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Thursday, September 12, 2013

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	Rally planned on Clarkson Avenue to fight expected layoffs at SUNY Downstate Hundreds of jobs are on the line at SUNY Downstate, but workers aren't accepting pink slips without a fight. Employees are planning to rally on Clarkson Avenue in East Flatbush against the expected layoff of 200 people later this month. The downsizing is part of a sustainability plan to keep the struggling hospital system operating.

	Search for missing Brooklyn teen goes viral A family's desperate search for a missing Bed-Stuy teenager has gone viral. Loved ones are spreading the word in any way they can, including Facebook, in hopes of generating leads that will help find 14-year-old Shalayah Johnson.

	Jewelry thieves caught on camera in Bed-Stuy store Thieves were caught on camera helping themselves to jewelry at a Bed-Stuy store. According to the shop owner, three or four people came in, and took rings and necklaces with a total worth of about $4,700.

	Nation remembers Sept. 11 on 12th anniversary The entire nation is joining New Yorkers in remembering the tragic events of Sept. 11 on its 12th anniversary. The traditional reading of names was held at Ground Zero in Manhattan, which began with a bell toll and moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., the exact time when the first plane hit in 2001.

	9/11 victims, first responders honored in Brooklyn Brooklyn residents flocked to a number of different memorials to commemorate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. In Bedford Park, loved ones read poems in front of a hand-painted mural listing the names of neighbors who lost their lives.