http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/?track=rss Headlines from Newsday.com en ©2009, Newsday.com Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:33:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-etrock2312993508jul22,0,1175158.story?track=rss Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, U2, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and more will help the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame celebrate its 25th anniversary with two star-studded Madison Square Garden concerts in October. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:33:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nyterr2312992966jul22,0,6334133.story?track=rss A Long Island-born man participated in an attack on an American base in Afghanistan and funneled information on the subways and Long Island Rail Road to al-Qaida after he was trained in a Pakistani terror camp, according to published reports. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:03:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nylock2312992699jul22,0,1100438.story?track=rss Police have arrested a 36-year-old ex-con for his alleged role in the slaying of Long Island motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker last week in East Harlem. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:33:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nybloomberg0723,0,5550149.story?track=rss Mayor Michael Bloomberg has an ambitious environmental agenda, but it turns out he's running afoul of his own anti-pollution policy. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:36:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nypeta0723,0,2553709.story?track=rss An animal-rights group has released a video showing what it says is the abuse of elephants and tigers used in Ringling Bros. circuses. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:26:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nyclubrape0723,0,6637783.story?track=rss Prosecutors say a man abducted a woman after finding her passed out on a couch at a swank Manhattan club and raped her twice at his home. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:45:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nyterror0723,0,6234180.story?track=rss An American has been charged with receiving training from al-Qaida and providing the terrorist organization with information about the New York City transit system. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:21:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-sparod0723,0,5638494.story?track=rss Yankees player Alex Rodriguez has donated a quarter of a million dollars toward a mobile dental clinic that will serve his old New York City neighborhood. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:57:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nybrid2212989742jul21,0,5500537.story?track=rss As the Metropolitan Transit Authority announced it will reopen the Throgs Neck Bridge to truck traffic Saturday, the agency said it is holding a New Jersey-based contractor financially liable for a July 10 fire that damaged the bridge and caused a commuting nightmare. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:03:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nybarneys0723,0,1031560.story?track=rss The luxury retailer Barneys New York has removed a window display that made it appear blood-spattered mannequins were fending off attackers. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:25:00 -0400