Copyright 2013 http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/top-stories en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 13:14:16 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:14:16 -0400 NBC Owned Television Stations http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/LaGuardia-Delta-Plane-Engine-Failure-Emergency-Landing--208486651.html Wed, 22 May 2013 11:42:48 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/041211+delta+airlines+generic.jpg
A regional jet suffered an "engine shutdown" shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport Wednesday morning, and had to make an emergency landing, the airline said.

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Anthony-Weiner-Running-New-York-City-Mayor-Campaign-Video-2013-Mayoral-Race-208446251.html Wed, 22 May 2013 11:22:26 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/224*120/weiner+campaign+video.jpg
Anthony Weiner has announced his candidacy for New York City mayor with a campaign video posted to YouTube, NBC 4 New York reported. "I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down. But I've als

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/Drunk-Man-Directs-Traffic-Buses-NJ-Transit-Lot-37th-Street--208327771.html Wed, 22 May 2013 08:01:01 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/nj-transit-drunk-directing-buses.jpg
A man who doesn't work for New Jersey Transit but directed traffic at a bus lot in midtown while wearing an agency vest was regularly drunk on the job, possibly endangering commuters and pedestrians until NBC 4...

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Highlands-Gallery-draft-207595501.html Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:16 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/gallery+thumb.jpg
The carnage wrought by Sandy—up to eight feet of water inundated downtown—has prompted what might best be described as an existential crisis, with residents, business owners and public...

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/NATLLong-Beach-Islands-Sandy-Rebound-207865321.html Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:11 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/LBI+is+Open+4.jpg
Realtors on Long Beach Island, a popular vacation spot on the New Jersey Shore, are finding that some repeat visitors are refusing to book summer rentals over fears of damage from the storm.

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/LBI-Sandy-Rentals-Summer-207301151.html Wed, 22 May 2013 12:21:18 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/LBI+is+Open+2.jpg
More than six months after Sandy, many repeat summer renters have not yet booked homes on Long Beach Island, N.J. over fears of damage from the storm. Realtors and homeowners, who typically have the bulk...

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Highlands-Sandy-Proud-But-Hurting-New-Jersey-Shore-Town-Confronts-Future-208090221.html Wed, 22 May 2013 12:12:15 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/regina+thumb_article.jpg
It’s hard to relax in Highlands, a small but proud middle-class town at the northern tip of the Jersey Shore. The borough of 28,000, at the junction of the Shrewsbury River and Sandy Hook Bay, is undergoing...

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Cicadas-New-Jersey-17-Years-208411551.html Wed, 22 May 2013 05:26:21 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/cicadas+nj.jpg
Cicadas, which emerge every 17 years, seemed to pop up overnight from little holes in the ground in New Jersey.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/Brian-Urlacher-Retires-Bears-Linebacker-Chicago-208495791.html Wed, 22 May 2013 11:41:53 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/1588194701.jpg
Former Bear calls it quits in a post on WhoSay.com.

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Bear-Roams-Sun-Valley-Neighborhood-208474891.html Wed, 22 May 2013 12:11:11 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/bear-horses-tight.jpg
A bear wandered through a neighborhood north of Los Angeles for more than an hour Wednesday morning with squad cars and a helicopter on its tail as it scaled fences and surprised several horses in...

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Hofstra-Student-Andrea-Rebello-Wake-Police-Shooting-Nassau--208347321.html Wed, 22 May 2013 09:08:56 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/andrea+rebello+wake+may+21.jpg
Mourners gathered Tuesday at a wake for the Hofstra University student accidentally shot and killed by a police officer, remembering Andrea Rebello as a "treasure to the community" as they wondered if...

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/news/national-international/Womans-Remains-Identified-Decades-After-She-Was-Murdered,-Dismembered/208456871 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:16:37 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/Body+parts+washing+ashore+April+1985.jpg
The decades-old mystery of female body parts that washed up on South Florida's beaches has been solved. Nilsa Padilla was murdered, her body dismembered and then tossed into the waters off Key Biscayne...

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Video-Plainfield-New-Jersey-Dog-Attack-West-Seventh-Street-American-Bull-Dogs-208397921.html Wed, 22 May 2013 06:34:47 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/NJ+dog+attack.JPG
Police shot and killed two dogs who attacked a 55-year-old woman in Plainfield, N.J. over the weekend and NBC 4 New York has obtained a video shot by a witness, showing the vicious attack in progress.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/LA-Mayor-Eric-Garcetti-Wendy-Greuel-Election-208446301.html Wed, 22 May 2013 12:25:17 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/garcetti4.JPG
Los Angeles Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated City Controller Wendy Greuel in a mayoral election that set spending records and saw both candidates rack up high-profile endorsements on the way to...

