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  • Countrys most wanted deadbeat parent sentenced

    Associated Press - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    NEW YORK (AP) -- A Long Island man once dubbed by prosecutors as the country's most wanted deadbeat parent for owing more than $1.2 million in child support has been sentenced to two and a half years in ...

  • Schumer US needs storm app for tablets phones

    Associated Press - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is proposing a national application for smartphones, tablets and the Internet which would quickly update comprehensive storm warnings ...

  • Metro-North back on schedule after repairs

    Boston Globe - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    Commuter rail service from Connecticut to New York City, along with Amtrak service between Boston and New York, was back on schedule Wednesday morning on one of the nation’s oldest and most heavily traveled ...

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  • Court Rules Vacation Rental Site Illegal In New York

    NPR - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    In New York, a judge has dealt a setback to Airbnb, the popular website for short term apartment rentals. The judge ruled an Airbnb user violated a New York City law when he rented a room to a visitor from out of town. The judge's decision casts doubt on New Yorkers' ability to make use of the site ...

  • On Brink Of Elimination John Tortorella Has ‘Full Faith’ In The Rangers

    CBS 2 - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    Head coach John Tortorella of the New York Rangers walks off the ice after losing to the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty ...

  • NJ diner manager charged in plot freed on bail

    Associated Press - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- The manager of a New Jersey diner is free on bail six weeks after he was charged with plotting to kill the co-owner of the restaurant, his ...

  • City College brings back ROTC

    Associated Press - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    At a ceremony Tuesday, the chancellor of the City University of New York Matthew Goldstein said the ROTC program "reinforces the very ideals of our ...

  • New York Times accused of treating Latin political leaders differently

    The Guardian - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    New York Times has yet to carry. A petition, signed by 23 leading US academics, authors and film-makers, has been launched which urges the paper's "public editor" to examine the Times's inconsistent coverage of two Latin American countries.They argue that there are disparities between its largely negative reporting ...

  • Major League Soccer announces New York New York City Football Club

    WAM - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    WAM NEW YORK, May 22nd, 2013 (WAM): Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber announced today that a partnership of global sports powers, Manchester City Football Club and the New York Yankees, has acquired the League's 20th expansion club. The new team will be named New York City Football Club (NYCFC) and expects to begin play in 2015. "We proudly welcome two of the most ...

  • Kerry Kennedys trying time Drugged-drive rap stands

    New York Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    Kerry Kennedy must stand trial for drugged driving, a Westchester judge said yesterday in rejecting a bid by the former wife of Gov. Cuomo to dismiss the misdemeanor charge.North Castle Town Court Judge Elyse Lazansky set Oct. 8 for the next court date in the case of Kennedy, 53, who was allegedly under the influence of a sleeping pill when she swerved her Lexus into a tractor-trailer on I-684 ...

  • CUNY salutes ROTC return

    New York Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    After a nearly four-decade absence, the same army officer training program that launched the legendary career of Gen. Colin Powell is back at CUNY.Powell, a City College of New York alum and former Secretary of State, was on hand yesterday for the return of the Army Senior Reserve Officers Training Corps program - which disappeared from CUNY and most colleges amid the Vietnam War protests.ROTC ...

  • NYPD Stops of People of Color Wrong 90 Percent of the Time High Error Rate Judge Says

    AlterNet - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    On Monday, the major class-action lawsuit Floyd v. the City of New York challenging theNYPD's "stop-and-frisk" policy wrapped up aftermore than two months of testimony. Plaintiffs allege that the NYPD has routinely and systematically violated the 4th and 14th Amendment rights of New Yorkers stopped and sometimes frisked because of their race. "They laid siege to black and ...

  • Too close Shock as bullet blasts into girls window landing in her hair — shes fine

    New York Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    A 12 year-old girl got the scare of a lifetime Monday night, when a bullet went flying through her bedroom window and somehow landed in her hair without wounding her, cops said.The victim was in her bedroom around 9:00 p.m. when shots were fired near the Morningside Heights apartment on Seventh Avenue near Adam Clayton Boulevard, cops said.That’s when her sixth floor bedroom window was ...

  • Backpedaling Bike racks removed after Post’s queries

    New York Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    City workers swooped in Monday night and yanked out part of a bike-share rack blocking the front of a West Village co-op - just hours after The Post called the Department of Transportation over complaints that an ambulance crew had trouble getting to a 92-year-old resident in distress.A good 15 feet of the 80-foot kiosk - with slots for 31 Citi Bikes - was hauled away, opening up access from the ...

