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Long Island City Hotel Worker Slashed In Lobby: Police
A worker at La Quinta Inn was slashed in the hands and the ear Sunday by a man who had been loitering in the lobby.

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A worker at La Quinta Inn was slashed in the hands and the ear Sunday by a man who had been loitering in the lobby.

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Applications to serve on a Queens community board are now open, and, for the first time, the process is completely digitized.
Ikea opened its first Queens store in the Rego Center shopping mall on Monday.
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Donors at an upcoming blood drive in Astoria will get to take home Mets tickets and other baseball swag.
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