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Pa. man charged with badly beating woman at NY bar
NEW YORK (AP) -- A construction worker from Pennsylvania was charged Friday with brutally beating and attempting to rape a woman in a restroom at a New York City bar after she rejected his advances....
Examiner unveils Lehman accounting tricks
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An accounting gimmick called Repo 105 provided financial relief for Lehman Brothers in the months before its spectacular collapse, an autopsy of the once-venerable Wall Street house has found. The question now is whether the trickery spells legal jeopardy for executives of Lehman or its auditors Ernst & Young....
Tough choice ahead on settlement for 9/11 workers
NEW YORK (AP) -- In the years after the 9/11 terror attacks, 10,000 people who helped clear mountains of debris from Lower Manhattan filed lawsuits blaming New York City for failing to protect them from the toxic dust....
Middle-class NYC apartment complex sold at auction
NEW YORK (AP) -- The developer of a high profile middle-class Harlem apartment complex has lost ownership of the property after defaulting on the mortgage....
Letter bares mindset of mom charged in son's death
NEW YORK (AP) -- A mother accused of killing her autistic son in a botched murder-suicide attempt claimed in a newly released letter she wanted to spare the boy from predatory adults she believed had abused him....
NY DAs want US court to intervene in ex-cons case
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York prosecutors have asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency stay of a state court order ending parole-style supervision for scores of violent felons, saying it threatens public safety....
State audit knocks ex-NY official's estate work
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) -- A state audit accusing the former Niagara County treasurer of selling estate assets to acquaintances at bargain basement prices, keeping inadequate records and favoring certain appraisers and lawyers has been forwarded to local prosecutors....
Toyota engineer to assist probe of NY Prius crash
HARRISON, N.Y. (AP) -- Toyota has agreed to help with the investigation of a Prius accident in the New York suburbs, and a U.S. senator demanded Friday that the automaker disclose all its findings....
Toyota engineer to assist probe of NY Prius crash
HARRISON, N.Y. (AP) -- Police say Toyota is sending an engineer to help with the investigation of a suburban New York accident. The driver said her Prius accelerated on its own and slammed into a stone wall....
Poll: Monserrate trails in bid to win back seat
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A poll shows that a New York state senator trying to reclaim the seat he was expelled from last month is trailing by a large margin ahead of Tuesday's special election in Queens....
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