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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. ...

  • Video Baby falcons get banded in their New York bridge home

    Four peregrine falcon chicks that live in a box on the George Washington Bridge connecting Manhattan to New Jersey got identifying bands Tuesday and were pronounced healthy and ...

  • New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins Live Stream Free Watch Online Stanley Cup Conference Semifinals Game 3

    New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist (30) celebrates defeating the Washington Capitals with team mates Anton Stralman (6) and Derek Stepan (21) during Game 7 of their NHL Eastern Conference quarterfinal playoff hockey game in Washington May 13, 2013. New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins takes place in the Stanley Cup Playoffs conference semifinals on Tuesday night, with the Rangers 2-0 down ...


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Movie Review

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Who hasn't looked at a ten-year-old picture of himself and cringed at the sight? Those terrible clothes, that ridiculous haircut. What was I thinking? you ask yourself. How could it have possibly been socially responsible to go out into public looking like that? This phenomenon is the central joke of "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery," a hilarious spoof of James Bond movies and the Swin ... ...

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  • Montreal commemorates Kid by renaming street

    A section of Faillon Street in Montreal will now bear Gary Carter's name. (Eric K. Boulianne) The city of Montreal will rename a street in Villeray to honor Hall of Famer Gary Carter. "The Kid" spent 12 of his 19 big league seasons with the Expos. The 11-time All-Star catcher slugged 324 home runs during his career and captured a World Series ring with the Mets in 1986. He died ...

  • 2 more reports of anti-gay attacks in NYC

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Hours after New Yorkers rallied in response to a spate of gay-bashing that's resulted in one death and fueled concern about hate crimes, there were two more reports of possible anti-gay attacks on Manhattan streets, authorities said ...

  • New York City seeing spike in anti-gay crime officials say

    Candles, flowers and messages sit in a makeshift memorial for the late Mark Carson, a 32-year-old gay man who was shot and killed on May 17 at the corner of 6th Avenue and West 8th street, on the sidewalk at the site of his murder in New York City, May 20, ...

  • Tornado Warning for portions of Cayuga Seneca and Yates Counties until 630 p.m.

    This radar image shows the storm the tornado warning is for. The red box indicates the area specifically under the warning. This from the National Weather Service TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK CENTRAL SENECA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK NORTHEASTERN YATES COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK * UNTIL 630 PM EDT. * AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER ...

  • Syracuse councilor to Gov. Cuomo Fire Mayor Miner as state party co-chair

    Mike Greenlar | mgreenlar@syracuse.com SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Councilor-at-Large Lance Denno will resign as majority leader of the all-Democratic city council to protest what he called "reprehensible'' behavior by Mayor Stephanie Miner. Denno accuses Miner of blocking his efforts to win an endorsement from the Syracuse Democratic Committee to run for re-election. Denno said he mailed ...

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