Ex-Goldman exec seeks insider trading retrial
NEW YORK (AP) -- A lawyer for a former board member at Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Co. has told a federal appeals court that his client deserves a new trial....
4 falcon chicks living on NY-NJ bridge are banded
NEW YORK (AP) -- Four falcon chicks that live on the George Washington Bridge connecting Manhattan to New Jersey have gotten identifying bands around their legs....
Forklift operator escapes harm from NJ sinkhole
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Officials are trying to determine what caused the floor of a northern New Jersey warehouse to open up, swallowing a forklift and the man who was running it....
Protesters at capitol call to repeal NY gun law
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A few hundred people have gathered at New York's state capitol building in Albany to press for repeal of the state's tough new gun laws....
Another slow commute following train collision
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut commuters faced another morning of longer-than-normal delays on the highways leading to New York, as workers finished up repairs on the Metro-North railroad following last week's train collision near Bridgeport....
NY man sentenced for Atlantic City Boardwalk chase
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- A judge has sentenced a Staten Island, N.Y., man to three years in prison for leading police on a high-speed chase on the Atlantic City Boardwalk....
NJ Transit offers early getaway service
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Transit is offering early getaway service for the start of the Memorial Day holiday weekend....
Schumer: Over $240 million in security money to NY
NEW YORK (AP) -- More than $240 million in security grant money is coming to New York, an increase of almost $34 million from the previous fiscal year, Sen. Charles Schumer said Tuesday....
NY residents voting on school budgets
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- New York school districts are proposing an average tax levy increase of 2.8 percent in budgets being voted on, with all but a relative few staying within taxing limits set by the state to virtually assure passage....
