NEW YORK, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- New York detectives and historians say they've been looking into the city's coldest cold case: a slaying that happened 400 years ago.

UPI Almanac for Friday, Sept. 4, 2009.

SHOKAN, N.Y., July 23 (UPI) -- A gift company started by a musician inspired by a landfill has created a wind chime supporting the ecology of New York's Hudson River, the company says.

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Several Dutch officials, including Prime Minster Jan Peter Balkenende, say they made recent visits to New York to honor their people's link to the city.

UPI Almanac for Frriday, Sept. 12, 2008.

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RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The final defendant in the Michael Vick dogfighting case drew a two-month jail term from a federal judge in Virginia, receiving leniency for his cooperation.

NEWPORK NEWS, Va., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick wrote a letter seeking leniency from a judge before he was sentenced on dogfighting charges.

RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison Monday for his role in a dogfighting operation.