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  • NY bar to host smallest penis contest

    King's County Bar in Brooklyn, New York is set to host the first ever 'Smallest Penis Contest', on July 20. According to an advertisement on Craigslist, the contest invites 'less endowed men' who can prove that 'good things can come in small packages,' the Huffington Post reported. The 'pageant style' contest would involve 'talent, evening wear, and swimsuit elements.' A 'small member expert ...

  • NYT website attacked by unknown hackers

    The New York Times has revealed that its website was hacked earlier this week, preventing access to a small number of users. The newspaper claimed that earlier Chinese hackers had attacked the website for months, but did not mention the sources for the latest round of attacks. The Chinese hacking led the paper to turn to an outside security firm to block future attacks. A Huffington Post ...

  • Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup

    Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad crash that injured 70 ...

  • 1 Winning Ticket Sold in Fla. on Powerball

    A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million. Terry Rich, a lottery official in Iowa, confirmed the ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Florida. Rich told The Associated Press by telephone that details were expected to be announced later by Florida lottery officials about the actual ticket ...

  • Angelina Jolies sisters When genetics feel like a death sentence women resort to radical options

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Rachel Francisco had both breasts removed and reconstructed in 2008. She didn't have cancer. Not yet. Francisco is a "previvor." The Camillus woman has a gene that raises her risk of breast cancer to close to 90 percent over her lifetime and the risk of ovarian cancer to 45 percent. It is the same rare genetic mutation that actress Angelina Jolie recently ...


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The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)

The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)

I usually work very hard to avoid repeating myself when writing about certain auteurs whose films have so much in common stylistically, thematically, or otherwise, that it is virtually impossible not to do exactly that. But, sometimes you just have to give in, which is why I would ... ...

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  • How Gov. Cuomo the Oneida Indian Nation and two counties made historic deal in record time

    Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Oneida Indian Nation leader Ray Halbritter, with John Becker, chairman of the Madison County Board of Supervisors, left, and Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente in Albany last ...

  • Lance Stephenson Gives Pacers Energy Points and Signature Play Against Knicks

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  • Anthony blocked in 4th as Knicks knocked out

    New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith, center, is held by guard Raymond Felton as he appeals to referee Ken Mauer, left, after receiving a technical foul during the second quarter of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael ...

  • Thug blows away teen on Qns. bus

    A 14-year-old girl was shot dead aboard a city bus in Queens last night when a gunman opened fire from the sidewalk, cops said.The unidentified victim was struck at least once in the head at about 9 p.m. and pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital, according to police.It was unknown why the shooter, who ran away after spraying bullets at the Q6 bus, which was stopped while headed north on Sutphin ...

  • In clutches of hofstra fiend

    Hofstra student John Kourtessis described a chaotic scene of fear and horror when a crazed parolee in a ski mask took his friends and him hostage in a gunpoint siege that ended with the death of a pretty co-ed."Somebody in this house f--ked up and owes this Russian guy $10,000," yelled Dalton Smith, who was on the run after violating parole last month."I was trying to calm ...

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