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LIRR officials Hempstead train probably derailed leaving Penn Station
In Huntington Station accident cleared on NY Rt-25(Jericho Tpk/Middle Cntry Rd/Main St) EB at Totten Ave In Huntington Station accident cleared on NY Rt-25(Jericho Tpk/Middle Cntry Rd/Main St) EB at Totten ...
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Quinn defends positions attacks NYC mayor rivals
Photo credit: AP | Christine Quinn is the first female New York City Council speaker and is considered a leading candidate to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the 2013 ...
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Kelly NSA Surveillance Program Shouldn’t Have Been Made Secret
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Monday that Americans deserved to know about the fact that the government has been collecting data on phone calls and Internet usage. "I don’t think it ever should have been made secret," Kelly said. He also said the National Security Agency needs to get better at safeguarding data. Former NSA contractor ...
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Man Faces Charges After Catching Alleged Vandals In The Act
NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — A New York man is facing charges in connection with his efforts to stop a group of boys who were allegedly vandalizing his father-in-law’s home while it was being renovated. The boys are accused of causing havoc in the home, near Rochester, but now the man who caught them could be in trouble. ';I’m not regretful, I just thought I was doing the ...
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Suspect Indicted In 1986 Murder Of Inwood Restauranteur
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A suspect was formally indicted Monday in the murder of an Upper Manhattan restaurant owner more than a quarter century ago. Justo Santos, 43, was indicted Monday ...
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Top Pitching Prospect Zack Wheeler Eager Excited To Make Major-League Debut
about to make his highly anticipated debut with the New York Mets , Zack Wheeler will rely on some advice he got from a minor league coach. Don’t look up. ';I know it’s going to be a big moment in my life,'; Wheeler said Monday, the day before he takes the mound against the first-place Atlanta Braves. ';There’s probably going to be some nerves.'; The ...
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Long Island Rail Road Train Disabled ‘Possibly Derailed’ Near Penn Station
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Long Island Rail Road train headed to Hempstead was left disabled, and might have derailed, early Monday evening at Penn Station. "At about 9 minutes after 6, we had a train leaving Penn Station become disabled - possibly derailed - as it was entering the East River tunnel," Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Marjorie Anders told WCBS ...
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New York University forcing me out China dissident
New York University was forcing him and his family to leave at the end of this month because of pressure from the Chinese government. The university denied Chen's allegations. Chen said in a statement that China's Communist Party had been applying "great, unrelenting pressure'' on NYU to ask him to leave, though he did not provide details or evidence to back his claim. ...
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Pineda making strides on rehab assignment
NEW YORK -- Right-hander Michael Pineda's next Minor League rehabilitation start will come on Thursday for Class A Advanced Tampa in Dunedin, Fla. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that the 24-year-old is expected to throw about 80 pitches in the outing against the Blue Jays' Florida State League affiliate, and Pineda's reports have been positive coming off right labrum ...
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Teixeira could be headed to disabled list
Email NEW YORK -- Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Monday that he is leaning toward placing first baseman Mark Teixeira on the 15-day disabled list, but a final decision has not yet been made. Cashman said on a conference call that he has been told Teixeira will not be available to play for at least seven days after having a cortisone injection to treat inflammation in his right ...
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Cashman not counting on Youkilis to return
Email NEW YORK -- Kevin Youkilis is on the 15-day disabled list for the second time this season with a back ailment, and Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that the team cannot count on his return. "Back issues usually don't get better," Cashman said on a conference call Monday. "They can, but they're very debilitating and hard to get a handle on. It's ...
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Cuomo legislative leaders talk casinos jobs
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New Yorkers could see huge, resort casinos upstate and an influx of new employers lured by the promise of tax-free operations for a decade under several deals in the works in ...
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New York City settles lawsuit over police pension benefits
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has settled a lawsuit in which the federal government accused it of improperly reducing retirement benefits for current and former police officers who served in the military after September 11, ...
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Chinese Pro-Life Dissident Chen Booted From New York University
Chinese pro-life activist Chen Guangcheng, who was released by Beijing's communist government a year ago and allowed to re-locate to the United States, is leaving New York University, and Chen claims the school is being pressured by China's regime to boot him out. ...
