Former Vivendi CEO Jean-Marie Messier told a jury Friday he made mistakes in his troubled bid to turn the French water company into a global media giant, but he never misled shareholders about the risks.
Nov 20, 2009 | 7:35 pm
Prosecutors ended their case against former state Senate leader Joseph Bruno with testimony Friday from a friend and business associate who said he hired the longtime Republican lawmaker as a consultant for his contacts and the credibility he lent.
Nov 20, 2009 | 7:25 pm
Cable television newsman Dominic Carter, an influential reporter on New York politics, was convicted Friday of an attempted assault on his wife.
Nov 20, 2009 | 7:00 pm
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is making good on his World Series bet with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Nov 20, 2009 | 5:35 pm
Calling his hard-won freedom "more surreal than Salvador Dali," a man declared innocent after nearly 20 years behind bars for murder was released Friday, at least for now.
Nov 20, 2009 | 5:20 pm
Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.
Nov 20, 2009 | 5:05 pm
A year ago this month, Lateisha Green, a transgender woman, was shot to death as she sat in a car outside a house party in upstate New York. In July, a Syracuse jury convicted Dwight DeLee of manslaughter as a hate crime.
Nov 20, 2009 | 3:05 pm
The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is obligated to pay retirement benefits to six priests who are confirmed pedophiles, church officials argued in a bankruptcy court filing seeking permission to keep making the payments.
Nov 20, 2009 | 3:05 pm
New York City police say a report of a suspicious package at Pennsylvania Station turned out to be a false alarm.
Nov 20, 2009 | 3:00 pm
A prison system official says a New York City man is free after spending nearly two decades behind bars for murder before a judge declared him innocent. But he may yet have to serve an unrelated drug sentence.
Nov 20, 2009 | 2:30 pm
New York's stable credit rating could be hurt if the Legislature fails to heed Gov. David Paterson's calls to cut spending and eliminate a $3.2 billion deficit, Moody's Investors Service said Friday.
Nov 20, 2009 | 2:05 pm
The Salvation Army plans to serve 10,000 free dinners across the city this Thanksgiving _ meals planned by a star chef, cooked by one of New York's ritziest caterers and cleaned up by employees of one of Wall Street's most vilified financial firms.
Nov 20, 2009 | 1:15 pm
Wesley Snipes' attorneys asked a federal appeals court Friday to review an "unreasonable" three-year prison sentence for the film star, who was convicted a year ago on federal tax charges.
Nov 20, 2009 | 1:00 pm
New York City officials say virtually all of the luggage scales at the city's two major airports are accurately calibrated.
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:35 am
The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is asking a bankruptcy judge to allow it to continue paying retiree benefits to priests who committed sexual abuse.
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:15 am
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, encouraged by many Republicans to run for governor in 2010, is instead leaning toward a run for U.S. Senate, according to two party advisers.
Nov 20, 2009 | 9:15 am
As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.
Nov 20, 2009 | 8:05 am
A U.S.-trained scientist accused of shooting at FBI agents and helping al-Qaida vowed Thursday to boycott her January trial.
Nov 19, 2009 | 8:20 pm
A Conservative Party candidate is writing to supporters saying he lost a local race for a U.S. House of Representatives seat because of scheming, and he's asking for financial help in case he decides to lodge a legal challenge.
Nov 19, 2009 | 8:00 pm
Promising "you haven't seen the last of me," a 70-year-old disbarred lawyer convicted in a terrorism case surrendered to U.S. marshals Thursday to begin serving her prison term after a New York appeals court upheld her conviction.
Nov 19, 2009 | 6:50 pm
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