Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new government report details 87 shipwrecks - most sunk during World War II decades ago - that could pollute U.S. waters with tens of millions of gallons of oil....
NYPD to up presence after bias killing of gay man
NEW YORK (AP) -- A spate of hate-fueled attacks on gay men in New York, including a killing in the heart of one of its most gay-friendly neighborhoods, is stirring up anxiety, disbelief and outrage heading into what is usually a time of gay pride celebration....
Man wants pay for snakes seized in Miss. porn case
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A man serving 30 years after pleading guilty to enticing a teenager to pose for pornographic pictures with venomous snakes has filed a federal lawsuit seeking compensation for the loss of his reptiles....
Seamless and GrubHub to combine, no terms revealed
NEW YORK (AP) -- Rival online takeout services Seamless North America and GrubHub on Monday announced plans to combine and create a new company covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the U.S....
Questions linger in shooting of NY college student
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- As a family prepared for the funeral of a Hofstra University junior killed by a police officer's bullet during a standoff with an armed intruder, some on Monday questioned whether officers should have confronted the gunman or waited for help, including a hostage negotiating team....
NY cigarette tax probes called weak, sloppy
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Sting operations aimed at black market cigarettes in New York had such weak investigative protocols and financial controls that money went missing and prosecutions were dismissed, the state inspector general reported Monday....
Feds: NYU researchers took bribes from Chinese co.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Three New York University researchers from China divulged results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses, federal prosecutors said Monday....
NYC: No racial motivation in stop-frisk tactic
NEW YORK (AP) -- Police officers acted appropriately in carrying out the city's stop, question and frisk policy, and dozens of witnesses who claimed racial bias didn't prove their case, a lawyer for the city told a judge Monday....
NY town eyes limit on use of Plum Island
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough. But it now appears any prospective buyer won't be able to do much with Plum Island anyway....
As Lopez resigns, NY Assembly Dems plan reforms
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Assemblyman Vito Lopez's resignation Monday over sexual harassment claims against him derailed a public review that could have examined the role of powerful Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in the scandal and his continued leadership....
