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Year after Irene, New Yorkers ponder sea barriers
Two years before Hurricane Irene created the prospect of a flooding nightmare in New York City, 100 scientists and engineers met to sketch out a bold ...
Lennon's killer denied parole for 7th time in NY
John Lennon's killer was denied release from prison in his seventh appearance before a parole board, New York corrections officials said Thursday.
Review: Shannon rides away with 'Premium Rush'
Let's just be glad Smell-O-Vision never caught on. Thankfully, the musky odor of sweaty bike messengers doesn't emanate from "Premium Rush," an ...
Plenty of (sleep-away) drama in the Catskills
It's a glorious late summer day in the Catskills Mountains, perfect for a nice dip in the water. But the large, inviting swimming pool at one ...
New Yorkers organize interim World Cup soccer
In a field in Harlem, emotions run high as the U.S. soccer team battles to defeat Angola and move on to the World Cup quarterfinals. In a penalty ...
Jeter brushes off Bayless' HGH insinuation
Derek Jeter brushed off comments by ESPN analyst Skip Bayless, who raised the possibility the star shortstop may have revived his career by taking ...
Sale fans 13 as Chisox sweep Yankees
Chris Sale's pitches were giving the New York Yankees fits from the outset. Even his catcher was surprised by the way the ball was moving. "I'll call ...
Mets' Santana not expected to pitch again in 2012
Johan Santana is done for the year, and to say he had an up-and-down season would be an understatement of Cy Young proportions. Explaining that their ...
Airbuses suffer cockpit power failure, await fixes
As United Flight 731 climbed out of Newark with 107 people aboard, the pilot and first officer were startled to find screens that display crucial ...
US Open umpire charged with husband's murder
As an umpire for decades on some of tennis's biggest stages, Lois Goodman mixed it up with John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova, Roger Federer and the ...
Romney raising cash from traditionally Dem cities
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who is out-fundraising President Barack Obama by impressive margins, is attracting thousands of donors ...
Clemens hopes to have fun in return to baseball
Hours after Roger Clemens agreed to join the Sugar Land Skeeters, he was back on the field playing in an over-50 softball league. And the ...
Romney opening up _ a little _ about his religion
Mitt Romney is starting to open up a bit more about his lifelong commitment to Mormonism and his lay leadership in the church, following pleas from ...
NYPD: Muslim spying led to no leads, terror cases
In more than six years of spying on Muslim neighborhoods, eavesdropping on conversations and cataloguing mosques, the New York Police Department's ...
Roger Clemens returning to baseball
When Roger Clemens pitches Saturday night for the Sugar Land Skeeters it will be the first time the 50-year-old has taken the mound in almost five ...
Israeli clowns pioneer new medical treatments
Doctors in Israel are beginning to believe in the power of clowning around. Over the last few years, Israeli clowns have been popping into hospital ...
Chris Brown, Drake sued again over NYC club brawl
A model who was injured during a bottle-throwing nightclub brawl between Chris Brown and Drake sued both singers and the owners of the New York City ...
Calif. fund founder convicted of insider trading
A San Francisco hedge fund founder was convicted of insider trading charges Monday by a jury that rejected his claims that he was careful never to ...
Suzuki, Kuroda lead Yankees past Red Sox 4-1
With two home runs already, Ichiro Suzuki was thinking about No. 3. He took a huge hack in the eighth inning and fouled the pitch straight back.
Cabrera associate attempted to fabricate defense
An associate of San Francisco Giants All-Star Melky Cabrera purchased a website and attempted to create evidence to support a claim that the ...
NY regulator has friends, foes after bank deal
New York financial regulator Benjamin Lawsky, an Ivy League ex-prosecutor and top lieutenant to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, shook a record $340 million ...
Curacao, Conn., Mexico avoid elimination at LLWS
Kevin Oricoli finally has bragging rights over his big brother. Not many 12-year-old boys can say they hit a two-run single at the Little League World ...
For suburbs of NYC, challenge is to lure tourists
The Empire State Building casts a long shadow. Suburbs in the metropolitan area are stepping up efforts to attract tourist dollars, but they have to ...
Yankees' Teixeira out 2nd day with sore left wrist
Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira was out of the starting lineup against the Boston Red Sox for the second straight day because of a sore left wrist ...