A police tow truck removed a minivan parked outside a New York City funeral home, giving its dearly departed passenger an unexpected side trip. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said there was "nothing to indicate it was more than just an illegally parked car." Redden's Funeral Home director Paul DeNigris said a windshield placard had fallen flat. The van... (feeds.boston.com)

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HITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A retired New York City policeman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for drugging a woman in a Bronx bar and raping her in a Westchester County motel. Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore said Jose Arroyo was sentenced Friday. A 31-year-old woman from... (www.nypost.com)

A police tow truck removed a minivan parked outside a New York City funeral home, giving its dearly departed passenger an unexpected side trip. (feeds.boston.com)

NEW YORK (AP) — After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center. (feeds.chicagotribune.com)

City Agrees to Pay up to $657 Million to Settle more than 10,000 Lawsuits Filed by Rescue and Response Workers (feeds.cbsnews.com)

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero rescue and response workers who say they were sickened by World Trade Center dust.... (hosted.ap.org)

Regulators have shut down LibertyPointe Bank in New York City, boosting to 27 the number of bank failures in the U.S. so far this year following the 140 brought down in 2009 by mounting loan defaults and the recession. (www.newsvine.com)

A former model says she's appalled that her nearly decade-old bikini photo became a randy prop in the film "Couple's Retreat." (www.newsvine.com)

Red carpet regular Tinsley Mortimer is jumping from the New York City social circuit to the national spotlight with her own reality television show. (www.newsvine.com)

Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" has won the fiction prize from the National Book Critics Circle in New York City. (www.newsvine.com)

A former "One Life to Live" star has admitted resisting arrest in a plea deal that resolves charges stemming from a fight at a New York City gas station. (www.newsvine.com)