BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Connecticut rail riders facing long delays after a train collision disrupted their commute can look forward to easier traveling.

Rail service from Connecticut to New York City along with Amtrak service between Boston and New York was expected to resume by Wednesday morning’s rush hour on one of the nation’s oldest and most heavily traveled roadways.

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“We are confident that the reconstruction work, inspection and testing will be completed in time for a normal rush hour on Wednesday,” said Metro-North President Howard Permut. “We are grateful for the tireless work of all departments and employees engaged in this huge task.”

Connecticut lawmakers plan hearings on the crash on the rail network they say is in need of extensive improvements.

Members of the General Assembly’s Transportation Committee said they have been briefed by state transportation officials over the years about the hefty investment Connecticut needs to make to fully upgrade the commuter rail line, including a couple of 100-year-old bridges that need to be replaced.

“It’s like anything else, you know,” said Rep. Tony Guerrera, co-chairman of the committee. “You can have a brand-new car and it runs great, but if the roads are awful, with potholes going up and down, what good is it?”

The Metro-North crash at rush hour Friday evening injured 72 people, including one who remained in critical condition Monday. It snarled commutes for roughly 30,000 people who normally use the train, forcing travelers to navigate a patchwork of cars, trains and buses.

For Gary Maddin, the drive from his home in Milford, Conn., to the Bridgeport train station normally takes 20 minutes. On Monday, it took an hour. Then he had a shuttle bus and a train ride before he got to his destination, Grand Central Terminal in New York.

“It’s a lot,” he said. “It’s a nightmare just to get into the city.”

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said resumption of rail service is “tremendously good news.”

“We’re most concerned about the commerce and safety of our citizens and making sure we get through one more day and at the same time celebrating we’ll be up and running on Wednesday,” he said.

Some commuters used a jury-rigged alternative that is to continue Tuesday: A shuttle train ran between New Haven and Bridgeport, where a bus connection to Stamford circumvented the accident scene, and finally customers boarded a train for New York.

Others drove themselves and state officials nervously watched heavy traffic on Interstate 95 and the Merritt Parkway.

But transportation officials were pleased that area highways were not as choked as they feared, Malloy said. He said commuters heeded his warning over the weekend about the prospect of highways becoming parking lots if all 30,000 of the usual train riders drove instead.

Backups on the Merritt Parkway, a secondary route through Connecticut, were less than on an average Monday, and I-95 was only slightly more jammed than usual because of fog, he said.

Crews have worked around the clock since Saturday, and track rebuilding has progressed quickly, officials with the Metro-North railroad said.

“We’ve actually made great progress in terms of the work that’s needed to restore the catenary wires, power, working on signals, and obviously the track that needs to be completely re-laid,” MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz said.

Federal investigators arrived Saturday and were expected to be on site for seven to 10 days. They are looking at a broken section of rail to see if it is connected to the derailment and collision. Officials said it wasn’t clear whether the rail was broken in the crash or earlier.

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The Mets’ slumping slugger was called for obstructing a runner rounding first base in a three-run first inning and went hitless in three at-bats for New York during a 4-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.

And — no surprise here — he heard plenty of boos from the crowd at Citi Field.

“The game is really built on momentum and confidence,” Davis said, “and I just haven’t had a lot of things go right for me for things to take off.”

Davis was called for interference in the Reds’ three-run first inning. With a runner on first and one out, Joey Votto, the NL player of the week, hit a smash that ricocheted off first base and into right field. As he made his turn at first, Votto nudged Davis, who was nonchalantly standing near the bag, looking into the outfield. Votto was tagged out at second but Davis was charged with an error and Votto was awarded the base.

“I was looking for the ball and I took a couple of steps,” Davis said. “That’s why I was there longer than I should’ve been.”

Davis slid deeper into his month-long funk at the plate, going 0 for 3 with two strikeouts. He has two hits in his last 36 at-bats — and one RBI in May. His average dipped to .152.

“It’s tough when you continuously don’t do well,” said Davis. “But it’s the game of baseball and you’ve got to keep trying, man. I can’t give up. I’m never going to give up.”

Last season Davis’ average didn’t rise above .200 for good until July 4, but the Mets were playing well and Davis was never sent to the minors. Manager Terry Collins said things might be different this time because the Mets are struggling offensively, failing to score more than three runs for the 11th time in 14 games.

“We have a lot of discussions about different things and that’s something we have considered: what’s best for him? What’s best for us?” Collins said. “The fact that we’re not playing like we did last year at this particular time now, it’s a bigger factor.”

Davis rebounded in 2012 after batting .169 through May. He finished with just a .227 average, but had 32 home runs and 90 RBIs.

“We didn’t do it last year,” said Collins of sending Davis to Triple-A. “Maybe he just had to work it out here and he eventually did. … It’s not that he’s not trying. He’s not getting it done during the game.”

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The 37-year-old, recuperating from left hip surgery on Jan. 16, fielded grounders and took 25 swings during a batting practice session in an indoor cage Monday at the Yankees’ minor league complex.

A-Rod, who has been hitting off a tee and taking swings at underhand soft tosses, ran from pole to pole near the warning track four times.

“Not bad,” Rodriguez said when leaving the player’s parking lot.

New York expects A-Rod to return after the All-Star break.

“I think it’s different, taking ground balls and playing in a game,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Monday. “It’s ground balls right at you. And the swinging, the violence in the swing. There’s a lot that has to happen. There’s a lot of hurdles.

Girardi added: “He’s going to have to go through basically a full spring training. … I don’t really want to put a date on it, because I don’t know how he’s going to respond.”

First baseman Mark Teixeira, sidelined by a right wrist injury, took another step toward playing in minor league games by batting in a simulated game against a pair of minor league pitchers. Teixeira has been out since injuring his wrist with the U.S. on March 5 before the World Baseball Classic.

“It’s definite progress for him,” said Girardi. “We want to see him have a lot of at-bats and see how the wrist responds to that. Today was the first step, so I’m really curious to see how he feels tomorrow.”

Felt good to get my first AB's since March. 1-2 with a double and a walk, I'll take it. #Yankees in first place, I'll take that too!—
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Corner infielder Kevin Youkilis, on the disabled list with a lumbar spine sprain, continued taking on-field batting practice. He took grounders at third and made throws to both first and second base.

Youkilis also participated in Teixeira’s simulated game but tracked the pitches and did not swing.

NOTES: RHP Joba Chamberlain (right oblique strain) had a bullpen session and is expected to throw in a minor league game this week. … SS Eduardo Nunez (oblique strain) fielded grounders.

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So they feel they need time, not an overhaul, to get further next season.

“We’re just fine. I love our team just the way it is,” point guard Raymond Felton said Monday. “When you start making too many changes, you can’t build on something. If you’re going to be successful, you’re going to be good, a team has to be a team, has to be together for a while. This is our first year together.”

Most of the ones who spoke Monday considered it a good one, though Iman Shumpert said not reaching the Eastern Conference finals made it a failure. To have done that, the Knicks would’ve needed to win Saturday at Indiana, then win a Game 7 that would’ve been played Monday at Madison Square Garden.

“I think we failed,” said Shumpert. “We failed to do what we were supposed to do. We know we were supposed to go farther and we didn’t. So it’s a fail.”

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Instead, they were holding exit meetings at their training center, believing they’re not far from being at the level of the Pacers or even Miami Heat, who open the East finals on Wednesday.

“We’re right there,” Carmelo Anthony said. “When you look back, recap this whole season, just some detail-oriented things that we’ve kind of got to fix, but we’re right there. I believe we’re right there as a team.”

The Knicks finished 54-28, the second-best record in the East, and reached the second round for the first time since 2000. Their Atlantic Division title was their first since 1994.

“We took a step in the right direction and now we have to continue that process,” center Tyson Chandler said. “It’s a process, but I think the organization, like I said, took a step in the right direction and now it’s important for us players and coaches and everybody involved to continue that and take it to the next level.”

The Knicks hoped to get there this season by surrounding Anthony and the core players with a roster heavy on veterans. Players such as Jason Kidd, Kurt Thomas, Rasheed Wallace and Marcus Camby, all 38 or older, were counted on to provide postseason experience but either weren’t healthy (Thomas and Wallace), playing poorly (Kidd) or hardly playing at all (Camby) by the time the second round began.

At least a couple of them will be gone, so there will be roster changes. Team executives will have to decide if they want to replace them with similar players, or younger ones who might not be as ready to win next year but might help build a better future.

“As far as the older guys on our team, we really don’t know how that’s going to play out,” Anthony said. “But this was the first year that we had, the first full season that we had together to be able to do and accomplish what we accomplished this year, so I don’t really want to say it takes time. Eventually something has to happen, we want to win a championship. That’s the goal and we’re going to keep striving for that.”

Anthony said he wants J.R. Smith to return, even after the league’s top reserve struggled through most of the postseason. Smith can become a free agent.

None of the players said he knew whether Kidd will continue playing after the 40-year-old guard shot just 3 of 25 in the playoffs. He has two years remaining on his contract, as does Camby.

Neither Smith, who has said he wants to return, nor Kidd spoke to reporters Monday. Amar’e Stoudemire, who played limited minutes in the playoffs after recovering from his second knee surgery this season, also was unavailable. His ability to remain a healthy contributor seems necessary if the Knicks are to compete with the elite teams.

They think they can, even though they’ve proven it for just one season. Other top teams in the East, such as Miami, Chicago and Boston, have been doing it for many years and will be expected to continue next season.

“We kind of teased the city of New York a little bit because now everybody expects us to play at this level, this high level,” Anthony said. “And that’s what we hold ourselves accountable and push ourselves this offseason, to come back and be at that level and even better.”

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One key factor for the Rangers is the play — and health — of goalie Henrik Lundqvist.

Lundqvist was back on the ice Monday after his rough game on Sunday, in which he also appeared to injure his left shoulder.

He was no worse for wear during and following the hour-long practice ahead of Tuesday’s Game 3 in New York.

