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A new breed of camp counselors deal with demanding parents.

The explosion sent flames shooting into surrounding apartments and spread devastation, prompting the evacuation of scores of Flushing residents.

When a notebook falls onto the subway tracks, a debate of whether to go down after it or ask for help.

City lawyers trying to force a group to turn over videotapes from the 2004 Republican National Convention claim that it may have copies of tapes possibly lost by the D.A.?s office.

Plans to build a $260 million wholesale merchandise mart cater-corner from the Air Train station in Jamaica were scuttled when the co-developer pulled out.

Three Queens lads, years away from their first driver's licenses, are gearing up to race their hand-built soap box cars Saturday in Akron, Ohio.

Two New York City firefighters reacted this week to deadly danger with the kind of selfless courage that surprised no one who knew them.

It was supposed to be the mother of all flea markets - but the Brooklyn Flea has turned into the mother of all gentrification battles.

A horrific explosion ripped through a Queens apartment building Friday just minutes after gas service was restored, blowing out walls and windows and injuring 17 people, residents and officials said.

Mir Sabiry had just finished having lunch with his sister's family when their living room walls blew apart.Friday's gas explosion had opened up a huge hole between their apartment, the one next-door and the one after that, 2P, where the blast occurred.

A high-living accountant used his daughter's college fund in an elaborate scheme to steal more than $1 million from his Long Island firm to bankroll his cocaine and gambling addiction, authorities said. Steven Rubenoff, 47, faces up to 9 years in...

Sean Connery's family nemesis - his neighbor "Dr. No" - was at it again yesterday. Dr. Burton Sultan called the cops on construction workers doing more renovations on the East 71st Street townhouse he shares with the James Bond portrayer's son...

Rescuers struggling to save a Brooklyn firefighter's unconscious son had no idea the father was still in Lake Tahoe's churning waters, a teen who helped lifeguards drag him out said yesterday. Martin Simmons ended up drowning Monday trying to save...

They could be twins. Thomas "TJ" Earle's wife had the moxie to step out yesterday in practically the same outfit worn by Ashley Dupre on a date with her husband. Alisa Earle, 36, emerged from the Earle home in Wall Township, NJ, for a day with...

Two people drowned and two were missing after being swept to sea by powerful ocean currents yesterday in three separate incidents at beaches in the city and Long Island, authorities said. At 7:30 p.m., two Brooklyn men who were enjoying the water...

Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte were on their way to join the Yankees after New York finalized a six-player trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.

Three cases of mushroom poisoning—one fatal—have prompted state health officials to warn against eating wild mushrooms.

All right tri-staters, it's time to put your creative juices to the test. Each day we'll select an image seen on CBS 2 News or WCBSTV.com and give you the chance to come up with a witty caption for it. The best responses will be posted below the picture here on WCBSTV.com! So get to it!

The long journey home for a fallen hero from Queens was nearing an end Friday night. The remains of Army Staff Sgt Alex Jimenez were returned to the United States, more than a year after he was captured by insurgents in Iraq.

A bad year on Wall Street may mean trouble for taxpayers too. Government officials are estimating that New York City's financial firms will slash pay and bonuses for their employees by $18 billion this year.

Catalytic converters off cars.

A Massapequa teen -- already on the lam for violating a restraining order his own mom had against him -- punched and grabbed a cop who tried to thwart another man's beer theft from a supermarket, Nassau police said Saturday.

The parents of Martin Simmons struggled to cope with the loss of their son, who drowned in Lake Tahoe on Monday as he tried to save his 10-year-old son, Kevin.

Ynez Brooks never felt comfortable with the idea of going to a sleep-away camp. The 12-year-old Mastic girl has kidney disease and takes four medications daily.

Long Beach drivers, take heed. This weekend, traffic violations could mean not only a ticket but also a spot on television, because "Speeders" is in town.

You almost have to feel sorry for John McCain. It can't be any fun running against a rock star.

A New Jersey couple are in a rip-roaring New York state of mind -- as in a possible lawsuit -- after they claimed they were roughed up and handcuffed by security guards during last Friday's Billy Joel concert at Shea Stadium.

