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K9 Officer Tracks Down Englewood Car Thief Hiding In Secaucus Motel Parking Lot, Police Say K9 Officer Tracks Down Englewood Car Thief Hiding In Secaucus Motel Parking Lot, Police Say
K9 Officer Tracks Down Englewood Car Thief Hiding In Secaucus Motel Parking Lot, Police Say A Secaucus Police K9 officer tracked down a 20-year-old Englewood man who stole a vehicle leading to his arrest, authorities said. Jean Cardenas apparently stole the 2021 Toyota Corolla from a Subway restaurant at 10 Meadowlands Parkway around 6:30 p.m. May 5, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Meanwhile, the owner contacted local police. Clifton police contacted Secaucus police around 12:05 p.m. saying that the vehicle was involved in a theft at a Route 3 BP station and then fled eastbound on the highway, Miller said. Secaucus Police began probing the area and found the stolen Cor…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
NYC Subway Bomber Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years NYC Subway Bomber Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years
NYC Subway Bomber Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years A would-be suicide bomber who detonated a device strapped to his chest in a crowded subway station near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan was sentenced Thursday to life in prison plus 30 years. Judge Richard J. Sullivan said the punishment fit the “heinous crime” when he sentenced Akayed Ullah for the December 2017 attack in subway tunnels beneath Times Square and the bus terminal. Ullah, a 31-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant, began researching how to build a bomb about a year before the attack, federal authorities said. That morning, packed a homemade device with metal screws bef…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
VIDEO: Baby Bear Scampers Through Downtown Hawthorne VIDEO: Baby Bear Scampers Through Downtown Hawthorne
Video: Baby Bear Scampers Through Downtown Hawthorne A bear cub who apparently didn’t love playing in the yard dashed through downtown Hawthorne on Tuesday. One witness reported seeing the bear run from the Louis Bay Public Library across the tracks to Royal Avenue. The video shows a dash around the Subway on Diamond Bridge Avenue across Lafayette Avenue. The cub might have felt the town was just right: Hawthorne High School’s sports teams are called the Bears, after all. Although cubs can be separated from their mothers at times, mama could be near, wildlife experts warn. So approaching them isn’t a good idea. Best to call the NJ Division…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Candy Store Cancels Opening, Subway Closes In Maywood Candy Store Cancels Opening, Subway Closes In Maywood
Candy Store Cancels Opening, Subway Closes In Maywood Maywood will soon see two vacant storefronts on W. Pleasant Avenue. Kwoka Caramel has canceled its storefront opening several months after beginning construction, owners told Daily Voice. The company continues to sell homemade candies online. Subway saw its final days on the same block, and officially closed late last month.  No word yet on what will take the sandwich shop's place, or go into Kwoka's space.

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Starbucks To Block Porn On Public WiFi Starbucks To Block Porn On Public WiFi
Starbucks To Block Porn On Public WiFi Starbucks is rolling out a new tool that it says will help prevent customers from watching porn in its stores sometime next year. "To ensure the Third Place remains safe and welcoming to all, we have identified a solution to prevent this content from being viewed within our stores and we will begin introducing it to our US locations in 2019," a Starbucks representative told Business Insider. The move comes after years of pressure from a petition launched by internet safety group Enough is Enough, which had garnered more than 26,000 signatures as of Wednesday. The organization's CEO, Donna …

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by Cecilia Levine