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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The school day is about to get longer for some New York City school kids — and we’re not talking a couple of minutes. It’s about to be two and a half hours longer. If scores go up, the plan could be extended city-wide, CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer reported Monday. Will an intensive reading program and an extended school day help Johnny read? City officials hope so. They’re launching a pilot [...] NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A property tax revolt is brewing in areas of New York City hard hit by Hurricane Sandy. Residents are crying foul over the city’s decision to raise the assessed value — and the taxes — on homes damaged by the storm. Imagine the nerve … the chutzpah … Your home sustains more than $100,000 in damages from the hurricane and the resale value immediately plummets, only to have the city say it’s [...] CHICAGO (CBS) – Pigeons; they’re tolerated at best, hated at worst. Now, one Chicago alderman wants to make it a crime to feed pigeons. CBS 2’s Dana Kozlov reports some people are calling the proposal by Ald. James Cappelman (46th) a bird-brained idea. Uptown, downtown – pigeons are everywhere in Chicago. Thursday morning, Barb Wambach was visiting the Christkindlmarket at Daley Plaza – where dozens of pigeons gather every day, keeping warm by the [...] BAY SHORE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Police have arrested two men for allegedly stealing packages from the doorsteps of homes on Long Island. Albert Munoz, 21, and Freddy Benavides, Jr., 20, had been following a UPS truck Tuesday and stealing packages after they were dropped off, police said. An off-duty New York State Trooper called police after he spotted the suspects stealing a package from a home in Bay Shore, police said. They were then followed [...] CHICAGO (CBS) – Dozens of union airport workers were holding a prayer vigil outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s house on Thursday, asking him to reconsider a decision to hand custodial work at O’Hare International Airport to a new company that doesn’t use union labor. CBS 2’s Dana Kozlov reports the O’hare janitors and window washers will lose their jobs in just over two weeks, when a new contractor takes over custodial work at [...] HICAGO (CBS)– A huge explosion overnight left a small Indianapolis neighborhood shaken. CBS 2?s Derrick Blakley reports. Homes were engulfed in flames, as neighbors ran for their lives, and tried to help others. This happened just after 11 p.m. last night in the Richmond Hill neighborhood on Indianapolis’ south side. One neighbor described the scene saying, “It’s like a war zone. I got up, ran outside, looked around. There was insulation falling down [...] NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) –Sources tell CBS 2 that a note was found next to the body of apregnant Brooklyn mother of four who was found stabbed to death in her apartment Saturday. Meanwhile, Anthony Jackman, the fiancé of the victim – Vindalee Smith, 38 – has been arrested and charged, but not in connection with the woman’s death. The New York City Medical Examiner’s office ruled Smith’s death a homicide. Autopsy results were released Sunday. Sources [...] On night two of the Republican National Convention, Fox News Channel was once again the network more people went to to get their political fix. That said, every network was down substantially from the same night in 2008, when Sarah Palinmade her RNC debut. From 10-(just after) 11PM, when the broadcasters were live, FNC averaged 7.70 million total viewers, including 2.07 million in the key adults 25-54 demo. NBC was next with 4.15 million viewers, including 1.49 million [...] Officials were spraying to kill mosquitos in Skokie on Wednesday, as part of a continuing effort to contain the spread of the West Nile Virus. CBS 2’s Marissa Bailey reports August is prime time for mosquitos, and if you’re sitting home thinking that you haven’t seen many mosquitos around, experts say they’re out there and you should take precautions. In north suburban Skokie, where two people have been put into nursing homes [...] NEW YORK (CBS 2) — Looks like someone working for brown was trying to go green. Sources told CBS 2 on Friday that one special delivery ended up with two UPS workers behind bars. Sources said police started investigating the UPS facility on Foster Avenue following a tip. While watching the place Thursday morning, sources said undercover officers became suspicious when they noticed driver Ruben Jordan loading a box onto a truck he wasn’t [...] CHICAGO (CBS) – A mob of more than 20 teenagers descended on a trendy Wicker Park