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FBI Targets New Suspect in Patz Case

Othniel Miller reportedly raped his niece before Patz vanished

(Newser) - The FBI has a new suspect in the 33-year-old disappearance of Etan Patz: a wood shop owner who once used the SoHo basement where cops are now digging for Patz's body, the New York Post reports. Othniel Miller, a 75-year-old living in Brooklyn, fell under suspicion after his ex-wife...

World Financial Center Evacuated for Toy Grenade

Building is across the street from the World Trade Center

(Newser) - The World Financial Center tower was evacuated today, over something that was at least kinda designed to look explosive. A private security guard noticed something that looked suspiciously like a grenade while X-raying a package that had come in by mail, and cleared the entire 44-story building, police tell NBC...

16 NY Teachers Keep Jobs Despite Sex Allegations

Court prevents New York from firing teacher who bent student over a desk

(Newser) - More than a dozen teachers accused of a range of eyebrow-raising sexual misconduct are still teaching in New York schools, thanks to arbitrator rulings that prevented education officials from firing them, according to information released today in response to a New York Daily News Freedom of Information Act request. One...

'Al-Qaeda Coming to NY' Web Graphic Rattles Officials

NYPD, FBI probing image posted on terror-friendly sites

(Newser) - The most popular Internet forums linked to al-Qaeda have gone offline over the last couple of weeks, but a disturbing image has surfaced on those that remain. "Al Qaeda Coming Soon Again in New York," warns the graphic, which contains an image of the New York City skyline,...

1st 'Divorce Expo' Puts Positive Face on Breakups

New York exposition offers tips on dating, plastic surgery, and lawyering up

(Newser) - Divorcees looking for a little advice (or the company of formerly married peeps) are heading over to the so-called divorce expo in New York today, the New York Times reports. “We’re putting a positive face on divorce,” says Francine Baras, co-founder of Start Over Smart—which costs...

NYC Buyers Win Apartments With ... Love Letters

Real estate brokers recommending the practice

(Newser) - How to snag a coveted New York City apartment? Increasingly, brokers are recommending an unconventional tactic: love letters. The letters are sent along with the offer, and they should include such heartwarming details as the story of how a couple met (just two blocks away, while walking their dogs!),...

Rangel Fined $23K for Misusing Rent-Stabilized Pad

FEC finding another blow to NY rep.

(Newser) - Rep. Charles Rangel and his campaign have agreed to cough up a $23,000 fine for using a rent-stabilized New York City apartment as a campaign headquarters. The Federal Election Committee decided by leasing the Harlem apartment at a price well below the market rate, the Democrat had accepted an...

Banned From NYC Tests: Dinosaurs, Aliens, Birthdays

Officials ban 50 subjects from city-wide assessment tests

(Newser) - New York City test-makers are going to have a hard time coming up with acceptable questions to place on students' tests, after officials decided to ban 50 subjects including dinosaurs and birthdays. Why? Because those topics have been deemed potentially controversial, and could make kids upset: Dinosaurs, for example, could...

'Million Hoodie' Trayvon March Hits NYC

Protesters demand justice for slain Florida teen

(Newser) - Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of New York City last night to demand justice for an unarmed black Florida teen shot dead by a neighborhood watch volunteer . Many people at the "Million Hoodie March" event wore hooded tops similar to the one Trayvon Martin was wearing when...

New Frog Species Found —in New York City

Distinct type of leopard frog has been long overlooked

(Newser) - Scientists have found a new species of frog especially notable for one odd fact: If you mapped its territory, the center would fall somewhere around Yankee Stadium, reports the New York Times . It's a type of leopard frog, and it's gone undiscovered all this time probably because it...

Commit a Misdemeanor? NY to Demand Your DNA

Samples to be required from convicts of all crimes

(Newser) - New York is poised to become the first state in the nation to require people convicted of any crime, no matter how minor, to provide DNA samples for a database. The state's lawmakers are putting the finishing touches on the measure, which would double the size of New York'...

