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Hartford Police Chief Daryl Roberts says the city is a bit safer after citizens turned in 78 unwanted firearms during a gun buy-back program last weekend. READ MORE >> Full Story »

Authorities in Jersey City say a 27-year-old woman has been stabbed to death and her infant son critically wounded in their apartment. READ MORE>> Full Story »

A woman who says she was duped by an Internet employment notice has been found bound with duct tape at a motel in central New York after vanishing for two days. READ MORE>> Full Story »

The Yankees, Tigers and Diamondbacks neared agreement Tuesday on a three-team trade that would send star center fielder Curtis Granderson from Detroit to New York, a person familiar with the negotiations said. READ MORE>> Full Story »

A New Jersey mother arrested earlier this year after she briefly disappeared with her two children has been sentenced to four years in prison for custody interference. READ MORE>> Full Story »

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vetoed a bill that gives drivers a five-minute grace period in certain parking zones around the city. READ MORE>> Full Story »

A man has just been removed from a cesspool in East Hills, Long Island. READ MORE>> Full Story »

Voters in a south Jersey resort are deciding Tuesday whether to recall the mayor and a commissioner. READ MORE>> Full Story »

The money will be used for programs to protect the region's ports, transportation network and chemical facilities. It also will be used to improve emergency communication, preparedness and response. READ MORE >> Full Story »

A Connecticut police officer who was arrested after a crash that killed two teenagers last June will not be returning to court again until next month. READ MORE>> Full Story »

Emergency heating assistance in Connecticut is running low on funds to provide fuel for the needy this winter. READ MORE>> Full Story »

Gumbel dropped the bombshell while co-hosting ``Live With Regis and Kelly'' when Kelly Ripa tried to get him to dance and he told her he wasn't up to it. READ MORE >> Full Story »

CBS is canceling the soap opera ``As the World Turns'' after more than a half-century on the air. READ MORE >> Full Story »

100-year-old Theodore Sypnier says he'll be living alone in a Buffalo apartment by the end of the month. READ MORE >> Full Story »

A topless photo of filmmaker Roman Polanski and his wife, Sharon Tate, taken just months before her death has sold at a New York City auction for $11,250. READ MORE >> Full Story »

In case you haven't heard, the Giants and Jets will have a new home next season. CLICK FOR PHOTOS Full Story »

Telecommunications giant Verizon has agreed to pay New Jersey $795,000 and more than 1,100 customers $50 each to settle a lawsuit. READ MORE >> Full Story »

New Jersey education officials say they will apply for federal stimulus money that could bring $200 million for the state's public schools after all. READ MORE >> Full Story »

Democrats were the main target as Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell dished out the jokes while unveiling her annual Christmas gift list. READ MORE >> Full Story »

Dennis Collins, who was elected to four consecutive terms as Bayonne's mayor during the 1970s and 80s, died Sunday. He was 85. READ MORE >> Full Story »

A fierce winter storm was leaving dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds in its wake as it slogged eastward early Wednesday. READ MORE   |  SEE PHOTOS WEB EXTRA : Zoom Radar  |  School Closings Full Story »

Authorities say a teacher was on the phone with her boyfriend when she apparently walked in on her killer at her suburban New York apartment. READ MORE >> Full Story »

Police say a woman's death has been ruled a homicide after a meter reader found her body outside an empty house on Long Island. READ MORE >> Full Story »

Residents in a south Jersey resort have voted to recall the mayor and a commissioner. READ MORE >> Full Story »

A judge has set a new court date for a man accused of pulling a fire alarm shortly before the stabbing death of a University of Connecticut football player. READ MORE >> Full Story »