The Associated Press

A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.

The Congressman will now face an ethics trial on the charges.

New York Gov. David Paterson will not face criminal charges for calling up a woman who later dropped domestic violence charges against a top aide, though the aide could still face prosecution, according to an investigative report issued Wednesday.

Work to choke off the oil well is at a standstill on Friday. Ships have been ordered to evacuate ahead of approaching Tropical Storm Bonnie.

A crane rigger was acquitted Thursday of manslaughter charges stemming from the collapse of a New York City crane in 2008, a disaster that killed six construction workers and a tourist, hurt two dozen others and left a swath of damage in midtown Manhattan.

Pushing toward an election-year Supreme Court confirmation vote, a polarized Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday approved Elena Kagan to be the fourth female justice.

The plan to start choking off oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico was suddenly halted as government officials on Wednesday.

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The imam entangled in the investigation into a suicide bomb plot against New York City subway stations left the U.S. Monday on court orders after admitting he lied to the FBI. Among his final words on U.S. soil, his lawyer says, were "God bless America."

Ahmad ...

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Twenty New York City fire engine companies that were in danger of being eliminated have been saved under a new budget deal for the next fiscal year.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn reached an agreement late Thursday on a $63 billion budget ...

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New York City police evacuated part of an apartment building and blocked off some streets near Manhattan's Union Square after a Thursday night report of a suspicious vehicle with gas in the back seat, but nothing threatening was found. NYPD investigators located the owner of ...

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A suspicious truck abandoned Wednesday several yards from a toll booth near the Manhattan side of the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge turned out to be empty and not a threat, the New York Police Department said.

Police say witnesses reported seeing a man flee the ...

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Police have closed some streets in Times Square as they investigate a car that has been "deemed suspicious."

Police said Saturday the bomb squad was investigating the contents of the car on 45th Street.

They say the block was closed between Seventh and Eighth avenues as a ...

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A homeless Good Samaritan who was ignored while lying, mortally wounded, on a New York City sidewalk will be honored at a wake.

The family of Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax was holding services for the Guatemalan immigrant on Wednesday at a Brooklyn funeral home.

Police say Tale-Yax was ...

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(AP) - An Afghanistan-born imam linked to the suspects in an aborted suicide bomb plot against New York City subway stations has dodged jail time, but he must leave the country within 90 days.

Ahmad Afzali pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in a deal ...

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NEW YORK (AP) - A new master plan for Governors Island calls for a 2.2-mile promenade to be created along the waterfront and 87 acres to developed as open green space.

Gov. David Paterson and Mayor Michael Bloomberg released the new plan on Sunday for the ...

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NEW YORK — A listing crane has struck the side of a 25-story building near Wall Street, disrupting traffic in the area and leading to the evacuations of nearby buildings.

The Fire Department of New York says there were no injuries Saturday after the crane hit ...

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NEW YORK (AP) - New York City police are investigating a threatening letter sent to the Queens office of U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner related to his support of national health care legislation.

The letter with suspicious white powder was discovered Thursday afternoon at the congressman's office ...

Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone, one of the foremost liberals in Congress, was killed in a plane crash in northern Minnesota on Friday along with his wife, daughter and five others, campaign officials said.

Wellstone, 58, had been in the final days of a tight battle for re-election in a race that ...