22 year old Kristin Molini from Brooklyn has much to celebrate this year. Last spring, she almost died, but now she is busy ringing in the New Year with her loved ones, much healthier than ever before. What saved her were 5 new organs that were transplanted in her, all at one time, in a rare and highly complicated surgery.

The Food and Drug Administration decision of restricting the over-the-counter availability of the Plan B morning-after pill to the 17-year-olds has been denounced by Eastern District of New York Judge Edward R. Korman.

The New York Times was informed by Donald E. Westlake’s wife Abigail that the prolific mystery writer, vacationing in Mexico, died of an apparent heart attack while going for New Year’s Eve dinner. He was 75. Other than his wife, he is survived by four sons from previous marriages, three stepchildren and four grandchildren.

John Costelloe, 47, whose short role as a gay firefighter 'Johnny Cakes' on the HBO hit 'The Sopranos' that made him famous was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on 18th December in his Brooklyn apartment.

The New York Police Department launched a massive hunt Saturday in disappearance of Laura Garza – the Brooklyn beauty who vanished from nightclub Marquee at about 4 a.m. Wednesday with two men. Police officials scoured the upstate home of a registered sex offender, Michael Mele, suspected in the disappearance of Garza.