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Woman pushes man to death in front of subway train

David McLaughlin, Henry Goldman, Joel Rosenblatt Bloomberg News

Last updated Friday, December 28, 2012 - 3:55pm

NEW YORK - A New York City man was pushed to his death in front of a subway train in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens, police said, in the second such fatality this month.

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Suspect Naeem Davis is driven from the Midtown North police precinct, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in New York. Davis, 30, was taken into custody for questioning Tuesday after security video showed a man fitting the suspect's description working with street vendors near Rockefeller Center. Police said Davis made statements implicating himself in Ki-Suck Han's death. Davis was arrested on a second-degree murder charge. Witnesses told investigators they saw a man talking to himself Monday afternoon before he approached the 58-year-old Han of Queens at the Times Square station, got into an altercation with him and pushed him into the train's path. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Homeless man arrested in deadly NYC subway push

Colleen Long The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 4:18pm

NEW YORK — A homeless man was arrested Wednesday in the death of a subway rider who was pushed onto the tracks and photographed just before a train struck him.

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This photo provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority shows the South Ferry subway station after it was flooded by seawater during superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/ Metropolitan Transportation Authority)

Big job ahead restoring NYC subway

Alan Levin Bloomberg News

Last updated Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - 9:41am

NEW YORK - If you laid the New York City subway system in a line, it would stretch from New York to Detroit.

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This March 22, 2012 photo provided by the Smithsonian Channel shows a life-size replica of Titanoboa, the biggest snake to have ever roamed the earth, on display in Grand Central Terminal. The 48 long behemoth lived 60 million years ago during time just after dinosaurs became extinct. The snake will be on display until Friday evening and will then travel to the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum in Washington DC where it will go on display beginning March 30. "TITANOBOA: MONSTER SNAKE," premieres April 1st on Smithsonian Channel. (AP Photo/Smithsonian Channel, Mark Von Holden)

Prehistoric monster snake slithers through NYC

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 23, 2012 - 3:25pm

NEW YORK -- A prehistoric monster snake is making a quick stopover in New York City's Grand Central Terminal.

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The blast site of the Oktyabrskaya subway station in Minsk, Belarus, on Monday, April 11, 2011. An explosion tore through a subway station in the Belarusian capital during evening rush hour Monday, and an official in the presidential administration said there were fatalities. (AP Photo/Andrei Stasevich, BelTA, pool)

Blast in Minsk subway kills 7, wounds 50

The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 11, 2011 - 3:23pm

MINSK, Belarus -- An explosion tore through a key subway station in the Belarusian capital of Minsk during evening rush hour Monday, killing seven people and wounding 50 others, officials said.

An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw heavily wounded people being carried out of the Oktyabrskaya subway station, including one person with missing legs.

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