The panel that charged former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's aides with breaking the law in a political scandal may investigate if Spitzer was behind a pattern of obstacles that delayed the initial probe.

A 10-year-old Staten Island boy says police hurt his arm by handcuffing him after he hit a school bus bully on the neck with a bean.

A former Haitian paramilitary leader who's been branded a ruthless killer by human rights groups was convicted Friday of helping hatch a mortgage fraud scheme that cheated lenders out of $1.7 million.

There's less than a year to go before a major bottleneck between New York City and the New Jersey shore gets alleviated. Transportation officials say reconstruction and expansion work on the Garden State Parkway's Driscoll Bridge is on schedule for completion in May 2009. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority estimates about 240,000 vehicles use the bridge to cross the Raritan River every day. Work ...

Firefighters are responding to a blaze behind the Work Out World at 781 Brick Boulevard. No further information was immediately available. Please visit this Web site for further updates.

State Police say a factory worker has been seriously injured after an explosion at a Hunterdon County plastics processing plant. State Police Sgt. Stephen Jones says seven workers were inside ICO Polymers in Bethlehem Township when a piece of machinery exploded at about 6 a.m. Saturday. Six were able to get out, but the remaining worker had serious burns on his arms and had to be airlifted to ...

The head of New Jersey's largest teachers union is answering questions about claims made in her official biography. The online biography for New Jersey Education Association President Joyce Powell used to say that she was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society in college, and also was a fellow at Rutgers University's Eagleton Institute of Politics. The 200,000-member union has now deleted ...

Linden detective Al Goncalves experienced a mixture of feelings Friday, including a lot of anger, when he saw the man who had shot him at point-blank range nearly 16 years ago. Goncalves, dressed in his blue police uniform, stared intently at Enrique Coropuna Huaman as the Peruvian national walked into the courtroom to be sentenced for attempting to kill the officer when he was a 28-year-old ...

Six months after Gov. Jon Corzine signed legislation banning the sale of water yo-yo balls, the state has started to crack down on merchants who continue to sell the toys.

A robbery suspect shot by a Lakewood homeowner last week has died, authorities said. Eric Tucker, 31, was pronounced dead Wednesday, five days after he was shot in the head, authorities said.

This boy's brother was shot before his eyes. In that flash, everything changed for his child. He lost his sense of humor. He lost his playfulness. Formerly outgoing, full of impish mischief, he now shies from other children, preferring to spend long hours alone with his dark thoughts.

Health Net Inc. has agreed to pay $215 million and make $40 million worth of improvements in its business practices to settle three class-action lawsuits that alleged the health insurer systematically underpaid 2 million customers in several states, including New Jersey.

At least 1,000 people nationwide died from overdosing on fentanyl created in illegal laboratories, according to a federal investigation that began after a cluster of the deaths was reported in New Jersey two years ago.

Authorities say surprise checks of nearly 50 construction cranes around New York City have uncovered no unlicensed operators.

A once-feared Haitian paramilitary leader has been convicted in a New York mortgage fraud scheme to cheat lenders out of $1.7 million. A Brooklyn jury found Emmanuel "Toto" Constant guilty on Friday of fraud and grand larceny.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told Minnesota independents Friday that he hasn't made up his mind between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, and might not until Election Day.

A 10-year-old Staten Island boy says police hurt his arm by handcuffing him after he hit a school bus bully on the neck with a bean.

Barbara Ann Teer, who founded the National Black Theater in Harlem, has died.  She was 71.

PASSAIC - Seven people were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, after a car rear-ended a jitney bus on Friday, police said.

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A Dumont fire official accused of misusing a borough gas card resigned Friday. Antonio "Tony" Spina resigned as assistant fire chief two days after returning from a 30-day suspension, though he continues to serve as a fire department member, said Borough Administrator John Perkins.

Several local non-profits, looking to attract younger volunteers and donors, are turning to social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace.

A Dumont fire official accused of misusing a borough gas card resigned Friday. Antonio "Tony" Spina resigned as assistant fire chief two days after returning from a 30-day suspension, though he continues to serve as a member of the Fire Department, said Borough Administrator John Perkins.