“Everybody is sore,” he said. “It’s the playoffs. You can’t just sit out if it’s hurting a little bit.”

Lundqvist said he “landed on the ice awkwardly and it hurt a little bit” in the third period of Boston’s 5-2 win Saturday in Game 2.

“It’s under control,” Lundqvist said.

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Before Sunday, Lundqvist hadn’t allowed five goals in 151 consecutive games, dating to a 5-2 loss at Anaheim on March 9, 2011. He also had never yielded more than three goals in any of his 31 previous games against the Bruins, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Lundqvist gave up 12 total goals in the first five games of the first-round series versus the Capitals before shutting them out in Games 6 and 7. Boston has already registered eight goals against him.

“It’s disappointing to give up five goals, but positioning-wise and reading the plays for the most part was good,” Lundqvist said. “They made some good plays, too, and then there were some unlucky bounces and screens.

“I could probably find excuses for the goals, but it’s not going to help my game. I just have to try to be better and work even harder to see pucks.”

History is hardly on the Rangers’ side. New York is 2-19 in series it trailed 0-2, and no NHL team has won consecutive series after losing the first two games.

Game 4 will also be in New York on Thursday.

“We’ve won games here,” said Rangers coach John Tortorella. “That’s what we have to do. Not win two at home, but we need to win one game at home. And that’s our total focus.”

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NEW YORK (CBS 2) — Would you send your most intimate secrets to a website? Millions of people have, and some say that it can change lives for the better.

Every week Frank Warren receives more than 1,000 postcards from people who want to confess their deepest darkest secrets.

“Here’s one that says ‘I wish I had been a better mother to my children,’” he said.

In 2004, Warren started the “Post Secret Project,” CBS 2′s Kristine Johnson reported Monday. He asked strangers to mail their secrets to his Maryland home. Now the secrets are flowing in from all over the world.

“My shrink wants me to go to a support group for men with eating disorders. I don’t see it happening. I imagine I will just get sicker and then die,” another card reads.

Each week Warren posts 20 new secrets on his website postsecret.com. He told CBS 2 that reading them has become just a popular as sending them.

“I hate feeling like I am the only person experiencing a particular emotion. If I can relate to one of those postcards, it’s like it’s okay, I’m alright, everything’s going to be okay,” Long Island resident Nicole Tori said.

Why would anybody share their secrets this way? Experts claim that it could be a way for them to begin an important process.

“It could be like a rehearsal, that can start a process and that I’m excited about. But, just dropping it in the mail and that’s it, I’m not excited about,” said psychologist Dr. Evan Imber Black.

Judy Barry shared a big part of her past on a website called secretregrets.com. Years ago Barry abandoned her husband and two small children.

“I ran away in the middle of the night. I packed my clothes in a garbage bag and ran away, and nobody could find me for quite a while,” she said.

Barry told CBS 2 that sending her regret in to the site finally made her feel free enough to talk about what she had done and make amends. Ultimately, she reunited with her grown children and established a relationship with her grandchildren.

“I can actually be involved in their life, and they can actually be involved in my life. It’s just amazing. It means anything is possible,” she explained.

If you have a secret that you want to share, experts recommend starting with people who you know will be supportive.

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Concern and fear have been on the rise amid a spike in anti-gay violence in Manhattan, including a cold-blooded killing in Greenwich Village over the weekend.

As CBS 2’s Dick Brennan reported Monday, the latest victim, 32-year-old Mark Carson, was shot and killed early Saturday morning by a man who first called him and his partner “f***ots” and asked if they were “gay wrestlers.”

Now, the community is rallying against hate, and police are increasing patrols in some neighborhoods – in the wake of five anti-gay attacks in the past two weeks.

“We’re angry, and we want our leaders to lead and change the situation,” said Jordan Friedman of the West Village.

Hundreds of people gathered Monday evening for a rally against hate at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, at 208 W. 13th St. Following the rally was a march to the corner of West 8th Street and Sixth Avenue, where Carson was shot and killed.

“He was a loving and caring person who is also loved and will be truly missed. And the family would also to have justice be served so that Mark’s death is not in vain,” Carson’s aunt, Flourine Bompars, said at the rally.

Doug from Chelsea held a sign from Carson’s name on it, and had tears in his eyes, 1010 WINS’ Sonia Rincon reported.

“Everybody’s talking about hate,” Doug said. “Our community is about love.”

Others at the rally said the attacks go against the very spirit of New York City, CBS 2’s Jessica Schneider reported.

“It makes me angry, very angry, because I moved here 20 years ago to be myself, because New York City is a very inclusive city,” said Ricardo Tavares of the West Village. “But now, there’s all these attacks, and it makes me very angry that people are trying to scare us.”

As WCBS 880′s Alex Silverman reported, nearly every major candidate for mayor and many city council members were on hand for the rally and march.

Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in the lawsuit against the federal Defense of Marriage Act being weighed by the U.S. Supreme Court, also took part in the march.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn headed the rally.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, DOMA plaintiff Edie Windsor lead march down West 13th St. (credit: Alex Silverman/WCBS 880)

“This is not acceptable. It’s not OK,” said LGBT Community Center executive director Glennda Testone. “The increase in violence against our community in the past month is something that we’re not going to take laying down.”

One sign read “No One Is Safe Until We’re All Safe,” Silverman reported.

The rally came just two weeks before the start of Gay Pride Month. It was at the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street – just a few blocks from the site where Carson was shot and killed – where a riot began the modern gay rights movement in 1969.

“A lot of people come in from out of town to be here, so it’s very important that anyone that wants to do bad things to our community is sent the message that that’s not OK,” Testone said.

The Human Rights Campaign has also prepared an open letter to the mayors of every major U.S. city and all 50 state governors, emphasizing that anti-gay violence cannot be tolerated.

“Horror and outrage don’t fully capture what we’re feeling right now. Every LGBT person and ally who heard about this murder had an even deeper reaction: That could have been me, or someone I love,” the open letter said in part. “Imagine growing up knowing that your life could be over in an instant. That walking down the sidewalk on an ordinary Friday night, you or your friend could be alive one minute and gone the next. That’s the reality. And if it can happen in 2013 in New York City, it can happen anytime, anywhere.”

Neighborhood leaders will also hold community safety nights out every Friday, providing education and outreach to people in affected areas.

Meanwhile, in response to a request from Quinn, New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott has announced that the more than 1,700 public schools will hold emergency lessons about hate crimes and anti-bullying efforts before the end of the school year.

“We’re not going to go back to the times when Greenwich Village had to have escorts that led people from bars to subways so they could get there in safety,” Quinn said. “And towards that end, we are responding to this increase in anti-LGBT hate crime.”

Quinn, who is openly lesbian, said she has also spoken to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly about stepping up security efforts.

“And I’m gratified to announce that in response to this rash of anti-LGBT hate crimes on the West Side of Manhattan, between now and throughout the entire month of June — LGBT Pride Month — there will be increased police presence throughout the entire lower west side of Manhattan,” Quinn said.

She said there will be additional temporary headquarters vehicles located in Greenwich Village, Chelsea, and Hell’s Kitchen.

“This violence must stop, this hate must stop and it must stop now,” City Councilman Robert Jackson added.

“Hate crime is not acceptable,” added activist Cynthia Thompkins. “You can change the name LGBT – remove that. Put Jew, put black, put Asian. Hate is hate, and it doesn’t belong here in our society.”

The Shooting That Took Carson’s Life

The chain of events that led to Carson’s death had all of Greenwich Village on edge in the early morning hours Saturday. First, the suspect was spotted urinating on the street outside Annisa restaurant and bar, on Barrow Street just off West 4th Street.

The man proceeded into the bar, where he made anti-gay remarks to the bartender, Kelly said Saturday.

“He then says to both the bartender and the manager that if you do call the police, I’ll shoot you, and he opens up what is a gray hoodie, and shows what appears to be a shoulder holster carrying this revolver,” Kelly said.

Then a few blocks away at West 8th Street and Sixth Avenue, the gunman and two others came across Carson and his companion.

The gunman said, ‘Look at these f***ots. What are you, gay wrestlers?’” Kelly said Saturday. The gunman then shot Carson in the face, and he was pronounced dead at Beth Israel Hospital.

Elliot Morales, 33, has been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon in that incident.

Morales was arrested a short time after the shooting — a few blocks away from the scene at West 3rd and MacDougal streets near the NYU campus, police said. He initially refused to give his name to police, but was eventually identified using facial recognition technology.

Meanwhile, Carson was being mourned by many. Ama Daka works at Grand Central Terminal, where Carson was a manager at a gelato store.

Hate Crime Victim Mark Carson (Facebook)

“It’s not right to kill somebody because he’s gay. It’s not right,” she said. “He was like my brother. I feel bad.”

David Sheridan said Carson had worked in the gelato shop for seven years.

“Mark was a great guy. Everybody – customers, people in the building – are just really upset at our loss,” he said.

5 Anti-Gay Attacks In 2 Weeks
As activists have noted, Carson’s murder comes on the heels of a series of bias attacks on gay men – although this is the first that left a man dead.

Two of those attacks occurred in Midtown. Another took place in Union Square, and another happened on Christopher Street — not far from the Saturday morning incident.

In the first incident on May 5, Nick Porto and his partner, Kevin Atkins, were beaten near Madison Square Garden after a group of men wearing Knicks shirts called them anti-gay slurs. Porto spoke at the rally Monday.

On May 7, a man was assaulted by someone hurling anti-gay slurs in Union Square, according to the Anti-Violence Project.

On May 8, a man was attacked by two people shouting anti-gay slurs as he left Pieces, a gay bar on Christopher Street, according to the Anti-Violence Project.

And early on May 10, two men tried to get into an after-hours billiards hall on West 32nd Street but were not let in, police said. They were then approached by a group of approximately five others who proceeded to shout anti-gay slurs and beat the men, police said.

“The fight is not over, it’s nowhere near close to being over. We have to protect each other, we have to make sure that we’re there for each other. After all this, there’s still something to fight for,” Nick Porto told Silverman at the rally Monday evening.

