Debt Consolidation

Saying New York lost out on $3.6 billion in federal aid since the 2000 Census because of undercounts, U.S. Sen.

A British man who had met what he thought was a prospective date online was assaulted, and his car vandalized, when he arrived at a park for an in-person encounter.

A hip New York chick with warm almond brown eyes, we imagined she talked a mile a minute- with spunk and style.

Published: Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 1:37 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 1:37 p.m. A 67-year-old man on Thursday admitted hijacking a plane four decades ago and forcing it to land in Cuba, telling a judge how he threatened to cut a flight attendant's throat to get access to the cockpit, where another man held a gun to the back of ...

With the Division of State Police on its third superintendent in three weeks, lawmakers are sponsoring legislation to overhaul the hiring and responsibilities of New York's top law-enforcement officer, including giving the Legislature the ability to fire the superintendent.

State income-tax refunds will be delayed by several weeks as the state struggles to manage its cash flow amid growing budget deficits, officials said Tuesday.

In what's seen as a victory for GLBT equality advocates, disgraced former New York state senator Hiram Monserrate lost his March 16 bid to win a special election that would have returned him to the seat he lost when the state senate voted to expel him.

Ben Raisher watches as the writhing Octopus on his plate has its tentacles clipped with giant shears, then squirms in amber sesame oil like a pile of bisected earthworms.

A doctor who questioned an unusually high fare is credited with touching off a widespread investigation into cabbie rip-offs.Dr. Mitchell Lee was riding home from NYU Medical Center in Manhattan in August when he noticed an extra $2 on his usual $5 fare.When he complained, the driver offered a discount.

If Koozie the dog were a cat she would be down to seven lives. The 8-year-old mix-breed pooch had to be rescued - not once, but twice - from the broken-up ice of Lake Erie off western New York.

In this undated file photo released by the California Department of Corrections, inmates sit in crowded conditions at the California Institute for Men in Chino, Calif.

In this April 18, 2009 photo file photo, a beekeeper, who did not want to be identifed, pulls out panels from her rooftop beehive to check on the condition of her bees in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

New Zealand's record on human rights and challenges it faced were highlighted today as Justice Minister Simon Power spoke at the United Nations.

Actress Brooke Shields attends a screening of 'Whatever Works' hosted by the Cinema Society and The New Yorker at Regal Cinema Battery Park June 10, 2009 in New York City.

Vatican investigators have completed their probe into the Legionaries of Christ, the conservative order that was once hailed by Rome but fell into scandal after it revealed that its founder had fathered a child and had molested seminarians.

New York - The court of Disney Princesses was joined by Anika Noni Rose and a host of celebrity guests as Tiana was officially crowned the ninth member of the beloved Disney Princess Royal Court.

In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, a selection of Alan Freed posters rest at the library and archives in Cleveland.

News Corp. will earn $350 million to $400 million from James Cameron a s a oeAvatara once the worlda s top-grossing film is also released on pay television and DVD, said two people with knowledge of its financial performance.

The former president of a small Manhattan community bank on Monday became the first person accused of trying to defraud the federal bailout program.

The tawdry affair that cost former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards his marriage and his reputation became a little more tawdry Monday with the admission from his mistress that she and the former senator slept with each other on the first night they met.