While Republicans squabble over their choice of candidates for statewide office, 1,300 Democrats joined together last night to raise five million dollars for the gubernatorial campaign of Eliot Spitzer. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

REPORTER: Shut out of the statehouse for 12 years and city hall for sixteen, the Spitzer campiagn ...

The New York City Police Department remembered one of its own this morning. Officer Dillon Stewart, once an accountant here at WNYC Radio, joined the police force five years ago and was shot and killed during a traffic stop last week. WNYC's Richard Hake was outside of the New Life ...

The New York Stock Exchange, one of the hubs of American commerce, will become a for-profit enterprise for the first time in its 213-year history. The change comes after seat holders of the Exchange approved a merger and acquisition with company that creates computerized trading systems. WNYC'S Fred Mogul has ...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is following through on a promise made to Bronx residents during a visit to the borough in September. Cheap oil was delivered by the Venezuelan oil company Citgo to a building on 176th Street. And there is more on the way. WNYC's Cindy Rodriguez reports.

REPORTER: About ...

Governor Pataki has ordered an expansion of the state's DNA criminal database. WNYC's Kathryn Herzog reports.

Pataki wants the database to include all felonies and misdemeanors, adding up to 40 thousand more criminals to the system. Prosecutors could then require a DNA sample as a condition of a plea bargain. The ...

The New York Stock Exchange is one step closer to becoming a public company whose shares will be traded on Wall Street. Shareholders of the company Archipelago have approved a $9 billion merger with the exchange, and NYSE members will vote after the markets close this afternoon.

REPORTER:Outside the exchange, traders ...

Clarence Norman took the stand in his defense yesterday. The former Assemblyman and Brooklyn Democratic Party chief is accused of pocketing a check intended for his campaign. WNYC's Fred Mogul has more.

Norman came across more composed and confident on the stand than he did in a previous trial, where he ...

Verizon is just the latest big private company to announce an overhaul of its pension system, but there's bad news for public pension systems too. Nationwide, they're estimated to have more than $300 billion in unfunded liabilities. New Jersey's state employee pension system alone has $12 billion in underfunded commitments.

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There was a sea of blue uniforms today along Avenue D in Brooklyn, as an estimated 20-thousand police officers from across the Tri-state area packed the streets outside the church where the funeral of Police Officer Dillon Stewart was being held.

Stewart was remembered as a man who made an extraordinary ...

A state assembly member claims the discounts the MTA is giving riders this holiday season are illegal. WNYC's Beth Fertig has more.

REPORTER: Westchester Democrat Richard Brodsky, who chairs the committee that oversees public authorities let MTA chairman Peter Kalikow know he was not impressed with the popular fare cut, because ...

The former members of the federal 9/11 Commission will issue a report card today saying the government still isn't doing enough to protect Americans from terrorism.

The 10-member bipartisan panel charges the government has failed to enact many of the security changes it recommended in its final report looking into the ...

New rules for subways riders take effect this morning and WNYC's Beth Fertig reports that straphangers should think twice before putting their feet or bags on a subway seat.

REPORTER: The rules were approved in September, but they officially go into effect today. New posters remind riders they could be fined ...

For only the second time since 1970, New Jersey residents will be able to hunt bears, starting today. WNYC's Bob Hennell has more.

The six day hunt will be held in the northwest portion of the state and includes a half dozen counties north of I-78 and west of I-287. ...

See if you can guess which local water polo team squares off today against the University of Southern California in the NCAA Final Four. Here’s a hint: It's the "Terriers" who will be tackling the mighty "Trojans." Not much help, is it? WNYC's Fred Mogul reports on one little-known college’s ...

In 1984, New York City Transit agreed to make its buses and subways more accessible for people with wheelchairs. The move followed a landmark lawsuit by disability advocates. Now, a 21-year-old college student is fighting to make sure that agreement is enforced throughout the transit system. WNYC’s Beth Fertig has ...

New York joined cities around the nation today by keeping the front seat of its buses empty in honor of Rosa Parks. On the empty seat, was a picture of Rosa Parks and a notice asking riders to honor the civil rights leader by leaving the seat vacant. WNYC spoke ...

Jeanine Pirro came out of a two-hour meeting with Governor Pataki to say that, right now, she is still a Republican candidate for US Senator. Pirro's hedged pronouncement may yet mean that she'll quit her troubled campaign to unseat Senator Hillary Clinton.

REPORTER: The Westchester County district attorney has come under ...

A federal judge ruled today that New York's subway bag searches are constitutional. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more.

Judge Richard Berman found the searches were not overly intrusive. He also agreed with the city's contention that the threat of a subway bombing was real and substantial enough to merit special measures.

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TV giants Oprah Winfrey and David Letterman broke bread last night on national television. Winfrey appeared as a guest on Letterman's "The Late Show" for the first time in 16 years.

There had been tension between the two after Letterman joked about Winfrey on the Academy Awards in 1995 and many ...