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The Christmas fire that killed five people in Stamford is a reminder to make sure your home is prepared.
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The Christmas fire that killed five people in Stamford is a reminder to make sure your home is prepared.
More than a dozen Muslim clerics and community figures skipped Mayor Michael Bloomberg's annual interfaith breakfast which is aimed at bringing people together.
A Long Island fire department is holding a blood drive in honor of a firefighter badly burned in a blaze in a Brooklyn brownstone.
Police said the suspect walked up behind the woman and grabbed her buttocks last Friday around 11:15 a.m. in Jamaica.
The noose was found on the 64th floor of the building, which is still under construction.
A New York City police officer apparently found himself on the wrong side of the law on a bus trip back from Philadelphia after the holiday weekend.
All three robberies occurred within hours of each other on Tuesday and are believed to have been carried out by the same man and woman who were wearing somewhat distinctive clothing.
The suspect followed a 47-year-old woman off a bus near 140 Avenue and Coombs Street on Dec. 24 around 6:40 p.m. and then sexually assaulted her, police said.
Work on a planned museum at the World Trade Center has ground to a halt because of a financial dispute, and there is now no possibility it will open on time next year, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
We're still counting down the top 11 Tri-State Area news stories of 2011 here at WCBS Newsradio 880 and, at number 2, we have something that doesn't usually accompany the ghosts and goblins of Halloween weekend.
The hawk died Thursday from heart-related complications following surgery to amputate her injured foot. Violet was believed to be around 5-years-old.
"For someone to sit there and set someone on fire...a 73-year old mother -- set on fire that's ridiculous. I mean what is this country coming to?" said Gillespie's son Everett.
The family of the victims who died in the tragic Christmas day fire in Stamford are reaching out to the countless strangers who have been sending their condolences.
It's a sight, many couldn't even imagine before -- late night dog walking, jogging in the dark and women and children alone after sundown, in Central Park.
When Kyle Agnew started vomiting green bile, his parents rushed him to the hospital, where X-rays revealed the shocking culprit.
