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  • Sarah Michelle Gellar shares best parenting advice

    Sarah Michelle Gellar shared her best parenting advice ever as she showed up at the CBS Upfront event for her new comedy series, The Crazy Ones, in New York City. When it comes to her parenting style, the Vampire Slayer actress said she likes to keep it simple, Us magazine reported. The mom of two told the publication that her parenting tip is not too original but it works. The 36-year-old ...

  • NY bar to host smallest penis contest

    King's County Bar in Brooklyn, New York is set to host the first ever 'Smallest Penis Contest', on July 20. According to an advertisement on Craigslist, the contest invites 'less endowed men' who can prove that 'good things can come in small packages,' the Huffington Post reported. The 'pageant style' contest would involve 'talent, evening wear, and swimsuit elements.' A 'small member expert ...

  • Pacers Hold Off Knicks 106-99 Lance Stephenson Leads Indiana Into Eastern Finals vs. Heat

    Carmelo Anthony #7 of the New York Knicks drives against Paul George #24 of the Indiana Pacers during the Game Six of the Eastern Conference Semifinals between the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers during the 2013 NBA Playoffs on May 18, 2013 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, ...

  • Break-in suspect Hofstra student victim both killed by police during confrontation

    By FRANK ELTMAN,Associated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University.A short time later, the intruder, Dalton Smith, and a 21-year-old college junior, Andrea Rebello, were both dead. The two were killed ...

  • Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup

    Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad crash that injured 70 ...


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Movie Review

A Night to Remember [Blu-Ray]

A Night to Remember [Blu-Ray]

Roy Ward Bakers A Night to Remember, based on the bestselling nonfiction book by Walter Lord, was not the first cinematic depiction of the sinking of the Titanic, although for many it remains the best. The fateful tragedy of the jewel of the White Star Lineat the time, ... ...

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  • 1 Winning Ticket Sold in Fla. on Powerball

    A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. Terry Rich, a lottery official in Iowa, confirmed the ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Florida. Rich told The Associated Press by telephone that details were expected to be announced later by Florida lottery officials about the actual ticket ...

  • Angelina Jolies sisters When genetics feel like a death sentence women resort to radical options

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Rachel Francisco had both breasts removed and reconstructed in 2008. She didn't have cancer. Not yet. Francisco is a "previvor." The Camillus woman has a gene that raises her risk of breast cancer to close to 90 percent over her lifetime and the risk of ovarian cancer to 45 percent. It is the same rare genetic mutation that actress Angelina Jolie recently ...

  • How Gov. Cuomo the Oneida Indian Nation and two counties made historic deal in record time

    Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Oneida Indian Nation leader Ray Halbritter, with John Becker, chairman of the Madison County Board of Supervisors, left, and Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente in Albany last ...

  • Anthony blocked in 4th as Knicks knocked out

    New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith, center, is held by guard Raymond Felton as he appeals to referee Ken Mauer, left, after receiving a technical foul during the second quarter of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael ...

  • Thug blows away teen on Qns. bus

    A 14-year-old girl was shot dead aboard a city bus in Queens last night when a gunman opened fire from the sidewalk, cops said.The unidentified victim was struck at least once in the head at about 9 p.m. and pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital, according to police.It was unknown why the shooter, who ran away after spraying bullets at the Q6 bus, which was stopped while headed north on Sutphin ...

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