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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 ...

  • Video Anthony Weiner running for New York mayor

    Former House Member Anthony Weiner announced his bid for Mayor of New York, in a video released on You Tube Tuesday night. Weiner is trying to make a political comeback, two years after he resigned after posting raunchy pictures on ...

  • Court Rules Vacation Rental Site Illegal In New York

    In New York, a judge has dealt a setback to Airbnb, the popular website for short term apartment rentals. The judge ruled an Airbnb user violated a New York City law when he rented a room to a visitor from out of town. The judge's decision casts doubt on New Yorkers' ability to make use of the site ...

  • NJ diner manager charged in plot freed on bail

    CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- The manager of a New Jersey diner is free on bail six weeks after he was charged with plotting to kill the co-owner of the restaurant, his ...

  • City College brings back ROTC

    At a ceremony Tuesday, the chancellor of the City University of New York Matthew Goldstein said the ROTC program "reinforces the very ideals of our ...


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Pet Sematary [Blu-Ray]

Like many horror stories, Pet Sematary, which is based on the 1983 novel by Stephen King, is a parental nightmare, one that lays bare the limits of a fathers ability to protect his family and the horrors that can be unleashed when he reaches too far. When I first saw the film as ... ...

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  • Past disasters inspire tech-based Oklahoma tornado relief

    Technology is playing an increasingly important role in disaster relief, and has inspired even more sophisticated efforts in response to this week's horrific and deadly tornadoes in suburbs of Oklahoma City. Our affiliate Upstart looks at how several startups are reshaping the relief ...

  • Sound Garden supporters plan city hall demonstration today

    Supporters of The Sound Garden record store, who plan to demonstrate today at Syracuse City Hall, are shown at a May 8 rally outside city hall. Among the supporters were (L-R) Vincent Wisehoon, Glendon Allen, and Tori ...

  • W.Va.s local-food movement a model for Appalachia

    MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - With eight in 10 farmers making less than $10,000 a year, West Virginia will never rival big Midwestern factory farms in producing food. But creative collaborations with food entrepreneurs are seeding a new kind of economy that federal officials say could become a model for 12 other Appalachian states.Officials with the Appalachian Regional Commission, the U.S. Department of ...

  • New York Times accused of treating Latin political leaders differently

    New York Times has yet to carry. A petition, signed by 23 leading US academics, authors and film-makers, has been launched which urges the paper's "public editor" to examine the Times's inconsistent coverage of two Latin American countries.They argue that there are disparities between its largely negative reporting ...

  • Major League Soccer announces New York New York City Football Club

    WAM NEW YORK, May 22nd, 2013 (WAM): Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber announced today that a partnership of global sports powers, Manchester City Football Club and the New York Yankees, has acquired the League's 20th expansion club. The new team will be named New York City Football Club (NYCFC) and expects to begin play in 2015. "We proudly welcome two of the most ...

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