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A struggling but determined Queens fifth-grader who was told that her hard work over the summer had finally gotten her promoted to the sixth grade was shattered after learning only last week that she's being left back.
Christina LaForge toiled through summer school to raise her...

Sixth Avenue was abuzz with the sounds of samba yesterday as thousands turned out for the annual Brazilian Independence Day festival.
Revelers, decked out in the country's yellow and green colors, swarmed to the Midtown carnival to feast and party with friends and family.
"We come every year.

Opponents of the proposed Ground Zero mosque rallied under the shadow of Staten Island's 9/11 memorial yesterday, vowing to never give up the battle against the controversial project.
"All we is ask is simply, 'Why here?

A Westchester dad was bitten by a coyote last night as he valiantly kept it from attacking his 2-year-old daughter.
The incident occurred in Rye Brook at around 8 p.m.

Tributes were pouring in yesterday to the heartbroken family of a beloved Hofstra University music professor killed on his bicycle near the 59th Street Bridge by a hit-and-run driver.
Robert Bowen III, 45, was struck at 11 p.m.