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New York Times

• Report Says Foster System Keeps Children Too Long

  New York Times – 16 mins ago  

  The advocacy group Children’s Rights said thousands of foster city children no longer had hope of returning home or getting adopted. Full Story »

• After Fatal Fire, Many in Queens Denounce Illegal Apartments

  New York Times – 2 hrs 46 mins ago  

  After three died on Saturday in illegal apartments, building inspectors found eight more illegal units next door in Woodside. Full Story »

• Lottery Numbers

  New York Times – Mon Nov 9, 9:46 pm ET  

  Nov. 9, 2009. Full Story »

• After Her Sister’s Death, Opening Up a Crowded Home

  New York Times – Mon Nov 9, 9:31 pm ET  

  Felicia Fields brought her niece and nephew into a tiny two-bedroom space she already shared by her three children and her fiancé. Full Story »

• Bible That Vanished on Kristallnacht Is Heading Home

  New York Times – Mon Nov 9, 9:31 pm ET  

  The two volumes of the nearly 500-year-old Hebrew holy book were smuggled into New York City last year before the authorities confiscated them. Full Story »

New York Daily News

• Partygoer recalls terrifying moment drummer Gerhardt Fuchs died falling down elevator shaft

  New York Daily News – Mon Nov 9, 9:01 pm ET  

  He was a witness to tragedy - and it's left him shaken. A photographer trapped in the same stalled Williamsburg elevator with doomed drummer Gerhardt "Jerry" Fuchs recalled yesterday watching the man plunge to his death. Full Story »

• An emotional City Council Speaker Christine Quinn urges state senate to pass same-sex marriage bill

  New York Daily News – Mon Nov 9, 5:08 pm ET  

  Fighting back tears, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn urged the state Senate Monday to "stand up" and pass the same-sex marriage bill to prove "all New York Families are equal.". Full Story »

• Serious safety fears as number of bus drivers caught texting while driving rises by 60% this year

  New York Daily News – Mon Nov 9, 5:04 pm ET  

  Disciplinary actions against bus drivers caught texting or talking on cell phones have soared nearly 60% this year, NYC Transit says. Full Story »

• New York confirms dispatch error during Saturday's deadly Queens fire

  New York Daily News – Mon Nov 9, 9:00 am ET  

  Authorities say an emergency dispatcher's keystroke error sent fire trucks toward the wrong address during a blaze that killed three people in Queens. Full Story »

• Moms-to-be get break on H1N1 vaccine

  New York Daily News – Mon Nov 9, 5:02 am ET  

  The Health Department gave pregnant women a dose of relief this weekend when it opened school-based swine flu vaccination clinics to expectant moms. Full Story »

New York Post

• 'Ragtime' opening night

  New York Post – Mon Nov 9, 8:27 pm ET  

  The musical kicks off its revival, which started at the Kennedy Center, tonight at the Neil Simon Theatre. Tickets range from $46.50-$126.50. For more information and to buy tickets, call 212-307-4100. ... Full Story »

• Lauren Ambrose concert

  New York Post – Mon Nov 9, 8:26 pm ET  

  The actress and "Six Feet Under" star, who most recently offered up her voice to Spike Jonze's "Where the Wild Things Are," will play a jazz show with her band tonight at Joe's Pub. For more information, call 212-539-8777. ... Full Story »

• Andre Agassi at Barnes & Noble

  New York Post – Mon Nov 9, 8:26 pm ET  

  The tennis star will discuss his autobiography, "Open," today at the Fifth Avenue Barnes & Noble. For more information, call 212-697-3048 or visit www.barnesandnoble.com. ... Full Story »

• Falu at Carnegie Hall

  New York Post – Mon Nov 9, 8:26 pm ET  

  The Indian singer will be joined by special guests like John Popper at this family-friendly concert. The best part? Tickets are only $9. For more information, call 212-247-7800 or visit www.carnegiehall.org. ... Full Story »

• Fort Hood shooter's lawyer: don't question my client

  New York Post – Mon Nov 9, 8:26 pm ET  

  KILLEEN, Texas — A lawyer for the Army psychiatrist accused in a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, said Monday he asked investigators not to question his client and expressed doubt that the suspect would be able to get a fair trial, given th... Full Story »

WCBS-TV New York

• NYPD Probing Powder Sent To 3 NYC Consulates

  WCBS-TV New York – 15 mins ago  

  CBS 2 HD has learned suspicious letters with white powder were sent to two international missions and a consulate in New York City on Monday night. A red decontamination tent was set up by the FDNY outside the French Mission at 47th Street and Second Avenue after as teams were set up to check all the people in the building for a possible contaminant. The tent at the French Mission was one of ... Full Story »

• X-Mas Shopping Woes: Inventories Way Down In '09

  WCBS-TV New York – 34 mins ago  

  The holidays may be weeks away, but high shopping season is here. And the most popular toys and products are already flying off store shelves. CBS 2 HD has some advice on what parents should do. A robotic toy hamster is the hot toy of the season. But try finding it. Full Story »

