
Prized Bosnian cultural relic won't show in NYC
Officials in charge of Bosnia's national monuments said Wednesday they rejected an offer by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to exhibit one of ...

Short-handed Lakers beat Nets 92-83
Kobe Bryant would have liked to celebrate more, maybe gloat about that highlight-reel dunk, but there were bigger concerns. Dwight Howard couldn't ...
NY library book returned 55 years late, with $100
A long overdue book has finally been returned to the New York Public Library — 55 years late. The Daily News (http://nydn.us/UwbR9z ) says the ...

Feds: 18 charged in $200M global credit card fraud
Eighteen people have been charged in what may be one of the nation's largest credit card fraud rings, a sprawling international scam that duped credit ...
Fox cuts ties to commentator Dick Morris
Political commentator Dick Morris' prediction of a huge landslide for Mitt Romney didn't pan out. And now he's lost his job at Fox News Channel.

Exhibitions plumb artistic responses to disaster
Coke Wisdom O'Neal looked at the soggy, stained and discolored photographs strewn about his Brooklyn studio by the salty floodwaters of Superstorm ...

Feds: Killer of 2 NYC officers impregnated guard
A federal prison guard was charged Tuesday with having an illegal affair with an inmate convicted in one of New York's most notorious police killings, ...

US sues S&P over pre-crisis mortgage ratings
The Obama administration on Tuesday accused Standard & Poor's of refusing to warn investors that the housing market was collapsing in 2006 because it ...

World Peace suspended, Howard out for Lakers
Forward Metta World Peace has been suspended for one game because he hit Detroit's Brandon Knight in the face, and the Los Angeles Lakers also will ...

Broadway stars to help The Performing Arts Project
Broadway stars Nick Adams, Ashley Brown, Jessica Rush and Michael James Scott will lend their voices to a benefit production of Jason Robert Brown's ...
Critics seek to delay NYC sugary drinks size limit
Opponents are pressing to delay enforcement of the city's novel plan to crack down on supersized, sugary drinks, saying businesses shouldn't have to ...

Balotelli tops AP rankings after 1st Milan game
Back in Italy after a turbulent period in England, Mario Balotelli has been voted player of the week in the Associated Press global soccer rankings ...

Minn. shooting victim's son pushes for change
Sami Rahamim has committed statistics about gun deaths to memory, folding them into sentences that make his case. He talks like a lawyer, not a high ...

Chandler has 20 boards again, Knicks rout Pistons
The toughest part of Tyson Chandler's night was the postgame interview. The California native and San Francisco 49ers fan, who had just tied a ...
Rivera says Yankees will support Rodriguez
Sitting on a stage with their manager and GM during a fundraiser, Mariano Rivera and Mark Teixeira vowed to welcome Alex Rodriguez back to the New ...

Lawyers: NYPD's Muslim spying violates 1985 pact
Civil rights lawyers urged a judge Monday to stop the New York Police Department from routinely observing Muslims in restaurants, bookstores and ...

FBI investigating NYC woman's death in Istanbul
The FBI is playing a significant role in the investigation into the death of a New York City woman in Istanbul while on a solo vacation, a U.S.

Ed Koch's coffin exits to 'New York, New York'
Ed Koch couldn't have chosen a more appropriate final farewell to New York City. An organist played "New York, New York," the iconic ballad made ...

Snapshots of Sandy: Group restores victims' photos
Of all the images of Superstorm Sandy's destruction, the ones that linger for Florence Catania are the torn, stained pictures that hung on her walls.

Bill Clinton to speak at Ed Koch's funeral in NYC
Ed Koch is being remembered as the quintessential New Yorker — an admired but tough, colorful former mayor who will be honored at his funeral by ...

Sting, Rihanna, Mars, Clarkson to sing at Grammys
Sting, Rihanna and Bruno Mars will hit the stage for a special performance at next week's Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy announced Monday that ...

The Lumineers ride folk rock wave to Grammys
Even the members of The Lumineers are puzzled by the success of their song "Ho Hey" and their sudden rise to fame after years on the road. The song ...

SUPER BOWL WATCH: NFL awards, real fun to come
Around the Super Bowl and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: ...

Parcells, Sapp, Carter among 7 Hall inductees
Bill Parcells was a winner everywhere he coached. Time and time again, he took over struggling franchises and showed them what it takes to be a ...

Balanced Panthers knock off No. 6 Syracuse 65-55
Jim Boeheim spent two hours watching Pittsburgh's unusual 10-man rotation swarm No. 6 Syracuse into a flurry of missed shots, missed rebounds and ...