NY funeral for student accidentally shot by police
SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) -- Many young people are among the mourners attending the funeral of a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police....
Quinn leads NYC mayoral poll among Democrats
NEW YORK (AP) -- A new poll finds that City Council Speaker Christine Quinn leads candidates for the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor with 25 percent....
Country's most wanted deadbeat parent sentenced
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Long Island man once dubbed by prosecutors as the country's most wanted deadbeat parent for owing more than $1.2 million in child support has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison....
Most NY school district budgets OK'd by voters
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- New Yorkers have voted to pass 98 percent of proposed school budgets that contained tax increases within state-imposed limits....
NJ diner manager charged in plot freed on bail
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- The manager of a New Jersey diner is free on bail six weeks after he was charged with plotting to kill the co-owner of the restaurant, his uncle....
NY judge refuses to dismiss Kerry Kennedy case
ARMONK, N.Y. (AP) -- Kerry Kennedy, the ex-wife of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is likely to go on trial in the fall after a town judge refused to dismiss a drugged-driving case against her Tuesday....
Schumer: US needs storm app for tablets, phones
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is proposing a national application for smartphones, tablets and the Internet which would quickly update comprehensive storm warnings nationwide....
