Queens NewsLocal news for Queens, NY continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Billy Joel will perform the last concert at Shea Stadium Friday night.- July 18, 2008 In 1965, more than 55,000 screaming fans jammed into Shea Stadium to watch the Beatles perform what was one of the most remarkable shows in the history of rock 'n' roll.http://www.topix.net/city/queens-ny/2008/07/billy-joel-will-perform-the-last-concert-at-sh... Giant rig carves new tunnel beneath NYC's streets- July 18, 2008 A huge, granite-eating machine that spent the past eight months chewing a mile-long tunnel beneath a busy Manhattan office district is getting a rest, of sorts, after completing its journey to Grand Central ...http://www.topix.net/city/queens-ny/2008/07/giant-rig-carves-new-tunnel-beneath-nycs-stree... 'Drunk' Cop Returned to Full Duty- July 17, 2008 The cop who was placed on modified duty after he shot an armed thug who allegedly was firing at him was returned to full duty this morning.http://www.topix.net/city/queens-ny/2008/07/drunk-cop-returned-to-full-duty?fromrss=1 NYC Man Says He Found 7-Inch Knife In Subway Bun- July 17, 2008 A Queens, N.Y. man is suing his local Subway restaurant after he made a frightening discovery that gives new meaning to his former favorite, the Italian cold-cut trio: a knife baked right into the bun.http://www.topix.net/city/queens-ny/2008/07/nyc-man-says-he-found-7-inch-knife-in-subway-b... Detective in Nightclub Shooting Is Restored to Full Duty- July 16, 2008 Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly at a press conference in May. Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly this morning restored to full duty an off-duty detective who shot a gunman outside a Queens nightclub ...http://www.topix.net/city/queens-ny/2008/07/detective-in-nightclub-shooting-is-restored-to... NYC worker dies when truck knocks him off lift- July 16, 2008 A construction worker in New York City is dead after he was knocked off a small crane that was struck by a large truck.Police say the worker was on a lift at a work site on Steinway Street near Broadway in Astoria, Queens, when a truck struck the crane about 5 p.m. Tuesday. The worker was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition where he later died.Police have not identified the worker pending notification of his family. They say he was in his 40s. Police say it appears that the truck...http://www.topix.net/city/queens-ny/2008/07/nyc-worker-dies-when-truck-knocks-him-off-lift... Queens Man Dies In Construction Accident- July 16, 2008 July 15, 2008 A Queens man on a construction lift died today after he was hit by a truck.http://www.topix.net/city/queens-ny/2008/07/queens-man-dies-in-construction-accident?fromr... Beagle Lost for 5 Years Is Reunited with NYC Family- July 15, 2008 Rocco, a beagle that strayed from a New York City yard five years ago, has been reunited with his owners -- after being found 850 miles away in Georgia.http://www.topix.net/city/queens-ny/2008/07/beagle-lost-for-5-years-is-reunited-with-nyc-f... Two charged in shootout with off-duty cop in Queens- July 15, 2008 Two Queens men are in custody after one of them fired at an off-duty police officer in Jamaica Sunday morning and then fled to a Nassau County hospital for treatment, police said.http://www.topix.net/city/queens-ny/2008/07/two-charged-in-shootout-with-off-duty-cop-in-q... Sentencing postponed for Queens pimp- July 15, 2008 Federal prosecutors say Corey 'Magnificent' Davis controlled virtually every aspect of the lives of the underaged girls he forced into prostitution, confining them to a house and regulating how much food they ...http://www.topix.net/city/queens-ny/2008/07/sentencing-postponed-for-queens-pimp?fromrss=1 |