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Fearless Jacq wins Belmont's Miss Otis Stakes

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:24:04 -0400

NEW YORK - Fearless Jacq drew off to a 2¾ length win over Fab Flowers over a rain-soften turf course Sunday in the $85,000 Miss Otis Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Belmont Park.

NY judge tosses indictment of officer in shooting

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:06 -0400

NEW YORK - A judge on Wednesday threw out manslaughter charges against a New York Police Department officer accused of killing an unarmed man at his home as his grandmother stood nearby in a ruling that prompted a courtroom outburst by the victim's mother and a vow by prosecutors to still pursue the case.

NY judge tosses indictment of officer in shooting

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:29:10 -0400

NEW YORK - A judge on Wednesday threw out manslaughter charges against a New York Police Department officer accused of killing an unarmed Bronx man during a foot pursuit in a ruling that prompted a courtroom outburst by the victim's mother and a vow by prosecutors to still pursue the case.

Fed probe in NY legislature raises race question

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:33:25 -0400

ALBANY, New York - It's a glaring aspect of the most talked about issue in Albany's burgeoning public corruption investigation that few are willing to raise publicly: Is the federal corruption sting rocking New York politics singling out black and Latino politicians? Experts and many lawmakers acknowledge it may appear that way but it's not the case.

Lawmakers go undercover in NY corruption probe

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:12:36 -0400

ALBANY, New York - New York lawmakers are eyeing each carefully, watching every word they say and making only half-joking suggestions that they should start every meeting with a mutual pat-down.

2 suspects charged in Bronx teen's killing

Tue, 07 May 2013 06:28:01 -0400

NEW YORK - Two men have been charged in the shooting of a Bronx teenager whose death Mayor Michael Bloomberg singled out in his campaign against illegal guns.

32 NY officials snared for corruption in 7 years

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:31:27 -0400

ALBANY, New York - With the arrest Monday of another former state Senate majority leader, Albany has seen 32 state level officials snared in corruption cases in the past seven years.

$13M cricket complex opens in the Bronx

Mon, 06 May 2013 07:02:04 -0400

NEW YORK - Baseball is not the only game in the Bronx.

Sotomayor speaks at NYC literature festival

Mon, 06 May 2013 01:10:09 -0400

NEW YORK - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has said she wants to be called just "Sonia from the Bronx."

NYC cigarette tax fight hampered by low fines

Sun, 05 May 2013 10:51:19 -0400

NEW YORK - High taxes have emerged as the No. 1 weapon in the war on smoking. The more cigarettes cost, research has shown, the fewer people buy them. That is one of the reasons six states are considering proposals to hike tobacco taxes.

Feds: Disgraced NY senator recorded colleagues

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:08:04 -0400

NEW YORK - For the second time in two months, federal prosecutors have revealed that a New York state lawmaker snared in a criminal probe tried to earn lenient treatment by secretly recording other elected officials for the FBI.

4-alarm fire in the Bronx under control

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:03:24 -0400

NEW YORK - A smoky 4-alarm fire in the Bronx that could be seen for miles has been brought under control.

Fire kills 84-year-old Bronx woman

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:45:39 -0400

NEW YORK - Authorities say a residential fire has killed an 84-year-old Bronx woman and seriously injured her son.

Police probe death of 3-year-old in Bronx

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:59:48 -0400

NEW YORK - Police are investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl in the Bronx.

Undercover video released of Bronx abortion clinic

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:37:30 -0400

NEW YORK - An anti-abortion group has released a video of undercover visits to a New York City abortion clinic.

NY replaces Sandy-wrecked park, beach equipment

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:37:32 -0400

NEW YORK - Six months after Superstorm Sandy ravaged New York, the city's parks and beaches have still not fully recovered.

'Amphibian Academy' at Toledo Zoo sees creatures as...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:55:06 -0400

TOLEDO, Ohio - Amphibians play an important function in our food chain and in the balance of nature. In the world of biology, they're a sentinel of ecological health -- signs of when things are amiss.

Celebs join project for giant NYC skating center

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:28:51 -0400

NEW YORK - An empty armory is set to become what's being billed as the world's largest indoor ice skating center, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday in his latest bid to expand the Big Apple's claim on superlatives.

Alumni ask Bronx school to probe sex abuse claims

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:36:14 -0400

NEW YORK - A group of Horace Mann alumni who say they were sexually abused while students there are calling on the elite New York City school to appoint an independent investigator.