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Car-Crash-Pizzeria-Chicken-Restaurant-Bushwick-Brooklyn-Grove-Wyckoff-208396811.html Tue, 21 May 2013 18:04:00 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/bk+car+into+store+may+21.jpg
Four people were hurt when a car slammed into a store in Brooklyn early Tuesday evening.

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Girl-Shot-Bus-Queens-South-Jamaica-208329021.html Tue, 21 May 2013 21:04:09 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/bus+shot+queens.JPG
Detectives believe the intended target in the shooting that killed a 14-year-old girl on a Queens bus Saturday was another teen on the bus, sources tell NBC 4 New York.

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Anti-Gay-Hate-Crime-SoHo-Broadway-Attack-208337881.html Wed, 22 May 2013 09:03:09 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/Dan-Contarino-Victim-Hate-Crime.jpg
A gay couple was attacked early Tuesday in the SoHo neighborhood in New York City and a man was beaten in the East Village, hours after thousands marched to protest the killing of a gay man and several other bia...

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Bayonne-Water-Main-Break-Avenue-E-52-Street-208420521.html Tue, 21 May 2013 22:44:28 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/water+main+break+bayonne+may+21.jpg
A utility crew is working to repair a water main break in Bayonne, N.J.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Construction-Worker-Injured-West-Village-Fall-Down-Hole-Manhattan-208356991.html Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:19 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/caution+tape+00100.JPG
A construction worker in Manhattan fell 25 feet into a hole Tuesday, suffering several broken bones, authorities said.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/la-los-angeles-mayor-race-election-result-garceti-greuel-208452751.html Wed, 22 May 2013 05:09:29 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/Councilman+Eric+Garcetti+and+City+Controller+Wendy+Greuel.jpg
The race to become the next mayor of Los Angeles was tight Tuesday night with City Councilman Eric Garcetti leading by a slim but swelling margin, NBC 4 Los Angeles reported. With 44 percent of the...

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/New-Jersey-Opposition-Dynamite-Explosives-Construction-Site-Short-Hills-208402341.html Tue, 21 May 2013 21:04:52 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/short+hills+construction.jpg
Neighbors of a New Jersey construction site say the explosives a builder intends to use to remove bedrock could be harmful to them and their properties.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Women-Shot-Brooklyn-Brownsville-Dumont-Avenue-208360061.html Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:34 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/brownsville-shooting.jpg
Authorities say two women have been shot in Brooklyn.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/West-Village-Partial-Building-Facade-Collapse-Falling-Debris-Bleecker-Street-208375581.html Tue, 21 May 2013 16:42:27 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/bleecker+st+falling+debris.jpg
Buildings investigators are looking into what caused part of a facade of a West Village building to crumble Tuesday afternoon.

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Yankees-Beaten-Orioles-3-2-6-Game-Skid-208428171.html Tue, 21 May 2013 22:29:09 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/AP71302690680.jpg
Nate McLouth homered leading off the bottom of the 10th inning, Chris Dickerson hit a pair of solo shots and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 3-2 Tuesday night to snap a six-game losing streak.

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NYPD-Detective-Arrested-Cyberstalking-Hacking-Emails-Girlfriend-Cheating-208300531.html Tue, 21 May 2013 12:01:10 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/NYPD-generic.jpg
An NYPD detective is accused of cyberstalking his ex-girlfriend and hacking into the emails of other cops in his precinct because he thought she was cheating on him, NBC 4 New York has learned.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Limited-Conn-Metro-North-Amtrak-Service-Resumes-Train-Collision-Derailment-208347241.html Tue, 21 May 2013 13:36:59 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/metro+north+derailment.jpg
The MTA says limited, slower Metro-North and Amtrak train service is resuming Tuesday between New York and New Haven, four days after a derailment injured 72 passengers.

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/CT-Greenwich-Waterfront-Estate-Hits-Market-for-Record-190-Million-208386691.html Wed, 22 May 2013 11:38:32 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/Greenwich+estate.jpg
One of the most expensive homes to hit the market in the United States is now on sale—in Connecticut. The $190 million Greenwich estate includes two islands in the Long Island Sound, nearly a mile of...

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]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/LA-Garcetti-Greuel-Mayoral-Race-208305621.html Tue, 21 May 2013 16:30:37 -0400 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/Councilman+Eric+Garcetti+and+City+Controller+Wendy+Greuel.jpg
After two years of campaigning bolstered by record contributions, the mayoral race between City Councilman Eric Garcetti and Controller Wendy Greuel comes to a close Tuesday as voters take to the...

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