The crime-scene tape was gone from Times Square Friday and the tourists were back, just 24 hours after a deadly confrontation between a veteran cop and an armed street vendor. The sidewalk peddlers who hawk CDs and DVDs had disappeared for the day, howeve. Full Story »
The Buildings Department filed paperwork asserting its inspectors tried to get access to more than 500 homes in College Point and Flushing to check for illegal conversions in a two-month span - including Councilman-elect Dan Halloran's residence. Full Story »
When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a group of famed editorial cartoonists hope the pen is mightier than the sword. Full Story »
Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall urged the judge who will sentence a Staten Island woman who imported illegal monkey meat from Africa to consider the "gravity" of the crime. Full Story »
Relatives of two men killed in the Taconic State Parkway wrong-way crash filed suit Thursday against the estate of drunken and drugged-up driver Diane Schuler. Full Story »
As uncharitable as it may sound, the annual holiday food drives, and the canned goods they bring in, are about as welcome as fruitcake in some corners. Full Story »
Jaiquan Fayson, a former drug dealer, has beaten mental illness and alcoholism and aims to pursue his dream of becoming an artist. Full Story »
One of the first of his order to specialize in business administration, Father McInnes became president of Fairfield University and the University of San Francisco. Full Story »
Residents of the north Bronx neighborhood are fighting the city’s decision to turn a new six-story apartment building on St. Peter’s Avenue — once a symbol of local pride — into a homeless shelter. Full Story »
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A New Jersey couple has another reason to be thankful this holiday season. They thought their envelope full of cash to be deposited at the bank was gone for good -- until a UPS driver made a special delivery. What would you do if you found a bag full of money that doesn't belong to you? In the movie "It's A Wonderful Life," the evil Mr. Potter keeps the cash. But this is a story about the better ... Full Story »
The New York Knicks were making shot after shot, ready to go down the stretch with New Orleans. Turned out, they didn't have to. The Hornets pretty much took the last five minutes off. Al Harrington scored 28 points and the Knicks scored the game's final 18 points to beat the Hornets 113-96 Friday night. Full Story »
People in New York City did the best they could to get through a Friday of bone-chilling temperatures. Residents and tourists alike piled on the layers and braved the frigid weather. The winds were whipping up a bitterly cold evening in lower Manhattan. A tour group from Italy, bundled up in newly purchased NYC warm weather gear, was not quite sure what it had ventured into. Full Story »
Decking the halls, lighting the menorah and gathering your tax paperwork? It may not seem like the appropriate time of the year, but experts say making certain tax moves right now may help you save hundreds even thousands of dollars on your returns. Full Story »
Scott Clemmensen enjoyed a happy homecoming at the expense of Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils. Clemmensen made 26 saves to beat his former teammates, Michael Frolik scored twice and the Florida Panthers ended a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Devils on Friday night. Full Story »
Tiger Woods said today that he is taking an indefinite leave from golf to work on saving his marriage, using the word "infidelity" for the first time in a statement posted on his Web site. "After much soul searching, I have decided to take an indefin... Full Story »
LOS ANGELES — Anna Nicole Smith’s two doctors and her lawyer-boyfriend have pleaded not guilty to drug conspiracy charges, and a judge has refused to suspend the physicians’ medical licenses. Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and Howard K... Full Story »
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter sobbed in court Friday as a prosecutor speculated aloud that the toddler was methodically drugged and suffocated with tape. Casey Anthony cried as prosecutor Jeff Ashton s... Full Story »
NewsCore: Senior Al Qaeda Leader Al-Libi Killed In US Drone Strike - WSJ By Siobhan Gorman, Jay Solomon and Zahid Hussain A Central Intelligence Agency drone is believed to have killed a top strategist and spokesman for al Qaeda, Abu Yahya al-Libi, i... Full Story »
A teenage thug has been jailed indefinitely for holding a gun to a drinker's head and threatening to shoot him. CCTV footage captured the moment gang member James Lee Drewitt was overpowered and head-butted by the innocent man. The 19-year-old had on... Full Story »
A homeless man known to hang out in the West Brighton Houses picked up for Nov. 30 hold-up Full Story »
Justin Sacchi was flying high after the sedan he was driving hit "the bump." Full Story »
Glenn Osten Anderson/The GuardianArmy Spec. Brendan Marrocco, a former Huguenot resident, has been working to get used to prosthetic limbs at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Former Huguenot resident Army Spec. Brendan Marrocco has... Full Story »
