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As the search continues for a little boy in Orange County who vanished from his apartment in Newburgh on Monday afternoon, the boyfriend of the boy's mother has been charged with reckless endangerment after allegedly not watching over the child when he went missing. Christina Bookal broke down Monday night after learning her 4-year-old son, Marc Anthony, had disappeared.

Authorities say an ambulance rushing a patient to a hospital has struck and killed a pedestrian in Brooklyn. Police Detective Marc Nell said the Emergency Medical Services vehicle hit the woman about 6 a.m. Tuesday on the Bay Parkway.

Police in Queens have released a photo of a suspect accused of exposing himself on a subway train. Investigators say the man exposed himself to an 18-year-old girl early one morning eight days ago when he got on a Queens-bound G train at the Woodhaven Boulevard station. The victim on the nearly empty train managed to take the photo and then gave it to investigators.

The government and the window covering industry on Tuesday recalled more than 50 million Roman-style shades and roll-up blinds because of the risk children may be strangled by the cords.

Just about everyone is mad at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority this morning over its latest cash crunch. Demonstrations are behind held all over the city Tuesday to protest the latest round of service cuts that even MTA officials calls "painful." More than 525,000 students in New York City ride MTA buses for free to get to and from school. Now the agency wants students to begin paying ...

The Newburgh City Police Department is searching for missing 4-year-old Mark A. Bookal. The little boy was last seen at home by a caretaker around 1 p.m. on Monday, but a short time later the front door of the home was found open and the child has not been seen since. He was last seen wearing a red long-sleeve shirt, white Nike Uptown sneakers and gray Rokaware sweatpants.

The holidays can bring out the best in a lot of people, but this time of year can also bring out the worst in some others. From charity scams and shopping fraud to phony Christmas cards phishing for your personal information, CBS 2 has a heads up on some of the biggest scams of the season.

Johan Hedberg was so busy during the game, he deserved the break he got in the shootout. Hedberg made a career-best 46 saves and then was perfect in two shootout rounds to lift the Atlanta Thrashers to a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday night.

If you think you're commute is bad now, it could be getting much worse. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has unveiled its latest service cuts -- to plug a $400 million budget gap. Some subway lines would be stopped in their tracks. More than 20 bus lines will be off their routes. Free passes for students and rides for the disabled will become a thing of the past. By Monday evening's ...

There's a controversial new video ad on the Internet aimed at curbing people's cravings for sugary soft drinks. The message has been presented in perhaps the most "tasteless" way possible. It's the latest skinny on those high-calorie, sugary sweet soft drinks.

The festival of lights, marred by images of hate. A menorah lighting in Fairfield, Conn., was disrupted by three masked men yelling obscenities and holding neo-Nazi flags. Police are trying to determine if they broke any laws. On Sherman Green in Fairfield, a menorah lighting brought out around 20 people in the rain, and also brought out three men to protest with Nazi flags. Now the question ...

Tanya Worthy was 35, beautiful, and, her family thought, when CBS 2 HD talked at the time of her murder a year ago, a success. She was someone, they thought, who was able to reinvent herself after the accidental death of her husband, a state trooper. She used the insurance money to start her own business and then settled into a luxury home in Somerset County. But as Union County prosecutors ...

With the rough economy many families are cutting back on those long holiday gift lists from their children. CBS 2 HD found out how parents are dealing and got expert advice from the man in red.

With skyrocketing foreclosure rates across the nation, homeowners have felt powerless to stop big banks from taking over. Many are turning to bankruptcy to try to save their homes, and those dreaded legal proceedings are leading to free homes for some.

Just in time for the holidays – there are new regulations that will restrict fees and expiration dates on gift cards. But the rules don't actually go into place until next year, so here's what you need to know if you're planning on buying – or have bought – a gift card for someone.

Ever since Prozac hit the US market in the 1980s, prescriptions for all types of antidepressants have been steadily rising. Now, the drugs' safety is being called into question. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly 15 million Americans suffer from depression, so it's no surprise that anti-depressants are among the most commonly prescribed drugs. Now, a new study is ...

Police have made an arrest in the murder of a Jersey City mother. Investigators say the 27-year-old woman was stabbed to death inside her apartment, and her nine-month-old son was critically injured, during a robbery last Tuesday. As he held a cross in his hands, Ivan Reyes and his family wanted to see the picture of the man charged with murdering his wife and brutally stabbing his nine-month ...

They're one of the most common and trusted medical tests of our time, but there are two new studies that are raising concerns about the safety of CT scans. Every day nearly 20,000 CT scans are performed in the U.S. Although the radiation exposure of each scan is usually low, often multiple scans can be required in a short period of time. Now, new research is showing that this radiation exposure ...

Classes resumed Monday morning at a central New Jersey high school said to be the target of an alleged Columbine-style plot. School officials at Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School were trying to reassure worried parents and said they've taken several steps to ensure that students there will be safe.