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Retailers that traffic in orange-and-black are expected to see a boost, in these spooky economic times. The National Retail Federation estimates that nearly 150 million Americans will participate in Halloween this year, each spending, on average, $66 on costumes, candy and decorations. 

Health officials say a new survey found that about 40 percent of New York City teens are sexually active and nearly one in ten of those say they've had at least one same-sex partner.

Those responsible for the fire at the former Deutsche Bank building that killed two firefighters in 2007 will face criminal charges. Three construction company officials have failed in their bid for a dismissal of manslaughter charges over a blaze at a contaminated building at a Ground Zero tower.

New York State's highest-ranking elected officials rigged the bidding process for an unqualified gaming company seeking a lucrative contract to bring gambling to Aqueduct race track. That's the conclusion of a new report by the state's Inspector General Joseph Fisch.

On Thursday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo released his urban agenda. Although the agenda didn't include any plans for transit, reporters in attendance at Cuomo's press conference asked him about transit issues.

New York State's highest-ranking elected officials rigged the bidding process for an unqualified gaming company seeking a lucrative contract to bring gambling to Aqueduct race tr...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo says he will not debate his Republican opponent Carl Paladino again before election day.

Lawyers handling foreclosures in New York state must now sign a form verifying all documents in the proceeding are accurate. The new rule, issued by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, comes as mortgage lenders are under scrutiny for taking short cuts while processing hundreds of thousands of foreclosures.

Connecticut's Republican candidate for the Senate has spent much more than most on her campaign.

Tom Bosley, who played the father of Ron Howard's character Richie Cunningham on the long-running show "Happy Days" has died. Bosley was 83 and died of heart failure on Tuesday at his home in Palm Springs.

The economy is recovering, but New York state's fiscal condition is not. 

According to the state comptroller's office, New York has collected more taxes compared to year ago, but not enough to meet this year's budget projections.  Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said state tax collections will have to grow nearly 12 percent in the second half of the fiscal year to meet those expectations. 

 

The JetBlue flight attendant who made the phrase "deploy the slide" popular after he quit his job by grabbing two beers and exiting his airplane on the JFK tarmac has pleaded guilty in court Tuesday to avoid jail time.

Tom Bosley, who played the father of Ron Howard's character Richie Cunningham on the long-running show "Happy Days" has died. Bosley was 83 and died of heart failure on Tuesday at his home in Palm Springs.

Mosques around the city are opening their doors to those interested in learning about the Muslim faith this week. More than 40 leaders from the five boroughs kicked off the "Week of Dialogue" at Brooklyn's Mosque At-Taqwa on Monday.

A day after the city's Administration for Children's Services became the subject of a grand jury investigation, Mayor Michael  Bloomberg is expressing confidence in ACS Commissioner John Mattingly. He says it's up to the court to decide whether case workers acted appropriately in the case of four year old Marchella Pierce. But he says ACS employees do a good job in cases where it isn't clear whether children should be taken from their parents.

The Port Authority, the owner of the World Trade Center property, has tentatively agreed to pay $47.5 million to settle lawsuits by more than 9,000 people exposed to toxic dust during the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

The Port Authority, the owner of the World Trade Center property, has tentatively agreed to pay $47.5 million to settle lawsuits by more than 9,000 people exposed to toxic dust during the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

Mayor Bloomberg is standing by one of his philanthropic advisers, Steven Rattner, who is reported to have been fined millions of dollars by the Securities and Exchange Commission for his role in a pension fund scandal. The mayor says he won't be replacing Rattner anytime soon.

According to reports from The New York Times, Steven Rattner, the man who oversaw the Obama Adminsistration's turnaround of the auto industry, has apparently reached a settlement wi...

The winner of the $100,000 Curry Stone Design Prize, which rewards innovative designs that solves public health problems, goes to a graduate of Harvard's M.B.A. program. Elizabeth Scharpf is not a trained designer, but created an affordable sanitary pad out of the trunks of banana trees.