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Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, who resigned over a sexting scandal in 2011, says he's weighing a run for New York City mayor this year.

Friday, December 28, 2012  Police searched for a woman who killed a man by pushing him in front of a subway train and released surveillance video Friday of her running away from the station.

Monday, November 21, 2011  'al-Qaida sympathizer' accused of New York City bomb plots; defense says he's no conspirator

Thursday, August 25, 2011  The 9/11 First Responders Memorial project, which is still in need of $80K in donations, welcomes Coach Ray Tanner for a fund raising dinner on Thursday evening, which will include a cocktail hour, dinner, and silent auction all to help ensure the 9-11-2011 project will meet fund raising goals.

Thursday, October 14, 2010  The men are scheduled to appear in Bronx state Supreme Court on Thursday

Wednesday, October 13, 2010  Two additional suspects were charged Tuesday in several brutal attacks that authorities believe were touched off because gang members thought one of their recruits was gay

Sunday, October 10, 2010  Allegations that gang members attacked two teens and a man last week because they were gay don't square with the reputation of their Bronx neighborhood, resident and city leaders said.

Monday, September 13, 2010  It is two blocks from ground zero, but the site of a proposed mosque and Islamic center shouldn't be seen as "hallowed ground" in a neighborhood that also contains a strip club and a betting parlor, the cleric leading the effort said Monday.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010  Supporters of a Greek Orthodox church destroyed on Sept. 11 say officials willing to speak out about a planned community center and mosque near ground zero have been silent on efforts to get the church rebuilt.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010  The man who pleaded guilty to the failed Times Square bombing has offered an unapologetic and chilling account in court as to why he did it.

Monday, June 21, 2010  Calling himself a "Muslim soldier," a defiant Pakistan-born U.S. citizen pleaded guilty Monday to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing, saying his attack was the answer to "the U.S. terrorizing ... Muslim people."

Monday, June 21, 2010  A Pakistan-born U.S. citizen faces arraignment in New York on an indictment accusing him of using money and training from the Pakistani Taliban to plot a failed Times Square car bombing.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010  While sequestered in a New York hotel room, the Times Square bomb suspect revealed he had thought about targeting other landmarks and asked investigators why the bomb he built failed to go off.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010  The White House's top terrorism adviser says a newly formed high-value detainee interrogation group, known as the HIG, was used to question Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad, as well as other suspects in the U.S. and abroad, over the past few months

Tuesday, May 18, 2010  The suspect in a botched car bombing in Times Square has left a New York City courtroom after his first public appearance since his arrest two weeks ago.