, it's all about location," said Eddie Rabon, 24, who lives in a microscopic Hell's Kitchen abode.... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406515/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:02:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405924/posts VALLEY STREAM (WPIX) - A Nassau County jewelry store owner was shot in the torso as he faced three would-be robbers and, amazingly, was able to detain one suspect until police arrived. At 7:11 p.m., three suspects -- a woman and two men -- attempted to rob Papandrew Jewelers, located at 11 Sunrise Highway at Franklin Avenue in Valley Stream. One man, Edward Hamilton, 24, of Brooklyn, produced a handgun and the store owner retrieved his own gun from behind a display case, according to police. The two exchanged gunfire when Hamilton jumped over the display case. The store owner... wpix.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405924/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:23:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405686/posts Protesters are arrested outside US Senator Chuck Schumer's office in New York. Angry constituents of Schumer staged the sit-in at his Manhattan office, dissatisfied that the influential senator hasn’t done enough to push for universal, national health care. NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405686/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:11:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405609/posts Eliot Spitzer, the former Governor of New York who resigned after his sexual exploits with numerous prostitutes was exposed, is considering a run for the Democrat nomination, to be the Democratic candidate for State Comptroller. Thomas DiNalopi, the current Comptroller who was elected to that position via the state legislature after Alan Hevesi resigned (another Democrat violating the law), is considered a weak Democratic candidate for the 2010 elections, and thus Spitzer might be an appealing candidate. New York is one of the most unstable governments in the Union, as the state is deep in red ink, we have one... Right Handed Pitcher http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405609/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:15:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2403112/posts By Genevieve Pollock NEW YORK, DEC. 8, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Today in New York City, a Catholic health center for women officially opened with a waiting list of patients eager for its particular approach to reproductive care and family planning. Doctor Anne Mielnik, the director of "Gianna -- The Catholic Health Care Center for Women," explained to ZENIT that her clinic is only one piece of the last pro-life bastion in the city. The center is owned by St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, the last of its kind in a city that once numbered 15 Catholic hospitals. Mielnik stated that the Sisters... Zenit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2403112/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:17:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402920/posts Binghamton Professor Antoun, R.I.P. Bethany Stotts, December 8, 2009 Our prayers go out to the family and friends of former Binghamton University professor Richard T. Antoun, who was brutally murdered on Friday.... AIA-FL Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402920/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:50:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401432/posts Here was the headline New York Magazine just ran, about the current First Lady at the Christmas tree lighting ceremony: MICHELLE OBAMA WORE CLOTHES TO LIGHT THE CHRISTMAS TREEHere’s a screen grab of the post because we’re sure they’ll scrub it: Hillbuzz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401432/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 11:38:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400864/posts A youth minister is charged with violently raping a girl who attends his Lower East Side church, and authorities believe there are other victims. Detectives from the Manhattan's Special Victims Unit arrested 27-year-old Jeremy Fulton Thursday night. Fulton was charged with rape, predatory sex assault against a child, criminal sex act and acting in a manor injurious to a child. Prosecutors say when the victim turned 12, Fulton touched her and exposed himself. Police say they had sexual intercourse for the first time when the victim was 12. According to police, the investigation further revealed that Fulton's conduct came to... WABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400864/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:06:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400819/posts Thanks to a special freepmailer for pointing to this link. # SNIPPET: “”We are trying to ascertain whether the Moroccan was one of the women who could have helped guide the Mumbai terrorists during the attacks. Our investigations show that this woman had visited Mumbai on two occasions and met Headley during his stay here,” said an IB source.” SNIPPET: “Indian investigators say that Headley was not a womaniser but used women as a perfect cover for his operations. The IB says that this is contrary to the image Headley portrayed during his interrogation by the FBI. He came across... News.REDIFF.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400819/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 09:09:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400669/posts Can't post link. Story is here pressconnects.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400669/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 01:35:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400603/posts "LAMBERTVILLE: Restaurant owner jailed on attempted homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault and other charges" 14 May 2009 | Uncategorized LAMBERTVILLE — SNIPPET: "Khalid Altawarh, 36, who also goes by the name David Shookby, took the woman’s Jeep Wrangler and fled the scene when she escaped into the arms of a friend who had stopped by to see if she was all right. She had failed to show up for work that morning, May 8, police said. Plumstead Township, Pa., police Chief Duane E. Hasenauer said Mr. Altawarh has been charged with attempted homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault and other related... CENTRAL JERSEY.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400603/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 23:41:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2399492/posts New York City, N.Y., Dec 3, 2009 / 05:25 am (CNA).- Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan will celebrate a special St. Patrick’s Cathedral Mass on Dec. 9 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of Archbishop Fulton Sheen. The Mass will be broadcast live on the Catholic television network EWTN.Archbishop Sheen was a radio host and bestselling author who also hosted the popular 1950s television series “Life is Worth Living.” He served as the Bishop of Rochester, New York from 1966 to 1969. He died on Dec. 9, 1979. In 2002, Archbishop Sheen was declared a Servant... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2399492/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 18:11:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399090/posts Recently Jim Robinson posted two threads declaring Free Republic’s determination to see Conservatives elected and ousting Rino's from government. Jim and a great many Freepers believe that we need to take back control. But the RNC is not hearing us. Activism is called for NOW. 2010 is nearing and we need Conservative candidates to run. The time is ripe and people are ready for another 1994 type election. But we need to make the RNC hear us loud and clear. This is the Rino Free America Project. Get involved. Make them listen. Write a letter and MAIL it. Republican... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399090/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 06:31:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398557/posts December 2, 2009 at 12:29 pm by Casey Seiler The Senate has returned to begin what’s sure to be an emotional debate over the legalization of same-sex marriage.The first to rise was the bills principal sponsor, Sen. Tom Duane, who spoke in a low-key manner about what he described as the simple matter of civil rights for all New Yorkers.Immediately following him was the bill’s most outspoken opponent, Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., who complained that the arrival of the debate violated a commitment made to him, and that the passage of the measure would represent a tossing aside of... Times Union http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398557/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:37:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398459/posts A growing number of (New York) city schools aim to foster resentment and rage among the most uneducated students. Under the guise of "social justice," the fomenting of racial and socio-economic grievances has supplanted the teaching of basic skills. The result is an even wider gap in learning between the poorest minorities and other students. NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398459/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:45:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398227/posts Live Scanner feed http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=1959 Twitter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398227/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 05:38:18 GMT