Connecticut Voters to Settle Tight Primary Races
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
Voters on Tuesday will be choosing candidates to succeed Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Senator Christopher J. Dodd.
August 10, 2010
Considering the Chute, in the Event of a Non-Emergency
By CATE DOTY
You can't help but wonder: Did Steven Slater enjoy his seconds-long trip down the chute, that quick-escape device that looks like a grown-up slip-and-slide?
August 10, 2010
Rape Suspect Indicted
By JOHN ELIGON
Hugues-Denver Akassy spent about three hours testifying before the grand jury in his own defense, according to his lawyer, but the grand jury voted to indict him.
August 10, 2010
Staten Island Armory and Church Are Named Landmarks
By ANDY NEWMAN
A commission gives landmark status to an armory and a church on Staten Island, and considers an extension to the Park Slope Historic District.
August 10, 2010
Your 'Last Straws' Recounted
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Readers continue to commiserate with the flight attendant Steven Slater, offering their own stories of moments when they wanted to get out of Dodge.
Schools Are Given a Grade on How Graduates Do
By JENNIFER MEDINA
The New York City Department of Education is acknowledging that many graduates lack basic skills and is trying to do something about it.
Fed-Up Flight Attendant Makes Sliding Exit
By ANDY NEWMAN and RAY RIVERA
A JetBlue flight attendant unleashed a tirade, pulled the emergency-exit chute and fled Kennedy Airport.
Plum Benefit to Cultural Post: Tax-Free Housing
By KEVIN FLYNN and STEPHANIE STROM
Cultural executives often get rent-free housing, and many institutions structure it so they don’t pay taxes.
Fatal Bullet in Harlem Probably Fired by Police
By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, KAREN ZRAICK and RAY RIVERA
Ballistic tests show that the bullet that killed a man at a party on Sunday was probably fired by one of four officers.
9/11 Settlements Bring Moment of Reckoning
By MIREYA NAVARRO
Ground zero workers who sued the city for health problems learned how much they would be compensated.
In a Flurry of Calls to Prosecutors About a Rape Suspect, a Pattern Emerges
By JOHN ELIGON
Hugues-Denver Akassy tended to approach women in places like art museums and high-end shopping areas, the authorities said.
Defaults Fail to Scare Suitors for 2 East Side Complexes
By CHARLES V. BAGLI
A partnership has moved to get control of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, which are nearing foreclosure.
City Buses to Get Ads Opposing Islam Center
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will allow the display of an advertisement juxtaposing images of a plane, a flaming World Trade Center and a proposed Islamic Center.
New Jersey Halts Oyster Restoration Project
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
NY/NJ Baykeeper reluctantly complied with a state order and pulled up oysters it had seeded in the polluted Raritan Bay.
The Appraisal
Apartment Sellers Insist on Exposure, of the Feet
By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY
Sellers and brokers request that potential buyers kindly remove their footwear while looking at top-tier apartments.
Guilty Plea Expected in Drunken-Driving Crash That Killed 11-Year-Old Girl
By JOHN ELIGON
Carmen Huertas of the Bronx is expected to receive a prison sentence for manslaughter in connection with a 2009 crash that killed Leandra Rosado, a passenger in her car.
Lower East Side Has Less to Offer Jesuits Who Teach the Poor
By DAVID GONZALEZ
Founded in the early 1970s to educate poor boys, Nativity Mission Center is considering a move to the Bronx as its neighborhood turns deluxe.
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Via Listserv, Parents Clash in Harlem
By SUSAN DOMINUS
Hard feelings over class conflict in a gentrifying neighborhood are being aired in a contentious group e-mail exchange.
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