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NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are soaring on promising economic news out of Europe and the U.S. Benchmark crude on Tuesday rose $3.47, or 3.7 percent, to $97.52 per barrel in New York. Brent crude rose $3.40, or 3.3 percent, to $107.04 per barrel in London...

US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Wednesday that the Statue of Liberty will close on October 28 for a year-long, $27.25 million renovation. The upgrades will make the interior safer and more accessible, he said. Code-compliant stairways will be installed, and electrical and fire suppression systems, elevators and bathrooms will all get an overhaul. The current staircases do not me

“I thought I was going to catch the ball or go over the railing,” said Michael Kacer of the foul ball he caught at Yankee Stadium Friday. The 29-year old vet had lost his left arm in Afghanistan, so he had nothing to brace himself with when he used his baseball cap as a glove and reached over the railing to snag a ball off of the bat of Curtis Granderson.

Keith Gruber of Swan Lake, NY, was an hour and a half late for his 10:30 AM pretrial felony DWI hearing in Sullivan County Court. It would have probably been best if the 49-year-old didn't show up at all. That's because Gruber stumbled into the proceeding while swigging on an open can of Busch beer.