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...York's five major organized crime families, were charged Wednesday with securities fraud. The defendants are said to have defrauded investors out of at least $50 million over five years, often using the Internet to hype falsified and/or inflated stocks. The charges, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, included 16 indictments and seven criminal complaints, and targeted a dazzling array of stockbrokers and fund managers; a former New York City police detective and various corporate insiders were also named...
HOST The irrepressible inquisitor Regis Philbin SETTING Orwellian studio in Manhattan ELIMINATED CONTESTANT Jim Faggiana, who mistakenly identified violinist Midori as a cellist VIEWERS TUNED IN To see if they're smarter than the contestants...
Annelle Fitzpatrick, Class of 2000--a member of the 1996-97 women's lacrosse team, a resident of Leverett House and a former student government president at Manhattan's Trinity School--died Jan. 2, 1998 in New York City. She was 19 years...
Investigators termed Fitzpatrick's death an apparent suicide. She was struck by a northbound subway train in midtown Manhattan at night...
...past three months, Steve Becker, 45, an executive for an instant-messaging company, has been alternating between his bike and his Xootr for the eight-mile commute from Brooklyn to Manhattan. "It takes me an extra hour by scooter," says Becker, "but it's a great workout, it's fun, and it's a lot easier to ride through Midtown. Plus, people look at me and say, That man is having fun! I remember fun." But will they remember the scooter next Christmas...