<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>New York News, Weather, Sports &amp; Traffic - WCBSTV.com</title><link>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts</link><description><![CDATA[New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic - WCBSTV.com]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:09:30 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Man 'Too Fat To Kill' Found Guilty Of Murder]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/william.ates.too.2.1296869.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/william.ates.too.2.1296869.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Florida man who claims he was too fat to kill his former son-in-law in his New Jersey home was found guilty of the brutal murder on Friday, CBS 2 has learned. Edward Ates claimed he didn't have the energy to accurately shoot Paul Duncsak and make a quick getaway across several state lines. He weighed 285 pounds when Duncsak was killed in 2006. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:07:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shame, Humiliation As Kerik Pleads Guilty 8 Times]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/bernard.kerik.pleads.2.1293858.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/bernard.kerik.pleads.2.1293858.html</link><description><![CDATA[Former New York City police commissioner Benard Kerik gave up and copped a plea deal, and could now spend the next three years in prison for lying to the White House and the IRS. Kerik stood before Judge Stephen Robinson and pleaded guilty to eight felony crimes, mired in shame and humiliation eight years after standing with Rudy Giuliani on 9/11 and five years after standing with President Bush at the White House. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:22:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jobless Rate Tops 10 Pct. For First Time Since '83]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/jobless.rate.10.2.1295972.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/jobless.rate.10.2.1295972.html</link><description><![CDATA[The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 -- and is likely to go higher. Nearly 16 million people can't find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended. The Labor Department says the economy shed a net total of 190,000 jobs in October, less than the downwardly revised 219,000 lost in September. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:54:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bloomberg To Honor Yankees In City Hall Ceremony]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/yankees.city.hall.2.1293952.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/yankees.city.hall.2.1293952.html</link><description><![CDATA[Following the Yankees World Series ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Friday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg will present the champions with keys to the city during a congratulatory celebration at City Hall. The ceremony will start at 1 p.m. on City Hall plaza, and Mayor Bloomberg is offering 500 lucky fans the chance to be front and center for the excitement. A public giveaway will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday for the 500 tickets and officials are offering several ways for fans to enter. 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:56:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report: 7 Dead At Ft. Hood, Gunmen At Large ]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/fort.hood.shooting.2.1294524.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/fort.hood.shooting.2.1294524.html</link><description><![CDATA[Seven soldiers were killed at Fort Hood in central Texas Thursday afternoon and 12 others were wounded by two gunmen, CBS station KTVT-TV reports. The suspects are believed to still be on the loose. Army officials have confirmed a "violent incident" at the post, but have not released any other details.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:44:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overturned Tractor-Trailer Closes Part Of LIE]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/LIE.eastbound.lanes.2.1293277.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/LIE.eastbound.lanes.2.1293277.html</link><description><![CDATA[An overturned tractor-trailer closed part of the Long Island Expressway in Syosset early Thursday morning, CBS 2 HD has learned. Chopper 2 HD was over the scene of the accident near Exit 43 of the LIE, as stand-still traffic extended for miles in the eastbound lanes. The overturned tractor-trailer caught fire near South Oyster Bay Road. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:53:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYC Gives Bloomberg 4 More Years, Barely]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/bloomberg.thompson.mayoral.2.1290054.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/bloomberg.thompson.mayoral.2.1290054.html</link><description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent record money to convince New Yorkers to vote him back into office for a third term, and the spending spree paid off, barely. The billionaire mayor beat out Democratic challenger Bill Thompson in an extremely close race to keep his seat in City Hall. After all 6,110 precincts reported returns, Bloomberg had walked away with a victory by just 50,342 votes. 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:19:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Massive Fire Rips Through Yonkers ConEd Substation]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/yonkers.fire.coned.2.1290723.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/yonkers.fire.coned.2.1290723.html</link><description><![CDATA[Fire crews battled a large blaze at a Con Edison substation in Yonkers Wednesday morning. The electrical fire at 142 Kingston Avenue that started just before 6 a.m. prompted a large response from several fire departments in the area. Emergency services closed a stretch of road from Palmer Road to Midland Avenue, as firefighters battled the massive flames. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:54:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vance To Replace Morgenthau As Manhattan's New DA]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/cyrus.vance.jr.2.1290273.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/cyrus.vance.jr.2.1290273.html</link><description><![CDATA[For the first time in nearly four decades, Manhattan will have a new district attorney. Now that 90-year-old Robert Morgenthau is retiring the man he chose to succeed him, Cyrus Vance Jr., has earned the right to be the next DA. On Tuesday night Vance easily beat out Richard Aborn &#150; 91 percent to 9 percent. Now he's got some massive shoes to fill. 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:08:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strike-Crowded Philly Commuter Train Catches Fire]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/philadelphia.train.fire.2.1290966.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/philadelphia.train.fire.2.1290966.html</link><description><![CDATA[Fire has broken out on a Philadelphia commuter train during the morning rush, complicating commutes hampered by the city's transit strike, CBS 2 HD has learned. Officials say no injuries have been reported. Flames were shooting from the front of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority regional train shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday, the strike's second day. 
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