Borough News: New York City News Bits

• 2 killed, 4 wounded in Yonkers shooting

  Two people are dead and four wounded after a wild shoot-out in a Yonkers apartment building. It happened at about 1:30 a.m. at the Cromwell Towers on...

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  Queen Elizabeth II addresses UN, visits Ground Zero

  Queen Elizabeth II paid a whirlwind visit to New York City on Tuesday, addressing the United Nations, laying a wreath at Ground Zero and cutting a ribbon at a garden honoring British victims of the Sept. 11 attacks -- all in just under five hours....

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  Top doc killed in plane crash

  A renowned Manhattan doctor crashed a small plane in New Jersey yesterday, killing herself, her stepson and his wife, authorities said. Dr. Margaret Smith, 70, a leader in the field of arthritis and rheumatology, was trying to land at the Essex...

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  Kobi's dogged fans

  Famed hot-dog eater Takeru "The Tsunami" Kobayashi said yesterday he stormed the stage at Nathan's annual Fourth of July contest in Coney Island for one reason: He didn't want to be taken for a wiener. "Everyone kept chanting 'Let him eat! Let...

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  PA covering up JFK crime: cops

  The thieves at JFK Airport have a friend in Port Authority police brass. When laptops and suitcases are reported stolen by travelers, officers are routinely ordered to downgrade the incidents from thefts to merely lost luggage -- to keep the...

• Makeup queen robbed

  A celebrity makeup artist who has worked on such stars as Madonna, Cher and Diana Ross was the victim of a $60,000 jewelry heist at her posh Upper East...

• One-armed man 'beating self up'

  A Long Island man who blew off his left arm shooting illegal holiday fireworks told his family he "knows he messed up" and worried whether he'd be able...