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Friday, August 30, 2013

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	Corrections officer accused of arson in Bed-Stuy blaze A female New York City corrections officer has been arrested for arson after a two-alarm fire in Bed-Stuy that injured several people. According to investigators, 43-year-old Yvette Randolph is accused of setting the blaze at 375 Chauncey St.

	Police ID elderly woman killed by MTA bus Police have released the identity of an elderly woman who was struck and killed by an MTA bus in Starrett City. Authorities say 82-year-old Lyubov Angert was hit at around 7 a.m. Thursday as she tried to cross the street on Seaview and Pennsylvania avenues.

	Brooklyn woman arrested in murder-for-hire scheme A Brooklyn woman is behind bars after allegedly plotting to have her husband killed. According to authorities, Elena Adams met with an undercover agent in Sheepshead Bay Thursday to discuss her murder-for-hire scheme.

	22-year-old shot multiple times on Dean St. Cops are searching for suspects after a fatal overnight shooting in Brooklyn. Officers say they found a 22-year-old man with four gunshot wounds to his head and a fifth to his arm at 1774 Dean St.

	amNewYork/News 12 poll: Quinn slips to 3rd; De Blasio leads Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is leading the Democratic primary race for New York mayor, with former Comptroller Bill Thompson close behind and Council Speaker Christine Quinn third, according to an amNewYork-News 12 poll whose results were released Thursday. In the Republican primary, former MTA chief Joe Lhota has a commanding lead over businessman John Catsimatidis, the same poll revealed. De Blasio is ahead in the Democratic camp with 29 percent, followed by Bill Thompson with 24 percent and Quinn with 24. Former Rep. Anthony Weiner follows with 10 percent and city Comptroller Johh Liu is the choice for 5 percent of those polled. De Blasio leads the vote intention for white voters and Brooklyn residents, and is tied with Thompson with Bronx residents, with 28 percent each. A majority of African-Americans expressed their preference for Thompson over De Blasio, 35 to 29 percent. In the GOP field, Lhota leads Catsimatidis 50 to 28 percent and is ahead in all major demographic and geographic categories of the poll. The primary election will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 10.