Copyright 2012 http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/top-stories en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:51:04 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:51:04 -0500 NBC Owned Television Stations http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Snow-Weather-Forecast-Weekend-Temperature-139017644.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:51:27 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/snow-generic.jpg
Forecasters predict temperatures to turn unseasonably mild Friday with highs near 50 degrees, but this weekend will sure feel like February.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Shot-NYPD-Officer-Kevin-Brennan-Condition-Hospital-Release-139040194.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:43:25 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/kevin+brennan+inset.jpg
The NYPD officer shot in the head while chasing a suspect last week is expected to be released from the hospital on Friday.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Abandoned-Baby-Coney-Island-Brooklyn-ODwyer-Houses-139029209.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:30:01 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/siren2.jpg
An abandoned baby girl was found early Thursday in the seventh-floor hallway of a Brooklyn housing project.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/weird/Icelandic-Lovers-Scour-Anti-Incest-Dating-Database-139020659.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:58:33 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/160*120/041910volcano03.jpg
Blind dates can be bad. Blind dates with your cousin are worse.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/Checking-In-With-the-Mets-139025814.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:48:27 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/sandy-alderson-draft.jpg
Remember them?

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Lamont-Pride-Confession-Video-Peter-Figoski-East-New-York-Brooklyn-138981884.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:09:39 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/lamont+pride+confession1.jpg
The man accused of shooting and killing a veteran NYPD officer at point-blank range in December said in videotaped statements obtained exclusively by NBC New York that he pulled the trigger by accident...

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Serial-Pedestrian-Robbers-NYPD-Theft-Brooklyn-139004709.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:59:28 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/pedestrian+robber+photo.jpg
The NYPD is looking for a group of four thieves wanted in at least five robberies of Brooklyn pedestrians since November.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Newburgh-Gang-Arrest-Bust-Narcotics-Conspiracy-139001839.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:57:01 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/Generic-Police.jpg
A task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies arrested dozens of members of a violent gang in Middletown, N.Y., in a widespread drug investigation, NBC New York has learned.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Man-Arrest-Williams-Sonoma-Merchandise-Thief-eBay-Sale-139005759.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:51:30 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/handcuffs_722x406_1943306467.jpg
A Long Island man has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $200,000 in merchandise from the Williams-Sonoma store where he worked.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/Brandon-Jacobs-Reaches-the-End-of-the-Line-139015529.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:31:14 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/brandon-jacobs2.jpg
Running back is too big a need to keep Jacobs around.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/weird/Teacher-Sprays-Febreze-on-Fishy-Smelling-Student--139009739.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:43 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/school+classroom-722.jpg
This time the teacher got a time out.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/Jeremy-Lin-Knicks-Wizards-139002549.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:30:19 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/jeremy+lin+wizards.jpg
Three up, three down for the Linsanity Express.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/weird/Facebook-Defriending-Leads-to-Double-Murder-139001274.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:33:02 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/AP120201032287.jpg
Marvin Potter, 60, allegedly shot a young couple to death after they defriended his daughter on a social networking site.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Woman-Shot-Face-Cheek-East-New-York-Brooklyn-Living-Room-Window-138981289.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:44:29 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/grandma+shot+stray+bullet.jpg
An 81-year-old Brooklyn woman is in serious but stable condition after she was hit in the face Wednesday evening by a bullet that went through her window.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Mandatory-Kindergarten-NYC-Christine-Quinn-Speech-138965864.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:59:40 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/dfw-generic-teacher-school-education-13.jpg
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is proposing mandatory kindergarten for all New York City five-year-olds, her office said ahead of her state of the city speech Thursday.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Rutgers-Newark-Campus-University-Square-Bomb-Arrest-138949919.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:07:53 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/caution+tape+resized.jpg
Police evacuated the Rutgers campus in Newark Wednesday after discovering a potentially hazardous substance during a sweep of a student's dorm room, federal authorities said.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Times-Square-Street-Vendor-Congress-Faisal-Shahzad-Car-Bomb-138921334.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:59:28 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/times+square+duane+jackson.jpg
The hero street vendor who alerted police to a car bomb in Times Square plans to run for Congress in Westchester.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NYPD-Officer-Impersonate-Free-Sex-Prostitute-Arrest-138919679.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:54:20 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/generic-handcuffs-arrested-722px.jpg
A 32-year-old man has been arrested in New York City for allegedly posing as a police officer while threatening prostitutes with arrest if they did not perform sexual acts for free.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Greg-Kelly-Sexual-Assault-Investigation-Manhattan-District-Attorney-No-Charges-138896484.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:40:31 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/greg+kelly+event.jpg
The son of New York City's police commissioner will not be charged with sexual assault, the Manhattan District Attorney announced Tuesday.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/C-Section-Not-Pregnant-New-York-Downtown-Hospital-NBC-I-Team-138871309.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:26:20 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/219*120/doctor_generic_health.jpg
A New York state lawmaker wants changes in medical oversight after learning of a botched C-section procedure uncovered by the News 4 I-team.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/Free-Agents-Giants-Will-Face-Some-Tough-Off-Season-Decisions.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:55:45 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/mario-manningham-free-agency.jpg
Mario Manningham's catch might help push him off the team.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/weird/Bored-Clerk-Caught-Watching-Porn-During-Rape-Trial-138928634.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:51:24 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/judge+gavel.jpg
A veteran court clerk in London caught surfing porn sites during a rape trial said he did so “because he was bored.”

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/Melo-Out-Knicks-Will-Feel-Anthonys-Absence-138929619.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:33:44 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/carmelo-anthony-groin-injury.jpg
Don't let Linsanity cloud your mind too much.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/weird/Jack-in-the-Box-Unveils-Bacon-Flavored-Milkshake-138924184.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:34:40 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/176*120/Bacon+Skillet.jpg
The "technically vegetarian" beverage isn't listed on the menu.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/weird/Judge-Orders-Florida-Man-To-Take-His-Wife-on-a-Date-138920574.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:42:34 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/valentinesdaysd123.jpg
The ruling stipulates flowers, bowling, and Red Lobster.

]]> http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/Refs-Wave-Off-Rangers-Goal-Hand-Devils-Win-138921604.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:08:44 -0500 http://media.nbcnewyork.com/images/213*120/rangers-devils-nhl.jpg
Rangers need to fight real enemy, though.

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