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  • Did Justin Theroux have bachelor party at NYC

    Justin Theroux is rumoured to have had celebrated his bachelor party in New York City. The 41-year-old actor, who was photographed enjoying a stag party at the Big Apple on Sunday, is fuelling speculation that he could be tying the knot with Jennifer Aniston sooner than expected, Contactmusic reported. A pal of Theroux, writer Gavin McInnes, posted a photo of himself fooling around with the ...

  • Man wants pay for snakes seized in porn case

    JACKSON, Miss. - A man serving 30 years for allegedly enticing a teenager to pose for pornographic pictures with venomous snakes has filed a federal lawsuit seeking compensation for the loss of his reptiles.John Joseph Maillet's lawsuit says his snakes were worth more than $12,000 and that he didn't have the chance to object to their forfeiture because he wasn't properly notified ...

  • NYC No racial motivation in stop-frisk tactic

    By Colleen Long Associated Press NEW YORK - The federal civil rights challenge to the contentious New York Police Department tactic of stop, question and frisk is winding down after more than nine weeks of testimony from men who say they were wrongly stopped because of their race and police officials who believe the nation's largest force operates with integrity. City attorney Heidi ...

  • $2M in meth heroin seized in Queens

    Almost 20 pounds of heroin and crystal meth -- worth a combined $2 million -- have been seized from a trio of Queens drug dealers, prosecutors announced today.The dealers had operated out of a stash house on 96th Street in Corona, Queens, officials said, and were arrested after an alleged drug and cash exchange last month in a car at East 212th St. and Dekalb Avenue in the Bronx. . Miguel ...

  • Two Albany-area schools ask voters to override tax cap

    The affluent Niskayuna School District is among two districts in the region that are seeking to exceed the state's 2 percent tax cap. Pictured here is a class of second graders from Craig Elementary School in ...


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Movie Review

Chicken Little

Chicken Little

Exhibit A in the case of Why Disney Needs Pixar is Chicken Little, Disneys first solo computer-animated effort. Although a perfectly presentable animated comedy, it lacks any sense of magic or true innovation. Its cobbled-together story feels like Childrens Comedy 101 thrown ... ...

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  • I-81 open house Tuesday will present plans proposals for highways future

    Traffic crosses Harrison Street on the Interstate 81 overpass in this file photo. State and local transportation officials will hold their third open house Tuesday on I-81 ...

  • Police release photos of Syracuse bank robbery suspect

    Syracuse police are investigating a bank robbery attempt at the Chase Bank located at 801 James St. about 10:25 this morning, according to Syracuse police. A man handed over a threatening note to the teller that demanded money. The teller refused to give the man any money, police said. The suspect then ran out of the bank. He fled ...

  • New York Pennsylvania Rank High for Opioids Among Injured Workers

    Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers' Comp The epidemic of opioid abuse and its impact on workers’ compensation in the Northeast is particularly noticeable in New York and Pennsylvania, where the percentages of injured workers that become longer-term users of opioids are among the highest in the nation. In its recent study, the Workers Compensation Research Institute found that in New ...

  • Suspect in Greenwich Village ‘gay slay’ was laughing when arrested

    The homophobic ex-con accused of "executing’’ a gay man in Greenwich Village laughed and boasted about the murder, prosecutors said yesterday."Yeah, I shot him in the head," Elliot Morales, 33, sneered while "laughing on the ground" as cops were handcuffing him for fatally shooting Mark Carson, 32, early Saturday morning, according to prosecutors.Morales ...

  • Stray Bullet Kills Girl On New York Bus

    A 14-year old girl was the victim of a random act of gun violence on Saturday after a gunman opened fire when a city bus was stopped at a traffic light. The gunman fired ten shots into the bus, one of which hit Deja Robinson in the head. New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly commented on the girl’s tragic death, saying, "Terrible - this is, as I say, another senseless ...

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