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Ex-probers: US ignored 96 TWA missile hit

Jun 20, 2013 7:45 am

Six former investigators of the crash of TWA Flight 800 say they have new evidence that the jumbo jet was brought down by an external explosion off Long Island and are demanding that the 17-year-old ...

You bet your Astor hes guilty, jurors say

Jun 20, 2013 7:45 am

Toss the swindler in the clink! Anthony Marshall jurors who have been accused by a fellow panelist of using dubious reasoning and falling sway to their emotions in convicting Brooke Astors son of a mu...

Grieving for head of family

Jun 20, 2013 7:45 am

Tributes to the late James Gandolfini poured in from his Sopranos castmates and Hollywood stars as they learned of his sudden death in Italy yesterday. The guy was like a brother to me. He was a grea...

Saving a seat for NJs local hero

Jun 20, 2013 7:45 am

The owner of the New Jersey ice- cream parlor where James Gandolfini filmed the unforgettable final scene of The Sopranos paid a touching tribute to the actor last night. Holstens proprietor, Chris Ca...

Hos, pimps pumped by acquittals

Jun 20, 2013 7:40 am

The hos got action. Cheered on by loyal hookers, father-and-son pimps Vincent George Sr. and Jr. were acquitted of the top sex-trafficking charges yesterday, with a Manhattan judge apparently swayed ...

Rxxx at Duane Reade

Jun 20, 2013 7:37 am

A Lebanese fashion editor in Manhattan on business was sexually assaulted by a Duane Reade pharmacist claiming to give her a breast exam, according to a new $40 million lawsuit. Hayat Ammouri, of Beir...

Monster teach

Jun 20, 2013 7:36 am

A Bronx special-education teacher raped a 10-year-old student in a school parking lot after convincing her parents he was escorting her to a fictitious event where she was to receive an award, cops s...

Last act for tony soprano

Jun 20, 2013 7:36 am

James Gandolfini, the Hollywood heavyweight who won multiple Emmy Awards for his role as mob boss Tony Soprano in the smash HBO series The Sopranos, died of a heart attack yesterday. He was 51. Gando...

What a catch by Torre kid!

Jun 20, 2013 7:28 am

The Yankees should play her in left field! Joe Torres daughter made an amazing catch yesterday when she fielded a baby who fell from a storefront awning in Brooklyn, officials and witnesses said. Cris...

Shot cop: I felt thugs slug hit me

Jun 20, 2013 7:27 am

Already hailed as a hero for his actions in the field, a Brooklyn cop bravely described during courtroom testimony yesterday the chilling surveillance video depicting a coldblooded gang-banger shootin...

Local News from The NY Times

The Revenge of Magic Mike

Jun 13, 2013 5:00 am

Hell hath no fury like a billionaire scorned. Just look at what a certain mayor has planned for four senators who voted against his gun bill.

The Meanest Season

Jun 4, 2013 5:00 am

Buggy, muggy and way too long, summer has arrived, and I?m ready for it to go.

Techs and the City

Jun 2, 2013 5:00 am

Why high-tech ?solutions? can?t solve many of our most pressing urban problems.

A Streetcorner Serenade for the Public Plaza

Jun 2, 2013 5:00 am

Nationwide, urban pedestrian zones — “parklets,” plazas and public spaces — are growing in popularity, as city dwellers seek alternatives to suburbs and cars.

The Politics of Free Food

Jun 1, 2013 5:00 am

Virginia is for lovers of no-cost catering. Just look at the news from its very interesting off-year election.

?Subway Ballet?

May 29, 2013 5:00 am

Young men perform daring aerial dances in a crowded New York City subway car.

Next to You on the Subway

May 28, 2013 5:00 am

A study of air in the public transit labyrinth below New York City found multitudes of invisible critters but no cause for alarm.

A Shortage of Child Support, but a Surplus of Blame

May 26, 2013 5:00 am

A long-running math miscalculation on what a father owes leads the Haggler to the New York City Office of Child Support Enforcement.

Can a Tree Grow in the Bronx?

May 25, 2013 5:00 am

A Neighborhood Parks Alliance is one simple way for more New Yorkers to have decent open space, so that every family, in every community, can make a life in the city.

?Ode to Bike Sharing?

May 23, 2013 5:00 am

In this animation, a New Yorker looks forward to the city?s bike-share program and reminisces about riding his bike when the city was very different.

Headlines for Long Island from Newsday.com

Salvation Army offers aid to LIers who've lost jobs

Jul 23, 2009 2:33 am

The Salvation Army is offering emergency financial aid over the next four weeks to Long Islanders who have lost jobs since September. The grants - which are being funded by local Wal-Mart and Target d...

MTA eyes policy barring passengers from engineer's cab

Jul 23, 2009 2:33 am

The president of the Long Island Rail Road is taking steps to reinforce regulations barring unauthorized people from riding in a train engineer's cab, following allegations that a LIRR conductor allow...

As weather warms, LIers decry state parks cutbacks

Jul 23, 2009 2:33 am

Since he was a baby, Ed Kelley has spent most summer weekends at the West End 2 area of Jones Beach. Until this year.

Local businesses decry coming minimum wage increase

Jul 23, 2009 1:33 am

For the past two weeks, more than 50 companies that use Advantage Payroll Services in Freeport have been calling to "show their displeasure" about the federal minimum wage, which rises 70 ce...

LI man charged with aiding al-Qaida

Jul 23, 2009 1:03 am

Bryant Neal Vinas, who grew up in Patchogue, helped attack a U.S. base and funneled information on the LIRR and subway to al-Qaida.

South Shore Press apologizes for Photoshopped pic

Jul 22, 2009 11:13 pm

Editors of a Suffolk weekly newspaper, the South Shore Press, said they were just trying to be "bipartisan."