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FILE -- A Nov. 3, 2010, file photo shows Greg Kelly at the New York Comedy Festival's Stand Up For Heroes concert in New York. Kelly, son of the city police commissioner, is under investigation by prosecutors and denies any wrongdoing, his lawyer said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, without elaborating on the allegations.  (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Manhattan DA probing NYC police commissioner's son

NEW YORK -- The son of the New York police commissioner, a well-known city television personality, was absent Thursday from the morning show he co-hosts as he faced unspecified allegations of wrongdoing. A lawyer for Greg Kelly, son of Police...... Full story

Florida man wanted for 2 murders arrested in NY

ROCKVILLE CENTRE -- Police in New York have arrested a man wanted on two counts of second-degree murder in Florida.  Nassau County Police tell Newsday that members of the county's Fugitive Squad and the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task...... Full story

Homeless NY teen up for science prize to get house

BRENTWOOD -- A homeless New York teenager who's a national Intel science competition semifinalist won't be homeless for much longer.  Samantha Garvey and her family were offered a rent subsidized home by officials in the Long Island county...... Full story

Voice of Darth Vader swears in NY sheriff friend

POUGHKEEPSIE -- Not every county sheriff gets to be sworn in by the voice of Darth Vader.  Actor James Earl Jones performed that duty Thursday for his longtime friend and neighbor Adrian "Butch" Anderson, the sheriff in Dutchess County,...... Full story

20 back home in NY after natural gas line ruptures

WAPPINGER-- About 20 people are back in their homes and businesses in the Mid-Hudson Valley after being evacuated when a natural gas line ruptured while a utility crew was working on it. State police say the DOT crew was installing a culvert drain...... Full story

Falling tree branch critically injures NY man

WASHINGTON -- State police say an eastern New York man is in critical condition after he was struck in the head by a falling tree branch while clearing dead trees. Troopers say 41-year-old Todd Croshier of Pleasant Valley was in the woods in the...... Full story

Store Santa gets sacked; NY county has no money to pay

ST. JAMES -- Santa's gotten the pink slip. Officials on eastern Long Island say there is no money in the budget to pay a man $660 for playing Santa at general store run by Suffolk County. A spokesman for the county executive tells Newsday...... Full story

Police: Chalice stolen from Long Island cathedral

ROCKVILLE CENTRE -- Police say a chalice used for sacramental wine has been stolen from St. Agnes Cathedral on Long Island. The gold plated and sterling silver chalis was last seen on Sept. 22 in a closet at the cathedral in Rockville Centre....... Full story

Woman hit, killed by commuter train in Hyde Park

BOSTON  -- A commuter train struck and killed a woman in Boston's Hyde Park, causing delays during the evening rush. Lydia Rivera, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, tells The Boston Globe that the woman was hit...... Full story

Poll: Many NYC residents plan regular day on 9/11

NEW YORK (AP) -- A poll of New York City residents finds that almost 4 in 10 plan to go about their regular lives on the anniversary of the attack. Data from a NY1-Marist Poll released Tuesday found that 37 percent of those polled said they would...... Full story

150 bicyclists plan to pedal NY's Hudson Valley

ALBANY -- Some 150 bicyclists from two dozen states and Canada will be wheeling their way along the Hudson River for the seventh annual Great Hudson Valley pedal. The 200-mile bike tour starts Friday in Hyde Park in Dutchess County and ends...... Full story

19 beaches closed to swimming in NY's Nassau Co.

HUNTINGTON -- Nineteen beaches have been closed to bathing in New York's Nassau County due to bacteria-laden runoff from Sunday's rainstorm. Health officials also issued advisories against swimming at 66 Suffolk County beaches, mainly in harbor...... Full story

NYC sets record for rainfall at JFK airport

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City set a record for rainfall on Sunday. By 5 p.m., 7.6 inches had fallen at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens -- the most ever recorded there in a single day. The National Weather Service said the driving...... Full story

Police: Driver in fatal NY boat crash was drunk

RED HOOK -- Authorities say one of the four people killed in a Hudson River boating accident last month was drunk at the helm of the vessel, with a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit for safe boating. The Dutchess County...... Full story

9/11 memorial offers more tickets for opening week

NEW YORK (AP) -- There's another chance for people who missed their opportunity to visit the National Sept. 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center during its opening week. The New York Times reports the memorial released more tickets Thursday for...... Full story

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