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Plans languish for overhaul of NYC's Penn Station

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:09:11 -0400

NEW YORK - The busiest passenger train station in the United States is a 1960s-era, utilitarian labyrinth in the basement of a basketball arena.

Nicole Richie gets candid in new AOL web series

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:22:17 -0400

NEW YORK - As the Twitterverse expands with millions of users, it can be hard to have a unique voice. Nicole Richie doesn't have that problem.

Correction: Kenya-Sandal Animals story

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:46:02 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya - In a story May 8 about artisans in Kenya who turn old sandals into art objects, The Associated Press included two paragraphs that closely paralleled the wording of an earlier story on the subject by the Voice of America. Inclusion of such material should have been attributed to VOA.

NY man gets prison after taping swimsuit models

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:20:41 -0400

RIVERHEAD, New York - A convicted sex offender who admitted secretly recording young women at a Long Island swimsuit fashion show has been sentenced to 1 ½ to 3 years in prison.