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• Qns. middle schooler pepper sprays cafeteria

  A Queens middle school student tried to show pals her pepper spray at lunch—and accidentally sprayed the cafeteria, authorities said. The 11-year-old girl...  

• Cleared in niece sex case

  A Queens couple was acquitted yesterday of charges they’d used their 15-year-old niece from El Salvador as a sex slave.  Lawyers for Javier Mencias, 38 and his...  

• Fake-cash ATM suspect nabbed at JFK

  An ATM service worker who allegedly swiped $110,000 from two Manhattan machines — and replaced the dough with bogus bills — the day before his birthday was...  

• Qns. landlord suspected of killing tenant busted in Maryland

  The Queens landlord suspected of killing his tenant was nabbed in Maryland after his license plate was flagged, sources said tonight. Keith Howard, 63, was...  

• Couple acquitted on 'sex slave' charges

  A Queens couple was acquitted of charges they'd used their teenaged niece from El Salvador as a sex slave.  Javier Mencias, 38 and his wife Angelica, 57, were...  

• Car strikes Qns. ‘thief’

  A shoplifting suspect being chased by a security guard ran onto busy Queens Boulevard, where he was struck by a car, police sources said. The man was spotted...  
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  Qns. bus mows down woman

  A woman was killed in Queens last night when a Nassau County bus slammed into her, cops said.  The unidentified victim was trying to cross Merrick Boulevard at...  
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  Honor for Army National Guardsman gunned down by NYPD

  The Army National Guardsman gunned down by a city cop on a Queens highway last week was posthumously promoted to sergeant just before his military funeral...  
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  Aqueduct racino and tax coffers in the chips

  This is one gamble that paid off.  The Aqueduct Resorts World “racino” in Queens is celebrating its one-year anniversary — amid positive reviews from state...  
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  National Guardsman killed by cop in traffic stop promoted to sergeant at crowded funeral

   The Army National Guardsman killed by a cop during a traffic stop on the Grand Central Parkway last week was posthumously awarded the rank of sergeant at a...  
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  Queens DA’s vow to ‘police vic’ mom

  The grieving mother of an unarmed motorist fatally shot by a cop after he was pulled over on the Grand Central Parkway met yesterday with prosecutors, who...  
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  Mom meets with DA over Grand Central Parkway shooting

  Queens prosecutors today met with the grieving mom of motorist Noel Polanco – fatally shot in his car by a cop on the Grand Central Parkway last week -- and...  
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  Meeks pal cops plea

  A Queens businessman who had been pressed by prosecutors to dish dirt on his friend, embattled Rep. Gregory Meeks, pleaded guilty yesterday to a $50 million...  

• iPhone thief prowls Qns.

  An iPhone thief is wreaking havoc in Queens, police said. The robber is responsible for stealing eight of the smartphones between Aug. 1 and Sept. 20 in...  

• Halloran clears his $late

  City Councilman Dan Halloran is no longer a campaign-finance scofflaw, according to the state Board of Elections, now that he’s filed 2 1/2 years worth of...