Officer who fatally shot NY college student along with armed intruder faced harrowing choice
NEW YORK — The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with ... and students held a silent outdoor vigil in front of a photo of the young woman. Surrounded by candles and flowers, they sang “Ave Maria.”

Proof of heaven popular, except with the church
But no one could stop his violent seizures ... Holly Alexander says her husband couldn’t forget the experience. “He was driven to write 12 hours a day for three years,” she said. “It began as a diary. Then he thought he would write ...

Now That Dad Is Dead, Let’s Compete for Prizes
Beau Bridges plays Benjamin Goodwin, who as the series opens kicks the bucket just as he completes videotaping a will for his three adult children: Henry (Scott Foley), an ultra-busy doctor; Chloe (Becki Newton), a math genius who isn’t using ...

'The Hangover' saga winds up with 'Part III' and we speak to the three principals
The franchise’s previous way of looking at how guys think is summed up in Phil’s line from the first film, “When bad things happen ... We were champing at the bit to get a piece of it. And the fact that they went with three relative unknowns was ...

Hofstra community shocked by tragic police shooting
Andrea Rebello is shown in the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook. (Photo: Sleepy Hollow High School via AP) Graduates wore white ribbons during commencement ceremonies Sunday on the grief-stricken Long Island campus of Hofstra University ...

Wave of car bombs, shooting in mainly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad kill 21, officials say
BAGHDAD — Car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital for the second day in a row on Thursday, part of a series of attacks across the country that left 21 people dead and raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed.