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  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 22

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...

  • Cuomo Create tax-free zones around SUNY campuses

    ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- High-tech businesses from other states and abroad that move onto or next to college campuses in New York would operate free of all business, property and personal income taxes for 10 years under a proposal released Wednesday by Gov. Andrew ...

  • Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner others ready to hear details of Gov. Andrew Cuomos tax free zones

    Syracuse, NY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo is about to arrive at SUNY Upstate University in Syracuse to announce his idea for tax-free zones in and around SUNY campuses. The crowd filing in to the auditorium is eager to hear how a business can be free of all income, sales, property and businesses taxes. The crowd includes Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner. She declined comment until after she has time to ...

  • Claudio Reyna is director of football at New York City Football Club

    Manchester City and United States international midfielder Claudio Reyna was named as the first director of football for new Major League Soccer (MLS) team New York City Football Club, the team confirmed yesterday. The new club, which will start playing in 2015, was announced on ...

  • Senators bill to block TSA bigs plan to allow small knives on planes

    Transportation Security Administration Commissioner John Pistole is poised to lose a knife fight.A new bill introduced today on Capitol Hill by Sen. Chuck Schumer and three other senators would permanently block Pistole’s plan to permit passengers to carry small knives aboard commercial air flights from going into effect.Schumer, joined by New York Sen. Kristen Gillibrand and New Jersey ...


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The Savages

The Savages

Like Tamara Jenkins' first feature, Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), The Savages is a pitch-black comedy about the pitfalls of growing up. Slums was a more conventional maturation comedy in that the protagonist was a 14-year-old girl, but Jenkins brings many of the same in ... ...

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  • Harlem man acquitted of trying to murder cop

    A Manhattan jury this afternoon acquitted a 24-year-old Harlem gunslinger of attempting to murder a police officer during a foot chase last year at 144th Street and Eighth Avenue.The jury cleared Franklin Nunez in the alleged March, 2012 shootout after sidewalk surveillance video and witness testimony suggested that his gun -- a Smith & Wesson loaded with .45-cal hollow point bullets -- may ...

  • Crackdown on AirBnB host in New York serves as cautionary tale

    Fallout from a case in which AirBnB activities have been deemed 'illegal' in New York is being felt around the world, driving hosts to re-read their city's bylaws, tourists to look for alternative accommodations and other short-term rental services throwing their support behind the company. It's a story that's being felt among hosts across 30,000 cities and which may ...

  • Workhorse Rice mindful of getting enough rest

    Email NEW YORK -- Just because Mets manager Terry Collins has used Scott Rice out of the bullpen seemingly without discretion, it does not mean he is deaf to the limitations of muscles and tendons. Collins approached Rice earlier this season with a message: "Heroes die fast here." "If you want to go out there, and you think you're hurt and you're going to try to get ...

  • Mets aim to improve everywhere -- not just Citi

    Email NEW YORK -- With their 4-0 loss to Cincinnati on Tuesday night, the Mets fell to 2-10 in their past 12 home games going back to April 25. Obviously, few of their recent struggles have been alleviated when playing on their own field. But it might not have anything to do with the Mets trying too hard in front of their own fans. Rather, they might be trying too hard in general. New York is ...

  • NYC man gets prison for stripping church van

    Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced Wednesday that Benjamin Livermore has been sentenced as a "second felony offender" - meaning it wasn't his first conviction for stripping a ...

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