• Investigation: The Drunk Driving Moms Epidemic

  WCBS-TV New York – 46 mins ago  

  For the past five years the number of women being arrested for drunk driving has been on the steady increase. And all too often, children are on board, unfortunately, being injured or even losing their lives. Now one local police agency is fighting back -- designing better ways to catch potentially dangerous moms. Diane Shuler. Carmen Huertas. Ann Marie Ciarcia. All mothers, all charged with ... Full Story »

• Central Park Robberies Spark Fear Among Residents

  WCBS-TV New York – 47 mins ago  

  A rash of robberies in Central Park ended with people held up while jogging and strolling the trails. Now there's a reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects. The NYPD released sketches of two of them on Monday night. A day after the latest mugging, Central Park was its usual packed place with runners and walkers in the lit and not so lit paths. Full Story »

• Paterson: NYS Will Be Broke Before Christmas

  WCBS-TV New York – 1 hr 39 mins ago  

  Governor David Paterson called an unusual joint session of the Legislature Monday to implore recalcitrant lawmakers to close the state's huge budget gap before New York runs out of money. To some lawmakers it's nothing more than a photo op to help Paterson get re-elected. But the governor is dead serious. He said if the Legislature doesn't cut the budget now the state could run out of money by ... Full Story »

Newsday

• Report: Diane Schuler had look of 'panic' before crash

  Newsday – 40 mins ago  

  Two hours before Diane Schuler drove the wrong way on an upstate parkway, killing herself and seven others, a motorist saw someone who looked and dressed like her doubled-over on the side of the road, "with her hands on her knees as if throwing up," according to a state police report released Monday. Full Story »

• Carbon monoxide sickens 11 at Plainview eatery

  Newsday – 54 mins ago  

  Eleven people at a Plainview restaurant sustained carbon monoxide poisoning Monday night, and eight were transported to hospitals, officials said. Full Story »

• King: Fort Hood suspect had contact with al-Qaida-linked imam

  Newsday – 2 hrs 23 mins ago  

  U.S officials intercepted a number of communications last year between an Army major who allegedly killed 13 people Thursday at his Texas military base and the radical, Al-Qaida-linked former imam of his Washington-area mosque, Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) said Monday. Full Story »

• In NY, same-sex marriage bill hangs in balance

  Newsday – 2 hrs 55 mins ago  

  ALBANY - The fate of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage is increasingly unclear as nervous state senators eye the 2010 elections with last week's setbacks for gay rights in Maine and a New York House race still fresh in their minds. Full Story »

• Many factors behind higher school-tax rates

  Newsday – Mon Nov 9, 9:38 pm ET  

  Tens of thousands of Nassau County homeowners have been hit with heftier-than-expected school-tax hikes in the past month, despite a sick economy and boasts by schools last spring that they held spending and taxes to the lowest increases in more than a decade. Full Story »

Asbury Park Press

• After 34 years on force, Red Bank police chief retiring

  Asbury Park Press – 1 hr 30 mins ago  

  RED BANK — After 34 years pounding a beat, working his way up through the ranks and then leading the borough Police Department, Chief Mark Fitzgerald has decided to call it a career. Full Story »

• Invasive sedge a threat to plants, animals, dunes

  Asbury Park Press – 1 hr 30 mins ago  

  INSIDE: Study on invasive species due shortly. PAGE A3 Full Story »

• Doherty holds onto council victory in Belmar

  Asbury Park Press – 2 hrs 1 min ago  

  BELMAR — After provisional ballots were counted, Matthew J. Doherty held on to his 18-vote margin of victory for a second term on the Borough Council. Full Story »

• Gang-prevention grant application revived in Lakewood

  Asbury Park Press – 2 hrs 22 mins ago  

  LAKEWOOD — A $1 million gang-prevention grant application presumed dead last week was revived Monday as individuals and groups offered to provide the township's matching portion of the award, officials said. Full Story »

• Bolte apparent winner over Burlew after provisional vote

  Asbury Park Press – 2 hrs 44 mins ago  

  KEYPORT — One lone vote appears to have given the election of a Borough Council seat to incumbent Democrat Christian Bolte. Full Story »

The Star-Ledger

• Man killed in NJ Transit Atlantic City train line accident near Lindenwold station

  The Star-Ledger – Mon Nov 9, 9:27 pm ET  

  LINDENWOLD -- A man was struck and killed by a Philadelphia-bound New Jersey Transit train earlier this afternoon near the rail line's Lindenwold station, officials said. Train #4630 was headed toward Philadelphia on the Atlantic City line when it struck... Full Story »

• Two oyster beds opened for limited harvest this week in Atlantic County

  The Star-Ledger – Mon Nov 9, 9:12 pm ET  

  PORT REPUBLIC -- The state division of Fish and Wildlife opened two oyster beds in a river in the southern part of the state today for a limited one-week harvest, according to a report in the Press of Atlantic City.... Full Story »

• North Brunswick man sentenced to 25 years in prison for role in drive-by shooting

  The Star-Ledger – Mon Nov 9, 9:11 pm ET  

  PERTH AMBOY -- A 22-year-old North Brunswick man was sentenced today to 25 years in state prison for taking part in a drive-by shooting in the city nearly two years ago in which an innocent bystander was injured. Joshua Burgos... Full Story »

