Hateful images painted in Howard Beach apt.

A Howard Beach landlord was victimized when an apartment he owned was vandalized and defaced with swastikas. PHOTO BY BRYAN YURCAN A dispute between a landlord and tenant in Howard Beach has turned ugly.

Real Estate Q & A

A parking space that comes with the lease; a condo building with no emergency reserve fund; a landlord’s liability in a burglary; dealing with fees on security deposits.

Officer follows 'vapor trail' of marijuana to Escalade with Paris Hilton, boyfriend inside

LAS VEGAS — Paris Hilton's latest run-in with the law began when a motorcycle officer got a whiff of suspicious smoke emanating from a Cadillac on the Las Vegas Strip. Suspecting the odor was marijuana, the officer stopped the car at 11:22 p.m. Friday and during a check police say a bag of cocaine fell out of the 29-year-old socialite's purse. The officer "followed the vapor trail and the odor ...

A disputed age, a disputed name ... and murder

As the people took turns telling their stories on the witness stand, one thing seemed to come into focus: The only certainty about Mahdi Hassan Ali is that he stands accused of three cold-blooded murders.

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at “American Idol.”