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U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 4, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- The New York Giants won Super Bowl XLII with a last-minute touchdown, upsetting the New England Patriots' hopes of becoming the first team since 1972 to complete a National Football League season undefeated. The Giants beat the Patriots 17-14 in Sunday ni.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Dec 3, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

CNN -- Drivers in the Northeast faced a treacherous commute Monday as a storm blamed for at least 11 deaths blanketed the region with snow, sleet and freezing rain after glazing roads in the Midwest. The National Weather Service said a foot of snow was possible.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 5, 2007 @ 11:15pm neoform

FOX News -- A man was being detained in New York for the death of a woman who was dragged for several miles under a minivan after trying to stop the driver from fleeing a collision, officials said Monday. Abdelaziz Bilal Hamze, 24, was detained on Delta flight 132.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jun 2, 2007 @ 11:51pm neoform

BBC News -- Four people have been charged in the US over a plot to bomb John F Kennedy airport in New York, US officials said. They include a former cargo worker and a former MP for the Caribbean nation of Guyana. One of the suspects is a fugitive, believed to be.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 10, 2007 @ 11:15pm neoform

FOX News -- New York's strippers may soon have a real license to thrill. State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, D-Brooklyn, proposed legislation Monday which would require the state's exotic dancers to obtain a permit to ply their trade or face a fine. The "Dance Perfo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 10, 2007 @ 7:41am neoform

Washington Post -- Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell is warning New York to stop, by the summer, sending private agents into Virginia to look for illegal gun sales, saying that the agents could face legal action. Because of a Virginia law that goes into effect in July.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 20, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

MSNBC -- Fewer flights will go in and out of New York City airports at the busiest times to try to ease chronic nationwide air travel delays, the government said Wednesday. To help holiday travelers, military airspace will be opened to commercial traffic on the.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 30, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

MSNBC -- Authorities at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport began rounding up wild cats and kittens on Monday as part of a plan to get rid of them, despite an outcry by animal rights groups. Professional animal handlers started to trap cats living.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Oct 5, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

USA Today -- A videotape of the airport arrest of a woman related to a New York City official shows her shouting and gesturing vehemently at police who appear to be trying to calm her. Carol Gotbaum, 45, died in custody shortly after her arrest Sept. 28 at Phoenix.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 4, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

USA Today -- When Carol Gotbaum landed in Phoenix — next-to-last stop on her quest for sobriety — she called her husband in New York, where they lived with their three young children. "I want to do this for us," she told him, according to family attorney Michae.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Sep 18, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

SF Gate -- Irene Banks, who was shopping at the Barneys New York outlet in Napa last weekend, is no stranger to the mystique of this store, whose small selection of fall items she was perusing. Whenever she visits Manhattan, she faithfully visits the Madison Avenue.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 29, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

CNN -- When Hurricane Katrina walloped New Orleans in late August 2005, Kate Schneiderman was in New York, 10 states and 1,100 miles away from the storm. Fifteen months later, she traded New York's streets for those submerged during what the Federal Emergency Ma.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 8, 2007 @ 1:00pm neoform

BBC News -- Torrential rain and heavy winds have caused havoc in the New York area, flooding subway and overground railway lines and delaying flights. Trees were uprooted, smashing into cars and blocking streets, roofs were torn off houses and power cuts reported... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 8, 2007 @ 12:59pm neoform

CNN -- Strong winds and heavy rainstorms wreaked havoc on the transit system in the Big Apple on Wednesday and delayed flights at two major airports in the region. Flash flooding warnings were briefly issued in New York City and surrounding areas after a strong.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 7, 2007 @ 1:01am neoform

FOX News -- Police were investigating the mysterious death of a 20-year-old woman whose badly decomposed body was found behind a locked door in a New York University apartment complex. The woman, whose name was not immediately released, was believed to be the daug.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 20, 2007 @ 11:26am neoform

USA Today -- An exploding steam pipe under a busy street in Midtown Manhattan this week dramatizes potentially dangerous decay in aging public works systems across the nation that will require tens of billions of dollars to fix. From New York to Atlanta, cities off.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 4:32am neoform

BBC News -- One person has been killed and at least 20 others injured when a steam pipe exploded underneath a street in central New York during the evening rush hour. The explosion in midtown Manhattan sent clouds of steam, mud and rocks into the air and forced th.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 4:26am neoform

USA Today -- —A steam pipe blew up near Grand Central Terminal on Monday and sent thousands of people running out of buildings in a panic that it was a terror attack. "The building started shaking. There was steam and smoke billowing out of the ground," said Bryan.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 4:26am neoform

Washington Post -- The Department of Homeland Security increased counterterrorism funding for Washington and New York City yesterday but warned that doling out more federal cash to the nation's largest urban areas would require the virtual elimination of aid to mid-size cit.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 3:13am neoform

CNN -- One person died and 26 were injured after a steam pipe burst in midtown Manhattan Wednesday, causing a transformer to explode and sending thick plumes of steam and ash into the air near Grand Central Terminal, New York officials said. The New York Fire De.. Read More