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  • Suit over Soho Citi Bike site

    Opponents of a Citi Bike station that was dumped in a popular Soho park will file a lawsuit today asking a judge to remove it."Why did it have to come to this?" asked Sean Sweeney, of the Soho Alliance. "It’s the intransigence of an arrogant DOT commissioner who has put her and Mayor Bloomberg’s legacy over the interests of parks and art and the common good." ...

  • Brawl-bar booze ban reversed

    Drink up, A-listers!An appeals court yesterday overturned a Manhattan judge’s decision to revoke the liquor license at the Soho club that played host to the infamous brawl between Chris Brown and Drake over Rihanna last summer. The Appellate Division found that Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Wright’s termination of a booze permit for W.i.P. in November 2012 because of ...

  • I killed for love of the family

    BOSTON - A former cohort of James "Whitey" Bulger who admitted killing 20 people is insisting he’s not a hit man or a serial killer.John Martorano says he is a "nice guy" who was only trying to help his family and friends when he pumped bullets into victims while working with Bulger and his gang.Martorano made the statements yesterday while being cross-examined by one ...

  • NFL’er quizzed in death

    Authorities searched the $1.3 million home of Hernandez, who was initially uncooperative, ABC said. The body was found at 5:30 p.m. Monday in an industrial park. It could have been there as long as a day, according to the Sun Chronicle of Attleboro.Authorities focused on Hernandez when they found a rented Chevrolet Suburban with Rhode Island plates - and which was tied to his name - near the ...

  • Lohan accuser pill bust

    Physician, heal thyself! A Gramercy Park psychiatrist who went on TV and accused Lindsay Lohan’s doctor of turning her into a pill-popping drug addict was busted yesterday for allegedly selling oxycodone prescriptions for cash. William Belfar, who was nabbed in an undercover FBI sting, discussed the perils of overusing prescription drugs while appearing as a talking head in a May segment ...


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Movie Review

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Political thriller or political satire? "The Manchurian Candidate" is both, and although it was made in 1962, it has lost none of its edge or any of its biting attacks on the American political circus. It feels just as taut, just as scathing, and just as paranoid as it did thirty-five years ago. "The Manchurian Candidate" is mostly a cinematic backlash against the absurdities of the McCarthy hear ... ...

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  • Slay thug targeted gay cops

    An accused killer told cops he shot a man dead in the West Village because the victim was gay, authorities said yesterday. "Guy thought he was tough in front of his bitch so I shot him. Diagnosis is dead, doctor," Elliot Morales heartlessly told cops after the May 18 shooting of Mark Carson, 32, according to court papers released at the accused killer’s arraignment yesterday. ...

  • Arrest in cab umbrella slay

    The man who police say fatally stabbed a livery cab driver in the eye with an umbrella was busted in Brooklyn yesterday.Shamel Allen, 28, was nabbed at 11:30 a.m. and charged with manslaughter in last Thursday’s slaying, police said.Orji-Ama Uro was driving Allen in the vicinity of Lott Avenue and Thomas Boyland Street in Brownsville when Allen plunged the tip of the umbrella into ...

  • Jailbound Pedro kid blames pop

    He says his daddy made him do it. The son of disgraced ex-state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. blamed his father for pressuring him into participating in the looting of their Soundview Healthcare nonprofit as a judge yesterday sentenced him to prison time."Over the past year, we have been at odds, as he wanted to fight this," Pedro Gautier Espada, 39, whined as he was ...

  • Thompson fits Bill for teachers union

    Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson is about to get the biggest boost of his campaign - he’ll be endorsed by the teachers union today.The Untied Federation of Teachers, one of the city’s largest and most politically powerful labor organizations, will hold its endorsement meeting this afternoon.Most insiders expect the union to endorse Thompson, particularly since its former president, ...

  • Wright collects 1500th career hit in victory

    Email ATLANTA -- Considering David Wright is already the Mets' all-time hits leader, every milestone from here is simply gravy. The latest occurred Tuesday evening, when Wright rapped out a ninth-inning single for his 1,500th career hit. That extended his franchise lead and moved him into a tie for 593rd place all time. "It's a lot of hits -- at least I think it is," Wright ...

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