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  Gropez pols’ touchy issue

   Assemblyman Vito Lopez’s sexual-harassment scandal exploded as a campaign issue in the hotly contested Queens state Senate race yesterday — when Republican Eric Ulrich slammed Democratic incumbent Joseph Addabbo for refusing to call...  
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  Queens massage-parlor 'rapist' cuffed

  A Crime Stoppers tip helped lead to the arrest of a sicko who was wanted for a rape in Flushing, authorities said. Zhordrack Blodywon, 40, was collared Saturday in Nassau County after a massage-parlor employee recognized him and...  
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  Growing push for ‘landmark’ tree

  A landmark-worthy tree grows in . . . Queens? Grassroots preservationists aim to petition the city to add a Woodside hardwood that dates to the Revolutionary War to a list of landmarks that includes the Empire State Building and the...  
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  Kids suing 9/11 advocate dad over unpaid child support

  An outspoken 9/11 advocate is a hero to everyone — except his own kids. T.J. Gilmartin has fought for the rights of Ground Zero first responders and received thousands of dollars from victims funds for his work in the World Trade...  

• JFK and La Guardia getting body scanners that show more cartoonlike pictures

  Some airport body-scanner pictures are going from R-rated to PG-13. Scanners that create creepily clear images of travelers’ naked bodies are being swapped out...  

• Beaten bag-grab victim near death

  A cold-hearted Queens purse-snatcher punched his victim in the head so hard yesterday that she’s unlikely to survive, police sources said. The woman was on...  
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  Queens principal forced to retire over offensive remarks

  She’s an equal opportunity offender. A Queens high-school principal made a host of discriminatory remarks against Jews, blacks and gays — as well as off-color quips about sex and sexual favors among co-workers, city investigators...  

• Arrest in Queens hit-run slaying

  A Queens man was arrested after killing an elderly man in a hit-and-run accident yesterday, police said. Shiwoo Lee, 22, of Oakland Gardens, allegedly struck...  
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  Second massage rape

  The pervert who brutally beat and raped a woman inside a Manhattan massage salon in August has struck again — sexually assaulting a worker in a Queens parlor, cops said yesterday.  Surveillance footage shows the suspect — wearing a...  
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  Queens judge denies perv's request to lower jail sentence to spend Christmas with family

  A Queens judge slammed a pervert's request to lower his jail sentence to be with his four children for Christmas.  "Give him four months or less judge, I ask this judge so he can be with his 13-, 11-, 9- and 7-year-old boys for...  

• Queens beauty school being sued for misleading students

  ALBANY — A Queens beauty school is being nailed for allegedly charging hefty fees to hundreds of Chinese-speaking students but then misleading them about the...  
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  Missing Queens boy, 5, found safe

  A sleep-challenged 5-year-old went missing from his Rosedale home this morning, before he was found safe several hours later, authorities said. ’ mother checked on him at around 5 a.m. and found his bed empty, cops said....  

• Dutch company wants to open massive printing facility in Queens

  Manufacturing is returning here with a bang in a futuristic facility in Queens that could soon become one of the coolest places in the city. Shapeways, a Dutch...  
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  Gun ‘play’ shock: Weapons sold at day-care center, feds charge

  This day-care center was armed to the teeth.  Authorities yesterday smashed a gun-dealing ring operated by members of three violent Brooklyn motorcycle gangs — including a man who allegedly sold high-powered weapons and stored...  
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  Qns. man recalls girlfriend he stabbed to death during sentencing hearing

  A Queens man who admitted to viciously stabbing his girlfriend to death after a verbal squabble, awkwardly reminisced with the court today about his artistic and talented victim. “I’m deeply grieving that Susan is dead,” said Tigran...  
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  Violent cabdriver is cut off

  A cabby was stripped of his license after Midtown security cameras caught him getting physical with a rider.  Sidikiba Diallo, a taxi driver for 20 years, testified that passenger Glenn Yonemitsu was drunk when he hopped into Diallo...  

• 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...  

• 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...  

• 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...  

• 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...  
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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 yesterday. Noel Polanco, 22, was given the honor in a Corona church during a...  

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