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How One Therapist Billed Medicare for $4M

Apr 28, 2014 7:00 PM CDT

How One Therapist Billed Medicare for $4M

Wael Bakry says he just has a successful practice

(Newser) - How can more than $4 million in Medicare money flow through a small doctor's office in Brooklyn? Seeking answers, the New York Times reports on the world of physical therapy—where demand is on the rise, treatments vary wildly by region, and authorities are cracking down on doctors who...

Spike Lee Rant Triggers
Debate on Gentrification

Feb 27, 2014 4:24 PM CST

Spike Lee Rant Triggers Debate on Gentrification

He unleashes during Brooklyn event

(Newser) - A Spike Lee tirade earlier this week on gentrification in New York City's black neighborhoods continues to resonate, with Lee going on CNN last night to explain his expletive-laden rant. He's fine with new people moving into neighborhoods that were once mostly black and mostly poor, he says....

Man Busted
in String of
'Knockout'
Hate Crimes

Jan 4, 2014 2:15 PM CST

Man Busted in String of 'Knockout' Hate Crimes

Police say Barry Baldwin assaulted two elderly women, a mom

(Newser) - New charges in the much-discussed " knockout game ": This time, a 35-year-old Brooklyn man is facing six counts of hate crime assault, among other charges. Police say Barry Baldwin attacked seven people, two of whom were elderly, CNN reports. The victims were white women, mostly Jewish, a police insider...

400 Teens
Plow Through
Brooklyn Mall

Dec 28, 2013 5:35 PM CST

400 Teens Plow Through Brooklyn Mall

Unaccompanied minors briefly banned after reported fights

(Newser) - The day after Christmas, some 400 teens burst into a Brooklyn mall, and fights and looting ensued, according to New York Post sources. The kids reportedly thought—incorrectly—that the rapper Fabolous was going to perform at Kings Plaza. "I was begging them to stop. There were a lot...

Hospital Gave False
HIV+ Diagnoses:
Lawsuit

Nov 24, 2013 2:15 PM CST

Hospital Gave False HIV+ Diagnoses: Lawsuit

Whistleblower: I've been mistreated and assaulted at work

(Newser) - Imagine being falsely diagnosed with HIV. Or told you don't have Hepatitis C after you've just tested positive. Both are allegations made by a whistleblower at King County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, Gawker reports. Lili Hutchison, a 51-year-old lab worker, has been alleging misconduct on the job for...

Iran Rockers'
US Dream Ended
in Massacre

Nov 12, 2013 1:40 AM CST

Iran Rockers' US Dream Ended in Massacre

Cops say shooter was booted from another band

(Newser) - The bloodshed in Brooklyn early yesterday brought a horrific end to the career of a band that was huge in Tehran's thriving underground rock scene—and a rising star in the US. Yellow Dogs members Arash and Soroush Farazmand were shot dead along with occasional vocalist Ali Eskandarian by...

NYPD: Man Kills 3 Who
Threw Him Out of Band

Nov 11, 2013 9:11 AM CST

NYPD: Man Kills 3 Who Threw Him Out of Band

Attack happened early this morning in Brooklyn

(Newser) - Four people are dead in Brooklyn today, and sources are pointing the finger at a musician who they say was out for revenge. The New York Post reports that the gunman arrived at a Bushwick building around midnight and began shooting a semi-automatic weapon; police describe a scene littered with...

8 Kids Hospitalized by
... Axe Body Spray

8 Kids Hospitalized by ... Axe Body Spray

Noxious odor in classroom turns out to be from the product

(Newser) - Eight sixth-graders in Brooklyn ended up in the hospital Wednesday thanks to the unleashing of Axe Body Spray in a classroom, reports the Smoking Gun . The parents of two other students brought their kids to family doctors. School officials called for medical help when the kids started having trouble, and...

Cops Charge Cousin
in Brooklyn Stabbings

Oct 27, 2013 1:11 PM CDT

Cops Charge Cousin in Brooklyn Stabbings

Husband's cousin had been living with slain mom, 4 kids

(Newser) - A Chinese immigrant has been arrested on five counts of murder in the deaths of his cousin's wife and her four children in a late-night stabbing rampage in their Brooklyn home. The New York Police Department said today that 25-year-old Ming Don Chen has implicated himself in the deaths....

4 Kids, Mom
Stabbed to Death
in Brooklyn

UPDATED

Oct 27, 2013 8:17 AM CDT

4 Kids, Mom Stabbed to Death in Brooklyn

Police have suspect in custody

(Newser) - New York City police say a mother and her four children are the victims of a stabbing rampage at their Brooklyn home. Authorities say the victims are 37-year-old Qiao Zhen Li, 9-year-old Linda Zhuo, 7-year-old Amy Zhuo, 5-year-old Kevin Zhuo and 1-year-old William Zhuo. A person of interest has been...

