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  • family searches for clues in missing man case
  • Florida Businessman Charles Butler always dreamed of returning to live in the city where he was born, but 7 months ago he vanished without a trace.
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  • Terri Thompson
  • After a month in a hospital burn unit where it was uncertain if she would survive, Terri Thompson is home, but still hurting.
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  • port authority
  • Some workers at the Port Authority say when they blew the whistle on their supervisor for stealing, they were hit with disciplinary violations.
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  • subway platform inspections
  • Elevated track and bridges connect key parts of the 240 mile subway system, but inspection of these critical components is haphazard according to this new report.
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  • guns sold targeting kids
  • Children cannot drive until their 16, cannot drink until their 21, but they can shoot firearms long before then.
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  • planes bump wings at newark airport
  • The FAA says taxiway incursions occur too infrequently to warrant the expense of cameras or warning systems.
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  • soldier
  • How is it possible that you join the Army Reserves, complete all your training, but never get your active duty pay?
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  • refinery
  • The Bayway Refinery in Linden pumps out 238,000 barrels of fuel a day making it the largest refinery on the East Coast.
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  • bridge safety
  • The bridge crosses the railroad tracks in Flushing, Queens on 149th Street between Roosevelt and 41st Avenues.
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  • What's emerging is a profile of two young men who may have led deeply secret lives, secrets and beliefs.
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  • chechen terror
  • Many questions remain about the Boston Marathon bombing suspects and their backgrounds.
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  • boston marathon bombings
  • There's a reason pressure cooker bombs are so popular with terrorists. Just a little knowledge can create a lot of destruction.
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  • investigation
  • No detail is too small for officials as they piece together what happened.
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  • boston marathon explosions
  • The FBI has taken the lead on the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings and is going through all the evidence.
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  • Terri Thompson
  • The woman who was burned in a hot oil attack allegedly by her ex-husband spoke to Eyewitness News from her hospital bed.
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  • airport fines
  • The federal government has cracked down on four New York City area airports for what it calls "egregious" violations of safety and rescue regulations involving more than 250 police officers.
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  • A Delta Airlines employee is facing charges after he got on a flight without a boarding pass or being screened by security.
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  • brutal subway attack caught on camera
  • Would the attacker have been arrested sooner if the tape was made public faster?
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  • nj oil attack
  • Police in Irvington, New Jersey are searching for a man they say threw hot oil on his ex-wife as she slept in her bed.
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  • Inside a federal courthouse, the heart of the NYPD's crime-fighting tactic, Stop and Frisk, goes on trial Monday.
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  • rapid repairs
  • A licensed plumbing inspector says he was fired by Rapid Repairs after confronting his boss about unsafe installations.
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  • newark screeners
  • New York Congressman Peter King is calling for an extensive security review at Newark Liberty Airport after a report that a fake bomb got past screeners.
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  • suffolk county cop accused of misconduct
  • A police officer, who was supposed to help a mom on Long Island with her case, is accused of going too far.
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  • Vadim Vassilenko was arrested for a financial crime, and six years later, he's still waiting for his trial.
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  • New York City's Rapid Repairs program left a big hole on the side of a house on Staten Island.
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  • The Port Authority estimates $28 million has been ripped off in the past two years by thieves who don't pay E-ZPass tolls.
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  • Two homeowners claim a contractor swindled them out of tens of thousands of dollars without finishing the work.
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  • There are disturbing new questions about the quality of work done under the Rapid Repair program.
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  • the investigators
  • City-hired contractors have installed thousands of boilers into Sandy affected homes at no cost, but we've discovered in the city's haste to get families back in their homes, some rapid repair contractors have done shoddy and potentially dangerous work.
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  • Sources inside Port Authority Police say investigations at the Lincoln Tunnel have been hampered because of lack of direct access to video from the tunnel's security cameras.
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  • There are more safety problems for New York's three major airports.
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  • Eyewitness News began investigating the group home after a frantic family member called about the abuse of a loved one.
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  • When deployed in the streets, the weapons scanner will use radiation to detect concealed guns.
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  • A 93-year-old woman has been living in squalor in public housing.
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  • A troubling oversight has been found within New York State's sweeping new gun laws.
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  • It's the park of choice in one of New York's hottest neighborhoods, but fortunately, no one was nearby the night Sandy's strong winds toppled a 100 foot high stadium light in Williamsburg's McCarren Park.
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  • There are new questions about a crane accident in Queens that injured seven people.
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  • Specially stored DNA information, guns and cars all held as evidence was destroyed by the rising waters.
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  • It's at an FBI computer Lab in Virginia where Adam Lanza's damaged hard drive is undergoing electronic analysis.
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  • Eyewitness News has learned of a connection between the gun used in Newtown and a gun used in another deadly mass shooting.
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  • Jim Hoffer has the findings of the investigation
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  • Jim Hoffer investigates whether the shooter's mother should have had guns around her troubled son.
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  • Federal agents say the gunman in the Connecticut school shooting fired guns at shooting ranges over the past several years, but there's no evidence he did so recently as practice for the rampage.
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  • There are mobile homes, already built, winterized and ready to go, up to a thousand, but no one is living inside of them.
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  • Jim Hoffer reports that Union Beach residents are upset that there are no FEMA trailers.
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  • Despite requests from the governor, residents hit by Sandy still have not gotten temporary housing in FEMA trailers.
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  • President Obama is getting ready to ask Congress for $50 billion in additional emergency aid to help states hit by Sandy.
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  • FEMA has been struggling to find housing for thousands of people who can't live in their homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
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  • There are serious, new questions about relief operations stemming from Hurricane Sandy.
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  • Jim Hoffer reports from the Rockaways on concerns about health threats caused by Sandy
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