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  • New York Posts guide to Memorial Day Weekend

    Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to summer and the perfect time to get out and about in the gorgeous weather. Check out the Post's guide to plan your perfect ...

  • New Yorks best beaches

    Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to summer and the perfect time to start working on that tan. Here is a list of the best local beaches so break out the sun block, pack a picnic and call your ...

  • New York man held captive for a month in warehouse rescued by police

    By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police 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 Ecuador, authorities said. Acting on a tip from the victim's mother, police ...

  • 87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case

    Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil trial focused on Jacqueline Goldberg's claim that Trump cheated her in a condo bait-and-switch ...

  • NYPD says 3 kidnapping suspects fled to Ecuador

    NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says three accomplices to the brutal monthlong kidnapping of a businessman have fled to ...


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Movie Review

Armageddon

"Armageddon," Michael Bay's ear-splitting, mind-numbing space adventure about a group of average Joe's trying to save the world from a meteor, is two and a half hours of sensory overload. Too long, too loud, and featuring more camera movement and fast edits than ten other movies put together, "Armageddon" will be a powerful test of how far action directors can push the line before they wear audien ... ...

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  • NY girl 12 kills herself cites cyber bullying

    Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott has spoken with the family and offered condolences. Education officials did not comment on reports of cyber bullying because of the ongoing ...

  • NY sheriffs fault new gun law seek to join suit

    ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- County sheriffs have asked to join the federal lawsuit challenging New York's tough new gun restrictions, calling some provisions vague and impossible to enforce ...

  • New York State museum adds Lincoln artifacts to war exhibit

    ALBANY, N.Y. – The New York State Museum has added two artifacts to its exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Now in the exhibit, entitled "An Irrepressible Conflict: The Empire State in the Civil War," are the notes taken by two physicians who attended President Abraham Lincoln on his death bed. Also added to the collection is the only existing oil painting ...

  • Delcath shareholders negative on CEO pay

    Eamonn Hobbs and other top executives. Public companies are required by law to give shareholders a "say on pay" at least every three years, although many have shareholders cast their votes every year. The vote is non-binding, but board compensation committees do take them into consideration. Delcath, a medical device manufacturer in Queensbury, NY, has been struggling to get U.S. ...

  • The Monroe apartments fill quickly in downtown Albany

    Marc Paquin, president of Cass Hill Development Cos. outside The Monroe, a 44-unit apartment building that straddles Sheridan Avenue and Monroe Street downtown. Cass Hill converted the former Boyd printing plant into apartments. Paquin said he's pursuing other projects in the city, but has no imminent ...

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