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Review in a Hurry: A rich student attending the James Dean School of Brooding falls for a shaggy girl from the other side of the tracks .

The pilot of a US Airways jet reported a bird strike and an engine problem shortly after takeoff from an upstate New York airport Thursday, forcing the plane to turn back and make an emergency landing, officials said.

Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler have revealed how much they loved working together on new rom com The Bounty Hunter at the film's London premiere.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday he has recused himself and appointed an independent counsel to probe whether Gov.

Libya's Ambassador to the United Nations Ibrahim Aldredi speaks during a news conference, Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Geneva, Switzerland.

A New York congressman resigns amid accusations he sexually harassed his male employees during tickle fights.

David Loglisci, the former Chief Investment Officer at the Office of the New York State Comptroller, who was indicted last year along with co-defendant Henry "Hank" Morris, pled guilty to a Martin Act felony for his role in the corruption of the New York State Common Retirement Fund and will cooperate in the ongoing investigation.

The FBI arrested a reputed U.S. mobster Wednesday on charges he provided protection for a Sicilian counterpart mapping out criminal turf in Florida - part of an international sweep aimed at further crippling the storied Gambino organized crime family and disrupting its ties to the Italian mob.

Former Gov. George Pataki, perhaps the most popular Republican in New York, is endorsing Rick Lazio in his GOP bid for governor this year.

Police in New York have reminded members of the public that figures soon to be gazing down from buildings in the city are an artist's body casts - not people in distress.

A new poll shows the percentage of New York voters who say scandal-plagued Gov. David Paterson should serve out his term has edged upward.

New York City has an official condom. This winning logo will grace the cover of 6 million condoms distributed in the city.

New York State Sen. Hiram Monserrate may have become the first New York state senator to be kicked out of that august body since the 1920s on ethical violations in the wake of a domestic abuse episode, but supporters of his bid to re-take the seat he lost by winning the special election seem to prefer violence against women to marriage equality.

David Paterson's top law enforcement personnel, the acting superintendent says he's retiring too.

Celebrity Man admits to attempted Letterman shakedown David Letterman tells his audience that he had sexual relationships with female employees and that someone tried to extort $2 million from him over the affairs during a taping of his late-night show Thursday, Oct.

Opening a restaurant in New York City in the middle of a recession is a risky business venture for anyone, even a renowned chef like Canada's Susur Lee.

The Queen has seen better days. A makeover has been long overdue for the venerable Queen Mary, the retired cruise ship turned tourist attraction and hotel docked in California's Long Beach Harbor since 1967.

Rap royalty Lil Wayne was given a superstar's sendoff to jail Monday , mobbed by hundreds of reporters and cell-phone-waving fans and serenaded by shouts of "Weezy! We love you! AP March 8: Rapper Lil Wayne is sentenced in Manhattan criminal court to a year in a New York City jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007.

Former President Bill Clinton, center, is joined by Dr. Clyde Yancy, left, president of the American Heart Association, as Susan Neely, president and CEO of the American Beverage Association holds up a hand held device used by soft drink delivery drivers programmed to only allow orders of products permitted to be sold in schools during a news ...

A state commission's referral of felony perjury allegations against Gov. David Paterson has left unsettled the question of what agency, if any, may seek to investigate the case or present evidence to a grand jury for possible indictment.