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New York City real estate heir Robert Durst leaves a Houston courtroom in this Aug. 15, 2014, file photo. Durst was arrested in New Orleans on an extradition warrant to Los Angeles on Saturday, March 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

Robert Durst’s attorney: Potential new charges may delay extradition

By Janet McConnaughey and Brian Melley - Associated Press

New York City real estate heir Robert Durst leaves a Houston courtroom in this Aug. 15, 2014, file photo. Durst was arrested in New Orleans on an extradition warrant to Los Angeles on Saturday, March 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

Robert Durst, wealthy eccentric, says in HBO finale he ‘killed them all’

By Janet McConnaughey and Brian Melley - Associated Press

Pope Francis waves to faithful as he arrives on the occasion of an audience with participants to the course promoted by the Penitentiary Apostolic Tribunal, in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Thursday, March 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis visit goes ‘above and beyond’ budget: Capitol police

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Red Room at the Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. Cuomo says he has not been subpoenaed or contacted by federal investigators probing Albany corruption, but he won't say if the same is true for his aides. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

EDITORIAL: Cuomo bans fracking, New Yorkers talk secession

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Oct. 16, 2008, file photo, New York Cardinal Edward Egan, center, joins candidates Sens. John McCain, left, and Barack Obama at the 63rd Annual Alfred E. Smith Foundation Dinner in New York. Egan, the former archbishop of New York, died, Thursday, March 5, 2015, of cardiac arrest in New York. He was 82. (AP Photo/Andrew Theodorakis, Pool, File)

Cardinal Egan commended to Christ’s mercy

Catholic News Agency

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (Associated Press) **FILE**

Bill de Blasio to NYC business leaders: Start pay at $13 an hour

By Jonathan Lemire - Associated Press

Cardinal Edward Egan, left, shares a moment with Sister Dominica Rocchio of the Sisters of Charity as she and the Sisters of Charity pause in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral on their way up New York's Fifth Avenue during the St. Patrick's Day parade, Tuesday March 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Cardinal Egan, retired N.Y. archbishop, dies at age 82; led archdiocese during Sept. 11 attacks

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Failing New York Schools Illustration by Nancy Ohanian

CAL THOMAS: Taylor Swift’s poor investment in New York City schools

By Cal Thomas

New York Yankees' designated hitter Alex Rodriguez hits a single in the first inning during a spring training baseball exhibition game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

A-Rod 1 for 2 in return from drug ban as Phils top Yanks 3-1

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch appears on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 28, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Loretta Lynch AG nomination clears committee with GOP votes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Grand juries decided not to indict officers in the chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York and the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, leading to protests. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Police academy enrollment rises despite negative events in Ferguson, New York City

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Washington Capitals center Jay Beagle (83) battles for the puck against New York Islanders goalie Chad Johnson (30) and Travis Hamonic (3) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Braden Holtby shines as Capitals edge Islanders in shootout

By David Ginsburg - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2013 file photo, New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, with his hand to his head, talks during a news conference before the Yankees played the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game at US Cellular Field in Chicago. The owner of a now-defunct Florida clinic was charged Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, with conspiracy to distribute steroids, more than a year after he was accused of providing performance-enhancing drugs to Yankees star Alex Rodriguez and other players. Federal court records show Anthony Bosch is charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute testosterone. (AP Photo/Charles Cherney, File)

Even before he arrives, Alex Rodriguez dominates Yankees’ spring training

By Mark Didtler - The Washington Times

A gravel drives leads to a camp inhabited by convicted sex offenders behind Triumph Church near Clanton, Ala., on Monday, June 30, 2014. A law that took effect Tuesday, July 1, 2014 shut down the refuge, which Pastor Rick Martin says he founded to follow the Bible's instructions to care for the outcast. A prosecutor wrote a law passed earlier in the year to outlaw the camp by barring convicted sex offenders from living within 300 feet of each other on the same piece of property in Chilton County. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

N.Y. top court: State law sets limits on sex offender homes

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Alex Rodriguez speaks during a news conference in Cancun, Mexico, in this Jan. 16, 2014, file photo. Rodriguez has issued a handwritten apology "for the mistakes that led to my suspension" but has turned down New York's offer to use Yankee Stadium for a news conference and has failed to detail any specifics about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Israel Leal, File)

A-Rod makes vague apology, turns down news conference

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

New York Knicks center Andrea Bargnani, left, center Amar'e Stoudemire (1) and guard Jose Calderon, right, watch from the bench during final seconds of the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Orlando Magic in Orlando, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. The Magic won 89-83.(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Amar’e Stoudemire’s time in New York done after buyout from Knicks

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 22, 2008, file photo, Lesley Gore performs at the ASCAP musical tribute which honored Quincy Jones with the ASCAP Pied Piper Award, in New York. Singer-songwriter Gore, who topped the charts in 1963 with her epic song of teenage angst, "It's My Party," and followed it up with the hits "Judy's Turn to Cry," and "You Don't Own Me," died of cancer, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. She was 68. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)

Lesley Gore, ‘It’s My Party’ singer-songwriter, dies at 68

By Mark Kennedy - Associated Press

Amar'e Stoudemire speaks to the media during a New York Knicks media availability session at the O2 Arena in London, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. Milwaukee Bucks will play New York Knicks in an NBA game at the O2 Arena in London on Thursday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Stoudemire’s time in New York done after buyout from Knicks

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press