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  • New York tour operator cancels Bronx ghetto tours

    NEW YORK, NY - A New York company offering tours of Bronx neighborhoods has shut down after officials objected to its advertising that claimed to give visitors "a ride through a real New York City 'ghetto'," according to a statement from Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. The tour's controversial description states that when thinking of the Bronx, people envision ...

  • New York biker events May 24-26

    The D.U.P.A. event which was held last Sunday was a great success, with about 30 people in attendance at Petrocelli Photography studio in Latham, NY. Participants learned some valuable information from Attorney Ben Rabin from the Rabin Law Firm in Syracuse, and Hank McGrath of Bikers Against Discrimination, as well as compelling stories of police aggression suffered by their own peers in the ...

  • Man survives kidnap ordeal in New York

    Police have rescued a businessman from a New York City warehouse where he had been held captive for a month by kidnappers who demanded a $3-million ransom from his family in ...

  • Obama defends use of drones offers to cut some slack for heckler from anti-war group

    Obama defended his controversial drone-strikes program as a linchpin of the U.S. response to the evolving dangers. He also argued that changing threats require changes to the nation's counterterrorism ...

  • I-5 bridge collapses in NW Wash. people in water

    MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - The Washington State Patrol says the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon has collapsed, dumping vehicles and people into the water.Trooper Mark Francis said the four-lane bridge collapsed about 7 p.m.Francis says he has no idea how many people are in the water or whether there are any injuries or deaths.He did not know what caused the ...


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Movie Review

The Fourth Man (De vierde man)

The opening scene of Paul Verhoeven's Dutch erotic comedy/thriller "The Fourth Man" is none too subtle: in queasy close-up it shows a large spider capturing and devouring a helpless fly that has become caught in its web. For a film that deals with a blond femme fatal who may or may not have knocked off three husbands and may or may not be positioning herself to get a fourth, this is not a good sig ... ...

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  • Bloomberg accused of threatening to destroy New Yorks taxi industry

    USA New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has found himself at the center of unwanted media attention after allegedly unleashing a profanity-laced tirade against the CEO of a large taxi fleet company over his opposition to the city's "Taxi of Tomorrow" plan. The altercation, which is said to have occurred last Thursday during a basketball game at Madison Square Garden's private ...

  • Hail destroys West Monroe farmers berry crop

    Greg Levkefech, of Syracuse, with pails of blueberries he picked for S.G. & S. Farms in Cato in 2008. On Wednesday, a severe thunderstorm produced hail that destroyed this year's berry crop for one farm in West ...

  • Jurors deadlock on death penalty for convicted murderer Jodi Arias retrial set for July...

    A new panel likely will be seated to try again to reach a decision on a sentence - unless the prosecutor takes death off the table and agrees to a life sentence. The judge scheduled a retrial for July ...

  • Fired teacher says meaning lost in translation after calling student Negro

    A Bronx teacher says her language lesson was lost in translation when she was fired for calling a student "Negro" - though she claims she was simply using the Spanish word for the color "black" at the time, according to a new lawsuit. The non-tenured junior high instructor, Petrona Smith, 65, was booted from the bilingual PS 211 in March 2012 after a seventh-grader reported ...

  • Boy Scouts drops ban on openly gay boys

    GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout ...

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