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Oheka Castle Owner Releases Video

The owner of a lavish Long Island wedding venue shot last month on the sprawling grounds of his mansion released a video statement Monday thanking supporters and saying he is making progress on...

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Liam Neeson Tours Manhattan Stable

"Taken" star Liam Neeson took on the role of activist Sunday, touring one of Manhattan's stables in support of the city's maligned horse-drawn carriage industry. Neeson, who came out late last month...

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Boeing Shares Drop Amid Search for Missing Plane

Shares of Chicago-based Boeing were down more than two percent in Monday morning trading, the first business day after one of its aircraft disappeared over the South China Sea. As of midday, shares of...

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Burning Body Found on Dirt Road

Investigators are trying to piece together what led to a gruesome discovery in San Diego's East County: A body set on fire. Just before 5 a.m. Sunday, San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies got a report...

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Officials Step Up Marathon Security

Local, state and federal agencies were on hand to unveil the latest security measures that will be in place for the Boston Marathon. Runners are asked to drop gear off, such as a change of clothing, on...

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Arrest in Severed Head Case

Police announced an arrest Monday in the case of a slain retired Mexicana Airlines employee whose remains were found by dog walkers in January 2012 on a hiking trail near the Hollywood sign. Gabriel...

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6.9M Quake Off NorCal Coast

A magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck in the Pacific off the Northern California coast Sunday night  and rattled a widespread area, but there were no reports of injuries or significant damage, according to...

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Missing NYC Boy: I Slept on Subway

An 11-year-old Brooklyn boy who disappeared five days ago was found Monday riding the subway in Manhattan, and he said that's where he had been for most of the time he was missing. "It was a very big...

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PANYNJ Chairman Probed: Sources

The chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is being investigated for possible conflicts of interest, sources tell NBC 4 New York. Law enforcement officials confirm David Samson, a...

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Feds: DC Mayor Got Illegal Funds

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray knew that his 2010 campaign received money donated illegally by a businessman with multimillion-dollar city contracts, and even asked personally for the funds, federal...

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School Bus Flips Over, Kids Inside

A school bus carrying special needs children collided with a taxi cab and flipped over in Brooklyn Monday afternoon, injuring nine people, including kids, officials say. Six children had minor injuries...

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Lawmaker Sorry for Racist Tweet

A Minnesota state representative has apologized after coming under fire for a tweet that some are calling racist. Representative Pat Garofalo’s tweet on Sunday seemed to compare professional basketball...

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Murder Charges in Building Collapse

The only people accused in the Philadelphia building collapse that left six people dead in a neighboring thrift store were formally arraigned this morning. Backhoe operator Sean Benschop, a.k.a. Kary...

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Deportees Stage Border Protest

Dozens of families tried to make a bold crossing into the U.S. from Mexico en masse Monday. The National Immigrant Youth Alliance planned the demonstration months ago in an effort to reunite families...

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Woman Stung 1,000 Times by Bees

A 51-year-old woman stung about 1,000 times by bees over the weekend is recovering and hopes to go home from the hospital in the next couple days. The bizarre incident happened Sunday when two cars...

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FBI Announces Charges in Standoff

The man who authorities say climbed onto the roof of an FBI annex building and initiated a nearly six-hour standoff Sunday has been charged with one count of destruction of government property,...

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Drexel Student Found Dead

Philadelphia’s Drexel University was put on alert this morning after a college sophomore died suddenly from a suspected case of meningitis. Stephanie Ross’ sorority sisters in Phi Mu (Beta Tau) found...

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Cops Close Interstate, Nab Suspects

Three bank robbery suspects are in custody following a police search that shut down I-270 in Maryland. Rockville police officers were called to the Wells Fargo Bank at 404 King Farm Road just after 10...

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Next "Dainty Warrior" Cancer Battle

The family of a 3-year-old Chicago girl called the “Dainty Warrior” by her parents for a painting hobby that has helped her deal with a rare form of cancer is preparing for another battle. After failed...

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