  • Weiner’s running for mayor leaked video bares bid

    New York Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    Anthony Weiner announced his campaign for mayor early this morning with - what else? - a leak.Shortly after midnight, the disgraced ex-congressman’s campaign accidentally posted online a 2-minute, 16-second video in which he throws his hat into the ring, lays out his platform - and even acknowledges the scandal that ended his days in DC."Look, I made some big mistakes and I know I let ...

  • Bill of Rights stuff

    New York Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    They’re making a new "case" for the Bill of Rights.The New York Public Library will put its original copy of the historic document on public display in 2017, thanks to a new state-of-the-art case that will protect it from decay, the library was set to announce today. In 1896 a donor gave the NYPL an original copy of the Bill of Rights, which consists of the first 10 amendments to ...

  • Diet pro Cut sugar lose 17 pounds fast

    New York Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    Now you can have your cake and eat it, too. Diet expert Jorge Cruise promises that you can eat pancakes, muffins and cakes in his new weight-loss book "The 100," as long as you substitute wheat flours with coconut and almond flours and flax meal. Losing up to 17 pounds in two weeks is easy as pie, Cruise claims, if you take in just 100 sugar calories per day - which one can calculate ...

  • Det. ‘hacked’ cop e-mails

    New York Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    A jealous NYPD detective paid thousands of dollars to get his fellow officers’ e-mail log-in information because he thought someone was sleeping with his baby mama, law-enforcement sources told The Post. Edwin Vargas, 42, shelled out more than $4,000 to a Los Angeles company to obtain information on 20 of his NYPD colleagues including his cop ex-girlfriend, the sources said yesterday.He ...

  • Jailer’s trial in ex’s slay

    New York Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    A correction officer shot his ex-girlfriend to death almost 13 years ago to dodge "child-support obligations," prosecutors said in opening statements at his murder trial in Queens yesterday. Christopher Clavell, 48, of Staten Island, is accused of killing Barbara Perez in August 2000 behind the Ridgewood gym where she worked. "The defendant complained about his financial woes and ...

  • $12M ‘artful tax dodger’ bust

    New York Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    An art dealer accused of peddling phony modern-art masterpieces painted herself into a corner when she hid at least $12.5 million she made from the sales, the feds charged yesterday.Glafira Rosales was busted by the IRS for allegedly filing false tax returns and failing to disclose an overseas account where she stashed most of the dough."The sale of a piece of art for profit is a taxable ...

  • Critter gets drivers’ goat

    New York Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    A renegade goat and a four-vehicle crash snarled traffic on New Jersey’s Pulaski Skyway yesterday.It took 90 minutes for emergency services to corral the goat as it ran along the four-lane bridge between Jersey City and Kearny Point, said Jersey City Police Capt. Edgar Martinez. While that was taking place, there was an accident involving four vehicles, he said. It wasn’t clear where ...

  • Bigots hit back Gay-bashings plague Village after march

    New York Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    A few hours earlier, Dan Contarino and another man went out for drinks at the Yuca Bar on Avenue A and then to the Boiler Room, a gay bar on East Fourth Street, where they drank shots and beer, police said. After a pizza stop ar around 11 p.m., they started up a conversation about homosexuality while walking back to a homeless shelter where they both were staying. That’s when the other man ...

  • Shock freedom for bribes plot at Rikers

    New York Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    A crooked Rikers guard offered to break into jail computers and advance the release dates of no fewer than five inmates - demanding to be paid in cocaine or cash, according to shocking testimony in a Manhattan bribery trial."The officer said he preferred drugs because he could make more money with drugs," inmate Rafael Montadoca told jurors of disgraced correction officer Robert ...

  • Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor

    Yahoo News - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    Anthony Weiner 's run for a renaissance is officially on. The ex-congressman whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago said in a YouTube video announcement late Tuesday that he's in the New York City mayoral race. He'd said last month he was considering it. "I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down, but I also learned some tough ...

  • Steady Kuroda up for rubber match with Os

    New York Yankees - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

    A model of consistency, Hiroki Kuroda has been the ultimate workhorse for the Yankees this season. The veteran right-hander has yet to allow more than three runs in any start this season and has posted a quality start in seven of his nine outings. Kuroda will look to keep that streak going as the Yankees and Orioles meet for Wednesday's rubber match in Baltimore. Baltimore, which snapped ...

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