Candles near the spot where Mark Carson was murdered. (CBS 2)

Kelly said Sunday that the number of bias attacks is up this year – and the number of anti-gay bias attacks in particular.

Police say there has been a rise in bias-related crimes overall so far this year, to 22 from 13 during the same period last year. The New York City Anti-Violence Project, a nonprofit group that tracks police and other reports of hate attacks against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, says its numbers rose 13 percent in 2011 and 11 percent the previous year. The 2012 figures were not yet available.

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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Metro-North officials announced Monday afternoon that normal service on the New Haven line is set to resume for the Wednesday morning commute.

“We are confident that the reconstruction work, inspection and testing will be completed in time for a normal rush hour on Wednesday,” said Metro-North President Howard Permut. “We are grateful for the tireless work of all departments and employees engaged in this huge task.”

Meanwhile, CBS 2 has learned the engineer of the train that derailed told the National Transportation Safety Board that he saw a broken or dislodged track as he approached, but couldn’t stop the train in time to avoid derailing.

More than 100 crew members have been working around the clock since Saturday night to quickly repair the damaged track and overhead power lines.

As CBS 2’s Lou Young reported, as of Monday night, crews had finished work on the overhead power lines and damaged signals at the crash site. But rebuilding the 2,000 feet of damaged rail is no simple matter.

Still, Wednesday is much sooner than Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy expected to see service return.

“The New Haven Line should be fully operation on Wednesday. I have to say that this is due to the extraordinary work of Metro-North, the federal officials in clearing and our own state DOT. This is very, very good news and something that we did not think could be accomplished,” Malloy said at a news conference Monday evening. “Full operations are expected to begin on Wednesday morning. What this means is this is tremendously good news. However, it also means that we’re going to have one more day of great difficulty, and that’s tomorrow.”

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“We’ve actually made great progress in terms of the work that’s needed to restore the catenary wires, power, working on signals, and obviously the track that needs to be completely relaid,” MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz told CBS 2′s Tony Aiello earlier Monday.

Commuters at Grand Central Terminal on Monday evening were relieved to hear that the commute was only moderately frustrating and that service will be back sooner than anticipated.

“I got up at 5 o’clock in the morning today to be at work on time,” a Stratford resident told WCBS 880′s Marla Diamond. “My husband had to drive me to Bridgeport, then I took the bus to Stamford and from Stamford on, it was OK.”

Commuter Jeff Lewis of Stamford said he’s glad things will be back to normal on Wednesday.

“It sounded pretty bad but they can be pretty thorough when they do their work,” he told Diamond.

Sue Taylor said her morning commute was a breeze.

“It was empty and then when the train stopped in Stamford, nobody got on. It was amazing,” she told Diamond.

Railroad officials in Connecticut said the morning commute went as well as can be expected following Friday’s train collision that injured 72 people and has shut down service.

Still, Connecticut commuters planned for long, slow trips to and from work Monday following last week’s collision.

“It’s just been delays, but everything’s worked out OK,” one commuter said.

It took Gary Maddin of Milford an hour to make what is normally a 20-minute drive from his home to the Bridgeport train station. From there, he planned to board a shuttle bus to Stamford where he could catch a train to Grand Central Station.

“It’s a lot,” he said. “It’s a nightmare just to get into the city today.”

“I went into the city last night to avoid the morning mayhem and I think when they get some more trains up the line it’ll be a little bit easier,” commuter Keith Doyle told CBS 2′s Young.

Ridership on the New Haven line was off 20 percent Monday. People Monday night bracing for the possibility that Tuesday could be the worst of the inconvenience.

Alternate Service In Place For Commuters

Metro-North is using a fleet of 120 buses at the Bridgeport train station to help New Haven service line commuters make their way around the scene of Friday’s train accident and help get them to New York City.

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A shuttle train operated about every 20 minutes during rush hour between New Haven and Bridgeport. Shuttle buses are running between the Bridgeport and Stamford stations, where commuters can then board trains for the final leg of their commute.

Buses are also running local service between Bridgeport, Fairfield Metro, Fairfield and Westport stations.

“This is the first time that Metro-North has become involved with this kind of magnitude of a bus shuttle on the New Haven main line,” MTA spokesperson Aaron Donovan told 1010 WINS.

According to MTA officials, about 750 people rode the local shuttle buses during the morning rush hour on Monday. The data shows that most commuters drove to a different station to catch a New York-bound train.

In total, about 2,700 people rode shuttle buses from the morning rush through 3 p.m., according to the MTA.

For morning and evening peak commutes, limited train service was to operate between Grand Central Terminal and Westport.

State officials said travel times would be significantly longer than normal and trains would be crowded. Commuters are advised to use the Harlem line in New York.

“I was looking at the bus schedule online and it looks like it added another hour and a half to what’s already an hour and a half plus driving time to New Haven,” New York-bound passenger Bridgette Hing told CBS 2′s Young. “Came here.”

Train service remains suspended between New Haven and South Norwalk. Amtrak service between New York and New Haven also has been suspended and there is no estimate on service restoration.

Rail Riders Hit The Road

Many decided to drive instead. State transportation officials said traffic on Interstate 95 and the Merritt Parkway was at a crawl Monday morning, with the trip between Bridgeport and Stamford estimated at about an hour during the height of the rush hour. The trip normally takes about 25 minutes.

Officials said while traffic was bad, it wasn’t the nightmare many thought it would be. Jim Cameron of the Connecticut Rail Commuter Council had initially feared drivers would be facing “carmageddon” Monday morning.

“The trains that were running from South Norwalk to Grand Central seemed to be on time and were far from being full,” Cameron told WCBS 880 Connecticut Bureau Chief Fran Schneidau. “I think that people listened to the governor and my boding of bad traffic and they decided they would try to stay home.”

Cameron said commuters were not out of the woods just yet, adding he feared drivers who stayed home Monday would be back on the road Tuesday.

“So I’m not overly optimistic that we’re going to have a light traffic load and empty trains for the rest of the week as we may have seen today,” he told Schneidau.

Crews Work To Repair Damaged Track

Several days of around-the-clock work will be required, including inspections and testing of the newly rebuilt system, Permut said.

The damaged rail cars were removed from the tracks on Sunday, the first step toward making the repairs.

Around 700 people were on board the trains Friday evening when one heading east from Grand Central Terminal to New Haven derailed just outside Bridgeport. It was hit by a train heading west from New Haven.

Seven remained hospitalized on Monday, with one critical, Malloy announced.

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Once it is in place, additional inspections and tests will add even more time to the grueling repair process.

Latest On The Investigation

A source with knowledge of the investigation told CBS 2′s Aiello that the engineer of the derailed train spoke to the National Transportation Safety Board That engineer told NTSB investigators that he thought he saw broken or dislodged track as the train approached the area where the collision occurred.

The engineer added he thought he saw a break in the rails but could not stop in time to avoid derailing, Aiello reported.

Federal investigators held the scene for more than a day gathering evidence before allowing cleanup and repairs to begin.

NTSB investigators arrived Saturday and are expected to be on site for seven to 10 days and federal investigators are now focusing on a broken rail as a possible cause.

A section of track with what may be a fractured rail joint was sent to a lab for analysis.

Aiello reported that CBS 2 learned the stretch of rail where the derailment happened had been inspected on Wednesday, just two days before the accident.

AIELLO: “Do you know if there any specific issues raised about this stretch of track?”
ORTIZ: “No, none whatsoever. None whatsoever.”

The investigation has indicated that both trains were going approximately 70 miles per hour at the time of the accident, the NTSB said.

The agency said its mechanical team is also conducting a comprehensive inspection of the cars and said maintenance and inspection records have been requested for the NTSB review.

Investigators are also looking at maintenance records and if there was train, operator or signal failure.

The investigation could take weeks or months to complete.

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Nobody likes getting parking ticket. But it’s especially infuriating when the rules are changed right before your eyes.

As CBS 2’s John Slattery reported Monday it happened to at least a half-dozen motorists in Greenwich Village.

As the city’s bike-share program spreads its tentacles, Jose Cherrez is one who got caught up in a ticket blitz that he said was unfair. How does he feel?

“Angry,” Cherrez said.

It happened on West 15th Street at Seventh Avenue, where bike racks now stand. But on Saturday morning, as surveillance video shows, cars were parked there and were legal. The tape shows a city transportation crew changing “alternate side, Monday and Thursday” signs to “No Standing Anytime.”

Then, within 25 minutes of the signs going up, traffic agents were swiping registration stickers and issuing tickets to five or six cars parked there. One building manager watched it happen.

“Well, it’s ridiculous,” Karim Znaidi said.

Cherrez, who works across the street, and was ticketed, spoke to the agents.

“They don’t care.  They just want to collect money for Mr. Bloomberg — from my pocket,” Cherrez said.

The fine: $115. The only notice: paper signs that warned of towing if cars were not out by 6 p.m. Saturday, but what happened to the motorists Slattery spoke to happened six hours before.

“I’m gonna fight it. I am,” Cherrez said.

Nicole Gomez, a spokesperson for the Department of Transportation said parking next to a bike stand is illegal, “Still, any motorist who believes they received a ticket in error can contest it through the Department of Finance, which adjudicates violations.”

It all happened lickety-split, so fast that people watching said it was downright unfair.

The bike-share program is scheduled to begin Memorial Day, with 330 stations, sharing 6,000 bikes.

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The bills were the first to clear both chambers of the state Legislature out of several that were introduced after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., last year that killed 20 children.

The bills passed Monday would create a task force to look into school security, mandate the disposal of unlawful weapons and require more sharing of firearms information among law enforcement agencies.

A fourth bill that would require certain mental health records to be submitted for background checks for those seeking gun permits was also passed after it was amended. It is being sent back to the state Senate for approval.

In total, 22 gun control measures have been passed by the state Assembly.

Last month, Christie outlined a proposal to strengthen existing gun control laws in New Jersey and target the root causes of mass violence in response to the Dec. 14 mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.

