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  • NSA surveillance revealed abandoned al-Qaedas NY stock exchange bombing plot

    The US-led surveillance programme which has created a lot of furor for snooping on citizens' web activities and phone records has revealed information about al-Qaeda's plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) in 2008. FBI Assistant Director Sean Joyce said that the agency found out through the electronic surveillance that al-Qaeda was actually in the initial stage of bombing the NYSE ...

  • Jesse Tyler Ferguson on Performing in New York’s Shakespeare in the Park Comedy of Errors Production—Rain or Shine

    Summer after summer, New Yorkers and tourists alike spend hours upon hours waiting in line at the Delacorte Theater. For it is there, smack dab in the middle of Central Park, that a little slice of magic known as Shakespeare in the Park takes place. For the past five-plus decades, the stage at ...

  • Woman arraigned for kicking police dog in mouth breaking its teeth

    Police Officer Vincent Tieniber, poses with his partner, Bear, in New York. A cop-hating woman was arraigned this afternoon for kicking an NYPD K-9 in the mouth and broke his teeth, cops said.Bear, a 6-year-old German Shepard and his partner Officer Vincent Tieniber, 36, had come to the platform of the 59th Street station to help break up a fight between four women yesterday morning.When ...

  • Legends hit City Council fight to keep MSG at Penn Station

    Don’t dunk on Madison Square Garden!Legends who’ve played in the "World’s Famous Arena" showed up in force at a City Council hearing today to fight plans to force MSG to move out of its current Penn Station location in as little as ten years.Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Christine Quinn, whose district includes MSG, said the arena’s operating permit ...

  • Cuomo strikes deal to allow Las-Vegas style casinos in New York

    Photo credit: Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens.(Barbara Alper) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo struck a deal with state lawmakers to license new resort-style casinos, in an effort to help revive a stagnant economy in upstate New York, the governor said on Wednesday. The agreement would amend the state constitution to legalize public, non Native American casino gambling with an initial ...


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Limitless

Limitless

Although it has long since been discredited by neuroscience and functional imaging techniques, the old adage that we only use a small percentage of our brains (the number generally ranges from 10 to 20%) has had an impressive staying power in our cultural consciousness for close to a century ... ...

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  • Virgin Hotels announce New York location.

    Virgin Hotels has just announced the location of their brand new hotel set to descend upon the big apple. It can now be confirmed that the new hotel will be located on the northwest corner of 29th Street and Broadway.With over 300 guest rooms, various fine dining experiences, meeting rooms, and a gym - the new Virgin venture is set to open in ...

  • Three plead guilty in New York City payroll fraud case

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three women pleaded guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges arising out of what prosecutors say was a corrupt New York City payroll project that cost the city more than $600 ...

  • Teachers’ Union Backs Thompson for New York Mayor

    The United Federation of Teachers, one of the largest local unions in the country, on Wednesday threw its vast network of supporters behind William C. Thompson Jr. in the race for mayor of New ...

  • Your Comments on North Syracuse school budget Now is the time for changes to begin

    Syracuse.com readers get in a last round of comments after residents, voting for the second time this spring, approve a revised $143.5 million budget for ...

  • Marijuana moms say smoking pot makes them better parents

    The group is made up of a mix wealthy stay-at-home mothers, part-time service industry workers, and one wife of a police officer. They throw marijuana themed dinner parties, including dishes like cannabis leaf salad, chicken fried in cannabis oil and marijuana milk ...

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