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Actors Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker attend the premiere of 'Wonderful World' during the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center on April 27, 2009 in New York City.

NEW YORK - A woman accused of tagging her way through Europe has been sentenced to six months in jail for spray painting Queens subway cars over a three year period.

ALBANY - In an unprecedented move that is expected to face legal challenges, Gov.

ALBANY _ The month-long Senate leadership standoff appears to be nearing an end as a Democrat who worked with Republicans to take control of the Senate away from Democrats June 8 said he will return to the Democratic conference, officials confirmed this afternoon.

New York state has awarded $510,000 to develop three new centers to help people recovering from addiction to alcohol, drugs or gambling.

A judge sentenced a former Manhattan nightclub bouncer, charged in the gruesome murder of a female graduate student from Boston, to a 25-year prison term without parole in the gruesome murder of a female graduate student from Boston.

One year after Evelyn Price was beaten to death in her Brooklyn home, her son, Robert, drove from Long Island , taped a large photo of her in the front window and held a tearful vigil, with relatives and friends fondly recalling the 75-year-old family matriarch.

AP -- The self-described "amigos" who've threatened the Democrats shaky majority in New York's Senate say they're meeting to end the standoff that's paralyzed the chamber since a coup two of them helped engineer.

Beyond the already well-known "BlackBerry thumb," avid texting may also cause pain to the hand, arm and neck, new research shows.

A 40-year-old man has been charged in the brutal rape and attempted murder of a 5-year-old girl after a holiday picnic at her family's home, police said.

The city broke ground today on the first phase of Bushwick Inlet Park on Kent Avenue between North 9th and North 10th Streets in the Greenpoint and Williamsburg neighborhoods of Brooklyn.

A 75-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., woman was charged with disorderly conduct Sunday night after she allegedly argued with someone playing a slot machine.

BROOKYLN might soon get the "Sex and the City" treatment. Author Amy Sohn got an early publicity bump for her upcoming novel, "Prospect Park West," after Sarah Jessica Parker 's Pretty Matches production company optioned the story in conjunction with HBO for a half-hour series.

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Joey Chestnut chomped down a record 68 hot dogs, capturing his third straight July Fourth hot-dog eating contest at Coney Island, an annual showcase for flamboyant hot dogging contestants eager to show they really are what they eat.

People all over the world continue to show their love and support for President Barack Obama.

The Associated Press 1 comment In the fight of pachyderms vs. people - the pachyderms now have the upper trunk.

NEW YORK - Tributes to the King of Pop continued Wednesday at the Apollo Theater, where the weekly Amateur Night turned into a Michael Jackson celebration, with impersonators emulating his outfits and mimicking his dance moves.

The recession may have dimmed Fourth of July fireworks in many cities, but New York is expanding the nation's biggest display from a new vantage point _ the Hudson River.

The seven members of the reconstituted Board of Education met in an emergency session on Wednesday.