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5 Large States, 5 Different Paths to Fix Broken Budgets
By not in system - AOL NewsTALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- California's governor wants to maintain temporary tax increases to keep $9 billion a year flowing to the state treasury. Low-tax Texas is considering tapping its rainy day account to soften the effects of deep spending cuts. New York's governor pushed through budget cuts while keeping a campaign pledge to avoid tax increases. And residents of Illinois and Florida are getting a very different take on taxes: Illinois passed a massive increase, while Florida proposes giving its taxpayers a big break. The five states are the nation's most populous but are taking very ...
Mom Drives Van Into NY River, Killing Self, 3 Kids
By not in system - AOL NewsNEWBURGH, N.Y. -- A woman who had just been involved in a domestic dispute loaded her four children into a minivan before letting one out and driving the rest of them into the Hudson River, killing herself and the three other children, firefighters said. The 10-year-old boy who had been let out of the minivan Tuesday night ran to a nearby fire station and alerted firefighters, Chief Michael Vatter said. The boy told firefighters his mother had driven off a boat ramp in Newburgh, about 60 miles north of New York City, and into the murky water of the river, Vatter said. Inside with her were 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 ...
Is Long Island Serial Killer an Ex-Cop? Just Speculation, Expert Says
By David Lohr - AOL NewsThere has been much speculation in the media in the past few days that an ex-cop is the serial killer behind the unsolved slayings of at least four women and perhaps four more in New York. That theory, however, is pretty far-fetched at this point, a former FBI agent told AOL News. "This is all speculative because none of us has access to the investigation files," said Harold Copus, now head of Copus Security Consultants in the Atlanta metropolitan area. "The police have not even come out with a profile of the killer yet. Only pundits have, and they are all very general in ...
Nation's Most Elusive Snake has a Name -- Mia [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- The name of New York City's most elusive snake is Mia -- for "missing in action." The moniker won out over four other finalists Thursday in a contest to name the slippery Bronx Zoo cobra. More than 33,000 nominations were submitted to the Bronx Zoo and New York Daily News for the contest. The venomous Egyptian cobra went missing two weeks ago and quickly became the stuff of legend. Someone even pretended to be the cobra on Twitter using the handle @BronxZoosCobra. The animal was found a week ago in a dark corner of the reptile house. Other finalists in the naming contest: - ...
3 More Sets of Human Remains Found in Suspected NY Serial Killer Case
By not in system - AOL NewsOAK BEACH, N.Y. -- Searchers scouring dense undergrowth for more victims of a suspected serial killer along a remote New York beach area have now found a total of eight sets of human remains, authorities said Monday. Searchers perched in fire truck bucket ladders and others on foot had scanned the tick-infested vegetation, resulting in the discovery of three more people's remains. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer said the search was expected to resume Tuesday. Spencer Platt, Getty Images Suffolk County police continue to search this area after finding eight bodies ...
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. ...
Joke's on the Northeast With April Fools' Snow
By not in system - AOL NewsBOSTON -- A no-joke April Fools' snowstorm descended upon parts of the Northeast early Friday, a cruel prank on a region that was finally enjoying a reprieve from its long, white winter. The spring snowstorm was expected to last through Friday morning -- April Fools' Day -- dropping up to 10 inches of snow in some areas in eastern New York and around New England, dispiriting people eager for spring after a long, snow-filled winter. In Portland, Maine, heavy wet snow clung to trees and street signs Friday morning. Robert F. Bukaty, AP A motorist passes a sign urging drivers to ...
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. ...
4-Year-Old Girl Sent to Guatemala in Immigration Dispute Returns to NY
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsA 4-year-old girl sent back to her family's native Guatemala in an immigration dispute earlier this month has returned home to New York, where she was reunited with her family early today. Emily Ruiz, who hadn't seen her family in five months, was greeted with hugs from her mother at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, The New York Times reported. "We are so happy that Emily has finally been reunited with her family in the United States, where she belongs," her parents' lawyer, David Sperling, told The Associated Press. Sperling accompanied Emily on the flight, the AP said. The dispute ...
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