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 A 540-calorie Big Mac? NY chains post calorie infoCustomers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow - like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda.  NYC gang used torture to rob rival drug dealersThey bound their victims with duct tape, beat them and held guns to their heads. When that didn't work, the bandits applied pliers to their genitals and pressed hot irons to the soles of their feet. Sometimes they held victims' heads under water in a bathtub.  Giant rig carves new tunnel beneath NYC's streetsA huge, granite-eating machine that spent the past eight months chewing a mile-long tunnel beneath a busy Manhattan office district is getting a rest, of sorts, after completing its journey to Grand Central Terminal.
NYC officer pleads guilty in teen prostitute case
Prosecutors say a New York City police detective accused of forcing a 13-year-old runaway into prostitution has resigned from the force and pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping.
NYPD officer reinstated after failed sobriety test
The New York Police Department has restored to full duty an officer who failed a sobriety test after shooting an armed suspect while he was off the clock.
NYC vet: Pooch Rocco healthy after 850-mile trek
A veterinarian says that lost-and-found pooch Rocco is happy and healthy - in spite of having been separated from his Queens family for five years.
NYC trial for former Haitian paramilitary leader
A former Haitian paramilitary leader once widely feared in his own country was accused at trial Monday of becoming a common white-collar criminal once he fled to the United States.
Police impersonators flash a badge, fool a victim
A man forces his way into an apartment to rape the woman who lives there. A guy on a bicycle handcuffs and robs pedestrians, and another gropes random women on the side of the road.
NY teacher charged with rape of disabled student
A teacher faces charges that she raped a mentally disabled student, prosecutors said Thursday. |
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