• Two men rescued from East Brunswick Lake after boat capsized

  The Star-Ledger – Mon Nov 9, 8:26 pm ET  

  EAST BRUNSWICK -- Local emergency crews pulled two men from an East Brunswick lake after their boat became capsized during an afternoon fishing trip, police said. At about 4:30 p.m. today, three men, whose identities were not immediately released, were... Full Story »

• N.J. appeals court rules police use-of-force reports are public record

  The Star-Ledger – Mon Nov 9, 7:56 pm ET  

  TRENTON -- A New Jersey appeals court panel has ruled that police use-of-force reports are public records. The opinion by a three-judge Appellate Division panel upholds a 2008 Superior Court ruling that said West Milford must turn over use-of-force reports... Full Story »

1010 WINS New York

• Madoff's Personal Effects Go On the Auction Block

  1010 WINS New York – Mon Nov 9, 7:29 pm ET  

  The U.S. Marshals service wants to auction hundreds of pieces of jewelry, clothing and other personal effects once owned by disgraced financier and vanquished Mets fan Bernard Madoff and his wife, Ruth. Full Story »

• Conn. Gov. Rell Won't Seek Re-Election in 2010

  1010 WINS New York – Mon Nov 9, 7:29 pm ET  

  Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell says she will not seek re-election next year. Rell has been Connecticut's governor since 2004, when former Gov. John Rowland resigned in a corruption probe. She was elected to her own term in 2006, becoming the first Republican woman elected the state's chief executive. Full Story »

• New York Senate Starts Inquiry into Monserrate

  1010 WINS New York – Mon Nov 9, 6:44 pm ET  

  As New York's Senate began an inquiry into whether a senator convicted of misdemeanor assault should face sanctions, the Senate majority leader argued that expulsion is too severe and the convicted senator's attorneys questioned whether any such punishment could stick. Full Story »

• Conn. Chimpanzee Attack Victim to Appear on 'Oprah'

  1010 WINS New York – Mon Nov 9, 5:59 pm ET  

  A Connecticut woman who was mauled and blinded after a 200-pound chimpanzee attacked her in February will appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show.'' Full Story »

• Joey Chestnut Gobbles Up 50 Meatballs in 10 Minutes

  1010 WINS New York – Mon Nov 9, 5:44 pm ET  

  Joey Chestnut maintained his dominance in the sport of competitive eating -- and expanded his palate -- by winning the first-ever Martorano's Masters Meatball Eating Championship in Las Vegas. Full Story »

The Record and Herald News

• AP sources: US troops likely for Afghanistan in January

  The Record and Herald News – 1 hr 43 mins ago  

  President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though likely not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there, as Pentagon planners work to ready bases and provide equipment the troops would need in a country with scant resources. Full Story »

• Police: Seton Hall player drunk in wrong-way crash

  The Record and Herald News – 2 hrs 43 mins ago  

  A Seton Hall University men’s basketball player was drunk when he drove the wrong way in the southbound express lanes of the Garden State Parkway, causing a two-car accident near Sayreville early Monday, authorities said. Full Story »

• Christie considers declaring financial state of emergency

  The Record and Herald News – 2 hrs 43 mins ago  

  A declaration — invoking the same law as if N.J. were hit by a natural disaster — could give him broad powers, such as suspending rules governing state worker layoffs. Full Story »

• Investigators: Ft. Hood suspect acted alone

  The Record and Herald News – Mon Nov 9, 9:03 pm ET  

  The U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood massacre apparently acted alone and without outside direction in the attack, investigative officials said Monday night. Full Story »

• Jury to continue deliberations in strangulation case

  The Record and Herald News – Mon Nov 9, 9:03 pm ET  

  The strangulation of Paterson resident Howla Sweeney had all the signs of a crime of passion – one her jilted lesbian lover committed and not the man wrongly on trial for it, a defense attorney representing murder defendant Terrence Maultsby told a jury Monday. Full Story »

WABC-TV New York

• Suspicious powder sent to U.N. missions

  WABC-TV New York – 2 hrs 7 mins ago  

  The letters containing suspicious powder were delivered to three missions to the United Nations. Full Story »

• Lori Stokes hosts Q&A with Cesar Millan

  WABC-TV New York – Mon Nov 9, 7:54 pm ET  

  Eyewitness News anchor Lori Stokes hosts a Q&A session with the 'Dog Whisperer.' Full Story »

• Chimp attack victim on Oprah

  WABC-TV New York – Mon Nov 9, 5:54 pm ET  

  The woman attacked by a chimpanzee is set to appear on Oprah Wednesday. Full Story »

• CT Gov. Rell not running in 2010

  WABC-TV New York – Mon Nov 9, 5:39 pm ET  

  CT Gov. M. Jodi Rell says she will not seek re-election in 2010. Full Story »

• Fallout from LI animal abuse case

  WABC-TV New York – Mon Nov 9, 5:09 pm ET  

  A woman is accused of running a "concentration camp" for dogs. Full Story »