New York, NY - Nearly six months after two rookie cops in Queens were accused of writing bogus summonses, Internal Affairs is now investigating officers in three other precincts for the same wrongdoing. In May that the two rookies working at the 113th Precinct wrote 40 red-light and seat-belt summonses in one tour - a number considered difficult to reach because the officers were working...

Caylloma, Peru - The remains of 22-year-old Rishon Lezion resident Tomer Ahuan, who went missing in Peru in mid-July after he reportedly fell from his boat during a rafting expedition in the Apurimac River in Peru, has been identified. Following an extensive search by an Israeli rescue team, the body was discovered two weeks ago trapped beneath rocks not far from where Ahuan went missing, but...

Borough Park, NY - Change the decor? Never. Upgrade the outdoor signage? Don't even think about it! Everything is pretty much as it's always been at the Dairy Luncheonette in Borough Park. The kosher eatery did once get a facelift, but that was 25 years ago. "That's part of the charm," said Roz Liberman, who runs the place with her husband, Shloimie. The corner breakfast and lunch...

Staten Island, NY - The man who jumped off the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge last night has been identified as a Brooklyn resident. Arkady Adler, 33, of Bay 17th Street, abandoned his car on the Staten Island-bound side of the span's upper level shortly before 10 p.m. and then took a fatal plunge over the edge by the bridge tower closest to the Brooklyn side. Canvassing NYPD ESU Trk-5, NYPD...

Washington - Local police departments in 13 states and security agents from Amtrak and the federal Transportation Security Administration planned to carry out a show of force at 150 railroad stations from Virginia to Vermont on Tuesday morning. The drill will include random searches of passengers and their belongings, as well as other, unspecified security measures, the authorities...

New York, NY - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, worried about the effects of the global financial crisis on New York City's economy, said that his administration is considering imposing a 7 percent property tax increase on homeowners in January. The mayor said the move, which would generate an additional $600 million in revenue next year and require City Council approval, would help the city weather...