1010 WINS New York

A philanthropist who made billions of dollars off Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme signed a will leaving the bulk of his fortune to charity. Full Story »

Former New York police Commissioner Bernard Kerik is hoping to be free for the holidays despite pleading guilty to eight felonies. Full Story »

U.S. Capitol Police say six protesters have been arrested at Sen. Joseph Lieberman's office in Washington. Full Story »

A Selden mother of seven accused of running a "concentration camp" for animals made two court appearances Tuesday. Full Story »

The German Consulate received an envelope containing "white powder" Tuesday one day after three other NYC foreign consulates received similar packages with a suspicious powder that initial tests deemed not harmful. Full Story »

Health officials say a second person has died in Oneida County from complications linked to the H1N1 virus. Full Story »

Three men charged in connection with the stabbing death of University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard are due in court. 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. Full Story »

Envelopes containing suspicious powder were sent to three foreign consulates in Manhattan, but initial tests suggested the mailings were a hoax, police officials said. Units respond in midtown/ Daily News | AUDIO Full Story »

A gunman held a Dutchess Co. principal hostage for 2 hours Tuesday, then surrendered peacefully, officials said. Cops identified the man as Christopher Craft, who has children that attend the school & a girlfriend who works there. Concerned mom outside the school/AP Full Story »

Tropical Storm Ida blew ashore with rain and gusty but weakening winds before dawn Tuesday as weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents rode out the rare late-season storm. Full Story »

A man who says he endured slashed tires and death threats just before he became rural South Harrison Township's first black mayor is stepping down. Full Story »

A referees' organization says it will not longer assign its members to semi-professional football games in the Rochester area because a player hit a ref in the face with his helmet. Full Story »

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

Authorities say a Seton Hall University men's basketball player was drunk when he caused a wrong-way crash on the Garden State Parkway. Full Story »

An advocacy group says thousands of New York City children have languished in foster care for years. Full Story »

Two separate tractor-trailer accidents have forced police to close one side of Interstate 691 in Meriden and limit traffic to the breakdown lane on the other side. Full Story »

Officials in a central New Jersey town plan to discuss forming a community relations task force after a fight broke out at a high school dance. Full Story »

John "Junior'' Gotti has decided he'll attend his trial after all. Full Story »

The famed Navajo Code Talkers, the elite Marine unit whose unbreakable code stymied the Japanese in World War II, fear their legacy will die with them. 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. Full Story »

Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and says his prognosis for a full life is encouraging. Full Story »

Defense attorneys have asked a judge to toss the case against the man accused of trying to blackmail David Letterman. Full Story »

A survey by the U.S. Department of Agriculture finds that New York state's wine industry has weathered the recession well. Full Story »

Politicians, residents and emergency responders are holding a rally at the Capitol today to call for immediate action on deteriorating bridges and roads. Full Story »