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YWN Tri-State Area Morning News Roundup 6/02/08


yw logo.jpg*A mother and son are being accused of trademark counterfeiting after police say the mom left the scene of a car accident and went to her Long Island home, where officers tracked her down and found $100,000 in fake goods.

*Emergency crews worked Sunday to stabilize an Upper East Side building damaged in the latest deadly crane collapse, as residents displaced by the incident waited to see when they could get inside. Meanwhile, as the Manhattan DA launches a criminal probe of the crane collapse that killed two construction workers and seriously injured a third, Mayor Bloomberg says the accident appears unrelated to a March crane collapse that killed seven.

*Councilman Simcha Felder will host a free mammography van at his District Office, 4424 16th Avenue in Brooklyn on today starting at 10:00AM. Appointments are mandatory and can be made by calling 1-800-564-6868.

*A data tape containing information from 47 institutional clients and other customers of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. was lost while it was being shipped from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, the bank said. The backup tape lost April 29 contained images of scanned checks and other payment documents, the bank said.

*A public bus crashed into an abandoned building in Queens on Sunday evening, after the driver swerved to avoid a child in the street. Firefighters say eight people have suffered minor injuries.

*Tonight will be the dinner of Yeshiva Shaarei Torah taking place at the Atrium Hall in Monsey, and the Yeshiva Gedolah of Waterbury dinner will take place at Marina Del Ray, at 6:30PM.

*A Gloucester County defender of the disabled, is fighting Rowan University in New Jersey’s U.S. District Court for banning her from campus as part of her latest protest to catch drivers who illegally park in handicapped spaces, according to a report in the Courier Post.

*Advocates for the mentally ill and disabled are decrying plans to require copayments from low-income New Jersey residents for prescription drugs and some emergency room visits. The advocates plan to visit the (Trenton) Statehouse today to tout research showing that copayments in other states hurt patients and limit access to prescription drugs.

*TRI-STATE WEATHER: It will be a sunny and nice start to the work week; Temperatures will climb to near 80 as today marks the official start of the hurricane season, according to the National Weather Service.

*FORT WASHINGTON, Md. ―  A line of storms rolled through most of Maryland Saturday hitting residents especially hard in Prince George’s County. Some major damages were reported in Fort Washington, including several flipped over planes at a small airport.

*ESSEX, Md. — Baltimore County police are trying to find out who left a military ammunition box containing several pipe bombs and black powder in a wooded area in Essex. The box was found Sunday afternoon near Bird River Road by two men using metal detectors. Police say the men brought the box to the White Marsh precinct on Perry Hall Boulevard. A police bomb squad safely detonated the devices behind the station.

*PASADENA, Md.―  A reminder to all parents – ensure your children are safe around a swimming pool. This after a child falls into a swimming pool in Anne Arundel County. Fire officials say they were called to Forest Glen Drive in Pasadena just before 8 a.m. Sunday. An off duty firefighter was already on the scene giving CPR to the two-year-old boy. He was rushed to Baltimore Washington Medical Center in full cardiac arrest.

*BALTIMORE — Baltimore police are investigating a double shooting in southwest Baltimore. Police said they were called to the 2900 block of Ellicott Drive shortly after noon on Sunday. Two men were found shot near that location, according to police.

*WASHINGTON — Not only can traffic lights cripple your morning commute, they could also be hurting your wallet. The National Transportation Operations Coalition reports that out-of-sync traffic lights cost the average household five trips to the gas pump every year.

*BALTIMORE SHKIA: 8:24

*Baltimore Weather: Today – Sunny. Highs around 80. Tonight – Clear. Lows around 60.
Tuesday – Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Tuesday Night – Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.



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