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NYU Researcher Spent Grant Cash On Fancy Trips, Feds Say
The researcher stole thousands of dollars from the government and from NYU, prosecutors said.

Ciara McCarthy is a reporter for Patch in New York City, covering lower Manhattan. You can reach her at ciara.m@patch.com.
The researcher stole thousands of dollars from the government and from NYU, prosecutors said.

Police are still searching for the man, who they say rubbed himself against a woman on the subway last month.
Port Authority is hosting public meetings on a proposal that would extended the PATH train to the Newark airport.
A pedestrian was injured near a Chelsea intersection on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
The statue is meant to draw attention to the dwindling population of Northern White Rhinos.
The longtime East Village bar has closed its doors and is re-opening one block south.
Construction work has resumed on a FiDi building about two months after a worker fell to his death at the site.
A creative new public art installation provides an optical illusion thanks to its reflecting cylinders.
Police are searching for a man who they say flashed a woman and then put his hand up her skirt in a Tribeca subway station.
The mother who was arrested after she left her child outside a restaurant in 1997 says she still has "big longing for an apology."
Firefighters are responding to a gas main break reported at the intersection of West 19th Street and 10th Avenue in Chelsea.
There will be no 2 or 3 train service between Manhattan and Brooklyn at night this week.
Here's your guide to the best new places to eat in NYC this weekend.
The parents of Darren Drake, who died in last month's terror attack in Tribeca, will sue the city, according to a notice of claim.
Three men stole a pedestrian's Beats headphones on Wednesday morning, police said.
La Contenta will be replacing the longtime Greenwich Village standby, French Roast.
Two men robbed a Pinkberry in the West Village at gunpoint this week, according to police.
The Trump Organization will sell its remaining stake in the struggling Trump Soho and will no longer manage the luxury hotel.
A state court ruled that 9/11 cleanup workers could move forwarded with their compensation claims against the Battery Park City Authority.
Dandelion Chocolate is famous for its meticulous approach to dessert.