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  • Spanish art gets privileged space in New York museum

    New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has reopened its European paintings galleries after a two-year renovation, giving a privileged space to Spanish masters Velazquez, El Greco and Goya. Prior to the overhaul, the Met's large collection of works by Velazquez, Goya, Ribera, Murillo and El Greco had been distributed in different galleries organized either by artistic movement or ...

  • Lady Gaga ready for live gig in August

    Pop star Lady Gaga, who underwent a hip operation earlier this year, is likely to perform on stage at a Beyonce Knowles' show in New York in August. Gaga is said to be planning her live return at the said show. If the news turns out to be true, it will be her first major gig following an operation on her hip in February. The grapevine is abuzz after a reported email sent by concert listings ...

  • Give us back our 30G bank

    A bank that accidentally deposited over $30,000 in a Brooklyn man’s account is suing him because he quickly withdrew every last dime - and refuses to pay it back, court documents state.Last year, a Carver Federal Savings Bank employee mistakenly dropped $30,048.42 into Joseph Nicholson Jr.’s lap. Nicholson noticed his newfound riches a week later and quickly transferred the $30,000 ...

  • Figoski slay fiend convicted

    The ringleader of a burglary crew that gunned down NYPD cop Peter Figoski was convicted of felony murder yesterday.Nelson Morales, 28, rounded up the five-man burglary team that broke into the home of an East New York drug dealer in 2011. One of the other crooks in Morales’ crew, Lamont Pride, 29, was convicted earlier this year of shooting and killing responding Police Officer Peter ...

  • City beaches are back

    Seven months after being pummeled by Hurricane Sandy, Coney Island and the city’s seven other beaches are back in business.Mayor Bloomberg officially opened the beaches yesterday, in time for the Memorial Day weekend, and unveiled the new Steeplechase Plaza, just west of Stillwell Avenue. The $29.5 million, 2.2-acre plaza showcases the Parachute Jump and a 106-year-old carousel.Brooklyn ...


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Movie Review

Rocky Balboa

Rocky Balboa

It is all too appropriate that Sylvester Stallone is returning to South Philly pugilist Rocky Balboa, the character who kicked off his career and with whom he will always be most associated. The original Rocky (1976) was an allegory (self-conscious or not) of Stallones own life a ... ...

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  • Public elex funding no cure for crooks Mike

    The crooks running rampant in Albany won’t change their ways if the state institutes taxpayer funding for election campaigns, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday.His stance placed him in direct conflict with Gov. Cuomo, who has pledged to enact just such a public funding system to help get rid of the corruption that had two legislators wearing wires for two different federal prosecutors last ...

  • Met ace scores a honey

    He’s the hottest thing in baseball. And she’s hot, too.Mets pitcher Matt Harvey and super-model Anne V. made no secret they were dating - they were spotted canoodling in choice Madison Square Garden seats at Thursday night’s playoff win by the Rangers over the Boston Bruins.Harvey, a Connecticut-born, die-hard Rangers fan, first met the green-eyed blonde after they watched the ...

  • Christie snipes at ‘Snooki’

    Snooki and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie went toe to toe on the Jersey Shore yesterday during a Memorial Day weekend media blitz to showcase the area’s recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Christie frequently slams "Jersey Shore" - and the wild antics of its cast members - for giving the Garden State a bad rap.And when the two oversize personalities met backstage on the set of the ...

  • PETA hunting down critics

    The animal-rights group PETA is seeking personal information on anonymous commenters who allegedly defamed the organization by blasting its pet-euthanasia policy on the Huffington Post, according to a new Manhattan lawsuit. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants the court to release names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers and other private details about three bloggers who reacted to an ...

  • Tears for bus-slay victim 14

    The best friend of the Queens teen shot dead on a city bus collapsed into tears at her funeral yesterday."I’m gonna really miss you baby, but I’m gonna hold [your] mama strong," sobbed Shaquana Almonds, 16.A line stretched around the block, as hundreds of mourners flooded the Greater Allen Cathedral of New York in Jamaica to say good-bye to D’aja Robinson, 14.Shaquana ...

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