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(CRAIG RUTTLE/The Associated Press) In this Sept. 10, 2011 file photo, Rosemary Cain, center, of Massapequa, N.Y., who lost her son, FDNY firefighter George Cain, while responding to the 9/11 attacks at ground zero, stands with Sally Regenhard, left, who lost her son, FDNY firefighter Christian Regenhard, and FDNY firefighter John Darcy, right, during a wreath laying ceremony to honor of over 6,000 human remains of their loved ones which are housed in a temporary structure at Memorial Park in New York. The group objects to a plan where the city of New York and the administration of the national Sept. 11 memorial and museum plan to put those remains in a room below ground that would share space with the museum.

Strife continues over remains of 9/11 victims

Last updated Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 7:47am

NEW YORK — An emotionally laden debate over the future resting place of thousands of unidentified remains of Sept. 11 victims is lingering as the attacks’ 10th anniversary recedes, with several relatives saying they aren’t satisfied with a recent city effort to spread the word about a plan to house the remains in the forthcoming 9/11 museum.

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Hurricane-force winds hit coast

Jennifer Peltz, Michael Biesecker The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, August 27, 2011 - 7:32am

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. -- Hurricane-force winds and drenching rains from Irene battered the North Carolina coast early Saturday as the storm began its potentially catastrophic run up the Eastern Seaboard. More than 2 million people were told to move to safer places, and New York City ordered the nation's biggest subway system shut down for the first time because of a natural disaster.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Irene's maximum sustained winds were around 85 mph on Saturday morning, down from about 100 mph a day earlier. But they warned the hurricane would remain a large and powerful one throughout the day as it trekked toward the mid-Atlantic.

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Traffic is bumper to bumper as people leave the Delaware beaches northbound on Highway 1in advance of Hurricane Irene Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, Near Smyrna, Del. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

2 million ordered to leave as Irene takes aim

Jennifer Peltz, Michael Biesecker The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, August 26, 2011 - 5:36pm

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. -- Hurricane Irene caused extraordinary disruption Friday as it zeroed in for a catastrophic run up the Eastern Seaboard. More than 2 million people were ordered to move to safer places, and New York announced plans to shut down its entire network of subways for the first time because of a natural disaster.

As the storm's outermost bands of wind and rain began to lash the Outer Banks of North Carolina, authorities in points farther north begged people to get out of harm's way. The hurricane lost some strength but still packed winds of almost 100 mph, and officials feared it could wreak devastation in a region not used to tropical weather.

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Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, left, and his lawyer Benjamin Brafman listen to proceedings in Manhattan state Supreme Court, in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. A New York judge dismissed the sexual assault case against Strauss-Kahn, but the order is on hold until an appeals court rules on his accuser's request for a special prosecutor. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, Pool)

Prosecutors seek to dismiss Strauss-Kahn charges

Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press, Tom Hays The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 10:50am

NEW YORK — Early in the sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, prosecutors held out his accuser as its strongest point. Her account was "compelling and unwavering," complete with "very powerful details" and corroborated by a medical exam, they said.

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In this March 2, 2010 file photo, rapper Ja Rule attends the premiere of "Brooklyn's Finest" in New York. Ja Rule is set to be sentenced to two years in a New York Prison Wednesday, June 8, 2011 on a weapons possession charge. It resolves a nearly four-year-old case and makes Ja Rule the latest rapper to do time.

Rapper Ja Rule due to go to prison in NYC gun case

Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 12:25pm

NEW YORK -- Multiplatinum-selling rapper Ja Rule is set to go to prison, but he's leaving fans with an album on the way.

The rapper-actor -- whose gravelly voice, thuggish tough talk and duets with R&B divas made him one of rap's stars in the early 2000s -- is set to be sentenced Wednesday to two years in a New York prison.

"My last day out," he Tweeted Tuesday afternoon, adding that he was spending it at the movies with his family.

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Rapper Ja Rule leaves court in New York, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. He pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon stemming from a July 2007 stop of his luxury sports car.

Rapper Ja Rule pleads guilty in NY weapon case

Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 13, 2010 - 3:02pm

NEW YORK -- Rapper Ja Rule on Monday pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon stemming from a July 2007 stop of his luxury sports car.

Wearing dark-blue jeans and a black sweater, the rapper said "guilty" and answered "yes" in a low voice to a judge's questions.

"Because of your guilty plea here today, you'll have a record of having committed a violent felony. This is a very serious matter," Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Richard Carruthers told the rapper.

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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, addresses the Council on Foreign Relations, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, in New York. Rauf is now in the midst of a polarizing political, religious and cultural debate over his plans for a multi-story Islamic center that will feature a mosque, health club and theater about two blocks north of ground zero in New York.

Imam says resolution to NYC mosque debate in works

Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, September 13, 2010 - 12:20pm

NEW YORK -- The imam leading the effort to build an Islamic center and mosque near the World Trade Center site said Monday that a resolution to the raging debate over its location is being examined.

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In a Nov.10, 2009 file photo, Robert "Joe" Halderman, who tried to blackmail David Letterman over the comedian's office affairs, listens as his attorney Gerald Shargel speaks to the media outside Manhattan criminal court following his court appearance in New York. Halderman was released from a New York City jail Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. He served four months of his six-month sentence and got time off for good behavior.

Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail

Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 2:29pm

NEW YORK -- The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon's office affairs, city Correction Department records show.

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(The Associated Press) Actress Kirsten Dunst exits Manhattan criminal court in New York on Tuesday.

Dunst reprises her role as witness in NYC trial

Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 7:38pm

NEW YORK -- It was witness stand, the sequel, for Kirsten Dunst.

The "Spider-Man" star reprised her role Tuesday as a star witness against a mechanic being tried -- for the second time -- on charges of helping steal her designer purse from a Manhattan hotel suite during a 2007 movie shoot.

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(The Associated Press) Robert "Joe" Halderman leaves Manhattan criminal court in New York in January. Former television producer Robert "Joe'' Halderman faces a six-month jail term for attempting to blackmail David Letterman by threatening to go public with details of his sex life. Halderman, 52, pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny in a plea deal that spared him a potential 15-year prison term.

TV producer sentenced in Letterman blackmail plot

Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 8:07pm

NEW YORK -- The former CBS television producer who tried to shake down David Letterman over the comic icon's office affairs started a six-month jail sentence Tuesday, closing a case that opened Letterman's behind-the-scenes behavior to public scrutiny.

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(LOUIS LANZANO/The Associated Press) Rapper Lil Wayne is handcuffed at Manhattan criminal court Monday in New York, after being sentenced to a year in jail in New York City for having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007.

Lil Wayne begins year jail term in NYC gun case

Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 8, 2010 - 4:04pm

NEW YORK -- After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus.

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Ex-gov't official convicted in WTC cleanup case

Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 4, 2009 - 2:17pm

NEW YORK -- A former government official once lauded as a Sept. 11 hero was convicted Friday of taking bribes to let an asbestos-cleanup company overcharge for work on the World Trade Center cleanup.

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Fans gather for Apollo Theater's Jackson memorial

Jennifer Peltz

Last updated Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 3:31pm

The Associated PressNEW YORK -- Hundreds of Michael Jackson fans circled the block around Harlem's famed Apollo Theater Tuesday for a public tribute to the pop star, some spontaneously singing their favorite songs and dancing in the street."I thought that in my time I'd have the opportunity to see him in concert," said Victoria Campomames, who did a brief moonwalk on the sidewalk as "Rock With You" played from a nearby store. "This is about the closest I'm gonna get."

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