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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Delta Air Lines Inc. and the FBI are trying to figure out how needles got into turkey sandwiches served aboard four flights from Amsterdam. One passenger was injured. The airline said that what appear to be sewing needles were found in five sandwiches on Sunday. One passenger ... Read more!

A serial subway mugger's mug is now everywhere.  The NYPD has released surveillance video of a man they say is behind at least 5 armed robberies since May.  The thief stole cash and cell phones from people on the number 3 and C trains and in the 145th street station. ... Read more!

Well whether you like the city telling you what you can eat or not, it seems it's making you healthier. A few years back the city made restaurants cut out the trans fats considered the worst fat for your health. While there was still fast food for sale, this made ... Read more!

Another scorcher is on the way today and to make things worse the Con Edison lockout continues. TheNew Yorkpower company said Monday it reduced voltage in someManhattanneighborhoods, an action known as a brown-out, as a heat wave stresses the electric system. The company said in an email it was not ... Read more!

Another sizzler in store today.  Temperatures will climb well into the 90's giving your air conditioner and your patience another sweaty workout  Heat advisories are in effect until 9 tonight. This is the third heat wave so far this summer - but a cold front will move through later tomorrow and ... Read more!

NEW YORK (AP) -- Consolidated Edison has reinstated health insurance for 8,500 locked-out New York utility workers. A Con Ed spokesman said Sunday that negotiations with the Utility Workers Union of America Local 1-2 will resume Monday as another heat wave is expected to hit New York City. The Con ... Read more!

The Suffolk County department of health has issued an advisory against swimming at 47 beaches.  It's based on the potential of bacterial contamination from last night's heavy rain.  The department recommends that swimming be suspended until the waters have been flushed by two successive tidal cycles--which takes 24-hours. ... Read more!

Restaurant week kicks off in New York City today, but it lasts much longer than a week. More than three hundred restaurants are offering $35 dinners and prix-fixe lunches for $24.07. The price does not include drinks, taxes and tips. It's the twentieth anniversary of the event, which runs through ... Read more!

NEW YORK (AP) _ Newly signed New York Knicks point guard Jason Kidd has been arrested on a drunken-driving charge after police said he crashed an SUV into a telephone pole in the Hamptons.Southampton Town police say Kidd was released without bail after being arraigned Sunday on a misdemeanor ... Read more!

Temperatures are expected to sizzle in New York City for the next three days.The National Weather Service has issued an extended heat advisory from 1 p.m. Monday until 9 p.m. Tuesday.Temperatures today will soar into the upper 90s.Tomorrow, high temperatures mixed with high humidity will make it ... Read more!