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POLL: Are you disappointed Amazon cancelled its HQ2 plans for NYC

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Some are cheering, some are jeering.

Amazon's announcement Thursday that it's scrapping its plans to open a second headquarters in Long Island City in Queens, follows vocal backlash by some local residents and politicians.

"After much thought and deliberation, we’ve decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for Amazon in Long Island City, Queens," Amazon spokeswoman Jodi Seth said.

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Madison Middle School art student Ariceli Martinez, wearing her Bob Ross wig, listens to the artist speak on a video screen before painting began on Flash Bob Flash Mob Day on Feb. 7, 2019 in Abilene, Texas The students donned their curliest wigs and painted little trees onto canvases to pay homage to the late painter Bob Ross. Teacher Brady Sloane said the idea came about because she wanted to reward Advanced Placement students who had been stressed out over recent projects and grades. (Greg Jaklewicz/The Abilene Reporter-News via AP)
February 09, 2019 - 1:57 pm

Texas students don wigs in tribute to late painter Bob Ross

ABILENE, Texas (AP) — There were lots of happy little trees at one Texas middle school this week. Art students at Madison Middle School in Abilene donned their curliest wigs and painted little trees onto canvases to pay homage to the late painter Bob Ross. Teacher Brady Sloane tells the Abilene...
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Jasper Colt-USA TODAY NETWORK
February 09, 2019 - 1:31 am

Likely deal would give Trump fraction of desired wall money

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional bargainers are working toward a border security deal amid indications that the White House is preparing to accept a bipartisan agreement that would give President Donald Trump a fraction of the money he's demanded for his proposed southern border wall. Participants...
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February 08, 2019 - 2:07 pm

Kellyanne Conway claims woman assaulted her at restaurant

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Maryland woman faces charges that she assaulted White House counselor Kellyanne Conway in front of her teenage daughter during a confrontation last year at a restaurant in a Washington suburb. Mary Elizabeth Inabinett, 63, of Chevy Chase, was charged in November with...
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February 08, 2019 - 1:31 pm

Spike Lee boycotts Gucci, Prada over blackface items

Director Spike Lee said Friday he will no longer wear Gucci or Prada until the brands hire some black designers following a pair of blackface fashion fails from the major Italian fashion houses.
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Jeff Bezos
(AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
February 08, 2019 - 11:55 am

National Enquirer says it will investigate Jeff Bezos' extortion claims

The publisher of the National Enquirer said Friday it will look into claims of extortion and blackmail made by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos , who said the tabloid threatened to publish intimate photos of him unless he stopped investigating how the Enquirer obtained his private exchanges with his mistress.
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Kitchen knives
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February 08, 2019 - 11:46 am

Lorena Bobbitt says she has no regrets about infamous night

MANASSAS, Va. (1010 WINS) -- Remember Lorena Bobbitt? It was 26 years ago that she became famous for cutting off a very private part of her husband's body. She now tells NBC's Today Show that she has no regrets because she was the victim of domestic violence and sexual assault. "How you could...
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Dreamstime
February 07, 2019 - 6:15 pm

Masked clowns armed with machete attack couple in their own driveway

TEXAS CITY, Texas (1010 WINS) -- A Texas couple was not in the mood to clown around earlier this month when a pair of would-be robbers attacked them in the driveway of their own home. Aretha Cardinal and her husband Joseph Nelson were approached by suspects Jose Lugo and Luis Jimenez while sitting...
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Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office
February 07, 2019 - 3:33 pm

Couple, son accused of burying boy in snow over forgotten bible verses

MANITOWOC, Wis. (1010 WINS) -- A Wisconsin couple and their teenage son are charged in the death of a 7-year-old boy. The boy was allegedly beaten, forced to carry a heavy log, and buried in the snow for failing to remember bible verses. RELATED: Child abuse climbs after Friday report cards, study...
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Virginia Military Institute
February 07, 2019 - 3:28 pm

Top Virginia Republican edited yearbook with blackface, racial slurs

RICHMOND, Va. (1010 WINS/AP) -- A top Virginia Republican served as an editor for a college yearbook that includes racial slurs and at least one image of a person in blackface. Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment was managing editor of the 1968 yearbook for the Virginia Military Institute. The...
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February 07, 2019 - 1:20 pm

Bill Cosby moved to general population at Pennsylvania prison

The move last week came after the 81-year-old actor spent about four months in special housing as he acclimated to SCI-Phoenix in suburban Philadelphia.
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