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Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree - New York, NY - Nov 11, 2011 (credit: Sean Adams / WCBS 880)

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Arrives In NYC

The 74-foot Norway Spruce was cut down Wednesday in Mifflinville, Pa. and has arrived in New York City Friday, where it will light up Rockefeller Center.

2011/11/11

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visit the United 93 crash site - Shanskville, PA - Sep 11, 2011 (credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

United 93 Families Seek Money For Memorial

Families of those who died aboard United Airlines Flight 93 asked lawmakers and Obama administration officials on Wednesday to set aside federal money to complete a 9/11 memorial at the crash site in Pennsylvania.

2011/11/03

Shanel Nadal and Nephra Payne outside a courthouse in Harrisburg, PA on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 (credit: CBS 2)

Queens Parents Accused Of Abducting 8 Children Appear In Court

According their lawyer, the parents gave one of the kids a cell phone to keep with them while in foster care and were told to keep it their pockets. The couple accuses ACS of physically and sexually abusing their children.

2011/10/13

American Flag (file / credit: Hunter Martin/Getty Images)

Air Force Pilot From N.J. Laid To Rest

The remains of Maj. Bruce Lawrence of Phillipsburg, N.J., were buried Saturday at the grave of his parents in Raubsville Cemetery in Northampton County’s Williams Township.

2011/09/24

Mayor Michael Bloomberg greets the first public visitors to the 9/11 Memorial plaza - New York, NY - Sep 12, 2011 (credit: Mike Xirinachs / WCBS 880)

9/11 Memorial Plaza Opens To The Public

The plot of land known for a decade as “the pile,” “the pit” and “Ground Zero” is opening to the public for the first time since that terrible morning in 2001

2011/09/12

Soldiers from Task Force 3-66 Bravo Company of the 172 Infantry Brigade bow their heads during a prayer to remember the victims of 9/11 before a ceremony at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kuschamond on September 11, 2011. (credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)

September 11 Memorials Extend Past New York City

While the eyes of the world turned to the World Trade Center site and 9/11 National Memorial in Lower Manhattan for the ceremony marking 10 years since the attack on America, it was far from the only memorial taking place.

2011/09/11

A photograph of Leroy Homer is seen at a memorial service - Chesterfield, NJ - Sep 28, 2001 (credit: TOM MIHALEK/AFP/Getty Images)

WCBS 880 9/11 Series: Kiki Homer Remembers Her Brother – United 93 Pilot Leroy Homer

Kiki Homer and her brother Leroy grew up challenging each other. He always wanted to be a pilot.

2011/09/09

A downed tree is seen after Irene - Upper Brookville, NY - Sep 2, 2011 (credit: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880)

Downed Trees Still Problematic In NYC, L.I. Days After Irene

Trees that came down on Long Island as a result of Hurricane Irene have been cut up and pushed to the side of the road for crews pick up but that doesn’t seem to be the case in many areas.

2011/09/02

Paramus' Danny Criscione (credit: AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Paramus’ Little League World Series Hopes Dashed By Pennsylvania

The tiny titans from Paramus aren’t headed to the Little League World Series. Instead, they’ll travel home after a crushing 5-2 loss to Pennsylvania on Monday.

WFAN–2011/08/15

Revenues Keep Dropping In Atlantic City

Revenues have been down for 34 straight months, but experts say the almost three-year long streak could be broken soon.

2011/08/10

Douglass Township Farmhouse (credit: CBS 2)

Monica Shay, Pratt Institute Professor, Third Victim To Die From Pa. Farmhouse Shooting

Monica Shay, 58, passed away Thursday. She, her husband Paul and three others were shot at the Shays’ country house on Saturday.

2011/07/08

Ebony Washington - Photo: Nassau County Police Department

Ebony Washington Accused Of Scamming Target Stores On Long Island

Washington, 29, allegedly would purchase XBox and Nintendo game consoles and swap out the contents of the box with paper.

2011/02/18

NJ Woman Reunites AZ Man With Ring 50 Years Later

Horst Adler, a 1959 graduate of a school in Quakertown, Pa., had given the ring to a girl he was dating in Philadelphia in 1960 or 1961.

2011/02/10

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Pa. Man Accused Of Bringing Gun To NJ Nuke Plant

Authorities in New Jersey said a Pennsylvania man had a pistol and hollow-point bullets when he drove through the front gate of the Oyster Creek nuclear plant.

2011/02/09