Man Arrested for Trespass, UPM, and Warrant at the Empire State Plaza (New York State Division of State Police)

Edit Public Technologies 28 May 2016
State Police assigned to the Capital arrested Stephan Wallace, 46, of Albany, after he was found Trespassing on the Empire State Plaza Concourse at a time that it was closed to the public....

High-school tennis | New Albany doubles team reaches semifinal in boys Division I

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 28 May 2016
MASON, Ohio — When describing what the New Albany doubles team of Robert Cash and Joel Jose accomplished Friday during the first day of the Division I state tournament at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, one might notice the aggressiveness Jose displays or the volleying skills that Cash uses ... Upper Arlington’s Jack Zelezny and New Albany’s Graeme Green were the other area singles players who lost Division I openers ... ....

Thousands of Muslims demand right to pray at Istanbul's Hagia Sophia

Edit The National 28 May 2016
ISTANBUL // Thousands of Muslim worshippers descended on Istanbul's world famous Hagia Sophia museum on Saturday to demand the right to pray there ... It was planned to coincide with celebrations for the anniversary of the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ... * Agence France-Presse ....

Muslims in Turkey demand right to pray at Hagia Sophia

Edit The Times of India 28 May 2016
ISTANBUL ... "In the name of thousands of our brothers we demand to be allowed to pray inside the Hagia Sophia mosque," said Salih Turhan, the president of the Anatolia Youth Association which organised the demonstration coinciding with celebrations for the anniversary of the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ... Bookmark or read stories offline - Download the TOI app. RELATED. From around the web. More from The Times of India....

Albany schools seek support for pair of ballot measures

Edit Contra Costa Times 28 May 2016
The campaign to pass two school funding measures in the June 7 election is ramping up in Albany ... ....

Winning numbers drawn in 'Take 5' game

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 28 May 2016
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5" game were. 05-30-33-34-39 (five, thirty, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-nine) ... ....

Disabled abuse complaints would go to 911 under proposal

Edit The Washington Times 28 May 2016
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Frustrated with the response of a state oversight agency, some New York lawmakers want to mandate that complaints about possible abuse or neglect of disabled or mentally ill people in state care be made first to 911 and local prosecutors. The proposal would be a break ... ....

Des Was a Bowie Fan Indiepop & Rock'n'Roll Club tickets

Edit Skiddle 28 May 2016
The Albany in London. Saturday 28th May 2016. 9.00pm til 2.30am (last entry 1.30am). Minimum Age. 18. Des Was a Bowie Fan is a popular London clubnight playing indiepop, new wave, riot grrrl, rock'n'roll, 60s Girl Groups, Motown, Northern Soul & Swing. Event Info. Venue.   Buy tickets securely ... Des Was a Bowie Fan returns to the West End for a sultry night of dancing in Great Portland Street's basement cave The Albany ... 18 ... ....

Volunteers mark Memorial Day at Saratoga National Cemetery

Edit Times Union 28 May 2016
H ... "Every year, it's grown bigger," said Joanne Martin, of Albany, one of 10 founding volunteers of the Flag Project ... Gen ... ....

Unraveling the Myth of A Korean Robin Hood

Edit Caixin Online 28 May 2016
There are few means of social control more powerful than myth and The Story of Hong Gildong fits that, critics say. By John W. W. Zeiser ... Concerned about his propriety, though, she rebuts him ... As if that wasn't enough of a Joseon reproduction, Gildong leads a conquest of the island of Yul, "where he pacified the people", a surely deliberate choice of phrasing by Kang that elides with euphemism the unpleasantness of conquest ... John W. W ... ....

Turkey Muslims demand right to pray at Hagia Sophia

Edit Press TV 28 May 2016
An imam led a prayer in front of the vast building as people celebrated the anniversary of the Ottoman conquest of the Constantinople, the term used to refer to what is currently known as Istanbul during the Roman/Byzantine Empire. “Let the chains break, open Hagia Sophia,” chanted the crowds gathering at the plaza, urging the government to heed public calls for restoration of the place as a mosque ... ....

10 Capital Region communities compete for $10 million downtown grant

Edit Times Union 28 May 2016
On Remsen Street, there are plans to convert the closed Cohoes Hotel into apartments and management of the Cohoes Music Hall is being assumed by the Palace Theater in Albany with the goal of bringing 40,000 people downtown ... ....

Heaney ties himself to Trump

Edit Times Union 28 May 2016
Albany. With GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump posting a decisive win in the April New York primary, politicians in the Empire State are starting to get behind him ... Heaney, a Dutchess County businessman, says in the ad, "Donald Trump and I represent everything that John Faso and his cronies hate....
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