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A visitor to Times Square poses for photos with iconic costumed characters, Monday, July 28, 2014, in New York. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that he believes the people wearing character costumes in Times Square should be licensed and regulated. (AP Photo/Rachelle Blidner)

Ticket me Elmo? NYC mulls law for impersonators

By VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press

**FILE** New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (Associated Press)

Andrew Cuomo launches statewide task force to collect LGBT data

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

San Diego Padres' Chase Headley watches his solo home run in front of Los Angeles Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Chase Headley traded to Yankee; Padres get pair back

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FILE - This April 2, 2013 file image released by the O+M Company shows Elaine Stritch performing her final engagement at the Cafe Carlyle in New York with Rob Bowman at the piano. Stritch died Thursday, July 17, 2014 at her home in Birmingham, Mich. She was 89. (AP Photo/The O+M Company, Walter McBride, File)

Elaine Stritch, brash stage legend, dies at 89

By Mark Kennedy and Jake Coyle - Associated Press

Tunisian man gets time served in U.S. terror case by New York judge

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A video presentation at the opening ceremonies of the National 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York on May 15th of this year Associated Press photo

FIELDS: Living history at ground zero

By Suzanne Fields

A crowd gathers in Times Square near 46th Street in New York Saturday, May 1, 2010. Police have closed some streets in New York City's Times Square as they investigate a car that has been "deemed suspicious." (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

22.8 million New Yorkers’ personal records exposed

By Michael Virtanen - Associated Press

FILE--In this Feb. 16, 2014 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio clap along with the choir during a Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus Weekend church service at the Wilborn Temple in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

EDITORIAL: Far-left Democrats go hunting for DINOs

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2014 file photo, New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony smiles as he watches from the bench during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Bobcats, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Signing day has arrived in the NBA, if the biggest free agents care to grab their pens. But it’s unclear if Anthony, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade _ who all might be waiting on LeBron James to go first _ are ready. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)

Anthony, a ‘Knick at heart,’ stays in New York

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 19, 2014, file photo, New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony, left, tries to move around Indiana Pacers' Paul George during the first half of an NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York. Two people with knowledge of the details say that Anthony has informed the Knicks he intends to become a free agent. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Carmelo Anthony to re-sign with New York Knicks: report

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka watches from the dugout after leaving the game in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Cleveland. Tanaka pitched 6 2/3 innings and gave up 10 hits and five runs. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Yankees’ Tanaka has partially torn elbow ligament

By Steve Herrick - Associated Press

Oakland Athletics' Jeff Samardzija works against the Toronto Blue Jays in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 6, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Jeff Samardzija an All-Star without a league after trade

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, a crew with Western Enterprises Inc. covers a row of fireworks shells that have been loaded into launching tubes at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, N.M., for the city's annual Fourth of July festival. Officials in New Mexico and other drought-stricken states in the West have been urging residents to attend public fireworks displays rather than lighting their own fireworks due to dry conditions and high fire danger. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

July 4? Arthur moves celebrations to 3rd or 5th

By Karen Matthews - Associated Press

New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony, left, and Miami Heat's LeBron James jockey for position in the second half of an NBA basketball game in New York, Sunday, April 15, 2012. The Heat defeated the Knicks 93-85. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

SNYDER: LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony make NBA offseason worth watching

By Deron Snyder - The Washington Times

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., speaks at his primary election night gathering, Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ** FILE **

Rangel celebrates though primary too close to call

By Jonathan Lemire - Associated Press

King Abdullah II of Jordan (Associated Press) ** FILE **

GNEHM: When trial lawyers do foreign policy

By Edward Gnehm

Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Sgt. Mary Herrera, tenor Anthony Kearns, and Kirsten Fedewa of Kirsten Fedewa & Associates (from left) pose during the 239th United States Army Birthday Gala in New York on June 12.
(Courtesy of Kirsten Fedewa & Associates LLC/Mikki L. Sprenkle, photographer of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army)

FEDEWA: A salute to Army Gen. Odierno

By Lawrence J. Fedewa