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An internist sacked from Staten Island University Hospital last year, stole a prescription pad before being terminated, then illegally used it to prescribe amphetamines, prosecutors allege. Danny Tamir, 33, of the 2000 block of 58th Street,... Full Story »
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Jeremy Schaap -- author, sportswriter and host of the Emmy award-winning "Outside the Lines" on ESPN -- served as principal for the day at Totten Intermediate School, Tottenville.Schaap gave a speech to students and met with... Full Story »
Most charges dismissed in LIRR disability pension case Full Story »
Bishop William Murphy of the Diocese of Rockville Centre will meet with Richard Tollner, one of the men who accused Msgr. Alan Placa of sexually molesting him in the 1970s. Full Story »
Federal prosecutors estimate that smoke shop owner, Rodney Morrison, owes more than $50 million to federal and state governments. Full Story »
Here's where to find the big-time holiday dazzle in our annual look at Long Island's top 10 displays. Flip through this gallery of all 10 homes, then scroll to the bottom, click the "Holidays" tab and see more of your favorite house. Full Story »
The judge in the Anthony Oddone murder trial Friday rebuffed repeated, heated requests by Oddone's attorney that the judge declare a mistrial or remove a juror from the panel, which was in its eighth day of deliberations. Full Story »
A chill has fallen on the Tristate region. With the wind chill factor, Midtown Manhattan felt like it was in the teens Friday. Locals braved the cold to get to work (for many that meant working outside in chill), to shop, and even exercise. Full Story »
New Jersey health officials have issued a report warning residents of a Pompton Lakes neighborhood of elevated cancer rates possibly, but not conclusively, linked to contaminants. The area is near pollution from an explosives manufacturing plant that had operated in the borough for more than a hundred years. Full Story »
New York City police say the machine pistol used by a street hustler shot dead in a Times Square gunfight was purchased at a gun dealer outside of Richmond, Va. Officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are trying to find the woman who bought the gun, 25-year-old Jordan Kelsey-Stewart. Full Story »
One year after his arrest, Bernie Madoff sits in a North Carolina prison, serving his 150-year prison sentence, but for his victims the struggle continues. The big question: What is the status of the investigation, and will Madoff family members be charged? Full Story »
New York City transit riders will likely see service cuts next year as the agency that runs buses, subways and suburban rail lines seeks to plug a $343 million budget gap. Full Story »
A criminal probe of a prominent California investment manager parallels a civil investigation that concluded he fed nearly $1 billion of investor money to Bernard Madoff, earning a quarter billion dollars in fees along the way, prosecutors said Friday. Full Story »
An imam charged with lying in the investigation of an alleged terror plot against New York says he's a loyal American who was framed. Full Story »
The House passed the most ambitious restructuring of federal financial regulations since the New Deal on Friday, aiming to head off any replay of last year's failures that plunged the nation deep into recession. Full Story »
The former head of the Hoboken Parking Utility has been indicted on charges of stealing more than $600,000 in parking meter revenue. Full Story »
A $200,000 grant will help preserve the last column pulled from the WTC rubble after 9/11. The now rusted 58-ton steel column will eventually be on display in the museum being constructed at Ground Zero. Getty Full Story »
Police said they found a .22-caliber handgun during a police search of Raymond Martinez's home on Friday. Full Story »
Diane Sawyer exited ABC's "Good Morning America" on Friday with an emotional moment that recalled the biggest story of her time on the show. Full Story »
A NYC councilman is seeking the ouster of university trustee following a shouting match between the two. Full Story »
Federal prosecutors are trying to decide if "Junior" Gotti's 4th mob mistrial will be his last. Full Story »
A Gramercy woman gets a "Dear Santa" letter from two kids she doesn't know. She asks us to get to the bottom of it. So did we find two girls in need or one big scheme? Full Story »
Gov. David Paterson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver exchanged some sharp banter before a news conference. They either didn't know or didn't care that the microphone was on and the remarks were streamed... Full Story »
As temperatures dip below freezing, marking the inevitable approach of winter, the FDNY wants to remind New Yorkers to take a few extra precautions when heating their homes. Colder months commonly see... Full Story »
Protesters have arranged a gay rights march in front of State Sen. Hiram Monserrate's office. Full Story »
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