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Tears for slain student Andrea Rebello at Hoftra University graduation

nydailynews.com — Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily News Grieving Hofstra University students mourned the shooting death of classmate Andrea Rebello in a tearful graduation ceremony on Sunday. The commencement - normally devoted to celebrations of academic accomplishment - took on a funereal air as roughly 700 undergraduate students wore memorial white pins on their royal blue robes as they accepted their diplomas.

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More than 60 injured, 5 critically, after two trains collide near Fairfield, Conn: police

nydailynews.com — Christian Abraham/AP The Metro-North Railroad called the accident a "major derailment." More than 40 people were injured Friday - four seriously - when a Metro-North train derailed and slammed into an oncoming train in Connecticut. Officials said a Manhattan-bound Metro-North commuter train flew off the tracks while leaving the Fairfield station during a "major derailment" at 6:10 p.m.

The Myth of Jackie Mitchell, the Girl Who Struck Out Ruth and Gehrig

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Man Fatally Shot On Greenwich Village Street Corner After Shouting Match

gothamist.com — A 32-year-old man was fatally shot in the middle of Greenwich Village after a shouting match last night. According to police, the victim was shot once in the head at the corner of West 8th Street and 6th Avenue near Gray's Papaya around midnight. "It was a quickie.

Man Fatally Shot On Greenwich Village Street Corner After Shouting Match

gothamist.com — A 32-year-old man was fatally shot in the middle of Greenwich Village after a shouting match last night. According to police, the victim was shot once in the head at the corner of West 8th Street and 6th Avenue near Gray's Papaya around midnight. "It was a quickie.

Greenwich Village gunman murders 32-year-old man

nydailynews.com — Alec Tabak/for New York Daily News A gunman shot and killed a 32-year-old man in Greenwich Village early Saturday after a shouting match boiled over into bloodshed, officials said. Police said the victim, whose name is being withheld until his family is notified, was shot on W. Eighth Street at Sixth Ave.

Hofstra student and burglary suspect killed in police shootout

nydailynews.com — A Hofstra University student and an alleged armed burglar were fatally shot at a Long Island home near the campus early Friday, police said. Three women and a man were at the house at 213 California Ave. in Uniondale when a man in a ski mask forced his way in about 2:30 a.m., Nassau police said.