Sex and the City Brownstone: Yours for $9.65M

Carrie's original pad back on the market

(Newser) - Still pining for Carrie Bradshaw? The New York City brownstone that served as her original home on Sex and the City is up for sale for $9.65 million, reports the Daily News . The West Village townhouse has 4,100 square feet, four stories, five bedrooms, six fireplaces, and a...

Santorum: New York Press Out to Get Me

They 'recoil' at talk of 'values issues': GOP hopeful

(Newser) - Any flak Rick Santorum is getting for his stance on social issues can be traced back to New York City, the presidential hopeful says. "The idea that values issues are losers is held by a group of people in the media who live in the New York area,"...

Cell Phone Vigilante Jams Calls on Philly Buses

He says he's proud of it, but experts say it's not safe

(Newser) - Riders of Philadelphia's No. 44 bus have been complaining a lot lately of lost cell phone calls, and NBC 10 found out why: A man, whom they identify only as "Eric," is jamming them. Reporters tracked Eric down after an NBC employee saw him using a handheld...

Woman Flashes St. Patrick&#39;s Cathedral
Woman Flashes
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Feb 29, 2012 12:26 AM CST

Woman Flashes St. Patrick's Cathedral

It was performance art, says 'Harvey Von Toast'

(Newser) - Persistent New York City flasher Holly Von Voast, also known as Harvey Von Toast, was in court yesterday charged with showing too much flesh at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Cops charged the 46-year-old show-off with indecent exposure, disorderly conduct, and marijuana possession after she allegedly removed her top while walking...

NYPD Tracked Muslim Students Far Beyond City

Undercover work 'a violation of civil rights': chaplain

(Newser) - The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the elite Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. Police talked with local authorities about professors 300 miles away in Buffalo and even sent...

Priciest City to Live In: Zurich

 Priciest City to Live In: Zurich 
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Feb 18, 2012 11:39 AM CST

Priciest City to Live In: Zurich

It jumps ahead of Tokyo in new rankings

(Newser) - A stronger Swiss franc has given residents of Zurich, Switzerland, a distinction they might rather do without: It's now the most expensive city in the world in which to live, according to an Economist survey. It knocked Tokyo out of the top spot:
  1. Zurich
  2. Tokyo
  3. Geneva (tie)
  4. Osaka (tie)
...

9/11 Memorial Worry: Suicides
 9/11 Memorial Worry: Suicides 
Feb 16, 2012 10:12 AM CST

9/11 Memorial Worry: Suicides

NYPD fears an overcome visitor will take life in the sunken pools

(Newser) - The New York Times today takes a look at a potential problem that, as of yet, has mercifully not come to pass: suicide at the 9/11 memorial. The article focuses on the fears of the NYPD, and is spun off of comments Commissioner Raymond Kelly made to Esquire yesterday about...

Occupiers Sue NYC Pepper-Spray Cop
Occupiers Sue NYC
Pepper-Spray Cop
Feb 14, 2012 2:00 AM CST

Occupiers Sue NYC Pepper-Spray Cop

Anthony Bologna accused of violating protesters' civil rights

(Newser) - Two of the women pepper-sprayed in the face by high-ranking NYPD officer Anthony Bologna last fall are taking him to court. The women say Bologna violated their civil rights, and they're seeking unspecified damages, Reuters reports. A YouTube video of the penned-in women being pepper-sprayed received more than 1....

Gang Members Use &#39;Community Guns&#39;
Gang Members Use 'Community Guns'
Feb 11, 2012 5:09 PM CST

Gang Members Use 'Community Guns'

New York gangsters grab pistols kept in hiding spots

(Newser) - Radiators, bushes, and wheel wells are popular. Garbage pails, too. All are handy hiding spots for the so-called "community gun" that New York gang members are turning to in times of need. After shooting someone, the New York Times reports, they kindly put it back. Today's economy might...

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