GAS DEATHS: A leak of refrigerated gas killed three people Tuesday on a cargo ship at Ft. Lauderdale: a supervisor investigating reports that workers were dizzy and two employees who tried to save him. The victims were Florida Transportation Services employees Hayman Sooknanan, 47; James Cason, 43; and Rene Dutertre Jr., 25.
POLICE CHARGED: Seven New York City police officers were hit with disciplinary charges Tuesday in the 50-shot slaying of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day. If found guilty at an internal trial, they could be fired.
GOP RETIREMENT: New York Rep. Vito Fossella, citing “personal mistakes” after a drunken driving arrest and disclosure he fathered a child in an extramarital affair, on Tuesday became the 26th Republican congressman to retire rather than face re-election this year. He is the lone Republican congressman in New York City.
GOVERNOR’S GLAUCOMA: New York Gov. David Paterson on Tuesday underwent an emergency procedure for glaucoma, a condition that did not threaten his already extremely limited sight but caused agonizing “migraine-like symptoms.”
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