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  • 60 hurt as US trains collide New York-Boston corridor closed

    Two passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour in southwestern Connecticut, injuring 60 people, five of them critically, and closing the key corridor between New York and Boston. A Metro-North train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m. Friday, hitting the other train in Bridgeport, Connecticut, about 60 miles northeast of New York City ...

  • Iranian Wrestlers Abruptly Leave US Early

    The U.S. State Department has denied Iranian media reports that the United States deported the Iranian wrestling team ahead of a Sunday meet in Los Angeles. A State Department official tells VOA's Persian News Network that U.S. authorities had nothing to do with their departure. The wrestlers abruptly returned home after beating the American team in an exhibition Wednesday at Grand ...

  • US Russian Missile Shipments to Syria Very Unfortunate

    The top U.S. military officer says Russian missile shipments to Syria are "ill-timed" and "very unfortunate." The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, said Friday the missiles will embolden President Bashar al-Assad and prolong the suffering in Syria. He said Mr. Assad could think the missiles somehow will make him safer and more prone to a miscalculation. The ...

  • Demi Moore demanding Ashton Kutcher pay for home renovations

    Demi Moore wants Ashton Kutcher to pay for renovations to her apartment in New York as part of their divorce settlement. Sources told TMZ that the apartment is worth somewhere between 25 - 40 million dollars. This comes after it was revealed that the couple - who announced their split in November 2011 - are locked in a battle over 10 million dollars, with Demi asking for the eight-figure sum ...

  • Topless activist sues NYPD for violating her constitutional right to bare boobs

    Topless activist Holly Van Voast has filed a lawsuit against New York City Police Department for violating her constitutional right to tour the city without donning a shirt. The 46-year-old cited 10 arrests, including one near a "Hooters" restaurant - known for its skimpy clothed waitresses, the New York Daily News reported. The lawsuit also noted that the state Court of Appeals has ruled ...


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Children of Men

Children of Men

Children of Men posits a frightening near future in which the world is collapsing because women have become inexplicably barren. Terrified by the prospect of their own extinction, the human race has turned on itself, resulting in societies around the world burning themselves ... ...

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  • Car-ram tragedies in Bronx

    A 16-year-old girl was killed and five other Bronx pedestrians were injured yesterday when they were struck by vehicles in three accidents, police said.The 16-year-old victim along with two other women, 16 and 51, were struck on Grand Concourse near Mt. Eden Parkway at around 3:30 p.m. The two teenagers were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where one of the girls was declared dead and the other ...

  • ‘1199’ boost for de Blasio

    Bill de Blasio’s mayoral bid just got a big jolt - an endorsement from Local 1199-SEIU, which represents 200,000 health-care workers. The powerful union is the first to get behind the public advocate, whom many see as labor’s darling in the race.The move, meanwhile, is a blow to two of his Democratic rivals: City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former city Comptroller Bill ...

  • Co-ed beauty in hofstra horror

    A beautiful Hofstra University sorority girl was shot dead during a home invasion early yesterday after a masked gunman stalked her and her twin sister from a bar to their home near campus, law-enforcement sources told The Post.Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old junior at the Hempstead, LI, college, pleaded for her life right before the gunman exchanged fire with Nassau County police, officials and ...

  • Party girl who celebrated life

    She wasn’t just a pretty face.Andrea Rebello, 21, was a stunning social butterfly who plastered party pictures all over social media - but she also had a little-known domestic side in which she cooked, gardened and enjoyed family. The beloved sorority girl - a junior public- relations major with a sociology minor at Hofstra University - was rarely seen without her twin sister, Jessica, ...

  • Cory’s figure of speech $1.3M

    Newark Mayor Cory Booker has made $1.3 million in fees for 90 speeches he has delivered around the country since 2008, including nearly $500,000 since the start of last year.Booker disclosed his income from speaking engagements in a filing made yesterday with the US Senate. The Democrat is required to report his income because he is running for the Senate in 2014.His campaign staff provided ...

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