Part of his plan proposed strengthening the state’s background checks and mandating gun buyers to show government-issued IDs when purchasing a firearm. In addition, he called for a ban on the sale of Barrett .50-caliber semi-automatic sniper rifles.

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Steven Glisson, 26, is wanted in the robbery, which happened around 1 a.m. on March 25 in front of 1338 Croes Ave., police said.

Glisson and two other armed men allegedly took the victim, a 37-year-old man, and tied him up in front of the location. After searching for money, they then drove a 40-year-old woman from anther residence where they took out a bag with an unknown amount of cash inside.

The suspects then drove off. The victims were not seriously injured, police said.

Glisson was described as a 26-year-old black male, weighing 250 pounds and standing 5-foot-10. He has a tear drop tattoo under his left eye, and the name “Gerard” tattooed on his neck.

Police have released a photo of Glisson.

Anyone with information was asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TOPS, log onto the Crime Stoppers Web site, or text tips to CIRMES (274637) and enter TIP577.

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The Rev. Michael Fugee, 52, was arrested at St. Antoninus Parish in Newark following an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.

Fugee entered into an agreement with the prosecutor’s office to avoid retrial on the abuse conviction after a groping incident six years ago. The agreement required Fugee never again to have unsupervised contact with children under the age of 18.

But Fugee later ended up attending overnight teen retreats and hearing teens’ confessions at St. Mary’s Parish.

He allegedly had contact with minors on seven different occasions between April 2010 and December 2012, at the Claremont Retreat Center in Mt. Arlington, N.J.; the Kateri Environmental Center in Wickatunk, N.J.; the Sacred Heart Church in Rochelle Park, N.J.; Our Lady of Visitation Parish in Paramus, N.J., and a parishioner’s own home.

Fugee was convicted in 2003 of criminal sexual contact involving a boy. It was overturned by an appeals court and the priest eventually entered a pretrial intervention program.

Following the revelations that he’d had contact with minors, Fugee, himself, resigned from his post. Two youth minsters at St. Mary’s also announced their resignation.

Bond for Fugee was set at $25,000 by Bergen County Judge Patrick Roma, prosecutors said. He was being held at the Bergen County Jail in lieu of bail, and was set to return to court at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

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The question is, is it better to buy now, or wait?

William Sonoma, The Gap, Coldwater Creek, and Banana Republic were all holding pre-Memorial Day sales on Monday. Avid shoppers told CBS 2′s Christine Sloan that it was well worth it to take advantage of the early bargains.

“I think it’s part of their better discounts, usually 30 percent off,” said Westfield, N.J. resident Lisa Bleich.

Stores like Banana Republic were offering up to 40 percent off on certain products, and experts told CBS 2 that the current available deals may be better than the sales on Memorial Day.

Big discounts were already available on summer clothing, but for other products consumers would have to wait. Home Depot was to be putting out a circular with discounts on select grills later in the week.

Many privately owned stores were to wait until the weekend to launch their sales, but most national chains were putting out special circulars in the middle of the week.

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A lawsuit is being filed in the case of a severely autistic man who was allegedly burned and branded with a potato masher at a group home in the Bronx.

As CBS 2’s Janelle Burrell reported, the lawsuit was filed on behalf of Mayra Sandoval, whose son – Eduard Sandoval, 24 – was allegedly harmed by staffers who were supposed to be taking care of him. Mayra Sandoval was inconsolable as she discussed the lawsuit Monday.

He was allegedly branded with a hot potato masher by at least one staffer at the Leake & Watts residential facility last June, but due to his reduced mental capacity, Sandoval is unable to identify the person who attacked him, 1010 WINS reported.

It was last June when Mayra Sandoval visited her son at the home. He was extremely irritable, but because of his autism, he was unable to speak.

Eduardo Sandoval’s mother lifted up his shirt to find the burns from a potato masher imprinted all over his body.

“There’s no reason why any human being should torture another human being,” family spokesperson Fernando Mateo told 1010 WINS. “This was like being in the house of terror. This young man was exposed to pain and suffering beyond your imagination.”

The victim’s older brother said Sandoval is permanently disfigured.

“Imagine this being put on a hot stove and then stamping it on a human being,” said family attorney Sanford Rubenstein. “Instead of caring for him, this man with the mind of a 2-year-old was tortured.”

After the incident, Leake & Watts said the state recommended a plan of remedial action which was implemented, 1010 WINS reported. It included the firing of two employees, who are named in the lawsuit, and the manager of the facility.

The employees, Wendell Chavies and Asialone Edwards, were originally charged with assault. But the charges were dropped because of a lack of evidence, 1010 WINS reported.

“We took full and decisive action in terminating the employment of the staff who we believed were involved with or failed to immediately report the incident, as well as the manager of the home,” Leake & Watts said in a statement. “We initiated additional training and systems to ensure the safety and well-being of the people in our care.”

But Mateo said what happened to Sandoval is “unacceptable” and is calling on higher authorities to step in and investigate.

“After there was an arrest there was no prosecution,” Mateo said. “We need to make sure that the district attorney, the attorney general and the governor step in and launch an investigation into group homes where autistic kids are being cared for to make sure that this type of torture is not going on anywhere else.”

A year later, Eduardo Sandoval’s scars physical remain, and the emotional impact has not faded either.

Attoreny Rubenstein is filing the lawsuit accusing the facility, Chavies and Edwards of recklessness and negligence on Monday in Bronx Supreme Court.

The New York State Office of People with Developmental Disabilities is also investigating the case.

Meanwhile, Eduardo Sandoval continues to live at the same group home until his family can find another permanent facility. His mother said her only comfort is knowing that the people accused in this case have been fired.

Leake & Watts is also being sued by the family of a 16-year-old boy, Corey Foster, who died in their care in 2012. Foster went into cardiac arrest when a staffer put him in a restrictive hold.

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The design reportedly has been pulled from the high-end apparel line.

Cuomo confirmed his administration sent what he called a “pro forma” letter advising Kardashian that her T-shirt line resembles a state agriculture program logo.

But neither Cuomo nor Agriculture Commissioner Darryl Aubertine would go any farther to comment on a New York Daily News story that included a photo of Kardashian in the tight, white T-shirt.

The state’s design has an image of the Statue of Liberty over farm rows and encircled by the words
“Pride of New York.” Kardashian’s shirt contains the Statue of Liberty logo over rows and “Rich Soil New York,” in a font similar to the New York logo.

The clothing line Rich Soil is run by Kardashian and her husband, NBA basketball player Lamar Odom, the newspaper reported.

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MINEOLA, N.Y (CBSNewYork/AP) – New questions have mounted about procedures used by a Nassau County police officer who responded to an armed robbery, and ended up firing the bullet that killed 21-year-old Hofstra University student Andrea Rebello.

As CBS 2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported Monday, experts said police radio transmissions may help determine what officers knew as they entered the off-campus home.

The officer who fired the shots has been identified as Nikolas Budimlic, a 19-year police veteran.

Rebello and the intruder, Dalton Smith, died early Friday when the officer fired eight shots, hitting him seven times, with one bullet striking Rebello once in the head, according to county homicide squad Lt. John Azzata.

With a gun pointed at her, Smith “kept saying, ‘I’m going to kill her,’ and then he pointed the gun at the police officer,” according to Azzata. The officer acted quickly, saying later that he believed his and Rebello’s life were in danger, according to authorities.

As of Monday, the Nassau County PBA said Officer Budimlic was “surrounded by family and friends who support him during this time of grief.”

Experts have said the chain of events this past Friday illustrates the difficulty police officers face when responding to calls involving armed gunmen.

The former head of the Nassau Bar Association also cautioned against second-guessing an impossible situation.

“Obviously, this officer was confronted with what was a life-threatening position,” said former Bar Association president Marc Gann. “I’m not in a position to second guess that. I don’t think anyone is at this point in time.”

John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor Michele Galietta said the officer was confronted with a split-second choice when the suspect was holding Andrea Rebello in a headlock pointed a loaded handgun at him.

“The big question is, how do you know, when someone’s pointing a gun at you, whether you should keep talking to them, or shoot?” said Galietta. “That’s what makes the job of an officer amazingly difficult.”

Jon Shane, a former NYPD captain, added that the guidelines for using deadly force are not as simple as some people realize.

“A police officer doesn’t have to allow someone to kill him or her before they can take action, that’s number one. It depends on the actions of the offender,” he said. “If the hostage taker standing there waving a gun and the police officer feels that the hostage is going to be killed, or an innocent third party is going to be killed or the officer is going to be killed — then they can respond with force.”

But Rebello’s godfather, Henrique Santos of Eastchester, told the Journal News he is angry about the shooting, and believes the officer should have negotiated instead of firing.

A collection of flowers and candles were growing on the stoop of the building where Rebello lived at 213 California Ave. in Uniondale. And the Nassau County police have launched an investigation of the standoff, with the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office monitoring.

Eugene O’Donnell, a former New York City police officer and professor of law and police studies at John Jay College, said the crucial issue may be whether or not police had deemed it a hostage situation. If so, he said, there are protocols police follow to buy time, slow down, isolate and assess.

Retired NYPD Capt. Edward Mamet, who is a consultant on police tactics, said if the officer knew there was a weapon and hostage involved he should have waited for hostage negotiators instead of going into the house.

“They have these little cameras that snake into the building to get an idea of what’s going on inside,” Mamet told 1010 WINS’ Mona Rivera. “They could isolate the telephone and establish communication. To go in on the blind is very dangerous.”

But O’Donnell said the officers may have had few options because of “an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation between the officer and the offender.”

But civil rights attorney Fred Brewington said it is important to review protocol in any friendly fire shooting.

“Whether or not protocol was followed, was he aware there was a gun and a hostage situation,” Brewington said.

But Anthony Kourtessis, the father of another Hofstra student who was in the house during the invasion, thanked the officer for his actions.

“The police officer saved my son’s life and I owe a great deal of gratitude to the gentleman,” he said.