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Port Authority retirees get free tolls and parking -- for life judge rules
Port Authority retirees get to keep the lifetime perk of free tolls and parking, a Manhattan Supreme Court judge has ruled. The Port Authority sued in Manhattan Supreme Court last year after an arbitrator ruled that about a 100 former lieutenants should receive the benefits, equivalent to a $2,000 a year bump in their pensions if used daily. The PA's board had voted to pull the perk for all ...
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Woman sues Spin City actor over alleged dog attack
A poodle mix owned by an actor best known for the ‘90s sitcom "Spin City" viciously attacked an Upper East Side woman in Central Park, according to a new lawsuit. Alexander Chaplin, 42, who played the mayoral aide James Hobert in the Michael J. Fox TV show from 1996-2000, allegedly allowed his goldendoodle Freddy to "approach, menace and attack" Denise Shaw, 61, during ...
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Ex-prison guard I want Ronell Wilson to live
FBI Most Wanted The one-time federal prison guard from Long Island accused of conceiving a child with convicted cop killer Ronell Wilson told a federal judge Monday that she provided a paternity test to try to help him escape execution. "He's the father of my son, and I do want him to live," ex-guard Nancy Gonzalez, 29, of Huntington Station, told U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan ...
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Three Keys For Bruins In Game 3 Of Stanley Cup Final
BOSTON (CBS) — Though the Bruins lost a heartbreaker in Game 1 in triple overtime, they were able to rally in Game 2 to steal home ice from the Blackhawks before the series headed to Boston. While it was mission accomplished in that sense, both of these teams know the series is a long way from being decided. The winner of tonight’s Game 3, though, will be in the driver’s seat ...
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Campylobacter Blamed For Foodborne Illness Outbreak At Westchester Festival
VALHALLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Bacterial contamination was being blamed Monday for an outbreak of foodborne illness following the popular Burger & Beer Bash in Westchester County earlier this month. The county Health Department said Monday that the campylobacter bacterium was to blame for the outbreak at the June 6 outdoor food festival at the Kenisco Dam in Valhalla. The bacterium ...
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Friedman Michael Grabner Might Be Inconsistent But He’s Indispensable
One of the most intriguing aspects of hockey is that it's inherently unpredictable. It's what makes the game tick, what makes it breathe. Hockey is the type of sport that truly requires all hands on deck, that demands unsung heroics and Cinderella-esque performances. It's why the noise level in the crowd reaches a fever-pitch crescendo at the exact moment that the home team gets ...
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New York man facing criminal charges for stopping vandals
USA A New York man was arrested and charged for endangering the welfare of four children who allegedly broke into and vandalized his father-in-law's home, causing property damage in excess of $40,000 The man locked the children into a closet until police arrived, and claims he made no threats to hurt them. Jesse Daniels, a 53-year-old resident of Clyde, N.Y. is facing felony ...
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Critics Notebook Proven in Britain Two Comics Try to Take New York
Dylan Moran likes to start with a pang. In his last two stand-up shows, Mr Moran, an internationally popular comic who has been making a determined push into the American market, began with a greeting, then an anguished stammer, before mumbling the same sentence: ...
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Astors son 89 going to New York jail after losing mercy plea
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 89-year-old son of late New York socialite Brooke Astor on Monday lost a final plea that because of old age and illness he should avoid prison time for his conviction on charges he cheated his ailing mother before her ...
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Dance Review Breakin Convention Shows a New York Styles Diversity
New York may be the birthplace of hip-hop, but London has now become one of ...
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Man claims poisonings aboard United Airlines plane
United Airlines Flight 116 landed safely in Newark, N.J., Monday afternoon following claims by an unidentified passenger fellow travelers had been poisoned. The passenger was restrained after he became disruptive, saying all fellow travelers had been poisoned by the food served on the aircraft, a Boeing 777, CBS News reported. After landing the plane taxied to a remote area of the airport, ...
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New York's community gardens creating tension once more
Community gardening in New York is under threat again, but what are the ideas and opinions surrounding this ongoing battle between the people and the city?
Community gardening is a well-known term and idea in New York City thanks to the much-publicized opposition between former Mayor Giuliani and members of the New York City public, who brought a lawsuit to have the gardens protected. The issue was eventually resolved when Mayor Bloomberg replaced Giuliani and introduced the Garden Settlement of 2002. Read more
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