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• Sept. 11 memorial defends display of steel cross

  August 15, 2012 8:30 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers for the Sept. 11 memorial at the World Trade Center site say a judge should toss out a lawsuit by a national atheists group seeking to stop display of a cross-shaped steel beam found among trade center wreckage. The lawyers say in papers filed in... more »

• Atty's apt. put up as bail in NY prostitution case

  June 15, 2012 9:51 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - A suburban New York mother accused of running a high-end Manhattan escort service is hoping to make her recently reduced bond with her former lawyer's apartment as collateral. Prosecutors were given paperwork Friday outlining Anna Gristina's plan. If prosecutors and a judge OK it, she could... more »

• Jamaican drug lord faces sentencing in US case

  March 11, 2012 1:25 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors want the maximum 23-year prison term for a Jamaican drug lord who pleaded guilty to U.S. charges of drug and gun trafficking. Christopher Coke was wearing a wig as a disguise when he was captured in Jamaica in 2010. A bloody siege of his stronghold... more »

• Train ride ends with an extra passenger

  January 17, 2012 1:52 PM

  An expectant New Jersey couple took a train ride they will never forget, yesterday, when they headed to Manhattan for a routine doctor's appointment. Along the way, the pregnant mother began to feel what she though was false labor. Instead, it was the real thing. Train officials bypassed... more »

• CSU beats Manhattan in overtime

  November 23, 2011 3:04 AM

  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Wes Eikmeier scored six of his 23 points in overtime as Colorado State defeated Manhattan 91-86 Tuesday night in a consolation game of the NIT Season Tip-Off. Eikmeier made 11 of his 12 free-throw attempts. Dorian Green added 17 points for Colorado State (4-2). Michael... more »

• Al-Qaida sympathizer arrested in bomb plots investigation

  November 20, 2011 8:18 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg says an al-Qaida sympathizer who plotted to bomb police and post offices in New York City has been arrested. Bloomberg announced Sunday the arrest of 27-year-old Jose Pimentel on numerous charges. Pimentel was arrested Saturday. He is accused of having an... more »

• Cat's Colo.-NY saga piques interest in microchip

  September 16, 2011 4:58 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Intrigued pet owners are asking veterinarians about a microchip that linked a calico cat found in New York City to its family in Colorado after five years and more than 1,600 miles. Willow's owners had the chip implanted when she was a kitten. When she... more »

• President Obama to visit Ground Zero

  May 2, 2011 8:33 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama plans to visit New York City on Thursday to mark the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. The White House says Obama will visit ground zero, the site of al-Qaida's attack on the World Trade Center, and meet with the families of... more »

• Ship buried in 18th century unearthed in NYC

  July 15, 2010 8:51 AM

  Workers excavating at the World Trade Center site have unearthed the 32-foot-long hull of a ship likely buried in the 18th century. Archeologists say the vessel probably was used along with other debris to fill in land to extend lower Manhattan into the Hudson River. Archeologists Molly McDonald and... more »

• Ted Koppel's son found dead in NYC apartment

  June 1, 2010 8:28 AM

  Police say the 40-year-old son of former ABC anchor Ted Koppel has been found dead in a New York City apartment. Detective John Sweeney said Andrew Koppel was declared dead at around 1:30 a.m. Monday in a Washington Heights apartment in Manhattan. The cause of death has not yet... more »

• Google Earth tool will provide online WTC access

  May 26, 2010 10:21 AM

  Online visitors to the World Trade Center site will be able to explore the site with a click of the mouse thanks to a partnership between the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum and Google Earth. Museum officials said Wednesday that the 3-D model will help the public visualize... more »

• Colorado school vies to be energy waste-busting champ

  April 27, 2010 4:07 PM

  An elementary school in the Colorado mountains is taking on a Manhattan office building and others across the country in a national competition to become the biggest energy saver. Crystal River Elementary School in Carbondale, about 170 miles west of Denver, is one of 14 participants the Environmental Protection... more »

• NYC to expand its high-tech counterterror system

  October 5, 2009 6:27 PM

  A network of security cameras, license plate readers and weapons sensors designed to protect lower Manhattan from terrorist threats is now expanding to New York City's midtown area. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly say the city will extend the counterterrorism system into an area that includes Grand... more »