Santos told the Journal News he wondered why eight shots were fired instead of one.

But none of the discussions alter the outcome. Rebello was shot in the head, and her twin sister escaped seconds earlier with her life.

Santos said Jessica Rebello now cries instead of sleeping. He said the twins did everything together.

And as for the 42-year-old officer himself, he is said to be inconsolable over Rebello’s death, according to a report in The New York Post.

“He blames himself and keeps replaying it in his mind,” a police source told the Post. “He is torn up about the poor girl.”

Nassau County PBA officials said the focus of the debate should be on why the perpetrator was free on parole. They planned to formally announce their support for Officer Budimlic at a news conference Tuesday.

Rebello’s devastated family is asking for privacy as they prepare for the slain college student’s funeral, which will be held Wednesday in Sleepy Hollow.

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said a 14-year-old girl from Queens who was shot in the head and killed while on board a public bus was the victim of “another senseless shooting.”

Daja Robinson had left a Sweet 16 party with some friends when she got on board the Q6 bus in the southeastern part of Jamaica around 9 p.m. Saturday, Kelly told reporters Sunday.

She was on the bus when a gunman fired at least nine shots with .40-caliber bullets, ripping holes in the bus and killing Robinson, Kelly said.

“Terrible, this is, as I say, another senseless shooting,” Kelly said.

Robinson’s family visited the makeshift memorial at the scene of the shooting to view the outpouring of grief from the community.

As CBS 2′s Steve Langford reported Monday, the family has not commented but stood in silent disbelief that their teenager couldn’t make it home on a short bus ride home from a party.

A search for the shooter is under way, police said.

The shooter was outside the bus on Sutphin Boulevard on Saturday night when the shots were fired, police said. Robinson was struck in the right temple and pronounced dead at a hospital.

Daja Robinson was killed by an apparently stray bullet while riding on a Queens bus on May 18, 2013. (credit: Handout)

Kelly described the gunman as a man between the age of 18 and 25, wearing a black sweater. He said the party was peaceful and the motive remains unclear.

Police believe the shooting was gang-related, but Robinson was not connected to any gang activity, Langford reported.

Kelly said it appears Robinson was an innocent victim of the gunfire.

“One thing is clear — she was not, in our judgment, the target of the shooting,” he said.

Neighborhood residents were dismayed.

“I’m traumatized by it,” neighbor Vincent Felder said. ”Catch who did it, that’s it. So she can rest and know he didn’t get away with the cruel crime.”

“She was a good kid, she ain’t deserve this,” Kenny Brown said.

“I can’t believe she’s gone. When I heard about it yesterday I was crying my eyes out, I couldn’t take it,” neighbor William McCoy said.

Mourners gather at an informal memorial for Daja Robinson, killed by an apparently stray bullet while riding on a Queens bus on May 18, 2013. (credit: Handout)

Family members have asked to be left alone as they grieve over the loss of their child, but community advocates expressed outrage over the girl’s death.

“Imagine how the mother felt last night when she got word her daughter ain’t come home no more, imagine how the father felt,” said Jamaica NAACP spokesperson Leroy Gadsden.

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A lot of workers are about to lose their jobs. They got kicked out of their auto body shops by the landlord.

The landlord … is New York City.

As CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer reported Monday, business owners are calling it harassment.

The mayor known in some circles as “El Bloombito” has struck again, imperiously closing more than a dozen auto body shops in the Willets Point area of Queens across from Citi Field, an area that he wants to gentrify. The Department of Buildings order to vacate says there are unsafe conditions. The landlord is none other than the city, so you do the math.

“If there was an issue of safety the first thing who would know? The city, because they are the landlord,” auto body shop owner Akram Mohibi said.

The business owners said they are furious.

“They have no reason to shut people down like that. The only reason I can see is they’re trying to find some kind of excuse,” shop owner Jaimee Saverti said.

“This is totally harassment, Marcia. This is not the first time and we have always been saying if we are doing anything illegal let us know,” Mohibi said. “They come up with any kind of excuses to just get us out of here. Do it by law. This is not a third world country.”

There appear to be some, shall we say, discrepancies in the city actions. The Department of Buildings said it issued a “partial” vacate order for five businesses at 38-01 126th St. But the businesses that were  closed down are at 37-03 126^th St., and 38-05 126th St.

What really upsets the business owners is that all of the people are going to be without jobs. They said it’s like being fired for no reason.

“None of us are going to have a job because all the shops are closed,” Mohibi said. “We all have family to feed.”

And there’s another issue: the inspectors arrived to shut them down with no warning, and apparently without a prior inspection.

“All these years there was no safety issues, how do you say to me that one is safe but this is no safe. Then why did you give it to me to rent?” Mohibi said.

The city said the inspectors did an on-the-spot inspection before issuing the vacate order. But when CBS 2’s Kramer asked what prompted the sudden visit, there was no answer.

Calls to the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development, which is the actual landlord, were not returned.

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Assemblyman Vito Lopez of Brooklyn announced on Saturday that his resignation from the 53rd Assembly District seat was to be effective as of 9 a.m. Monday. He faced possible expulsion from the Legislature amid sexual harassment allegations. The allegations against him include asking young female staffers to massage him and join him in hotel rooms.

The surprise announcement came just a day after the 72-year-old Democrat defied demands by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign immediately. Instead, Lopez had announced last week that he would resign at the end of the legislative session on June 20 to become a candidate for the New York City Council.

“I expect to run a vigorous campaign on the issues facing the citizens of my community,” Lopez had said in a statement “and hope to continue to serve them in the City Council.”

Lopez is banking on his constituents to support his bid, but Council Speaker Christine Quinn said his actions should drive all New Yorkers to come out and help support his opponent, Antonio Reynoso.

Reynoso called on Lopez to drop his campaign, saying he does not deserve to the privilege of representing Brooklyn and Queens on the council.

Speaking Monday, Cuomo said Lopez made the right decision.

“I think for Vito Lopez, the appropriate action was an immediate resignation, and after some fits and starts, that’s where it wound up,” the governor said.

Cuomo also weighed in on the handling of the case. Speaker Silver took heat for authorizing a secret $103,000 settlement to a pair of Lopez accusers in June, before Lopez was censured following the two additional harassment allegations.

“How was it handled? How should it have been handled? Can it be handled better? I think it’s an appropriate level of discussion,” Cuomo said. “How does the Assembly handle complaints of sexual harassment is an important topic.”

Last week, a state ethics report looking into accusations of sexual harassment at the hands of Lopez found the embattled assemblyman did not violate any laws. A special prosecutor found “alarming” actions by Lopez, but no crime.

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Jermaine Richards, 30, was in handcuffs and leg shackles as he was arraigned Monday in Bridgeport Superior Court. Several relatives of the victim — Alyssiah Wiley, 20 — attended the proceeding wearing T-shirts with the word “taken” above a picture of her.

A judge ordered Richards held on $1 million bail and continued the case to June 25.

Tensions were high at the arraignment amid an increased police presence. Several people yelled at each other inside and outside the courthouse, but no arrests were made.

Wiley’s mother, Corrinna Martin, wept as she left the building.

Richards didn’t enter a plea, but his lawyer, John Gulash, said his client intends to plead not guilty. Richards is a long-time Bridgeport resident with no criminal record, Gulash said.

Wiley, a sophomore psychology major, was last seen April 20 on Main Street in Willimantic, a few blocks from campus. She was reported missing on April 24.

In the weeks that followed, police searched for her in several parts of the state using aircraft and dogs, while her family pleaded with the public to come forward with information on her whereabouts.

A police cadaver dog found her remains Friday in a wooded area of Trumbull, about a mile from Richards’ home in Bridgeport. Autopsy results are pending, and state police haven’t said how she died.

Richards turned himself in to police Saturday after learning there was a warrant for his arrest.

Police said they searched Richards’ home and removed evidence but did not specify what had been recovered. Police found a black Nissan Altima last week near the Bridgeport-Fairfield line that they said was connected to the case, but officials wouldn’t say how it was related.

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Paul Collins, 62, was arrested at his home and charged with rape of a child by force, indecent assault and battery of a child under 14, and open and gross lewdness. He was arraigned in First District Court in Central Islip on May 18, and taken to Massachusetts by Arlington, Mass., police officers.

Collins was the swim coach and aquatics director for the Arlington Boys and Girls Club between 1978 and 1980. He met his victims – four boys – at the club, Suffolk County police said.

Collins went on to live in Suffolk County for nearly a decade, and detectives were investigating whether he committed similar crimes there.

Anyone with information on that subject was asked to call the Suffolk County police Special Victims Section at (631) 852-6184, or (800) 220-TIPS.

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — From humble beginnings to superstar heights, Cher has been entertaining audiences for decades. Today the talented performer turned 67.

To celebrate, fans in New York reflected on the star’s earliest successes and the lasting impression that she made on pop-culture. Among the many things that Cher is famous for is a catalog of songs that have all become sing along favorites, but it isn’t just her music that the fans love.

In 1987 Cher made a splash on the big screen in the movie “Moonstruck.” She won an Oscar for best actress, playing the role of Loretta Castorini.

“It was just the best experience I had, making a movie with the greatest people,” she said.

On Monday a grateful Cher thanked her fans on Twitter for all of the love and support that they have given her over the years.

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — He’s a high school dropout who started the social networking site Tumblr six years ago. On Monday, New Yorker David Karp officially sold the site to Yahoo! for more than $1 billion.

If you’re a social media junkie, you and a few million others know what Tumblr is. If not, you might be wondering why Yahoo! would pay a king’s ransom for it.

Tumblr us a social networking website, a cross between Twitter and Facebook, and, as of Monday, is owned and operated by Yahoo!.

“Yahoo! acquired one of New York’s most successful start-ups, Tumblr, to become part of the Yahoo! Portfolio,” Yahoo! President and CEO Marissa Mayer said.

