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ASPCA: Dog thrown from roof too dangerous to live

AP Features 8 days ago

Oreo was called a miracle dog when she was thrown off the roof of a six-story Brooklyn building this summer and survived. But nearly four months later, the 1-year-old brown-and-white pit bull mix growled and lunged at people gathered in a playroom ...

New York teen proven innocent by Facebook

AFP American Edition 8 days ago

A New York teenager narrowly avoided a 25-year jail term for armed robbery thanks to a Facebook status update he posted about pancakes, his lawyer told AFP Thursday. Rodney Bradford was held by police for 13 days, accused of breaking into a ...

Bear Stearns Trial

AP News 9 days ago

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2009 file photo, former Bear Stearns hedge fund manager Ralph Cioffi enters Brooklyn federal court in New York. A Brooklyn jury found Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin not guilty Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, on all counts ...

Orthodox Jews flock to SD, support leader on trial

AP News 9 days ago

Scores of Orthodox Jews travel to SD to support respected spiritual leader in bank fraud trial In the musty conference room of a South Dakota hotel, Sholom Rubashkin helps a disheveled man in a hooded sweat shirt wrap black bands around his ...

Metro Home Prices

AP News 10 days ago

In this Oct. 29, 2009 photo, a Brooklyn brownstone building is for sale by its owner in New York. A real estate group said Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, home prices fell in eight out of every 10 U.S. cities in the third ...

NYC Mayor

AP News 15 days ago

Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks during a press conference after greeting New Yorkers under the subway tracks in the Brooklyn borough of New York after winning a third term Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Copyright 2009 AP News

Detainees in NYC post-9/11 reach $1.26M settlement

AP News 17 days ago

$1.26M settlement reached for 5 immigrants detained in Brooklyn jail after Sept. 11 attacks Five immigrant men who were detained in roundups in New York and eventually deported following the Sept. 11 attacks have reached a $1.26 million settlement with the U.S. ...

U.S. settles suit with Muslims in post-9/11 abuse

Reuters US Online Report Top News 17 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government will pay $1.26 million to five Muslim men detained for months without charges after the September 11 attacks who sued for unlawful imprisonment and abuse, their lawyers said on Tuesday. The men claimed they suffered ...

Hawks Lakers Basketball

AP News 18 days ago

Soccer player David Beckham, left, watches the Los Angeles Lakers play the Atlanta Hawks, along with his son Brooklyn, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Copyright 2009 AP ...

Consumer Spending Drops Half Of A Percentage Point During Sept. Sales

Getty Images 21 days ago

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: A man walks by unused shopping carts outside of stores at a Brooklyn mall on October 30, 2009 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Following a report yesterday the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew ...

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