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Three Online Poker Houses Face Fraud Charges in NYC
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- The multibillion-dollar business of the three biggest Internet poker companies became a target of federal authorities before an indictment was unsealed Friday, charging 11 people with bank fraud and illegal gambling. Prosecutors in Manhattan said they've issued restraining orders against more than 75 bank accounts in 14 countries used by the poker companies, interrupting the illegal flow of billions of dollars. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said the defendants "concocted an elaborate criminal fraud scheme, alternately tricking some U.S. banks and effectively bribing others to ...
Bloomberg, Clinton to Merge Environmental Efforts
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- The air in Times Square is cleaner since cars were banned from two stretches of Broadway in 2009 and a pedestrian plaza created, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday as he announced an environmental collaboration with former President Bill Clinton. Bebeto Matthews, AP New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, listens as former President Bill Clinton speaks during a news conference announcing air quality findings for the city on Wednesday. The concentrations of two components of car exhaust -- nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen monoxide -- dropped significantly in the ...
Lawyer: NYC Man 'Remorseful' After Stabbing Death of Sarah Coit
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsThe man accused of fatally stabbing his 23-year-old girlfriend with a kitchen knife and fracturing her skull in their New York City apartment turned himself in at his father's urging and is remorseful and upset, according to published reports. Raul Barrera was ordered held without bail on a second-degree murder charge in the early Sunday slaying of girlfriend Sarah Coit. He was "extraordinarily subdued, remorseful, very, very quiet," his lawyer, Paul Feinman, told The Wall Street Journal on Monday. Joe Marino, NY Daily News / Getty Images Raul Barrera, center, is walked from the ...
Man Gets 20 Years to Life in Death Wish Murder of Motivational Speaker
By David Lohr - AOL NewsThe man convicted of murdering a debt-ridden motivational speaker who prosecutors say wanted to arrange his own death was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison today in New York. Kenneth Minor, 36, had been found guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of 52-year-old Jeffrey Locker. Minor argued that Locker asked to be killed in exchange for an ATM card. A tearful Minor blurted out "S---!" when Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Carol Berkman announced the sentencing, the New York Daily News reported. Moments beforehand, Minor briefly addressed the courtroom. "In the end, Mr. ...
Sewer Gators: Swamp Creatures Invade New York City
By Ed Mazza - AOL NewsNew Yorkers grow up hearing stories about the alligators that supposedly live in the sewers -- but no one ever expects to actually see one. Sewer gators are an old myth ... but this week, that myth got a little more real when gators began crawling out of and back into manholes throughout the city. Thankfully, however, they were not the kind that bite. ...
Swollen Waterways Worry Officials on East Coast
By not in system - AOL NewsTRENTON, N.J. - Hundreds of flood-weary East Coast residents were returning home Saturday, as rain-swollen rivers and other waterways were slowly receding to normal levels. But officials say it might be a few more days before some people - especially those in hard-hit areas of northern New Jersey - will be able to get back home. And others may need to be evacuated if some major regional waterways crest as expected on Sunday morning. "This is not a game. This is real. If you can, please seek higher ground now," Paterson Mayor Jeffery Jones told residents on Saturday, warning them that it ...
Passengers Tell of Horror in Fatal Bus Crash
By Lisa Holewa - AOL NewsMost of the 32 passengers aboard a bus returning from a casino during this morning's early hours were catching up on sleep, passengers said, when everything changed from routine to horrifying. The World Wide Tours bus, on its way to Manhattan's Chinatown from the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, flipped on a Bronx highway and crashed into a metal traffic pole, slicing off the top of the bus and killing 14 passengers. Eighteen others were injured. Chung Ninh, 59, among the passengers napping just before the accident, told the New York Daily News he opened his eyes to bloodshed. "A ...
Exclusive Club Has New Yorkers Screaming, 'Ice Cream!'
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsDiana Hardeman wanted ice cream. More ice cream. Better ice cream. Her quest eventually led to the creation of a members-only, Manhattan-only ice cream club hand-delivering $17 pints and boasting a 1,500-person waiting list. Courtesy Diana Hardeman Diana Hardeman prepares MilkMade ice cream in her kitchen. She delivers flavors such as Honey Lavender Granola and Peppery Peach to 150 people a month. In summer 2009, Hardeman was a recent graduate of New York University's Stern School of Business, a full-time consultant and an ice cream addict. "I used to buy a pint of Ben & Jerry's ...
Lincoln Tunnel Traffic Nightmare: Tweets From the Crash Scene
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsEven on the best of days, commuting into Manhattan via the Lincoln Tunnel is ... unpleasant. This morning, the normal commute headache turned into a migraine for many. A massive crash involving three buses and a motorcyclist left dozens injured, and the motorcyclist is reportedly "clinging to life." One of the Manhattan-bound "tubes" of the tunnel was closed because of the accident and is likely to remain so for much of the day, as the wreckage is cleared and authorities investigate what, exactly, happened. Obviously, the injured parties had it the worst this morning. But those ...
NYC Stabbing Spree Suspect: I'm Victim of 'Setup'
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- A man accused of going on a 28-hour stabbing rampage through the city shouted that he was the victim of a "setup" as he was led from a police station Sunday. Maksim Gelman was arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court on charges that he hacked three people to death, then stalked the city for more than a day, attacking innocent strangers, hijacking vehicles and killing a pedestrian with a car. He did not speak as he stood shackled at the ankles and arms while dressed in a white jumpsuit issued to him after his bloody clothing was seized as evidence. He was ringed by a half-dozen ...
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