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ARIZONA VOTERS' SPECIAL ELECTION. Replacing US Representative Gabrielle Giffords.
Democrats hope to keep the US House seat of former US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Meanwhile, Virginia, Nevada, N. Dakota, Maine, Nevada and South Carolina are holding primary elections.
WESTERN WILDFIRES BURN OUT OF CONTROL. Colorado, New Mexico.
U.S. Forest Service adds aircraft in an attempt to contain blazes, which have destroyed approximately 118 structures.
THOUSANDS RUSSIANS PROTEST. Moscow Anti-Putin Protesters.
UN OBSERVES ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN SYRIA
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Amidst reports of heavy fighting, United Nations observers in Syria are concerned over the escalation of violence in the city of Homs, a Syrian opposition stronghold.
“UN observers reported heavy fighting in Rastan and Talbiseh, north of the city, with artillery and mortar shelling, as well as firing from helicopters, machine guns and smaller arms,” the spokesperson for the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS), Sausan Ghosheh, said in a statement today.
INDEPENDENCE DAY
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Independence Day Commemoration @ National Historic Site in Westchester on Wed July 4
ASSORTED INTERSTING EVENTS
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Event: Paul Miller Fellowship
When: September 2012-June 2013 (JUNE 11 DEADLINE)
Where: Washington, D.C.
PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE
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Yesterday, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. joined thousands of others to celebrate Boricua pride at the National Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Borough President Diaz paraded up 5th Avenue to the tune of “Bomba y Plena,” thanks to the musical group Los Pleneros de la 21, who marched with Diaz and dozens of staffers and supporters.
Whitesone Multiplex Cinemas May Stop Showing Films
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It was too good to last, if you didn't mind the probability of getting harassed by teenagers, while enjoying a deal on Tuesdays, when $6 movie tickets bought you the most recent film releases. But this Bronx theater has been sold $30M, making it one of the largest recent sales in The Bronx. Whitestone Multiplex Cinemas is located at 2505 Bruckner Boulevard
NE BRONX SENIOR CENTER
All are welcome to attend a flea market, which is being sponsored by The Northeast Bronx Senior Center tomorrow. The center is still accepting vendors for the 9A-12P event located 2968 Bruckner Boulevard.
If interested, please contact Joan Kosko, Activities Coordinator 718 892 6090 - 892 0012
MUSIC AT EMPIRE CITY RACETRACK
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Some of the best known names in music will be performing in Westchester County, when Yomkers
Raceway begins a nine week long "Sunday Summer Concerts" on July 1, 2012.
These are some of the acts, which are scheduled to perform outdoors on the racetrack's apron before 1000 concertgoers:
Pat Benatar, Frankie Avalon, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Village People, TheCoasters, The Platters, The Drifters are expected to entertain the crowds in attendance.
Tickets my be purchased in person, or online: http://www.empirecitycasino.com
CLARE WEISS EMERGING ARTIST AWARD
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The NYC Department of Parks & Recreation’s Art in the Parks program announced that Katherine Daniels is the 2012 recipient of the Clare Weiss Emerging Artist Award. Ornamental Paths, a site-specific weaving installation inspired by the signature Art Deco residential buildings that line the Grand Concourse, will border the central and northern pathways in Joyce Kilmer Park in the Bronx. This vibrant take on the Bronx’s historical architecture will be on view through June 2013. The $7,000 award is granted annually in memory of Clare Weiss, Parks’ Curator of Public Art from 2005 to 2009.