<?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/wireapnewsny/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>New York News, Weather, Sports &amp; Traffic - WCBSTV.com</title><link>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny</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>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:58:18 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[NYC Bar: We ID For Our 100-proof Thanksgiving Bird]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/No.one.under.2.1328226.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/No.one.under.2.1328226.html</link><description><![CDATA[You'll need to be 21 to take a bite out of this Thanksgiving turkey. New York City tavern owner Paul Hurley said he'll unveil what he is calling the nation's first 100-proof turkey on Monday. A spokesman for the owner of O'Casey's Tavern in Midtown Manhattan says that the bird is infused with fruit-flavored and 100-proof Georgi vodka for three days before being cooked.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:25:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study: NYC Food Emergencies Up Nearly 21 Percent]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/Anti.hunger.group.2.1328068.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/Anti.hunger.group.2.1328068.html</link><description><![CDATA[The recession may be easing, but the urgent need to feed New York's hungry is still sharp. The number of people seeking emergency food assistance in New York City is up 20.9 percent over last year, but agencies were better able to meet that demand despite the shaky economy, according to a report released Monday by the New York City Coalition Against Hunger. Agencies in New York and around the state have been able to help more people with a boost from federal stimulus money.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:02:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ME: Teen Killed By NYC Police Was Shot 11 Times]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/Medical.examiner.Teen.2.1327538.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/Medical.examiner.Teen.2.1327538.html</link><description><![CDATA[A teenager killed in a confrontation with New York City police over the weekend was shot 11 times, the medical examiner's office said Sunday. Dashawn Vasconcellos, 18, died of gunshot wounds to the torso, neck and extremities, medical examiner spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said. Police fired a total of 14 times, chief NYPD spokesman Paul J. Browne said. According to an autopsy completed late Sunday, Vasconcellos had three gunshot wounds in the middle of his back, five in his right side and three on his left side, Borakove said. Five police bullets were recovered during the autopsy, she said.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:14:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swimmers, Poets Among 2010 Rhodes Scholars From US]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/32.US.students.2.1327811.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/32.US.students.2.1327811.html</link><description><![CDATA[When Henry Spelman found out he'd won a Rhodes Scholarship, his first call was to his girlfriend. To share the good news, of course, but also to see whether she was a winner as well. The couple, both seniors at the University of North Carolina, had done their final scholarship interviews apart — he in Philadelphia, she in Houston. Spelman heard the results first. When he called with his good news, "the stakes just went way up," said his girlfriend, Libby Longino, who had to wait 45 minutes before finding out that she, too, had nabbed one of the world's most prestigious scholarships.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:12:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NY Gov To Lawmakers: Put The People First]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/NY.gov.to.2.1327960.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/NY.gov.to.2.1327960.html</link><description><![CDATA[As another week passed without a deal to address New York's $3.2 billion deficit, Gov. David Paterson on Sunday told lawmakers they should put the people first, not powerful special interests. Paterson sent a letter to all 212 lawmakers that the warnings to the state are clear if the Legislature doesn't act. He is holding out hope for cooperation in the coming days. "We must put politics aside and put the people of our state first — not the special interests," Paterson wrote to lawmakers. "We must reach a responsible final agreement that protects our state's finances and embodies the principles I have outlined above.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:00:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rhodes Scholars Named For 2010]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/Rhodes.Scholars.named.2.1328007.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/Rhodes.Scholars.named.2.1328007.html</link><description><![CDATA[The 32 American students chosen as Rhodes Scholars for 2010, listed by geographic region: District 1: William J. Oppenheim III, New Canaan, Conn., Bowdoin College]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:46:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[West Point Cadet From Wash. Named Rhodes Scholar]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/West.Point.cadet.2.1327814.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/West.Point.cadet.2.1327814.html</link><description><![CDATA[A West Point cadet from Washington state has been named a 2010 Rhodes scholar. Elizabeth Betterbed of the small community of Fox Island on the southern tip of the Puget Sound was named among the scholarship winners early Sunday. She was one of 32 men and women from across the United States selected from 805 applicants endorsed by 326 different colleges and universities.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:17:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NY Rhodes Scholar Worked On Malaria Prevention]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/Rhodes.Scholar.from.2.1327887.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/Rhodes.Scholar.from.2.1327887.html</link><description><![CDATA[A Swarthmore College graduate from suburban New York who helped fight malaria in Uganda has been named a Rhodes Scholar. Mark Dlugash is one of 32 winners announced Sunday for the scholarships that provide all expenses for two or three years of study at the University of Oxford in England. The 23-year-old Dlugash graduated from Swarthmore in 2008 and lives in the Larchmont, N.Y., north of New York City.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:43:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NY's Cuomo No Stranger To Church-state Friction]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/Former.NY.Gov.2.1327747.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/Former.NY.Gov.2.1327747.html</link><description><![CDATA[Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo said Sunday that church leaders should be cautious about pressuring Catholic politicians over issues such as abortion because people might not vote for someone they think is guided by religion. Cuomo's comments came as Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy sparred with a bishop over his public stance on moral issues including abortion. Kennedy said Bishop Thomas Tobin has asked him not to receive communion. In a 1984 speech, Cuomo, a Catholic and Democrat who supported abortion rights and was at the time a leading potential presidential candidate, delivered a speech at the University of Notre Dame explaining that Catholic lawmakers shouldn't be pressured by church leaders to work for anti-abortion legislation.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:00:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 Dead, 1 Injured In Small Plane Crash In NY]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/1.dead.1.2.1327700.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/wireapnewsny/1.dead.1.2.1327700.html</link><description><![CDATA[One person is dead and a second is injured after a small plane crashed in upstate New York. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters says the Piper Cherokee was found at around 1:30 p.m. Sunday in a wooded area four miles southwest of Dutchess County Airport. Peters says the pilot was trying to land after reporting an oil pressure problem.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:43:47 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>