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March 16: Honoring One of NYPD's Fallen

Services for police officer pushed to his death Sunday in Brooklyn to be held later this week on Long Island

Good morning, Little Neck. Funeral arrangements for police officer Alain Schaberger were announced late last night.

A cadet mobilized while still in the Police Academy during the Sept. 11 attacks, the fallen officer will wear a crest honoring the 23 New York Police Department members who died that day. A suspect in a domestic violence incident at a Brooklyn apartment building pushed Schaberger, 42, who fell over a stair railing to his death.

Schaberger, a Navy veteran, will be laid to rest at Long Island National Cemetery on Friday.

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1. Workers battling fires while attempting to cool several nuclear reactors damaged by the recent quake and tsunami in Japan evacuated the Fukushima Daiichi plant due to rising radiation levels.

2. Closer to home, the Daily News' Michael Daly points out that the Indian Point nuclear plant, located 35 miles north of Times Square in New York's Hudson Valley, lies just miles away from where two of the region's most active fault lines intersect. 

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3. Geared toward helping Jewish families devise strategies for a prosperous financial future,  held today at Queens College Hillel teaches concepts including budget planning, money management and how to improve credit scores and reports. 

4. Bayside High School will host a .

5. Alternate side parking rules are in effect today.


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