Karp is now an extremely wealthy 26-year-old. He has been featured on the cover of Forbes’ 30 under 30. He reportedly lives with his girlfriend in an unassuming apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. CBS 2’s Emily Smith also found out he went to the prestigious Bronx High School of Science for one year before dropping out at the age of 15 and started homeschooling but never earned his diploma.

Paul Levinson is a professor of media studies at Fordham University.

“No one knows much about him at all. It’s interesting he was home schooled. You have Bill Gates a college dropout and really the same as Steve Jobs,” Levinson said.

Levinson said by selling Tumblr to Yahoo! Karp is about $275 million richer. The rest of the billion dollar transaction will be paid to investors.

Whether the marriage between Tumblr and Yahoo! will help turn-around Yahoo! remains to be seen.

And while Karp will hold his reign as CEO, his life is forever changed.

“A lot of people are concerned he sold out. I don’t think so. Let him make money from it,” Levinson said.

Karp founded Tumblr on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in his mother’s small apartment in 2007.

Tumblr’s headquarters will remain in New York City. The site sees 900 posts a second.

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During summations, city attorney Heidi Grossman said that there is “no indication of racial motivation whatsoever” in the practice and argued that the plaintiffs failed to show that there is widespread searching of blacks and Hispanics based on race rather than on reasonable suspicion.

Grossman pointed out that none of those who testified about encounters with police could point to any racial slurs or statements.

More than 5 million stops have been made in New York in the past decade, mostly of black and Hispanic men. Police must have reasonable suspicion to stop someone, a standard lower than probable cause needed to justify an arrest. Only about 10 percent result in arrests.

About a dozen black and Hispanic men told the judge of disturbing and uncomfortable encounters with police that left them feeling confused, angry and scared.

One witness, 24-year-old Nicholas Peart from Harlem, wept on the stand as he described how he was handcuffed and put into the back of a squad car.

A teenager told how he was stopped walking down the street. In each instance, the witnesses said they could find no basis for the stops other than they were minorities. But many of the officers who did the stopping also explained their legal reasoning.

Lawyers for the men who sued police say officers are making illegal stops in part because they felt pressure from superiors instituting illegal quotas.

Many NYPD officials testified on policy and procedure. About a dozen police officials also testified on how they do their jobs.

Officers are told to stop “the right people, at the right time in the right location,” a phrase first heard in the early days of the case on a secret recording made by one whistleblower officer during a heated exchange over his performance evaluation. Since then, it has been repeated by nearly every official who testified.

“It’s a tool that needs to be used properly, and as borough commanders you should have adequate checks and balances in place, and you should be looking at them with your staff,” said Deputy Chief James Hall, who is in charge of patrol.  “There is a focus on when it is used —  right time, right location, you know, right individual.”

Police have said the phrase means the location where crimes have been occurring, at the time they have been occurring and an individual who matches the description of a crime suspect or someone who appears about to commit a crime.

Lawyers for the men who have sued say, though, that the phrase is code for targeting blacks and Hispanics in poor neighborhoods.

A plaintiff’s attorney argued that what the NYPD calls proactive policing is experienced by minorities as arbitrary and based on race.

U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin must eventually examine more than 7,000 pages of trial record and may order major changes to the policy, reforms that could have a nationwide impact on how police departments operate.

Scheindlin interrupted frequently to ask questions, WCBS 880′s Irene Cornell reported. For example, she asked if the court were to conclude that there was no reasonable suspicion for a stop, then why was the person stopped in the first place and on what grounds?

Scheindlin also noted the city’s argument that 90 percent of crimes are committed in minority neighborhoods, explaining why 80 percent of the stops are made on blacks and Hispanics.

The judge asked the plaintiff’s attorney where they would expect police to be deployed if not in high crime areas.

The judge reminded the plaintiffs that they must prove that at least one stop was unconstitutional. The attorney replied that they believe all 19 stops have Constitutional problems that left the targeted subjects feeling afraid to leave home.

The plaintiff’s attorney concluded that the police can do better than to make innocent people feel afraid.

Plaintiffs say a court monitor must be appointed to facilitate changes in training, supervision and the documentation of street stops. An expert for the city testified that the department has already enough checks and balances already in place.

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According to coach John Tortorella, the Rangers played much better in the Game 2 blowout than in their overtime defeat in the series opener.

The bottom line is this: for the second consecutive series, New York has dug an 0-2 hole on the road and will need to rebound quickly at Madison Square Garden if the club hopes to extend this postseason run.

Can this team do it again?

“The first game, the score doesn’t indicate the game,” Tortorella said Monday. “We probably should’ve lost by more.”

The Rangers returned to practice one day before they will host the Bruins in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series. New York was looking to shake off its 5-2 loss on Sunday while focusing on the task at hand.

“After watching the tape, which always helps me the next day one way or another,” Tortorella said, “there were a lot of good things.”

Game 4 will also be in New York on Thursday.

In the first round, the Rangers returned home after dropping two games in Washington and evened the series with a pair of wins at the Garden. The home team won every game in that series until New York took Game 7 in a dominating 5-0 decision.

“We know we can’t take them lightly,” forward Brad Marchand said Monday after the Bruins practiced in Boston. “We’ve got to make sure we go to New York being very hungry and ready to go out hard.”

History is hardly on the Rangers’ side. New York is 2-19 in series it trailed 0-2, and no NHL team has won consecutive series after losing the first two games.

“You don’t want to be down 2-0,” Tortorella said. “We know what hole we’re in, but by no means is this a really bad thing. We need to win a game and try to get momentum on our side.

“Last year, we had to win a couple in a row and we were going back and forth with wins and losses. We’ve been in this situation for a long time the past couple of years. I am not worried about that. I just want to make sure we correct the things we need to correct, and I think we’ll be OK.”

The Bruins are also well aware they still have plenty of work to do to reach the Eastern Conference finals for the second time in three seasons.

Boston led Toronto 3-1 in the first round before being forced to Game 7. The Bruins then staged a three-goal comeback in the third period of the decisive game to get to overtime. Patrice Bergeron scored the tying and winning goals to help the Bruins survive and advance.

The last thing they want to do now is give the Rangers a chance to seize momentum.

“It’s about realizing the series is not over until you win that fourth game. We know that,” Bergeron said. “We know (Tuesday) is going to be a huge game. They’re going to try to bounce back, and we’re expecting them to come out really hard. We need to make sure we match that.

“It’s going to be in their building so we’re expecting them to come out with a lot of energy and feed off the crowd.”

The Rangers are banking on the same thing. New York won three games at home against Washington, and figures to need three more against Boston to get out of this round.

Star forward Rick Nash netted his long-awaited first postseason goal with the Rangers on Sunday. If that gets him going on a roll, New York’s outlook will appear that much brighter.

“I’d rather trade that goal in for a win, so it doesn’t matter,” Nash said. “Anytime you play at home it seems like you create that energy off the fans. If you look at the good teams around the league — and they are the teams that don’t need it — there is no excuses. It shouldn’t make a difference whether we are home or on the road.”

One key factor for the Rangers is the play — and health — of goalie Henrik Lundqvist. He was back on the ice Monday after his rough game on Sunday, in which he also appeared to injure a shoulder.

He was no worse for wear during and following the hour-long practice.

“Everybody is sore,” he said.

Before Sunday, Lundqvist hadn’t allowed five goals in 151 consecutive games, dating to a 5-2 loss at Anaheim on March 9, 2011. He also had never yielded more than three goals in any of his 31 previous games against the Bruins, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Lundqvist gave up 12 total goals in the first five games of the first-round series versus the Capitals before shutting them out in Games 6 and 7. Boston has already registered eight goals against him.

“It’s disappointing to give up five goals, but positioning-wise and reading the plays for the most part was good,” Lundqvist said. “They made some good plays, too, and then there were some unlucky bounces and screens.

“I could probably find excuses for the goals, but it’s not going to help my game. I just have to try to be better and work even harder to see pucks.”

Tortorella chalked up some of Boston’s goals to “simple coverage” mistakes by his team — errors he said were uncharacteristic and fixable.

“It doesn’t bother me, it surprises me a little bit,” he said. “We beat ourselves. I am not disrespecting Boston by any means. We hurt ourselves in our play away from the puck, and I think that is one of the biggest strengths we have.”

The Bruins also expect to see the best of the Rangers once the series shifts to New York.

“We always worry about the other team. We need to worry about ourselves,” Boston coach Claude Julien said. “When we play well, we’re a good team and we give ourselves a chance to win.

“We need to understand they’re going to be better. We also need to be better.”

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After their performance in Game 3, it is clear the defending Stanley Cup champions still need plenty of work.

The Kings went through a short workout at their training complex Sunday after sleeping in their own beds following a 2-1 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.

Such easy travel usually isn’t possible in the spread-out Western Conference, but Game 4 isn’t until Tuesday night at the Shark Tank.

“We were home at pretty much the same time as we would coming from Staples on a regular night,” center Anze Kopitar said. “It’s a 50-minute flight, so it’s pretty quick. I think it’s good for us.”

Los Angeles’ 2-1 loss in Game 3 ended on a power-play goal after two penalty calls that angered and confused the Kings for several reasons. Yet captain Dustin Brown acknowledged the Kings have plenty of concerns beyond the officiating.

Los Angeles leads the series 2-1, but only after getting a 35-save shutout from Jonathan Quick in Game 1 and stealing Game 2 with two late power-play goals.

“We’ve got to score more than one goal,” Brown said. “I mean, Quickie is a great goalie, but at the end of the day, we need to score more than one goal for him. We haven’t done that. I think we’ve only scored one goal three times out of four away games.”

Indeed, the Kings have scored six goals in their four road playoff games this spring, half of them in a 3-2 overtime win at St. Louis. The other three road playoff games all have been 2-1 losses — and before that, Los Angeles dropped six straight road games to close the regular season, scoring nine goals in that stretch.

Robyn Regehr was whistled for hooking on a seemingly garden-variety stick play with 41.7 seconds left in regulation in Game 3, and Trevor Lewis followed him into the box with 4.5 seconds left on a goaltender interference call that had the Kings steaming. They claimed Lewis was pushed into Antti Niemi, and questioned why such a dramatic call would be made so late in a game.

