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New York's Legislature is meeting in extraordinary session to confront a $3.2 billion deficit and possibly hold a landmark vote to provide final legislative approval of same-sex marriage. READ MORE >> Full Story »

A man with a gun was holding a principal hostage at a New York high school. All students are safe. READ MORE >> Full Story »

The words "killer" and "guilty" have been painted on the garage and mailbox of Sharon McDonough's Seldon home. READ MORE >> Full Story »

NJ Transit says a veteran engineer on his first day of a new route missed a key station, causing delays for some 500 riders. READ MORE >> Full Story »

Animal welfare officials want to know who abandoned more than two dozen sick and filthy puppies in a western New York field. READ MORE >> Full Story »

A judge has ruled on the footage. READ MORE >> Full Story »

New Jersey's next governor says Attorney General Anne Milgram will not be part of his Cabinet. READ MORE >> Full Story »

Flags in New Jersey will fly at half-staff on Tuesday to honor those killed in last week's shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. READ MORE >> Full Story »

Of the more than 4,000 fugitives who stood in line last week to voluntarily settle up for their past transgressions, the man with the checkered driving record may have made the most impact. READ MORE >> Full Story »

A suspicious white powder was sent to three countries' missions or consulates in Manhattan. READ MORE >> Full Story »

Nassau County police say eight people who fell ill from carbon monoxide poisoning at a Plainview restaurant have been taken to area hospitals with apparently non-life-threatening symptoms. READ MORE >> Full Story »

A 16th century Hebrew Bible looted by the Nazis six decades ago was returned to Vienna's Jewish community Monday. READ MORE>> Full Story »

Don't believe a defense lawyer's argument that John ``Junior'' Gotti quit organized crime with a sudden epiphany more than a decade ago, a prosecutor told a jury Monday during closing arguments in Gotti's fourth trial on racketeering charges in as many years. READ MORE>> Full Story »

An emotional Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Monday she will not run for re-election next year, stepping away from the job after a difficult budget battle with Democrats and an ever-darkening state economic crisis. READ MORE>> LISTEN INSIDE>> Full Story »

Photographs of a little dog in the Fort Lee Historic Park in Fort Lee, NJ on Monday, November 9, 2009. (All photos by WCBS 880 Web Content Producer Evan Bindelglass) CLICK HERE for more photos by Evan Bindelglass. Full Story »

Democratic incumbent Nassau Executive Tom Suozzi leads his Republican challenger Ed Mangano going into this recount by 237 votes. READ MORE>> Full Story »

Those green M&Ms really are getting greener. The New Jersey candy factory that produces M&M's flipped the switch Monday on a new solar array that provides clean energy.   READ MORE>> Full Story »

Customs officials have arrested a man they say tried to smuggle 8 pounds of heroin in his luggage on a flight from Guatemala City to Newark Liberty International Airport. READ MORE>> Full Story »

State police say a baby suffered serious head injuries after reportedly being ejected from a car during a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 91 in New Haven. READ MORE>> Full Story »

The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches. READ MORE>> Full Story »

Gov. David Paterson is setting up a showdown with New York's Senate over how to address a $3.2 billion deficit and allow New York to pay its December bills. READ MORE >> Full Story »

Five northern New Jersey communities that received swine flu vaccine over the weekend didn't get enough syringes. READ MORE >> Full Story »

New York City office workers who got carried away during the Yankees victory parade Friday apparently began tossing files and documents out the window when they couldn't get their hands on confetti. READ MORE >> Full Story »

A fire in a big rig hauling flammable methanol closed a heavily traveled portion of Interstate 95 in southwestern Connecticut for hours early Monday, diverting tens of thousands of rush-hour commuters. READ MORE >> Full Story »

The Suffolk County SPCA was been digging through the night in the backyard of a Selden woman's home - looking for animal remains. READ MORE >> Full Story »