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“You are told to crouch down and try to get under the tables but we all thought the building might collapse, so we ran outside,” he tells the British newspaper. Outside, “the whole road was moving. It was so frightening. The front of the coffee shop fell down, and another building across the road also collapsed.” … [Read more...] about NY Law Firm Co-Founder and 4 Fla. Law Students Among Those Who Survived NZ Quake

Brown says he was detained for nearly an hour after buying the watch as police accused him of fraud, even though a Macy’s employee went through his identification, at his request, to prove to the officers that the credit card he had used was his. He says police gave different explanations for why he had been stopped, with one telling him at one point that a suspicious Macy’s employee called them. … [Read more...] about Another famed NY retailer faces ‘shop and frisk’ allegations in suit by black actor

Richard Matt, 49, was shot to death on Friday; David Sweat also was shot as he fled from a lawman into the woods on Sunday, but survived. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that Sweat, 35 and physically fit, said the two split up about five days ago. That was at Sweat’s instigation, because the older man was slowing him down, according to CNN and the Albany Times Union. … [Read more...] about Official: Deadly force on fleeing NY prison escapee justified

Officials said Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34, somehow obtained power tools and are investigating to determine whether anyone helped them pull off the first escape since the maximum-security prison, which has 30-foot walls, was built in 1865. The two left dummies in their place to deceive guards assigned to make bed counts every two hours, according to ABC News, CNN, the New York Times (reg. req.) and the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.). … [Read more...] about The great escape: Using power tools, two murderers burrow one block to exit NY prison

The list included lawyers, investment bankers, and media and corporate executives, the story says. One name on the list, according to the story, is a partner at Cravath Swaine & Moore “looking for a party girl to come fully equipped.” He reportedly spent $20,000. … [Read more...] about NY Madam Says Cravath Partner on Her Client List