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New York Police Department officials and the New York City Medical Examiner said two were confirmed dead, despite other reports of four killed. Nearby New York Presbyterian said they admitted 10 people with injuries — six of them firefighters. Officials there said one person was dead on arrival.

NEW YORK - A small plane with New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle aboard crashed into a high-rise condominium tower Wednesday on the Upper East Side, killing at least two people and raining flaming debris on the sidewalks below, authorities said. The New York City medical examiner's office now says two people have died in the plane crash, not four as the office had previously reported. There was no immediate confirmation Lidle was among the dead, although a federal law enforcement official said Lidle's passport was found on the street beneath the crash site. A law enforcement official in Washington,...

Boston now trails the Yankees by 6½ games in the A.L. East, thanks to a five-game flop capped by Monday's 2-1 loss. Recap - BOSTON (AP) -- The New York Yankees completed an unimaginable five-game sweep at Fenway Park, beating Boston 2-1 behind six shutout innings by Cory Lidle and extending their AL East lead to a season-high 6 1/2 games over the Red Sox. After bashing Boston in outscoring them 47-25 over three days and two early morning, the Yankees relied on their pitching to win the sleepy series finale. Manager Joe Torre shouted in the Yankees' dugout and...

It's now or never for the New York Yankees. The Yankees open a five-game series at Fenway Park on Friday with their alter egos in the American League East, the Boston Red Sox. Just 1 1/2 games will separate the two teams when that series begins. Since the All-Star break, the Sox have slipped considerably, going 16-17 with problems surfacing with their starting pitching, relief corps and hitting (with the exception of David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez). The Yankees, meanwhile, seem to have righted themselves after a long year of struggles with injuries and under-producing pitchers such as Randy Johnson....

Was piloting a Cyrus SR20 plane. Called for a MAYDAY before crashing. Seen trying to bank hard and evade building.

Within hours of the Cory Lidle plane crash today in NYC, an Alex Jones "Truther" was on line making snotty comments. The AJTs are more than simple loudmouth boors:they are MLM entrepreneurs, who take the gullible for every possible dollar-while proclaiming their "high purpose".

small plane crashed into a 50-story luxury high-rise building on Manhattan's Upper East Side Wednesday, igniting a raging fire, killing at least two and initially trapping people on the floors above the point of impact. New York Police Department officials said two were confirmed dead and there could be more fatalities. The plane hit the building, located at 524 East 72nd Street, 20 floors above space occupied by the Hospital for Special Surgery. The New York Fire Department told FOX News that there were people trapped above the point of impact, but the NYPD later said that all occupants located...

NY TV reporting the aircraft involved was N929CD>"Speculation" is that it was owned or in the process of being bought by NY Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle.

Rush reports that a Cessna has been reported as crashing into (at least one) apartment complex in NYC Mannhattan's upper east side - on East 71st Street.