2 Men Convicted In Death Of Officer Peter Figoski Get 25 Years To Life
Officer Peter Figoski was shot and killed as officers interrupted the robbery of a drug dealer in Brooklyn.
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Officer Peter Figoski was shot and killed as officers interrupted the robbery of a drug dealer in Brooklyn.
State lawmakers are poised to vote as early as Friday on a measure that would authorize Las Vegas-style resort casinos in three upstate areas.
Call it a sign of the times. Police officers with the 44th Precinct -- an area that includes the south Bronx and Yankee Stadium -- are turning to the Internet to help fight crime.
It was the second day of emotional testimony on Thursday for Kevin Brennan, the police sergeant who was shot in the head last year while responding to a call of shots fired in a Brooklyn housing complex.
As the race for New York City mayor has heated up, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's support for Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has cooled off.
"I do want to say to the people out there, the thing that got me about (Gandolfini) was he was such a humble guy," actor and writer Chazz Palminteri told WFAN host Mike Francesa on Thursday. "Just a humble, nice, really sweet man."
June 20 holds a special place in Miami Heat history. It's the anniversary of the team's first NBA Championship and could become the date when the Big Three hoist a second straight title
There was no let-up in the flight from stocks and bonds Thursday as the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 353 points Thursday and wiped out almost two months of gains.
Experience or youth? It's often the difference between winning and losing in sports and Game 7 will feature plenty of both for the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat.
Through heartbreaking losses and hair-raising victories, through Game 7s of the NBA Finals and Game 46s of the regular season, through contract extension after contract extension, what has defined these San Antonio Spurs more than anything else is the simple fact that they stick together.
The Miami Heat put together one of the best regular seasons in recent memory thanks in large part to a 27-game winning streak. But it also secured home-court advantage throughout the playoffs and that could be a deciding factor on where the Larry O'Brien trophy stays for the next year.
The city awarded McGraw-Hill a $10 million contract to collect, scan and send the Regents exams to graders electronically. But the system has been exceedingly slow, some teachers said.
When the Bruins shoot, they're aiming for Corey Crawford's glove side.
New York City Republican mayoral hopeful Joseph Lhota said that everything great that has happened over the past 20 years is quite fragile and he said this election is going to have consequences.
And then there was one. One game to decide the value of a year's worth of work trying to become NBA champion. For one team, it's one last shot at glory as the window is nearly closed on a historic run and for the other, immortality winning back-to-back championships.
