New York: Fight leads to death at ‘Hellraiser Ball’

A gang rivalry led to shootings and stabbings Saturday that killed one man and injured 10 others at a Plainview indoor motorcycle and tattoo expo called the Hellraiser Ball, authorities said.

Nassau County Police Commissioner William Willett said at least six people had been shot and others stabbed at the event in the Vanderbilt, a concert and catering hall. He said several people who fled the scene were apprehended nearby.

Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi said the violence stemmed from a dispute between “two rival gangs.” The expo was sponsored by the Long Island Hells Angels club, according to a Web site for the event.

Hundreds of people were being detained for questioning inside the building, Suozzi said. Police were searching for other suspects.

Colorado: Hoover Dam data safe despite office break-in

Authorities arrested a 24-year-old woman Saturday after a burglary at a Federal Highway Administration office that houses sensitive information about Hoover Dam.

A federal ID badge and computer hard drives were among the more than $100,000 in items stolen; however, the hard drives were not believed to have contained sensitive information, said Raul Carballido of the FBI.

Carballido said investigators did not believe the break-in at the Lakewood facility involved a terrorist threat.

Jennifer Cisney was arrested in nearby Golden driving a stolen SUV with a loaded .357-magnum revolver on the front seat.

Hoover Dam, about 30 miles east of Las Vegas, forms the largest man-made reservoir in the nation. It provides water to 23 million people and hydroelectric power for 1.3 million people in Arizona, Nevada and California.

New Jersey: Teen arrested in spree that left six people dead

A 16-year-old has been arrested in connection with a 24-hour killing spree this month that left six people dead, four in Winslow Township and two in Lindenwold.

The identity of the suspect, who lives in the West Atco section of Winslow Township where the first killings took place, is not being made public because of his age, officials said.

Camden County prosecutor Lee Solomon said the teen would be arraigned in juvenile court at 9 a.m. Monday, but that his office would seek to charge him as an adult.

The youth faces six counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree attempted murder.

New York: Black studies remark fuels SUNY profs’ ire

Professors at the State University of New York are calling for the removal of a board of trustees member because of her criticism of black studies programs.

The delegate assembly of professors in the United University Professions union voted recently to remove Candace de Russy after she questioned the academic rigor of the programs, a union spokesman said Friday.

“She has the right to say anything, no matter how stupid, as an individual, but she is a member of the Board of Trustees of SUNY, so she takes on institutional responsibilities,” said William Scheuerman, president of the professors’ union.

Commenting on black studies in a Feb. 4 article in Newsday, de Russy said, “What happened is they became therapeutic in nature, and the goal became consciousness raising as opposed to conveying solid scholarship.”

Florida: Hubble telescope due for ‘surgery’

After 12 years on the job, the Hubble Space Telescope is about to get a scientific makeover and the cosmic equivalent of a caffeine jolt.

It all begins Thursday with the launch of space shuttle Columbia on a servicing mission that’s being billed as the most challenging yet. At least five spacewalks are planned, each one crucial.

“It’s like doing surgery on a big beast, that’s the way I look at it,” said astronaut-vet Richard Linnehan. “I’m going in to make the Hubble better than it was.”

The four men will install an advanced camera and try to resuscitate another, replace damaged solar wings and an unreliable steering wheel and, in the toughest and most nerve-racking job of all, pull out the original, faltering power-control box and plug in a new one.