Lawsuit challenges NYPD's anti-theft sting tactics
NEW YORK (AP) -- A lawsuit in Brooklyn is challenging the New York Police Department's anti-crime tactic of leaving wallets, cash and bags in plain sight to tempt thieves....
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 grieving 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 police should have waited for help, including a hostage negotiating team....
Thousands march in NY to protest gay man's killing
NEW YORK (AP) -- Thousands marched the streets of Manhattan Monday to protest the killing of a gay man allegedly taunted with homophobic slurs - the most recent in a spate of bias attacks stirring up anxiety, disbelief and outrage in a famously gay-friendly neighborhood....
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....
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....
Judge says NY rafter can resume trips with a bond
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A whitewater rafting company forced to halt tours after a customer drowned last year can resume guided trips in the Adirondacks with some restrictions, a judge ruled....
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....
Prince Harry ends US visit with Conn. polo match
GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) -- Britain's Prince Harry helped lead a polo team to victory in a charity match before a society crowd Wednesday in Greenwich, wrapping up a weeklong visit to the United States in which he also toured areas devastated by Superstorm Sandy and avoided the kind of salacious headlines stirred by his last American tour....
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....