The Kings killed off the 5-on-3 disadvantage, but gave up Logan Couture’s power-play game-winner. Quick, who shut out the Sharks from the opening minutes until the final buzzer, got a game misconduct for berating the officials who made the decisive call.

“Not happy, but we can’t do anything about it,” Kopitar said. “Again, it’s the position that we put ourselves into that is mind-boggling. It’s not the way we want to play and be in that situation. We came close to killing it off, but we’ve said it all along, you can’t give them too many opportunities, because they will score, and they did.”

The Kings have demonstrated they know how to regroup after a playoff loss. After dropping the first two games of the postseason in St. Louis, they responded with six straight victories.

The Sharks also present a challenge similar to the Blues in their desire to attack Quick with a high volume of shots. St. Louis outshot Los Angeles in four of the six games, and the Kings have been soundly outshot by San Jose in the current series — but with Quick in top form, the numbers haven’t beaten Los Angeles.

San Jose also has revived its dominant power play, which produced both of its goals in Game 3 after the Kings shut out the Sharks in the first two games at Staples Center.

“Especially when the Conn Smythe winner (is) on the defending champion team, I’m going to assume if I was coaching against them, that I’m going to say, `Shoot lots, and get as much traffic as you can,”‘ Sutter said. “So I think San Jose has that mindset, as St. Louis did last series. You’re trying to get your team to shoot more, and you’re trying to get players to go to the net more.”

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Daniel Alfredsson of the Ottawa Senators and Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings are the other finalists.

Former NHL star Mark Messier determines the winner of the award. He solicits suggestions from from club and NHL personnel and fans to come up with the finalists and then makes a final decision on the winner.

The following is the explanation of Toews’ nomination as provided by the award:

Toews was named captain of the Blackhawks in 2008 when he was just 20-years-old, making him the third-youngest captain in NHL history at the time. While his leadership on the ice is undisputed, his role off the ice with various children’s charitable causes makes him an undeniable role model to fans. In his spare time, Toews volunteers to grant wishes through the Make-A-Wish Foundation and visits with patients at the local children’s hospital and Chicago’s Misericordia. Last fall, he returned home to join the Winnipeg Patrolmen Hockey Club and other NHL players for the “Goals for Dreams Hockey Challenge,” which helped raise $80,000 for the Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Dream Factory, a charity that grants dreams for critically and chronically ill children.

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings got much younger this year, rebuilding with rookies and prospects pushed onto the ice.

For much of the lockout-delayed season, it didn’t look good for them.

The storied franchise used to chase Stanley Cup titles with key players in their late 30s and 40s such as Nicklas Lidstrom, Chris Chelios, Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull and Larry Murphy.

Not anymore.

As the Chicago Blackhawks are now finding out, the Red Wings are much better than they were during the regular season thanks to an improved cast of inexperienced players.

“We’ve had great growth from within, I think the most since I’ve been in the National Hockey League for sure,” Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said Sunday. “That may be because we have a different type of team. We got a whole bunch of kids, so we have a chance for growth.”

Red Wings rookie Brendan Smith scored the winning goal Saturday in Detroit’s 4-1 win at Chicago that tied the series 1-1. The top-seeded Blackhawks won the opener by the same 4-1 score.

“We knew they were going to come back and play much better than they did in Game 1,” Chicago captain Jonathan Toews said. “Obviously, we didn’t quite match the effort.”

When the puck drops Monday night in Detroit for Game 3, Toews hopes his team is ready to bounce back.

“There’s no time to waste in this series,” Toews said. “We know going into their building it’s even more difficult.”

It will be even more challenging for Chicago if Toews can’t produce as he did in the 48-game regular season.

Toews had 23 goals, tying Patrick Kane for the team lead and trailing just four players in the league. However, he is struggling to score for a third straight postseason.

Toews is in an eight-game playoff slump that dates to last year. He has just three goals combined in three postseasons since scoring seven goals to help Chicago win the Cup in 2010. He had seven goals the previous postseason — his first — when Detroit eliminated the Blackhawks in the Western Conference finals.

Henrik Zetterberg had a lot to do with holding Toews without a point in Game 2, an accomplishment that didn’t surprise Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard.

“Most nights, he’s the best player on the ice,” Howard said. “No different from (Saturday), the way he was all over Toews the whole game, shutting him down. We’re going to need that for the whole series.”

The Red Wings would also benefit if their inexperienced players figure out a way to avoid fading into the background.

Before Smith’s go-ahead goal on Saturday, first-year player Damien Brunner and rookie Gustav Nyquist also scored winning goals this postseason — in overtime against Anaheim. Teammate Joakim Andersson ranks among rookie scoring leaders.

The 27-year-old Brunner, too old to be a candidate for the Calder Trophy given to the rookie of the year, has followed up a 26-point regular season with four goals in the playoffs to match Johan Franzen for the team lead. He also has three assists.

Calder finalist Brandon Saad has only one assist in seven postseason games for the Blackhawks. The 20-year-old forward had 27 points during the regular season.

Brunner has insisted it doesn’t bother him to be out of the running for the Calder, and sounded even more thankful on Sunday that he waited to make the jump from the Swiss League.

The 5-foot-11, 184-pound forward was banged around on the ice quite a bit and had growing pains off it, dealing with a lot of travel after his longest trip last year was a 2½-hour bus ride.

“You kind of think it’s not that big of a deal when you come over, but after a couple trips and the hours you lose, especially when you come back home, it’s tough,” Brunner said. “It’s really tough.”

While Babcock’s job behind the bench was tougher this year than it had been the past seven seasons with veteran-filled rosters, he relished the opportunity to lead the young Red Wings.

“It’s the most fun I’ve had coaching in a couple years, by far, just because we have a real enthusiastic group,” Babcock said. “At the start of the year, we weren’t a good team. We all understood that, but we buckled down and we got better. It’s been fun for us. If you would have asked me before the playoffs, I would’ve told you the same thing. Then suddenly you have a little success in the playoffs — and it’s more fun.”

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We know that plenty of them aren’t, but there are still many so-called “good guys” in sports.

Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano appears to be one of those good guys.

Last Friday, before the Yankees were set to host the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium, 13-year-old Nick D’Annibale — a survivor of leukemia — made a visit to the MLB Fan Cave in Manhattan to play some Wiffle ball with MLB.com’s Cave Dwellers.

All of a sudden, in true old-school American fashion, an ice cream van showed up. You can’t ignore an ice cream truck on a hot day, can you? Of course not.

But who was the ice cream man in the truck? None other than the Bronx Bombers’ four-time All-Star!

Cano shocked D’Annibale — who was sporting Cano’s No. 24 jersey at the time — and proceeded to participate in the game.

“I thought it was just going to be ice cream,” D’Annibale said.

After D’Annibale struck a ball well, Cano gave the youngster a high-five and said, ”Whoa, you’re better than me!”

Watch the touching scene here.

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After Game 2, Henrik might be in for some tossing and turning after experiencing some serious déjà vu.

Early in the third period, with the Bruins leading 3-2, Patrice Bergeron won the opening faceoff and shortly afterwards carried the puck on a 2-on-2 rush up the ice. With Marchand driving to the net, Bergeron carried the puck to the corner of the rink, drawing Michael Del Zotto with him before sending a pass to the front of the crease. Marchand, able to fight through Dan Girardi, got his tape on the puck and redirected it just under Lundqvist’s right pad.

The goal made the score 4-2 in favor of the Bruins with 19:34 left in the game, so it wasn’t quite the back-breaker that Thursday’s overtime goal was. Yet the goal appeared to crush New York’s hopes of clawing back, a thought completely eliminated 12 minutes later when Milan Lucic scored to give the Bruins a 5-2 lead. The rout was on, and while Lundqvist was a bit cryptic with his postgame comments, he seemed to confirm suspicions that the Rangers were taken off their game in the third period.

“We gave it to them,” Lundqvist said after the game, before repeating himself. “We gave it to them. I thought we played great, [but] I don’t think they had to work really hard to get a couple goals there. We just made it really tough on ourselves, so we have to correct a few things and go home and turn this around. It doesn’t matter the score — it’s a loss. Overtime or 5-2, doesn’t matter.”

The bottom line is that the final score doesn’t matter, but in a series predicated on defense and goaltending, the dynamic certainly shifts now. After an imperfect but respectable performance by Lundqvist in Game 1 (45 saves on 48 shots), the safe bet was for a monster performance in Game 2. Instead, he allowed five goals, the first time he’s done that in any game since March 9, 2011, and the first time he’s done it in a postseason game since April 26, 2009. His save percentage in the series now sits at .900, his goals-against average at 3.54. His regular-season numbers? A .926 save percentage and 2.05 GAA.

Despite the outcome, the Rangers won’t panic. Head coach John Tortorella said flatly, “I’m not evaluating our goaltending. I don’t need to evaluate Henrik. We know what Henrik is.”

And, really, the five goals don’t all fall on Lundqvist’s shoulders. Dan Girardi screened the goalie on Torey Krug’s shot, which opened the game’s scoring, and Girardi later kicked a Krug shot right to Gregory Campbell in front of the net for the second Bruins’ goal. Girardi again screened Lundqvist on Johnny Boychuk’s goal, the eventual game-winner, and he failed to break up the pass from Bergeron to Marchand early in the third. The icing on the cake for Girardi came when he made a decent play to drop to the ice to break up a pass, but ended up sliding out of the way and allowing Lucic to easily score the fifth goal. If anyone had a nightmare game, it was most certainly No. 5 in white, not No. 30.

Lundqvist also looked to be suffering through some sort of pain in the third period, and he later confirmed he had some sort of shoulder injury that would require a look from the team’s medical staff.

