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Hours after the Brooklyn Nets won 107-105 over the Detroit Pistons, a street-sweeper truck struck and killed a man outside of the Barclays Center.  Ronald Sinvil, 36, had just left a Christmas party and was headed to his girlfriend Jvonne Crump’s apartment in East New York.  He never made it ther … Full Article

The last time we checked in on the long-running story of railroad buff Bob Diamond vs. … Full Article

A nature guide attempts to find a lost child after a violent storm of mythic proportions hits Prospect Park in the world premiere of "The Service Road," a highly visual multimedia show to be performed from Jan. 11 through Feb. … Full Article

Piratheepan Nadarajah and Suresh Sriskandarajah, two alleged operatives of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a Sri Lankan terrorist organization popularly referred to as the “Tamil Tigers,” was arraigned Thursday afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom at the federal … Full Article

MILWAUKEE— The Milwaukee Bucks used the 3-pointer to extend their dominance over the Brooklyn Nets. … Full Article

Completion of rehab work on the Smith-9th streets F and G train station – an elevated station with a view so spectacular that Borough President Marty Markowitz once speculated that it could be a tourist a … Full Article

Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes on Wednesday announced the indictment of Meilech Schnitzler for allegedly throwing a cup of bleach in the face and eye of Rabbi Nathan (Nuchem) Rosenberg in Williamsburg on Dec. 11. … Full Article

Hundreds of elderly and disabled New Yorkers who were hurriedly evacuated from seaside nursing homes and assisted living residences after Superstorm Sandy are still in a grim limbo two months later, sleeping on cots in temporary quarters without such comforts as privat … Full Article

A new Grimaldi’s pizza place, Juliana’s, now has the right to serve up cheesy slices just one block from another Grimaldi’s in DUMBO, a Queens judge has ruled.  … Full Article

Nets coach Avery Johnson stopped shy of tagging his struggling unit with the "soft" tag Doc Rivers dropped on the Celtics last month following a disappointing home loss to Brooklyn. … Full Article