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One World Trade Center as seen from West Street - May 17, 2013 (credit: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880)

NYPD Set To Spend $40 Million On Intense Security At World Trade Center

Security over style – that’s the argument NYPD officials are making as they plan to install barricades and barriers in the area surrounding One World Trade Center.

2013/05/17

Planned Jets Helipad Has Madison, N.J., Residents Fuming

The New York Jets have found themselves locked in a fierce battle with their neighbors, as hundreds of residents living near the team’s practice facility protest new construction plans for a helipad.

2013/05/15

NJ TRANSIT Rail Supervisor Sean Kushner Sparky and Yvette Osorio. (credit: Handout)

NJ TRANSIT Crew Rescues Lost Dog From Train Tracks

The American Eskimo dog named Sparky ran away from home in Garfield and wound up stuck on the tracks in front of a Hoboken-bound train.

2013/05/15

Park Slope Homeowners Fit To Be Tied Over Seeping Sewage

Some homes in Park Slope, Brooklyn, have been left in a state of disgusting disarray, after gallons of sewer water seeped in.

2013/05/13

NYCHA Development Residents Furious Over 400 Percent Parking Rate Hike

Residents of New York City Housing Authority developments were furious this week, after their parking fees jumped in a big way.

2013/05/08

A sign for Rt 208 South in Fair Lawn, NJ. (Credit TV 10/55)

Fair Lawn Residents, Business Owners On Edge Following Rash Of Break-Ins

It’s literally “highway robbery.” That’s because dozens of homes and businesses along Route 208 in Fair Lawn have been burglarized.

2013/05/02

"Plan B" Pill (file/credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

FDA Approves: Plan B To Be Dispensed Over The Counter; Critics Come Out Swinging

The FDA announced Tuesday it has approved making the Plan B morning-after pill available over the counter. But purchasers have to be at least 15 to buy it, and will have to provide proof of age at the cash register.

2013/04/30

Police: NYU Student With Arsenal Of Imitation Assault Weapons Arrested

An NYU student was arrested Monday for allegedly building realistic looking air rifles in his dorm room.

2013/04/23

An apartment building in Bayonne where an explosion occurred on Saturday, April 20, 2013 (credit: CBS )

2 New Jersey Men Accused Of Causing Explosion In Bayonne

They were allegedly in a third-floor apartment on West 33rd Street in Bayonne, when they allegedly dropped their makeshift bomb on the fire escape and onto the ground.

2013/04/22

Extra Space Storage Facility (credit: CBS 2)

Boys, 10 and 5, Found Living In Storage Locker In Ewing Township, N.J.

Sheena Johnson, 27, allegedly told police her kids were staying at Extra Space Storage in Ewing.

2013/04/18

iPhone 5 (file / credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

N.J. Kids Receiving Unsolicited Porn Through Smartphone App

Some teenagers and even pre-teens in New Jersey have been finding unsolicited pornographic pictures appearing on their cell phones, only because they use a certain photo app.

2013/04/17

Nearly 50 Long Island Runners Survive Boston Marathon, But Are Left Horrified

Nearly 50 local runners from Long Island survived the Boston Marathon without injury Monday, but they were still left in horror as the bombs went off.

2013/04/15