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Shooting At Brooklyn Deli Leaves Three Injured

Dekalb Bodega Shooting

A drive-by shooting at around 7p.m. in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, sent three people to the hospital with gunshot wounds – one of them a pregnant woman.

The gunman was reportedly driving a white Cadillac Escalade when he started shooting at a group of eight or nine people standing in front of the DeKalb Gourmet Deli. The pregnant woman seemed to be the most seriously hurt of the crowd, with a gunshot to her thigh. Police arrived from the 88th precinct, located just a block away from the scene.

There were two other victims who were also rushed to the hospital, including …continue reading

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Brooklyn Unemployment Rate Higher Than National

NY Gov. David Paterson

Many people were dismayed to see the national unemployment rate rise above 10 percent for the first time in three decades but that rate is even higher in Brooklyn where 125,000 people are out of work.

The Department of Labor announced earlier this month that the federal unemployment rate has hit 10.2%, the highest that it has been in more than 25 years. Later, the Labor Department also disclosed that the unemployment rate in Brooklyn had hit 11 percent.

This was not promising news for Brooklynites seeing as how every expert has predicted that the unemployment rate will rise even higher before the …continue reading

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