NEW YORK — A woman burned to death in the elevator of her Brooklyn apartment building Saturday after a man ambushed her, sprayed her with liquid and set her afire with a Molotov cocktail, police said. The unidentified man was waiting for 64-year-old Doris Gillespie, when the elevator doors opened to her floor of the Prospect Heights building. The man sprayed her with an accelerant and set her on fire, New York City police spokesman Paul Browne said. Read full article > >

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NEW YORK — Robert Griffin III beat out preseason favorite Andrew Luck for the Heisman Trophy, dazzling voters with his ability to throw, run and lead Big 12 doormat Baylor into the national rankings. The junior quarterback known as RG3 became the first Heisman winner from Baylor on Saturday night by a comfortable cushion over the Stanford star. Read full article > >

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NEW YORK — Department store chain J.C. Penney Co. is looking to homemaking doyenne Martha Stewart as it takes one big step toward re-imagining itself under its new CEO, a former Apple Inc. executive. “A store has to be much more than the products that it sells,” Ron Johnson said in an interview with The Associated Press. “That’s what I learned from Apple. You can really move product and change and enrich people’s lives.” Read full article > >

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NEW YORK — One of the world’s largest Apple stores is opening at the landmark Grand Central Terminal. The 23,000-square-foot personal electronics business will start selling to the public on Friday. The owner of the space, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the city’s bus and subway system, says Apple Inc. is paying $180 per square foot for its lease — slightly less than the $200-per-square-foot top rate at the century-old Manhattan train hub. Read full article > >

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NEW YORK — A passenger accused of punching a JetBlue flight attendant who tried to stop him from drinking will be facing a judge in New York City. Antonio Ynoa is due in Brooklyn federal court on Monday. Authorities say off-duty NYPD Officer Anibal Mercado subdued and handcuffed the intoxicated man during the incident early Sunday. Read full article > >

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NEW YORK — People sometimes ask Andy Borowitz, one of America’s finest fake-news creators and political satirists, why he makes fun of Republicans far more often than Democrats. Borowitz usually replies with a variation of Willie Sutton’s line about why he robbed banks: Because that’s where the comedy is. Read full article > >

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NEW YORK — People sometimes ask Andy Borowitz, one of America’s finest fake-news creators and political satirists, why he makes fun of Republicans far more often than Democrats. Borowitz usually replies with a variation of Willie Sutton’s line about why he robbed banks: Because that’s where the comedy is. Read full article > >

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NEW YORK — During the first two months of the nationwide Occupy protests, the movement that is demanding more out of the wealthiest Americans cost local taxpayers at least $13 million in police overtime and other municipal services, according to a survey by The Associated Press. The heaviest financial burden has fallen upon law enforcement agencies tasked with monitoring marches and evicting protesters from outdoor camps. And the steepest costs by far piled up in New York City and Oakland, Calif., where police clashed with protesters on several occasions. Read full article > >

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Costs at 18 Occupy protests total at least $13M in police overtime and other services

NEW YORK — Detroit’s Justin Verlander has become the first starting pitcher in a quarter-century to win a Most Valuable Player award, adding it to his Cy Young Award last week. Verlander earned the American League MVP honor Monday, receiving 13 of 28 first-place votes and 280 points in voting announced by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Read full article > >

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NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg says an al-Qaida sympathizer who plotted to bomb police and post offices in New York City has been arrested. Bloomberg announced Sunday the arrest of 27-year-old Jose Pimentel on numerous charges. Pimentel was arrested Saturday. He is accused of having an explosive substance that he planned to use against others and property to terrorize the public. Read full article > >

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NEW YORK — “Arrested Development” is coming back to life on the Netflix video streaming service. The quirky TV comedy series is resuming production and will be available for instant viewing by Netflix subscribers in 2013, the company announced late Friday. “Arrested Development” aired on Fox for three seasons from 2003 to 2006. Read full article > >

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NEW YORK — Popular online reviews site Yelp is going public. Yelp Inc. said in a regulatory filing Thursday that it plans to raise $100 million in an initial public offering. The amount of money Yelp is seeking in its IPO will likely change as its bankers determine how many shares should be sold and at what price. That process typically takes three to four months. Read full article > >

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NEW YORK — Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander has won the AL Cy Young Award by a unanimous vote. Verlander got all 28 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America in results announced Tuesday. Verlander won the pitching Triple Crown in the American League by going 24-5 with a 2.40 ERA and 250 strikeouts. Read full article > >

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NEW YORK — Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky is telling NBC that he is innocent of child sex abuse charges that shocked the sports world and resulted in the firing of coach Joe Paterno. In a telephone interview with Bob Costas for NBC News’ ”Rock Center,” airing Monday night, Sandusky also denies accusations that he is a pedophile. Read full article > >

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NEW YORK — The executive hired to turn around Newsweek magazine has left after 11 months. Ray Chelstowski, who served as publisher of Newsweek and The Daily Beast website, ended his tenure Monday. He had come from Entertainment Weekly magazine to oversee an effort to boost ad sales at Newsweek. Executive Editor Edward Felsenthal and Tom Weber, the magazine’s managing editor, also resigned Monday. Felsenthal is leaving to spend more time with his family and may eventually return, according to Andrew Kirk, a spokesman for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Read full article > >

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