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Thursday, Feb 17, 2005, 1:58 PM EST

NEW YORK NOW:

Thursday: Partly cloudy. Cooler with highs around 40 ... Disabled in Action protests S.I. ferry conditions, Whitehall Terminal, 9 a.m. ... Unveiling of life-size models of a newly discovered carnivorous mammal, American Museum of Natural History, 10:30 a.m. ... Tasting event showcasing Starbucks coffee liqueur, 530 W. 21st St., 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. ... Rally held to save the Plaza Hotel, Plaza Hotel, Noon ...

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Thursday, February 17, 2005

Thursday, February 17

• Cortland grad gives celestial gift (1:50PM EST)

• Worker finds body parts in Brooklyn subway tunnel (1:39PM EST)

• Court: State funds at private college subject to public review (1:54PM EST)

• Former Westchester teacher free after pleading guilty to reduced charge (12:07PM EST)

• Teacher resigns after state test answers are changed (11:46AM EST)

• Officer accused of shooting dog, then lying about it (11:42AM EST)

• Star witness says his zeal to meet WorldCom projections overtook legal duty (1:17PM EST)

• Man sentenced for sexually assaulting boy, 11, collapses (10:33AM EST)

• Vassar president to resign in 2006, after 20 years (6:55AM EST)

• City seeks to trademark new slogan, ``The World's Second Home'' (3:01AM EST)

• Star witness vs. Ebbers: No third-party witnesses to conversations (2:36AM EST)

• Vassar president to resign in 2006, after 20 years (2:32AM EST)

• Mayor intercedes in plans to convert Plaza Hotel into luxury condos (1:33AM EST)

• Charge dropped against pilot accused of making threat (1:28AM EST)

Wednesday, February 16

• Grand jury indicts man in crash that killed two (11:27PM EST)

• Kennedy mystique keeps prices high on second day of New York auction (8:59PM EST)

• Charge dropped against pilot accused of making threat (6:43PM EST)

• Rare watercolors of Audubon's `Birds of America' on display in New York (6:06PM EST)

• State economic development chief defends Pataki's ad appearances (5:58PM EST)

• Kennedy mystique keeps prices high on second day of New York auction (5:46PM EST)

• New York City Council passes defibrillator law (5:31PM EST)

• Queens man sentenced to 17 years in nightclub smoking ban stab death (5:04PM EST)

• Study projects taxpayers' cost of statewide school funding fix (4:52PM EST)

• Teen killer whose conviction was thrown out could face trial (4:46PM EST)

• Man killed in mini avalanche lived for thrill skiing (4:42PM EST)

• Day-care providers claim state Web site puts children at risk (4:27PM EST)

• State commissioner urges lawmakers to act on Empire Zone program (5:13PM EST)

• Special interest groups voice concerns about HCRA (4:03PM EST)

• Merchants settle fake-wristband cases with Lance Armstrong donations (3:31PM EST)

• Dean: New York GOP chairman must apologize or resign (4:35PM EST)

• Manhattan cosmetics mogul is sued over $1 million in antiques, says they're fakes (8:34PM EST)

• Former Oneida Ltd. executives to buy former factory (2:32PM EST)

• Yemeni teacher describes terror-funding defendants as pacifists (3:57PM EST)

• Schumer: budget $27 million short for dairy farmers (2:17PM EST)

• Rep. Velazquez says Bush budget would hurt Hispanic small businesses (1:47PM EST)

• Game Off! NHL season canceled (1:06PM EST)

• Suit dropped claiming discrimination against Arabs (12:54PM EST)

• Famous scientest Jane Goodall to give Syracuse commencement address (12:56PM EST)

• Independent System Operator announces new president (12:23PM EST)

• Student from NY recognized for inventing promising new treatments for cancer, stroke (4:06PM EST)

• Ebbers' defense lawyer grills prosecution's star witness over lies (5:28PM EST)

• Long Island tourism group (10:55AM EST)

• New legislators leave Democrats with 11-6 majority (10:54AM EST)

• Juror defends panel's decision to convict Muslim doctor (10:48AM EST)

• New Springsteen album due in April; tour to follow (2:56PM EST)

• Board game about growing marijuana weeded out of toy fair (9:27AM EST)

• Sampling of editorials from upstate New York (9:21AM EST)

• Mall shooting case going to grand jury (3:32PM EST)

• More serious charges brought against man who killed soldier (8:48AM EST)

• Appeals court rules against reporters in CIA leak case (7:54AM EST)

• Gates Foundation gives $28 million to support small city schools (6:26AM EST)

• At 90, exercise with younger classmates is 'an investment' in life (4:40AM EST)

• Health Department seeking more information on AIDS treatment (4:39AM EST)

• New York's MTA asks for 'best and final' offers for West Side property (6:37AM EST)

• Poll says more view Bloomberg favorably, but many disapprove (1:18AM EST)

• Gates Foundation gives $28 million to support small city schools (1:13AM EST)

Tuesday, February 15

• New York's MTA asks for `best and final' offers for West Side property (10:21PM EST)

• New York mayor launches re-election bid, promises another self-financed campaign (9:18PM EST)

• Elderly farmer receives weekend jail time for fraud (8:55PM EST)

• New company to take over Oneida Ltd. site (8:25PM EST)

• Schoolchildren in blue view the orange `Gates' in Central Park (8:13PM EST)

• Senate confirms Chertoff for homeland security spot Kerik once sought (7:49PM EST)

• Manhattan judge says dismemberment killer still dangerous (7:43PM EST)

• War of words continues between Jeffords and paper company (7:32PM EST)

• Man pleads guilty in murder of Westhampton Beach co-worker (7:32PM EST)

• Pair of paintings of dogs playing poker sells for $590,400 in NY auction

• Baby's dad, 29, arrested in Long Island stabbing death of teen mom, 16 (6:54PM EST)

• Skier killed at Stowe while making extreme skiing movie (6:52PM EST)

• Teen indicted in actress' fatal Manhattan robbery (6:39PM EST)

• Investors sue filmmaker Butler over `Long War of John Kerry' (6:23PM EST)

• Tribes' casino takes are soaring, surpassing those in Nevada (6:13PM EST)

• At 90, exercise with younger classmates `an investment' in life (5:17PM EST)

• Vintage plane crashes, two escape injury (4:48PM EST)

• Exhibit showcases glitz and glamour of New York (4:44PM EST)

• New York marks its first Susan B. Anthony Day (4:41PM EST)

• Pataki knocks new state GOP chairman over comments (4:26PM EST)

• `Last ditch' talks begin in school funding case as Pataki plans appeal (4:36PM EST)

• Meth-coated homes spur new push for federal research (5:18PM EST)

• Federal probe launched into FDNY minority hiring practices (3:31PM EST)

• Kennedy rocking chair sells for $96,000 at New York auction (6:06PM EST)

• Teen driver pleads guilty in crash that killed three classmates (2:33PM EST)

• Now, it's personal: Star witness against Ebbers faces tough questions (2:23PM EST)

• Fugitive in Manhattan school sex abuse case captured (5:53PM EST)

• Cleanup plan for Peconic River receives final approval (4:07PM EST)

• Audit questions $1 million in Amtrak project (6:03PM EST)

• Privatizing Amtrak: Jump Start or Pipe Dream? (4:04PM EST)

• With gun at his head, jeweler shoots would-be robber (1:52PM EST)

• Minority party lawmakers sue as leaders battle over budget (5:39PM EST)

• Judge sets another date for start of smuggling deaths trial (11:51PM EST)

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