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  • Moscow safer than New York Russian minister

    Russian police reforms have proved so successful that, in some areas, Moscow outperforms New York on safety, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has boasted while on a visit to the US. Kolokoltsev made the claims during a meeting in New York late Monday with New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. "We have compared the crime situation in Moscow and New York, factoring in ...

  • Shocking lawsuit claims NY high schools admissions policy racially biased

    New York City high school admissions policies are racially biased against black and Hispanic students. A lawsuit filed in a federal civil rights complaint said that parents and activists have charged the school. According to the New York Daily News, in the complaint, filed with the federal Office of Civil Rights, the parents and their lawyers call for a federal investigation and overhaul of a ...

  • US charges three NYU researchers for taking bribes from Chinese company

    Three New York University researchers from China divulged results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses. Federal prosecutors said that Yudong Zhu, a U.S.-educated NYU professor, and Xing Yang, a lab engineer, were released on bail after appearing in federal court in Manhattan to face commercial bribery and other charges. ...

  • Bruins close in on New York sweep

    Daniel Paille and Shawn Thornton have inspired a third-period comeback for the Boston Bruins in their 2-1 win over the New York Rangers.Boston took a 3-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semi-final series against the Rangers with Thornton helping create Paille's decisive goal at New York's Madison Square Garden with three minutes and 31 seconds remaining.Paille and Thornton both ...

  • Its official Weiner announces hes running for mayor

    Anthony Weiner announced his campaign for mayor last night with what else - a leak.Shortly after midnight, the ex-congressman’s campaign posted a 2-minute 16-second video online, in which he throws his hat into the ring, lays out his platform and even acknowledges the sexy tweeting scandal that ended his days in Washington D.C."Look, I made some big mistakes -- and I know I let a lot ...


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Movie Review

Flesh for Frankenstein (aka Andy Warhol's Frankenstein)

Flesh for Frankenstein (aka Andy Warhol's Frankenstein)

Paul Morrisseys Flesh for Frankenstein, which was originally known as Andy Warhols Frankenstein even though Warhol did nothing but lend his name, is deliberately and unapologetically sensationalistic and in-your-face. In it, Morrissey consciously orchestrates everything to grandiose excess, from the free-flowing gore, to the cheesy dialogue, to the bad acting. Of course, theres much ... ...

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  • Spare me – So I can sell T’s

    Spare my life so I can sell my T-shirts and recycle trash! That was Jodi Arias’s surreal plea to jurors yesterday in a pathetic bid to escape the death penalty for murdering her boyfriend.The convicted killer said she considered suicide - and even "wrote a lot of goodbye letters" to loved ones - but changed her mind when she realized "there are things I can do to effect ...

  • De La Hoya KOs suit

    Boxer Oscar De La Hoya won round two of his legal battle against a former Maxim model yesterday when an appeals court called her $5 million assault suit against him "baseless." Angelica Cecora’s claims that the retired welterweight imprisoned her in his Ritz Carlton hotel room during a kinky, cocaine-fueled tryst in 2011 "were without merit," a five-judge panel at ...

  • NY terror tips for Boston PD

    A month after the Boston Marathon bombings, dozens of Massachusetts cops were at New York Police Headquarters yesterday to learn about the NYPD’s anti-terrorism operations.The three-day seminar will include a look at the NYPD’s Lower Manhattan Security Initiative, a $150 million center that monitors and analyzes 911 calls and abandoned packages using 4,000 surveillance cameras south ...

  • Bloomberg Pack it in Vito

    Even Mayor Bloomberg has had it with pervy Vito Lopez.Commenting for the first time about the sordid sex-harassment revelations surrounding his one-time ally, Bloomberg suggested the just-resigned Brooklyn assemblyman retire from politics. "I do not think he is the kind of person we want in the City Council based on what’s reported about his actions," Bloomberg said, referring to ...

  • Gropez’s victims set to $lap ‘sorry’ Silver

    Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver may have apologized this week for botching the Vito Lopez sex-harassment scandal - but now ...

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