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  • Video Weiner launches bid to become New York mayor

    In running for mayor, Anthony Weiner is seeking to get past the tawdry-tweeter punch line that has dogged him since his congressional career imploded two years ...

  • GOP women Dump Silver

    ALBANY - GOP assemblywomen urged their Democratic sisters to stop the "war on women" by booting Sheldon Silver as speaker for mishandling the Vito Lopez sex scandal. "As female members of the Assembly, we hope that our colleagues in the Democratic majority will call for a vote and elect a new speaker - someone untarnished by the corrupt culture of Albany and who will not tolerate ...

  • Gambling suspect’s ‘safe’ bet

    What happens in Vegas can’t happen at the Bellagio for a co-defendant in the high-stakes, illegal gambling case against Upper East Side art dealer Helly Nahmad.Professional poker player Abe Mosseri won permission from a judge yesterday to travel to Sin City for the upcoming World Series of Poker - but not to stay at the luxury casino.Defense lawyer Michael Bachner told the judge that ...

  • Twin sis’ farewell to ‘angel’

    Hofstra student Andrea Rebello’s heartbroken twin sister sobbed uncontrollably as she said goodbye to the slain beauty at a funeral in Westchester yesterday. Jessica Rebello, 21, trailed her sister’s metal casket - leaning on her dad to keep from collapsing (pictured) - outside St. Teresa of Avila church in Sleepy Hollow.Instead of speaking, she clutched a hand-penned note addressed ...

  • Anthony getting his chain yanked

    Anthony Weiner’s mayoral rivals don’t want voters to forget about his sexting scandal, and several even greeted his candidacy with some hard-edged humor."If he can penetrate the [Democratic] field, I’ll be ready for him in November," chuckled Independence Party candidate Adolfo Carrion.Democrat Sal Albanese drew laughter at a Crain’s forum in Midtown when he ...


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Videodrome [DVD]

Videodrome [DVD]

Writer/director David Cronenberg may be many things, but above all he is ambitiouswildly, exhilarating, sometimes frustratingly ambitious. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he built his career on a series of horror and science fiction thrillers that many tried to dismiss as simple sleaze la ... ...

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  • Rome woman who had her 4 children in car charged with drunken driving

    Monica L. Gonzalez, 35, of Rome, was charged with aggravated DWI, endangering the welfare of a child and multiple traffic infractions. Troopers in Lee pulled Gonzalez over around 11:35 p.m. Tuesday night on state Route 26 in the town of Lee for failure to keep right. A breath test showed Gonzalez's blood alcohol content to be .24, or three times the legal limit, state police said. ...

  • New York Times threatens tech startup over web design tool

    future of online journalism and reportedly took months to code and create. But entrepreneur Cody Brown had been working on a simpler way to create a similar effect. He decided to build a replica of Snow Fall to demonstrate what his web design ...

  • Kuroda hit hard in more ways than one vs. Os

    NYY@BAL: Kuroda exits game an inning after being hit BALTIMORE -- Right-hander Hiroki Kuroda was hit hard and forced to leave early with a bruised right calf and the Yankees never recovered, suffering a 6-3 defeat to the Orioles on Wednesday at Camden Yards. Kuroda was charged with five runs in two-plus innings after being struck by a Manny Machado liner in the second. He recovered to finish ...

  • Camden man charged with animal cruelty after dog dies

    The dog was taken from West's home by the Camden animal control officer on May 17, and the animal died on May 20 due to its deteriorated health, the sheriff's office ...

  • At least 20 injured as trains collide north of New York after derailment

    Two trains collided after one of them derailed during the Friday evening rush hour in Fairfield, the U.S. state of Connecticut, injuring at least 20 people, local authorities said. The Fairfield police estimated that 20 to 25 people were injured in the accident, but no fatalities had been reported so far, media reports here said. An New York-bound train from New Haven derailed at around 6 p.m. ...

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