shop on Saturday and made off with more than $3,000 worth of jeans. CBS 2?s Derrick Blakley reports the incident was caught on store surveillance cameras, and the owner posted the video on YouTube. Luke Cho said he hopes the images help police find the robbers, or maybe even shame the parents of the teens enough that [...] NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — The futurewas among the arrivals at Newark Airport on Friday, in the form of a computer-generated greeter at the gate. Travelers met “Libby.” She’s Newark Airport’s newest — and perhaps most chipper — customer service rep. You may have noticed that she’s a bit shallow, and she’s completely two-faced, but she’s always smiling, and she never complains. “Hello, and welcome to Newark Liberty International Airport. You have arrived at Terminal [...] MONROE, NJ(CBSNewYork) — Three men are behind bars tonight after they allegedlylaunched explosives at a home in Monroe, New Jersey. Jeanne Bezerra told CBS 2?s Don Dahler that the attack began when a pipe bomb was launched into her teenage daughter’s bedroom. “Where the board is on the window, that’s where the device came in. It glanced off her bed and landed here,” she said. Another bomb came crashing into Bezerra’s bedroom, she described feeling trapped [...] LINCROFT, N.J. (CBSNewYork) - The water nightmare is continuing on Saturday for hundreds of thousands of people near the Jersey Shore, as three broken water mains in Monmouth County knocked out service on Friday night. And it could be days before residents get any relief. A pedestrian bridge over the Swimming River Reservoir collapsed, sending water gushing and causing three water mains to break. WCBS 880?s Sophia Hall reports
“That collapsed, which caused that to collapse,” Peter Eschbach [...] MANALAPAN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Police in New Jersey are looking for a thief with an unusual mode of operation, he has allegedly been stealing and returning the same car. CBS 2?s Emily Smith spoke with residents of Lauren Court, in Manalapan, where the average home costs almost one-million dollars, they said that in both incidents of theft the car was stolen and returned during daylight hours. One man’s home has been hit three times in one [...] NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Every single menu in New York City could soon be getting a major overhaul if Mayor Michael Bloomberg has his way. The man behind calorie counts is set to announce a new public health initiative to battle obesity, taking aim at super-sized sugary drinks. In other words, it may soon be time to say goodbye to those Big Gulps, those Slurpees or even Venti at Starbucks, CBS 2’s Derricke Dennis [...] GREAT NECK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The battle for a Nassau County state assembly seathas moved from the bedroom to the voting booth. A political novice has decided to try to unseat his estranged wife, who is a third-term state assemblywoman from Long Island. There is now political shock reverberating on the streets of Great Neck in the battle of Schimel vs. Schimel. The Democratic incumbent, Michelle Schimel, seemed less than enthusiastic to discuss her Republican opponent, who [...] CHICAGO (CBS) — You’ve heard curiosity killed the cat. In this case, curiosity actually saved one. As CBS 2?s Jim Williams reports, Boots was about to be put down, but an alert bank official worked to block the execution, going against the wishes of Boots’ late owner. Boots is a friendly cat and doesn’t at all mind being held by a stranger. “She’s lovable, playful. Though she’s 11 years old, she doesn’t act like [...] EAST WILLISTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Schools in Nassau County have joined together to try and flush away a new fee they say will literally drain their budgets. Every flush in every school could soon cost taxpayers, thanks to a new sewer use fee. However, school districts are fighting back against what they’ve dubbed a “toilet tax,” reports CBS 2’s Carolyn Gusoff. “It is absurd,” East Williston School Board President Mark Kamberg said Tuesday. Especially, [...] CBS 2 obtained this photo of bagged bodies stacked at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, which is over its storage capacity. CHICAGO (STMW) – To the disgust of some staff, bodies are piling up at the office of the Cook County Medical Examiner, stacked atop each other in blue plastic tarps against a wall of the storage cooler because of ongoing financial woes, the Sun-Times has learned. All the storage trays are [...] Joyce King shows where the intruder made himself at home (credit: CBS 2) NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An elderly woman from Brooklyn who has lived alone for years