Cellular Companies, FCC Crack Down On Cellphone Thefts
Sen. Charles Schumer said cellular carriers will be able to permanently disable a phone once it has been reported stolen using a database of unique identification numbers.
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Sen. Charles Schumer said cellular carriers will be able to permanently disable a phone once it has been reported stolen using a database of unique identification numbers.
A woman walked into the store, picked up a white Bichon Frise puppy that was in an open pen, put it in her purse and took off, police said.
A century after the Titanic sank, the legacy of the ship's wealthiest and most famous passenger lives on quietly at the luxury hotel he built in New York City.
Several major brush fires continued to burn Monday night in the Tri-State Area. Among the most serious is a fire in Suffolk County, where officials spent the evening coordinating efforts with state authorities and the National Guard.
A well dressed and dangerous sexual predator is on the prowl, according to police. The unidentified man is being called the "Well Dressed Groper", he has been roaming the city's streets and subways, touching women, and then running away.
The fire that gutted 50 acres in and around the old Tamarac Lodge Resort was still producing dangerous embers on Monday, the result of an illegal open fire set over the weekend during our a dangerous drought.
A new survey found that a third of women would lower their IQ if it meant that the size of their breasts would increase.
Fellow officers cheered as Det. Kenneth Ayala was released from Lutheran Medical Center. Officers said it was Ayala who saved their lives Saturday night when authorities said 33-year-old Nakwon Foxworth opened fire.
Because of Mike Novak, his street in Sunnyside is a bit safer. On Sunday morning at around 5:45, as his wife, a nurse, was about to leave for work, Novak, who was in bed, heard commotion outside.
Gristina's lawyers argued that her bond was unjust and too high, adding that her family was unable to afford it. Prosecutors, however, believe that Gristina has the money and the means to flee.
With their first playoff game this Thursday at Madison Square Garden, the New York Rangers invited their fans to participate in a tradition and "Grow One for the Team" at their 2012 beard-a-thon.
Out of 510 applicants, only 126 children were chosen for the first kindergarten and 1st grade classes at the College Prep charter school in Morrisania, which will be operated by the Children's Aid Society.
New York City must release a consultant's review of the city's 911 system and emergency response times that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration has been fighting to keep private, a civil court judge decided Monday.
Parks officials say that will protect children and others from the dangers of secondhand smoke and reduce litter from discarded cigarettes.
"I was liberated on May 5th, 1945, but it's not easy. It's not easy to talk about it," said Thea Rumstein, who was in a death camp in Austria and was 15-years-old.
