Huntington Teen Tells Of Alaska Bear Attack Horror, Heroism
Sam Melman landed at LaGuardia Airport Wednesday before heading home. He was one of seven wilderness survival students who survived the attack in the Talkeetna Mountains on Saturday night.
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Sam Melman landed at LaGuardia Airport Wednesday before heading home. He was one of seven wilderness survival students who survived the attack in the Talkeetna Mountains on Saturday night.
Attorney Kenneth Thompson said Wednesday that the meeting went well, and focused on tapes of two conversations his client had with an incarcerated friend shortly after Strauss-Kahn's arrest.
New York City could be increasing its investment in animals shelters by nearly $10 million over the next three years if a new plan is approved by City Council.
Of the more than 5,200 teachers who received decisions this year, 58 percent were granted tenure, down from 89 percent last year and 94 percent the year before that.
Water erupted from the ground of a 108-year-old, 36-inch water main at Jerome Avenue near the intersection of 177th Street, flooding the Avenue as far as 174th Street. The surging water rose up to the doors of several parked cars and buckled some roads.
A former boxer says he's been sucker-punched by the Transportation Security Administration. He was born with one hand, which didn't stop him from fighting in the Golden Gloves, but the TSA says he's not qualified for a job as a security screener.
A dash of doubt was added Wednesday to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's assault on salt. He's made it one of the calling cards of his administration. But now a new study is taking the idea of cutting sodium with a grain of salt.
State-wide, New York is poised to lose 112 post offices. New Jersey is set to lose 50; Connecticut will lose 15. Some 3,600 post offices are expected to be shuttered across the country.
Authorities said the suspect dragged the victim into an alley, punched her repeatedly and sexually assaulted her Tuesday morning in Woodhaven.
A mountain lion killed in Connecticut last month is now confirmed to have crossed half a continent before arriving in upscale Fairfield County.
Many New Yorkers said the grades have helped them make choices on which restaurants to frequent, but some would rather make their own choices.
Long Island Rep. Peter King says Wednesday's hearing, the third of its kind, is focused on an organization which has been recruiting American citizens of Somali descent in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
Parents say the park's new $1.5 million playground is surrounded by hundreds of rat holes. They say rats even get into the children's sandbox.
Continental Airlines canceled 24 flights Wednesday, most of them out of Newark Liberty International Airport, due to "crew availability'' problems.
A lawyer for some 9/11 family members says Eric Holder has agreed to meet with them on Aug. 24 regarding the FBI inquiry into the allegations surrounding Rupert Murdoch's media empire.