suddenly found herself with a roommate. A stranger slipped into her apartment while she was away for the holidays, and made himself right at home. The freeloader not only broke into 82-year-old Joyce King’s East Flatbush apartment, he moved in, eating in one of her [...] Lenore Zimmerman (L) and Ruth Sherman (R) both claim they were strip-searched at Kennedy Airport (credit: CBS 2) NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Lenore Zimmerman, 85, was angry and embarrassed after what she claims was a strip search at Kennedy Airport Tuesday. Now another woman in her 80?s at the very same terminal says she was exposed one day before. From her home in Sunrise, Florida, 88-year-old Ruth Sherman says she knows for a fact senior [...] NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A fight over an order at a Manhattan McDonald’s leads to complete chaos and it was all caught on tape. The video contains images and audio of a graphic nature. Sources tell CBS 2’s Chris Wragge the stunning incident featured a cashier with a criminal past violently beating two female customers after they appear to provoke him by slapping him and then hopping the counter. It [...] JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A driver and bus aide have been fired after a 4-year-old boy was left in a hot bus for several hours Wednesday in the midst of a sweltering heat wave, according to a spokeswoman for Atlantic Express Bus Company. Jersey City’s police chief said the special needs boy survived being left unattended in a parked school bus for more than five hours, CBS [...] NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — This story probably falls into the category of Ripley’s “bee-lieve” it or not. The Bloomberg administration socked a Queens man with a hefty fine for failing to water his beehive, reports CBS 2?s Marcia Kramer. It’s a new one in the annals of city government. The cash-strapped Bloomberg administration has mounted a “sting operation” against city beekeepers — ticketing a Douglaston man an unbelievable $2,000 for not [...] CHICAGO (CBS) – Residents of the Chatham neighborhood have been put on notice to keep an eye on their air conditioners. Thieves have been sneaking into back yards and crawling onto rooftops to steal entire central air conditioning units. As CBS 2’s Kristyn Hartman learned, a rash of central air theft on the South Side prompted one neighborhood to put out a warning. CBS News NEW YORK (CBS 2) — Fences are supposed to help protect your home, but now they’re being targeted by crooks. CBS 2’s Emily Smith has the exclusive story on a new wave of crime involving some Brooklyn homeowners’ wrought iron fences. They are a signature of many neighborhoods, most of them erected in the 1800s. So, residents along these tree-lined streets are outraged that someone has been stealing their wrought [...] Kenlie Tiggeman says Southwest Airlines told her and her mother they’d need to buy four tickets instead of two to board a flight. (Photo: CBS 2) NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Southwest Airlines has apologized to a mother and daughter who said they got rough treatment at the airport. Kenlie Tiggeman, a 30-year-old political strategist and weight loss blogger in New York City, said it was humiliating, being told she [...] Kenlie Tiggeman says Southwest Airlines told her and her mother they’d need to buy four tickets instead of two to board a flight. (Photo: CBS 2) NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Southwest Airlines has apologized to a mother and daughter who said they got rough treatment at the airport. Kenlie Tiggeman, a 30-year-old political strategist and weight loss blogger in New York City, said it was humiliating, being told she [...] Mayor Rahm Emanuel delivers his inauguration speech. (Credit: CBS) CHICAGO (CBS) – On his first full day in office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is already tackling the top items on his agenda – including big budget cuts. As CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports, Mayor Emanuel will return at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday to the 95th Street CTA Red Line terminal – the same place where he greeted voters the day after he won the [...] CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago Public Schools is apologizing to a Chicago mother and her two young sons, ages 5 and 6, after they were denied breakfast because they came to schools wearing the wrong kind of shoes. CBS 2’s Dorothy Tucker reports. The Nicholson brothers only grab a quick snack before heading to class because they qualify for a full free breakfast at Adam Powell Grade School. It’s something they look forward [...] |
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