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You can't miss the holiday decorations at Montville's township building. There's a huge Nativity scene in the front, as well as a menorah, and wreaths and reindeers all over the property. But a college student from nearby William Paterson University, and member of the Society of American Youth Secularists, doesn't like the displays, calling them religious. Now he's fighting to take them all down. Full Story »

The future of health care reform could rest in one man's hands, and it's not President Obama. Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman has again emerged as the man in the middle, the key vote. On Monday night, Democratic senators held a tense 90-minute closed door meeting in which they reluctantly agreed to Lieberman's demands that a plan to let people buy into Medicare beginning at age 55 be scrapped. Full Story »

A new law protecting children on the athletic field from brain injuries and concussions was unanimously passed Tuesday by the Suffolk County Legislature. The law requires all children's sports leagues that receive county funding to develop immediate policies for handling concussions and head injuries. The local legislation also said if you have a head injury, you're out of the game. Full Story »

Local parents have launched a campaign for longer school days. Supporters say instead of closing schools, New York City could close the achievement gap by expanding learning time. More than 100 parents rallied outside the Department of Education calling for school days to be re-designed, adding about 30 percent more time for learning. The target is low-performing schools. Full Story »

Eight child deaths have led to the second largest recall in U.S. history Tuesday, as more than fifty million Roman shades and roll up blinds were recalled. Experts say the blinds can strangle children, and Robert and Susan Urpsprung are familar with the danger. The couple was shocked to find their 18-month-old son, Collier, with the cord from a Roman shade wrapped around his neck. Full Story »

A fast-moving stomach bug known as the norovirus has attacked an elementary school with a vengeance. Hundreds are sick and attendance has taken it on the chin for another day. Full Story »

The clock is ticking in the desperate search for a missing little boy. Four-year-old Marc Anthony Bookal vanished on Monday afternoon, apparently walking out of his apartment in Newburgh, and his mother's boyfriend is now facing charges in his disappearance. Yul Bookal, the child's father, spoke with CBS 2 this morning at the Newburgh police station, right after police officially declared they ... Full Story »

Trouble continues to swirl around embattled golf superstar Tiger Woods Tuesday. He remains out of the public eye, even as his wife seems to signal her mounting displeasure over the growing sex scandal. The Swedish newspaper that published this recent photo of Elin Woods gassing her car in Florida made much of the fact that she was not wearing her wedding ring. Full Story »

Police in Queens are hunting for the man who left himself totally overexposed in a subway sex crime. Investigators are hoping that a picture snapped by his alleged victim will help them catch him. Police say the man got way out of line on the G line. The 18-year-old alleged victim says the man sat across from her on a Queens-bound G train at the Woodhaven Boulevard Station and exposed himself ... Full Story »

The federal government issued a preliminary ruling Tuesday to allow the recognition of the Shinnecock Indian Nation as a federally-recognized tribe, meaning gambling could soon be coming to Long Island. Shinnecock officials called the ruling a "major breakthrough in the Nation's 31-year fight for federal recognition, and keeps the Nation on track to be included on the federal list of Indian ... Full Story »

Evangelist Oral Roberts, who rose from tent revivals to found a multimillion-dollar organization and an Oklahoma university bearing his name, has died. He was 91. His spokesman A. Larry Ross said by phone from Carrollton, Texas, that Roberts died Tuesday of complications from pneumonia in Newport Beach, Calif. Roberts was hospitalized after a fall on Saturday. He had survived two heart attacks ... Full Story »

Four days after a New Jersey jury couldn't decide whether a trucker from California knew about marijuana stashed in his rig, the man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell the drugs. Michael Daley of Oakland, California, accepted a plea offer Tuesday in state Superior Court in Morristown. Full Story »

The New York Jets have signed running back Chauncey Washington, a teammate of quarterback Mark Sanchez at Southern California. Washington, taken from the Dallas Cowboys' practice squad, was a seventh-round pick of Jacksonville last year. He had nine rushes for 9 yards, one reception for 9 yards and three special teams tackles. Washington was among the Jaguars' final cuts this summer. Full Story »

New York City is studying its air quality and the first findings show the highest levels of pollution in neighborhoods with more traffic. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration is collecting air samples at 150 locations throughout the city. During each of the four seasons, a monitor at each location collects samples of air pollutants. Full Story »

Just a few weeks after state officials issued a warning about an apparent homeless organization that actually lines the pockets of those running the charity, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo issued an immediate, court-ordered shutdown of not-for-profit charity group, the United Homeless Organization (UHO). Full Story »

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has sharply criticized City Council members who voted down a redevelopment project he had pushed in the Bronx. Bloomberg said Tuesday that those who voted against the plan to turn an old armory into a shopping mall did so for "parochial reasons." The mayor suggested that the 45-to-1 vote against the project had more to do with council members wanting political support for ... Full Story »

Just about everyone is mad at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority this morning over its latest cash crunch. Demonstrations are behind held all over the city Tuesday to protest the latest round of service cuts that even MTA officials calls "painful." More than 525,000 students in New York City ride MTA buses for free to get to and from school. Now the agency wants students to begin paying ... Full Story »

As the search continues for a little boy in Orange County who vanished from his apartment in Newburgh on Monday afternoon, the boyfriend of the boy's mother has been charged with reckless endangerment after allegedly not watching over the child when he went missing. Christina Bookal broke down Monday night after learning her 4-year-old son, Marc Anthony, had disappeared. Full Story »

The government and the window covering industry on Tuesday recalled more than 50 million Roman-style shades and roll-up blinds because of the risk children may be strangled by the cords. Full Story »

Rapper Lil Wayne is being sent to jail in his New York gun case just days after his next album comes out. The rap star's Feb. 9 sentencing date was set Monday in a Manhattan state court. He said nothing during his brief appearance. Full Story »

A plan to develop a swath of Manhattan's west side waterfront with towers and apartments is set to be considered by the City Council next week. The rezoning plan for half of the Hudson Yards project was approved Monday by a City Council committee. That part of the property serves as a storage and maintenance facility for the Long Island Rail Road. Full Story »

A federal appeals court in Brazil on Wednesday is expected to decide a child custody case that has reached the highest levels of governments in Sao Paulo and Washington. At issue is whether a boy taken to Brazil by his mother five years ago should be returned to his father in the U.S. Full Story »

Health officials want more people to wear condoms. New York City's next official condom could be wearing a new design -- by you. The city health department is inviting the public to submit their suggestions for a special limited-edition design. The winning art will be featured on several hundred thousand official condom wrappers. Full Story »

Health officials are recalling hundreds of thousands of doses of swine flu vaccine after tests indicated they may not be potent enough to protect against the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified doctors about the recall Tuesday. The recall involves about 800,000 doses made by Sanofi Pasteur. Full Story »

The recession-era tale "Up in the Air" led Golden Globe film contenders Tuesday with six nominations, among them best drama and acting honors for George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick. Full Story »