Friday, July 20, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Sunday, July 15, 2007
OFFICER LOSES GALLANT FIGHT
DIES FIVE DAYS AFTER BEING HIT IN WILD SHOOTOUT
July 15, 2007 -- Officer Russel Timoshenko, who was shot in the face Monday while confronting a trio of vicious thugs in Brooklyn, ended his brave battle for life yesterday afternoon.
"Officer Timoshenko made the ultimate sacrifice with unflinching bravery and dedication to duty," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said outside Kings County Hospital last night.
His doctor, Robert Kurtz, struggled to hold back tears as he told reporters that the NYPD lawman died while on life support at 4:14 p.m.
In the dramatic final moment of Timoshenko's life, a line of nearly 150 fellow officers filed past him to pay their respects. His devastated family huddled near by.
Friends outside the hospital room could hear his heartbroken mother muttering "god help, god help" between her gut-wrenching sobs.
"People were kissing his hands and his feet," said George Kallaur, an archpriest at the Russian Orthodox Church of the New Martyrs and the Confessors of Russia in Bensonhurst.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
WCBS-FM Returns Today at 1:01 PM
The return of WCBS-FM, 101.1 on your radio dial, will take place at 1:01 p.m. Thursday.
According to a CBS Radio press release dated July 9, the format change from Jack FM to CBS-FM will start with songs from the Beatles, Motown and the Beach Boys and feature artists like Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Frankie Valli and many more.
WCBS-FM Web Site
"Above all else, it is an honor to bring CBS-FM back to New York," said Jennifer Donohue, Vice President and General Manager, WCBS-FM. "Having been a long time employee and personal fan of the station I truly understand what an emotional moment it was when New Yorkers had to say goodbye to their favorite radio station. We acknowledge and appreciate the loyal fan base who’ve never stopped asking for the format’s return, and now we’re thrilled to be back - better than before - with updated features, incredible on-air production, the best combination of legendary New York personalities, and of course hundreds of ‘The Greatest Hits Of All Time.’"
Third Shooting Suspect Captured in Pennsylvania
A third suspect in the wounding of two New York Police Department officers has been captured in Pennsylvania, authorities said Thursday.
The New York Police Department and Pennsylvania state police confirmed that Robert J. Ellis (pictured right) was captured in Tannersville, Pa., near the place where another suspect was apprehended on Wednesday.
A bloodhound picked up Ellis' scent. He saw police and initially tried to run, but did not resist when he was captured by two troopers, said Pennsylvania State Police Capt. James Murtin.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Jersey Beauty Queen Pushes Back after Blackmail Attempt
Miss New Jersey says someone is threatening to make some personal photographs of her public if she does not give up her crown.
But Amy Polumbo is not just Miss New Jersey, she's also a Jersey girl, and says she has no intention of giving in.
"It would certainly be easier for me to simply succumb to these unlawful and immoral threats, and quietly disappear,'' Polumbo said Thursday at a news conference she called in Asbury Park.
Polumbo, a 22-year-old Howell resident and a senior at Wagner College on Staten Island, won the Miss New Jersey competition last month, giving her the right to compete in the next Miss America competition -- wherever and whenever it may be held. Her platform: Protecting children from online predators.
Polumbo's lawyer, Anthony Caruso, said that starting last week, Polumbo, her family and officials in the Miss New Jersey Education Foundation received packages with pictures of her and the demand that she resign by Friday.
Caruso said the pictures show her with some friends and some may have been photos that she posted years ago on a private Internet site.
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