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Is Licking Your Employee’s Hand Sexual Harassment?
Is Licking Your Employee’s Hand Sexual Harassment?
A fashion designer who worked for high-end coat company S. Rothschild & Co ., which supplies DKNY and Tommy Hilfiger, has filed a federal sexual harassment lawsuit against her former boss, claiming that she had to leave the company in 2008 because of his “egregious sexual harassment.”...
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State Police Chief Insists Resignation Not Admission of Guilt
State Police Chief Insists Resignation Not Admission of Guilt
Pedro Perez Pedro Perez, the acting superintendent of the NY State Police, resigned yesterday amid an investigation into his intervening role in the domestic violence case of former Paterson aide David Johnson. He took over as chief just a week ago after Police Superintendent Harry Corbitt , also implicated...
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Brooklyn Library Staff Happy Head is Gone
Brooklyn Library Staff Happy Head is Gone
Flickr user xbettyx After being publicly embarrassed when a Washington Post reporter was allowed to watch their firings, the Daily News reports that former BPL staff members feel “vindicated” that chief Dionne Mack-Harvin has resigned in the wake of the scandal . On top of having their reactions...
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Snowball Gets 4 Teens Arrested
Snowball Gets 4 Teens Arrested
Four Bronx teens are facing a year behind bars after nailing a cop in the leg with a snowball. Their crime? Weapons possession, attempted assault, menacing and harassment. Late last month the friends were out in a snowstorm and hit officer Adonis Ramirez, who was not in uniform at the time. According...
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"Vigilante Posse" Lands FDNY Firefighter, LI Chief in Hot Water
"Vigilante Posse" Lands FDNY Firefighter, LI Chief in Hot Water
Fire chief Mike Charles (left), FDNY firefighter Brian Schuck When shots rang out near his firehouse in Hempstead, Long Island, Michael Charles did what any red-blooded fire chief would have done: grab a gun, form a posse, and saddle up (in an SUV). But for his efforts, Charles and FDNY firefighter...
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Halderman Admits "Thinly Veiled Threat To Ruin" Letterman
Halderman Admits "Thinly Veiled Threat To Ruin" Letterman
Robert Halderman last November (AP) Robert “Joe” Halderman pleaded guilty yesterday for his attempt to extort $2 million from David Letterman by way of revealing Letterman’s many affairs. The former CBS News producer admitted his scheme to sell a movie treatment to the talk show host...
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Airport Shoe Removal to Continue
Airport Shoe Removal to Continue
Despite invasive full body scanners popping up at our nation’s airports, Janet Napolitano says you’ll still have to take your shoes off to get through security. According to the Homeland Security Secretary, shoes are so impenetrable that they can’t be fully screened while they’re...
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