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Point Blank

Point Blank

A Bronx killing then the murderer's story

No Victors

No Victors

Tragic Shooting in the Bronx

Damn Yankees

Damn Yankees

Despite upbeat reports from City Hall, poor revenues have been the storyline all season long.

Fashion Statement

Fashion Statement

Whoever coined the phrase “fashion victim” probably didn’t have this in mind.

Waterloo in Harlem?

Waterloo in Harlem?

The end of a 36-year congressional career?

The Counterpuncher

The Counterpuncher

Pedro Espada fights off his many critics.

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

Mamaroneck or the northwest Bronx--just where is it for Pedro Espada?

Street Smarts

Street Smarts

“You have the right to remain silent!”

Hurting in Hunts Point

Hurting in Hunts Point

Many residents in the area say petty theft, drug use and prostitution are on the rise.

Not For Granted

Not For Granted

The visitors still come to Grant's Tomb

The Trip Never Taken

09 February 2010

Leonidas Brito never made it to Santo Domingo By Frances McInnis December 9, 2009 Leonidas Brito was a quiet neighbor. The 52-year-old rented a single bedroom on the ground floor of 416 East 173rd Street, a building of crumbling and mismatched orange and red brick with black fire escapes snaking down its front wall. Guillermo Neiras, 24, who lived [...]

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“How Could I Do That?”

09 February 2010

Ofelia Torres, then 16, lay down to play with her new Red Nose Pit-bull puppy in the Bronx apartment she shared with her 18-year-old boyfriend. Her mother and boyfriend Samuel Encarnacion had given her the dog, named Moochie, that week.

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Nobody Even Showed Up

09 February 2010

Rafin Vellon killed three people, including his girlfriend and her retarded son, in an underground apartment in Longwood in October 2006. On why he committed such a horrendous crime, he testified only that "it had to be done." Nobody showed up at his trial.

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Murdered, But Not Forgotten

02 February 2010

Halil Korkmaz was charging east along Houston Street around 10 p.m. when he stopped for a red light at Chrystie Street on Saturday, May 17, 1997. Then, a man wearing a helmet dismounted the rear of a friend’s Ninja motorcycle idling beside Korkmaz, and approached him. “Give me the bike,” commanded the figure.

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