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People walk by a newsstand on 42nd Street January 12, 2007. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Price Cap For New York City Newsstands Could Rise

Newsstand operators and supporters say the City Council proposal to lift the more than decade-old limit from $5 to $10 would help the venerable businesses keep up with the times.

2013/05/13

DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announcing expansion of Brooklyn Bridge ramps to ease notorious FDR backups, May 13, 2013. (credit: Alex Silverman/WCBS 880)

City Unveils Wider Ramps On Brooklyn Bridge To Ease Congestion

New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan calls the congestion between the bridge and the FDR Drive “the Brooklyn Bridge Squeeze.”

2013/05/13

Sabrina Malone (Photo: NYPD handout)

Mother Of Missing Brooklyn Woman: ‘This Has Been A Nightmare’

Sabrina Malone was last seen around 8:30 p.m. Saturday at 115 Columbia St., along the East River in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn, heading back to her home in Crown Heights after leaving her parents’ apartment.

2013/05/09

New York City Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota (file /credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Lhota Slammed For ‘Offensive’ Comment Labeling Port Authority Police ‘Mall Cops’

The mayoral hopeful was answering a question about airport security when he made his controversial remark.

2013/05/08

Willie Wilkins with Newark Mayor Cory Booker, GI GO Fund Executive Director Jack Fanous and French Consul-General Bertrand Lortholary (credit: Alex Silverman/WCBS 880)

New Jersey Veteran Gets Back Dog Tags He Lost In World War II

The Newark native lost the dog tags while serving in the Army’s Quartermaster Graves Registration Units in August 1944 in Southern France, where his job was to retrieve the dead bodies of American soldiers.

2013/05/08

Nick Porto speaks exclusively to CBS 2's John Slattery (CBS 2)

Victim Of Possible Bias Attack In Midtown Speaks Out

Investigators are looking for four men who allegedly yelled anti-gay remarks at two men who were walking near Madison Square Garden.

2013/05/07

Smoke can be seen from a fire on East 226th Street in Wakefield on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (credit: Steve Sandberg/1010 WINS)

5-Alarm Blaze Destroys Several Buildings In The Bronx

The fire started in a detached garage behind a building and then quickly spread, authorities said.

2013/05/02

Northern New Jersey prosecutors announce more than 100 arrests in heroin ring bust, May 2, 2013. (credit: Alex Silverman/WCBS 880)

NJ Prosecutors Post Photos Of Nearly 100 Alleged Heroin Users As Overdoses Spike

Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli says the probe was prompted by what he says was an alarming increase in the number of fatal overdoses and overdoses.

2013/05/02

A sign with a map of the buildings in Stuyvesant Town. (file/credit:  DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

City Councilman Warns Website Promoting Short-Term Rentals Violates The Law

City Councilman Dan Garodnick said postcards have been flooding in, suggesting he use a website called FlipKey.com to rent out his apartment when he’s out of town.

2013/04/30

Citi Bike racks at 99 Bank Street in the West Village - April 30, 2013 (credit: Alex Silverman / WCBS 880)

West Village Apartment Building Sues Over Bike Share Racks

There have been press conferences and angry flyers slapped on Citi Bike racks, but one West Village apartment building is apparently the first legal challenge to them.

2013/04/30

The ruins of a destroyed home sit in the sand on November 21, 2012 in Mantoloking, New Jersey. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

6 Months After Superstorm Sandy, Signs Of Progress But More To Be Done

Sandy caused billions of dollars in damage and left tens of thousands of people homeless after coming ashore Oct. 29. Six months later, major issues including housing, business, tourism and coastal protection still remain.

2013/04/29

Students are welcomed back to East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School on April 29, 2013 (credit: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS)

East Rockaway School Reopens Six Months After Sandy

For six months, students had to wake up early to attend classes at two Baldwin schools which were rented by East Rockaway.

2013/04/29

(credit: FBI)

FBI Releases Surveillance Images Of 2 Suspects In Boston Marathon Bombings

The FBI released video and pictures Thursday and is asking the public to help identify the two men seen in those images as it tries to piece together who is responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings.

2013/04/18

People attend the "Healing Our City: An Interfaith Service" dedicated to those who were gravely wounded or killed in the Boston Marathon bombing, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 18, 2013. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Interfaith Memorial Service Honors Victims Of Boston Marathon Bombings

President Barack Obama declared “there is a piece of Boston in me” as he paid tribute to a city shaken by what he has called an act of terror. He said: “Every one of us stands with you.”

2013/04/18

Law enforcement officials believe the circled area could show a bag that might have held the second bomb to ignite at the Boston Marathon. (Photo: Sam Nordby/Zumapress.com)

Authorities Identify Potential Suspect In Boston Marathon Bombings

Authorities pinpointed a possible suspect Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombings, and they said surveillance video could provide a critical clue in catching the attacker.

2013/04/17

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