Boy, 1, Shot Dead
on NYC Street

Sep 2, 2013 5:00 AM CDT

Boy, 1, Shot Dead on NYC Street

Cops say Brooklyn dad was intended target

(Newser) - The latest victim of gun violence in New York City: a one-year-old. Antiq Hennis was shot in his stroller as his parents pushed him across a Brooklyn street yesterday evening, and was pronounced dead at the hospital from a gunshot wound to the head. The boy's father was the...

Man Electrocuted on
NYC Subway Tracks

Jul 8, 2013 11:48 AM CDT

Man Electrocuted on NYC Subway Tracks

Friend couldn't save Matthew Zeno, 30

(Newser) - Those warnings about the third rail are no joke. After a night out, a man was walking along the subway tracks in Brooklyn when he "inadvertently made contact with the third rail and was electrocuted," per the NYPD as reported by Gothamist . The New York Daily News takes...

Self-Help Radio Couple
Commit Suicide

Jun 5, 2013 7:17 PM CDT

Self-Help Radio Couple Commit Suicide

Brooklyn's Lynne Rosen and John Littig found dead with notes

(Newser) - A pair of life coaches who dispensed advice to listeners on a radio show out of Brooklyn has committed double-suicide, reports the Daily News . Lynne Rosen, 46, and her longtime partner, John Littig, 48, hosted the monthly show The Pursuit of Happiness on WBAI-FM. They suffocated themselves using plastic bags...

Boy, 10, Fights Off
Intruders With
Their Own Gun

Jun 4, 2013 8:22 AM CDT

Boy, 10, Fights Off Intruders With Their Own Gun

Scares home invaders out of Brooklyn house

(Newser) - A 10-year-old in Brooklyn appears to be well on his way to becoming Batman. The New York Post reports that two armed men, pretending to be FedEx deliverymen, invaded the boy's home last night, ordering two teens to remain in the living room. Then one of the men made...

Brooklyn
Honors
Beastie Boy
With a Park

May 3, 2013 4:37 PM CDT

Brooklyn Honors Beastie Boy With a Park

Adam Yauch gets honor a year after his death

(Newser) - Beastie Boy Adam Yauch died almost exactly a year ago of cancer, and today he got a nice tribute from his hometown of Brooklyn. The parks department renamed a small park in his honor, reports USA Today . "This is real! And it is awesome," declares Daily Intel . (Here'...

Skeleton Found in
Charred Suitcase
in NYC Building

Apr 23, 2013 11:04 AM CDT

Skeleton Found in Charred Suitcase in NYC Building

Police ask public to help identify woman

(Newser) - A year after a fire at a Brooklyn building—and days after the building's sale—a woman's skeleton was discovered in a charred suitcase inside. Though the suitcase was found last month, police aren't sure when or how it ended up in the building, the New York ...

Judge Fines
Birther $177K
for Wasting
Court's Time

Apr 5, 2013 3:21 PM CDT

Judge Fines Birther $177K for Wasting Court's Time

Suggests great name for the movie

(Newser) - A judge who rejected a lawsuit questioning President Obama's citizenship has ordered the birther who filed it to pay $177,000 in legal fees, reports the New York Daily News . But Brooklyn Judge Arthur Shack didn't just slam the allegations made by Christopher Earl Strunk as “fanciful,...

Case Against
Brooklyn 'Killer'
Falls Apart
23 Years Later

Mar 20, 2013 1:15 PM CDT

Case Against Brooklyn 'Killer' Falls Apart 23 Years Later

David Ranta expected to be set free this week

(Newser) - David Ranta has been in prison since 1991 for the murder of a Brooklyn rabbi in a high-profile city slaying. Ranta is now packing up his cell, however, because prosecutors plan to ask a judge this week to set him free, reports the New York Times . No physical evidence tied...

NYC Hit-Run Driver Charged

Mar 8, 2013 2:31 AM CST

NYC Hit-Run Driver Charged

Julio Acevedo could face 25 years to life

(Newser) - The suspect in a Brooklyn hit-and-run that killed expectant parents and their baby has been charged with three counts of criminally negligent homicide, three counts of assault, and leaving the scene of an accident. Thanks to his previous criminal record , Julio Acevedo could face 25 years to life, an assistant...

Police Trying to Prove Brooklyn Driver Was Drunk

Mar 7, 2013 7:12 PM CST

Police Trying to Prove Brooklyn Driver Was Drunk

If they can, Julio Acevedo faces 25 years in prison

(Newser) - The man accused of killing a young couple and their infant boy in a hit and run is back in New York to face charges after opting not to contest his extradition from Pennsylvania, reports the Daily News . But what those charges will be remain uncertain. DNA Info reports that...