<?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/local/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>New York News, Weather, Sports &amp; Traffic - WCBSTV.com</title><link>http://wcbstv.com/local</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>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:47:35 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Wrongfully Convicted NYC Man Freed After 17 Years]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/local/fernando.bermudez.released.2.1324784.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/local/fernando.bermudez.released.2.1324784.html</link><description><![CDATA[A prison system official says a New York City man is free after spending nearly two decades behind bars for murder before a judge declared him innocent. But he may yet have to serve an unrelated drug sentence. A state corrections spokeswoman says Fernando Bermudez was released around 2:10 p.m. Friday from the Sing Sing prison in Ossining. Hear from Bermudez and his family tonight on CBS 2 HD News at 6 p.m.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:50:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wild Turkeys Run Amok In Suffolk; Hunt Approved]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/local/wild.turkey.hunt.2.1325062.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/local/wild.turkey.hunt.2.1325062.html</link><description><![CDATA[After more than a century without them, an estimated 3,000 turkeys from Muttontown Preserve to Long Island's East End now roam, strut, gobble, and preen in woods, farms and backyards. Much like deer , say biologists, they are ravaging farms, chewing homeowners, plants, and leaving behind huge droppings as a result. The Department of Environmental Conservation has just approved the first ever wild turkey hunt here to coincide with Thanksgiving.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:46:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[HealthWatch: Medical Tourism]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/local/medical.tourism.surgical.2.1323535.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/local/medical.tourism.surgical.2.1323535.html</link><description><![CDATA[Travel to places like India, Korea and even Cost Rica is on the rise. But it's not just for the scenery and tourist attractions. More and more Americans are traveling to foreign countries for cheaper medical care. But just how safe is it to have an operation overseas? CBS 2 HD examines the growing trend of medical tourism. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:42:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 Indicted On Charges In NYC Transgender Attack]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/local/transgender.attack.indictment.2.1324944.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/local/transgender.attack.indictment.2.1324944.html</link><description><![CDATA[Two men have been indicted on hate crime charges in an assault on a transgender woman in one of New York City's most diverse neighborhoods. Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Friday that a grand jury indicted Gilberto Ortiz and Trinidad Tapia on second-degree assault as a hate crime and other charges in the June 19 attack. The two men face up to 15 years in prison if convicted. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:44:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Armed Man Barricades Himself Inside His NJ Home]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/local/armed.standoff.hohokus.2.1324885.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/local/armed.standoff.hohokus.2.1324885.html</link><description><![CDATA[Police are speaking with an armed man in an effort to end a standoff that began several hours ago when the man barricaded himself inside his northern New Jersey home. Officers first responded to the Ho-Ho-Kus residence around 9 a.m. Friday, after the unidentified man's girlfriend called police and said he had two guns and was depressed. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:22:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYC Suspicious Package Report A False Alarm]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/local/suspicious.package.penn.2.1324820.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/local/suspicious.package.penn.2.1324820.html</link><description><![CDATA[New York City police say a report of a suspicious package at Pennsylvania Station turned out to be a false alarm. Police responded to the area at Seventh Avenue and 32nd Street in Midtown Manhattan. The call came around 2:25 p.m. Friday and police finished searching twenty minutes later. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:06:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman Charged For Pa. Woman's Nude Facebook Photo]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/local/nude.facebook.photo.2.1324564.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/local/nude.facebook.photo.2.1324564.html</link><description><![CDATA[A New York woman who works as a bartender in northwestern Pennsylvania has been charged with using a male customer's cell phone to post a nude photo of another woman on Facebook. Police in Warren didn't immediately say why 22-year-old Lindsay Head, of Falconer, N.Y. targeted the other woman, or if she even knew her. Police filed a charge of illegally transmitting obscene material against Head on Friday.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moody's: Inaction On Deficit Could Hurt NY Rating]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/local/nys.budget.crisis.2.1324743.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/local/nys.budget.crisis.2.1324743.html</link><description><![CDATA[New York's stable credit rating could be hurt if the Legislature fails to heed Gov. David Paterson's calls to cut spending and eliminate a $3.2 billion deficit, Moody's Investors Service said Friday. The warning by the credit-analysis firm came as Paterson and lawmakers continued to negotiate how to address the deepening budget gap, an issue they have been discussing since September. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:19:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jets' Leonhard Questionable, Gholston Out vs. Pats]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/local/jets.injury.report.2.1324708.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/local/jets.injury.report.2.1324708.html</link><description><![CDATA[New York Jets safety Jim Leonhard is questionable for the team's game at New England after being limited in practice with a broken right thumb. Leonhard, injured in last Sunday's loss to Jacksonville, returned to practice Friday and participated in individual drills as well as some team activities while wearing a cast on his hand. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:03:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NJ District Proposes Charging For Kids' Detention]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/local/paying.for.detention.2.1323136.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/local/paying.for.detention.2.1323136.html</link><description><![CDATA[It's the first of its kind in a New Jersey school district &#150; a plan that would cost parents money for their children's punishment. It's a proposal that has some parents in the Nutley School District up-in-arms, a plan that would make them pay the price for their kids' detention.&nbsp;Two board members are sponsoring the plan that would target students who are habitually sent to detention. Steven Rogers, who is also a police lieutenant, said the proposal would save the district $10,000 a year and force parents to be responsible for their kids. Some parents are furious with the idea.
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