Excuses beyond his control were there for Lundqvist, and he certainly cashed in on the opportunity to make them, but he is not supposed to be just any goalie. The reigning Vezina winner and almost-unanimous best goalie in the sport should be able to rise to the challenge of playoff hockey and come through with saves no matter the circumstance — maybe not all of them, but at least one of them. That’s what it takes to get through the postseason and win a Cup for a team dependent on defense, and the last two Conn Smythe winners are proof of that.

For the last two games in Boston, dozens of reporters, microphones and cameras crowded around Lundqvist’s locker stall, because he is the superstar, and he is the “king.” His hat with the number 30 inside a crown, which he wore after the 5-2 loss, was there to remind everyone of that.

But one more game from Lundqvist where the king plays like just another goalie, and this series is going to be a lot shorter than most everyone anticipated.

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A rescued pit bull puppy that had been missing since Friday has been found safe and is back at home — thanks to bacon.

Misty, a 6-month-old puppy, was being walked in Riverdale when she became fixated on a bird and took off, according to Second Chance Rescue. She darted into the woods and was out of sight in moments.

The young pup was rescued in April when she was found with serious injuries and bite wounds all over her face and body.

Misty back home May 20, 2013. (Credit: Misty’s Journey/FB)

She is believed to have been used as a bait dog for dog fighting and was helped by students at the Stephen Gaynor school in Manhattan who raised more than $800 for her care.

Jackie O’Sullivan with Second Chance Rescue said volunteers searched for Misty, set up traps and brought in a scent dog to try to track Misty’s path over the weekend.

A painstaking search in the woods proved unsuccessful, Misty’s foster mom, Erin Earley, said.

“I’ve had ticks on me, I’ve fallen today twice, I broke my iPhone – which was our one source of information – from falling off of rocks,” she said.

After searching the woods, Earley told 1010 WINS’ Susan Richard they tried a new approach.

“One of the suggestions that we got for today since it was sunny was to cook bacon,” said Earley, who is a vegan. “I would never normally cook bacon. We don’t have any of that in my house. So my brother and my cousin went out and got bacon and sure enough out she came.”

It was a case of life imitating the famous commercial for Beggin’ Strips dog treats, Earley said.

“It’s unbelievable,” she said.

“We don’t know where she’s been traveling and she’s completely fine,” Earley said. “She doesn’t even have a tick on her.”

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Here’s a look at what commuters can expect for the next few days:

Morning and Evening Peak/Off-Peak Service

• For the AM/PM Peak, there will be limited train service between Grand Central Terminal and the Westport Station.
• For the Off-Peak, there will be regular train service between Grand Central Terminal and the Westport Station.
• There will be loop bus service with connections between Bridgeport, Fairfield, Fairfield Metro and Westport Stations (no bus service from Green’s Farms and Southport Stations).
• A train shuttle will operate approximately every 20 minutes between Bridgeport and New Haven Stations.

Evening Peak Service to New Haven

• There will be regular train service from Grand Central Terminal to the South Norwalk Station.
• Express bus service from South Norwalk to the Bridgeport Station will be available.
• There will be limited train service from Grand Central Terminal to the Westport Station.
• Local bus shuttle service will run between Westport, Fairfield, Fairfield Metro and Bridgeport Stations (no bus service from Green’s Farms and Southport Stations).
• A train shuttle will operate every 20 minutes between Bridgeport and New Haven Stations.
• Regular train service will operate on New Canaan, Danbury and Waterbury Branches.

Amtrak Service

• Amtrak says its Acela Express and Northeast Regional Service between New York and New Haven are indefinitely suspended.
• Amtrak will provide limited service between Boston and New Haven.

Tuesday:

• Morning Peak Trains to Grand Central
  • A shuttle train will operate every 20 minutes between New Haven and Bridgeport Station.
  • Between Bridgeport and Stamford stations, two bus shuttles will operate: Express service from Bridgeport to Stamford Station with regular train connections to Grand Central Terminal. Local service between Bridgeport, Fairfield Metro, Fairfield and Westport Stations (no bus service from Green’s Farms and Southport Stations).
  • There will be limited train service from Westport and East Norwalk Stations to Grand Central and regular train service from South Norwalk Station to Grand Central Terminal.

Conn. Gov. Dannel Malloy said roads could be a mess for a week as Metro-North Railroad crews repair tracks, overhead wires and other equipment. Officials are expecting heavy congestion along Interstate 95 and the Merritt Parkway as a result.

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Each day, approximately 30,000 Metro-North customers use the stations where service has been shut down, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates Metro-North.

In a statement, Metro-North made the following recommendations to commuters:

• Travel times will be significantly longer than normal and trains will be significantly crowded.
• Metro-North representatives will be at major New Haven Line (NHL) stations to assist customers.
• NHL customers east of South Norwalk are encouraged to seek alternative ways to get to and from work or stagger their work schedule.
• If possible, customers are advised to use the Harlem Line as an alternative. NHL rail tickets will be cross-honored.
• ConnDOT will cross-honor NHL pre-paid rail tickets (as a temporary Bus/Rail uniticket) on I-95 Corridor Bus Service.
• Metro-North will cross-honor Amtrak tickets.
• Sign up for free email or text message service updates at www.mta.info.
• Visit our website for periodic service updates.
• Listen to the radio and television news: 1010 WINS | WCBS
• Customers should plan to carpool if possible.
• Connecticut residents can get more information by calling 877-690-5114, New York residents can dial 511.

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Blige has already been hit with liens in Saddle River, N.J. and Westchester County, N.Y. where she owns homes, according to court documents.

The IRS said Blige, 43, has failed to pay all her income taxes over the past several years.

Blige owes the IRS nearly $575,000 from 2009, $2.2 million from 2010 and $647,000 from 2011, according to TMZ, which first reported the lien. Blige also owes more than $900,000 in back taxes in New Jersey, according to TMZ.

The Bronx-born Grammy award-winning singer was also recently sued by Bank of America for not fully repaying a loan and she’s also been sued by Signature Bank for defaulting on a different loan, TMZ reported.

Blige’s hits include “No More Drama” and “Be Without You.”

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Three days earlier, the Irvington, N.J., native was arrested on drug and weapons charges.

Goodson, who signed a three-year deal with the Jets on March 15, didn’t practice with the team. He didn’t even watch, leagues sources told ESPN.

But he did have some conversations with team officials.

“We’re trying to win games and do the right thing,” Jets owner Woody Johnson told reporters. “Truth, justice and the American way. We live by it, we really do. We have a strong credo, very proud people, very intelligent people that work in our building. We want to avoid the avoidable and I think we do a good job.”

Goodson was new general manager John Idzik’s first free-agent signing with the organization. Last week was rough for Idzik and Gang Green, as another one of Idzik’s key free-agent signings — David Garrard — unexpectedly decided to hang up his pads and retire.

Goodson has been charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of hollow-point ammunition, possession of a loaded handgun and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

He spent roughly 12 hours in jail before being released.

Last Friday, Jets brass said that they were gathering information about the arrest. Johnson said that they were still investigating as of Monday, and no decision has been made on what will transpire from this point forward.

“We’re at a point of investigating the facts,” Johnson said. “John Idzik met with him this morning, he’ll meet with the coaches today. We’ll try to get the story on what the facts are and go from there.”

The fourth-year player appeared in 12 games for Oakland in 2012, rushing the ball 35 times for 221 yards and no touchdowns. He also caught 16 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown.

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While most of the seaside walkways were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, almost all of them will be rebuilt and ready to go when the first crowds arrive Friday for Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer tourist season.

On Monday, Lavallette held a ceremony to officially reopen its boardwalk, three-quarters of which was wrecked by the Oct. 29 storm. Mayor Walter LoCicero said having a boardwalk has long been part of his town’s identity.

“It’s a great draw,” he said. “Families stroll or ride their bikes on it. Kids love it. We were certainly hurting without it.”

Rebuilding the 1.1-mile walkway cost about $1.3 million, 25 percent of which the town will have to pay, with the federal government covering the rest.

“It’s a huge psychological boost for the town,” the mayor said. “It’s highly symbolic to the rest of the shore to show that you can recover from something like this.”

Gov. Chris Christie attended the ceremony and as he has for months, promised that every boardwalk ruined by Sandy will be rebuilt and ready for Memorial Day. That’s largely true, but a small boardwalk in the town next door, the Ortley Beach section of Toms River, won’t be. Reconstruction work on it just began two weeks ago, and the town expects it to be finished sometime in June.

“Everything that gives people a sense of normalcy from an abnormal situation helps in terms of getting people to come back,” Christie said. “In Lavallette, in large sections, it doesn’t look a damn bit different than it did last year.”

“This is the first symbol for us of making sure this week that everybody across the state, across the region and across America knows that the Jersey Shore is open for the summer and ready to receive our customers,” Christie said at a ceremony along the Lavallette boardwalk on Monday.

Christie is to attend a similar event Wednesday for Belmar’s boardwalk, which was the first to be rebuilt. That work wrapped up on April 30.

“I’ll be traveling up and down the Jersey Shore all week this week having the real pleasure of seeing the great work that all the tradespeople and the local officials have done to get boardwalks open,” Christie said. “We’ll have every boardwalk up and down the Jersey Shore open and ready for business on Memorial Day Weekend. And if I predicted that to you when I came here the first week in November for the first time when everything looked the way it looked, we all would’ve wondered whether that could be possible. But because we all worked together, we fought hard for each other, it’s not only possible it’s happening and it’s happening this week.”

Asbury Park and Spring Lake are also finished with their boardwalks, and Seaside Heights, Point Pleasant Beach, and Avon will be opening theirs this week, along with the Monmouth beach bathing pavilion. To the south, famous boardwalks including Ocean City and the Wildwoods suffered little if any damage from the storm and have been open and ready for months.

Diane Potella brought her 3-year-old daughter Carmella Davies to walk on the boardwalk Monday and play in the sand around it — something she has missed being able to do since the storm hit last fall.

“We’re extremely excited they were able to get it back and ready this fast,” Potella said. “A lot of homes still need work, but people are starting to get their insurance money and come back and start fixing things up, which is what we’ve been doing, too. It’s just nice to have this back again.”

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