http://1010wins.com Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:24:50 EDT en-us Two young white men who burned a cross on a black family's lawn in the New York suburbs have pleaded guilty to a hate crime. Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:25:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2556579 The author of a new report says it's not a competition. But if it were, New York City would win for its affordability, and London for its programs to prevent climate change. Fri, 8 Aug 2008 10:37:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2555904 State lawyers are defending Gov. David Paterson's move to recognize out-of-state gay marriages. Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:00:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2551247 Former New York Mayor David Dinkins is recovering after undergoing a hospital procedure to install a pacemaker. Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:57:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2551241 A new report says Mayor Michael Bloomberg is failing at his goal to reduce the number of New York City homeless by two-thirds before he leaves office next year. Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:08:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2550818 New York health officials are warning parents that significantly more summer campers are experiencing stomach cramps, diarrhea and nausea this year because of a spike in viral gastrointestinal outbreaks. Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:34:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2549676 Mayor Michael Bloomberg is pairing up with Jay-Z to remind New Yorkers that they can take over the streets this weekend. Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:31:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2549648 Elvis Presley's favorite performance costume, the peacock jumpsuit, sold for $300,000 on Thursday, making it the most expensive piece of Elvis memorabilia sold at auction. Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:55:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2549521 Police are looking for the person who shot a cabbie in the face during a robbery attempt in Brooklyn Thursday morning. Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:07:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2548809 Police are investigating the discovery of what appear to be human remains in a home in Queens. Thu, 7 Aug 2008 06:27:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2548115 Geico, New York's biggest auto insurer, is holding the line on rates. The company has withdrawn a rate increase request for most of its customers in the state after regulators questioned how higher gas prices are reducing auto travel, Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo said Wednesday. Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:28:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2543824 The accidental governor is making some purposeful strides. Just four months on the job, the Quinnipiac University poll finds 64 percent of New York voters approve of the job Gov. David Paterson is doing. That's up from 56 percent in June. Wed, 6 Aug 2008 17:45:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2543647 As a symbol of the last century of flight sits in its shadow, a new JetBlue terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport is undergoing a series of tests ahead of its scheduled opening on Oct. 1. Wed, 6 Aug 2008 17:41:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2543641 Utility crews are working to repair downed power lines in several&nbsp;New Jersey&nbsp;towns, including Harrington Park, where 70&nbsp;mph winds tore through the town&nbsp;early Wednesday&nbsp;morning. Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:40:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2541420 An MIT-educated Pakistani woman linked to al-Qaida appeared in federal court Tuesday to face charges she tried to kill U.S. employees in a gunfight in Afghanistan after police said they discovered suspicious documents about explosives and landmarks in her handbag. Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:52:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2536892 The government will auction off a prized takeoff and landing slot at New Jersey's Newark Liberty airport next month as a test run of its experiment to ease nationwide travel delays through New York City airspace. Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:46:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2536538 Gov. David Paterson has signed legislation giving New Yorkers an extra 90 days to save their homes from foreclosure.<br /> The bill, signed on Tuesday, aims to help homeowners who sought subprime loans. Tue, 5 Aug 2008 12:28:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2535164 Police say two men washing windows at a downtown Manhattan building were killed after the vehicle carrying their lift tipped over. Tue, 5 Aug 2008 02:16:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2531326 An unlicensed 17-year-old has been charged in connection with a deadly car crash near the Grand Central Parkway in Queens Tuesday. Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:28:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2534475 An MIT-educated Pakistani woman once identified as a possible al-Qaida associate has been brought to New York to face charges she tried to kill U.S. agents and military officers who were questioning her in Afghanistan about suspicious documents found in her handbag, prosecutors said. Mon, 4 Aug 2008 23:03:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2530905 The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Monday against the New York Police Department, seeking information on the role of race in police-involved shootings. Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:44:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2530267 Mayor Michael Bloomberg is throwing a party to welcome Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton back from the presidential campaign trail, but says he has no plans to help her with her campaign debt. Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:23:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2529548 If you want to understand the state of the New York economy, picture Wile E. Coyote just after he skids off a cliff. Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:30:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2529132 The managers of New York City's crowded airports say they will block a Bush administration plan to try to reduce flight delays around the country through an experimental auction of slots at their airports. Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:19:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2528898 Here's a price that could get your heart pumping. A Manhattan gym is charging customers $110 an hour for a training session that includes a Nintendo Wii. Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:58:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2528456 The Manhattan borough president wants elected officials to have more oversight of Housing Authority plans to plug its $195 million budget gap by selling off development rights to affordable housing sites. Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:25:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2528365 New York health officials say most city restaurants are complying with new rules requiring them to list calorie counts on their menus. Fri, 1 Aug 2008 13:58:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2519737 Authorities are now seeking to arrest a woman they originally said was kidnapped by the suspect in a fatal stabbing and forced to flee from Massachusetts to New York with their four young children. Fri, 1 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2519449 A 12-year-old girl is expected to recover after falling 15 stories down a Greenwich Village chimney Thursday evening. The girl suffered two broken legs and head trauma in the fall, officials said. Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:51:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2518974 The New Jersey mayor who said derogatory things about Staten Island is getting a firsthand view of the New York City borough on Friday. Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:57:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2518785 A new study says the number of national retail chain stores in New York City is growing.<br /> The Center for an Urban Future counted nearly 7,000 national chain stores in the five boroughs. Fri, 1 Aug 2008 07:28:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2518147 The funeral for a New York City-born soldier who was killed in Iraq has been held in Queens. Army Sgt. Alex R. Jimenez was one of three members of the same unit captured in a May 2007 attack near Baghdad. Fri, 1 Aug 2008 07:13:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2518045 House Democrats voted down Thursday an effort by Republicans to chastise powerful lawmaker Charles Rangel over a questionable housing arrangement, which the congressman insists violated no laws. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:28:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2513667 The State Commission of Investigation says mortgage fraud is on the rise and has hit hardest in New York City, Long Island and the Rochester area, regions where subprime loans are most common. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:54:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2512133 A Manhattan judge has offered to dismiss protest-related charges against two men who were wounded by police during the Sean Bell shooting. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:45:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2491727 Mayor Michael Bloomberg says New York is going to have to keep spending in check because it's facing a budget gap of $2.3 billion. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:27:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2491344 Due to heavy rainfall, the Nassau County Department of Health has closed the following 21 beaches as a precautionary measure, effective July 28th. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:19:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2491320 Passengers of a Las Vegas-bound Delta Airlines flight will get refunds after their plane was delayed on a New York airport tarmac for more than seven hours, before the flight was canceled. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:45:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2490504 A man is dead after being struck by several cars on the Major Deegan Expressway Monday.&nbsp; Police say the unidentified man was walking on the Southbound side of the expressway, near the Macombs Dam Bridge, around 3 a.m. when a car struck the man. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:00:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2490321 New York City residents can now subscribe to cable television through another company.&nbsp; Verizon Communications Inc. begins selling cable service in all five boroughs Monday, joining Cablevision and Time Warner Cable in a competition for subscribers. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:31:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2490227 A man who complained that the head of a black doll was hung on an unmarked police car's antenna in the historically black Harlem neighborhood has been arrested on unrelated charges. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:23:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2490179 Police are on the hunt for a man who tried to attack a woman in Jamaica, Queens Monday morning.&nbsp;The woman was walking on Sutphin Blvd. near Yates Rd. when a man grabbed her arm, police said. The woman screamed scaring off the man who ran away. <i>Photo from wnbc.com.</i><br /> <b><a href="http://player.cbsradio.com/player/CBSRadio_Player.html?id=90&amp;onestat=wins">LISTEN NOW to 1010 WINS</a></b> Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:13:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2490101 A wake was held Sunday for the wife and grandson of Brooklyn's Rev. Timothy Wright. Rev. Wright, of the Grace Tabernacle Christian Center, and his family were involved in an accident in Pennsylvania on July 4. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:51:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2486842 Tadesse Tola of Ethiopia upset Patrick Makau of Kenya in the men's NYC Half-Marathon on Sunday, and Catherine Ndereba of Kenya won the women's race to solidify her standing as a favorite in next month's Olympic marathon. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:18:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2486668 South Carolina environmental officials have dumped 44 retired New York City subway cars into the ocean off Murrells Inlet to build an artificial reef for fish. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:02:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2486656 New York's comptroller is going to audit the transit agency that proposed two fare hikes over the next three years to balance its budget. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:58:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2486643 There's a call for more lifeguards at the&nbsp;local beaches after several swimmers drowned. Divers searched off Coney Island on Sunday but couldn't find a 10-year-old girl, one of three swimmers still missing from powerful ocean currents at area beaches over the weekend.&nbsp; Four other people drowned at local beaches Friday and Saturday, authorities said. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:16:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2484119 A once-feared Haitian paramilitary leader has been convicted in a New York mortgage fraud scheme to cheat lenders out of $1.7 million. A Brooklyn jury found Emmanuel &quot;Toto&quot; Constant guilty on Friday of fraud and grand larceny. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:37:00 EDT http://1010wins.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=2481622 New York City Transit wants to catch graffiti artists in the act -- and on camera. 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