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  • Thug held without bail in Village gay-slay shooting

    The thug held in the Greenwich Village gay-slay shooting of tragic Mark Carson has been indicted in the senseless bias murder, prosecutors announced this morning.Ex-con Elliot Morales, 33, remains held in lieu of any bail pending the formal unsealing of his indictment at a Manhattan Supreme Court arraignment on June 18."Look at these f-----s -- what are you, gay wrestlers?" Morales had ...

  • Hofstra petition seeks better off-campus security

    UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- More than 2,000 people have signed a petition asking Hofstra University to beef up off-campus security following the killing of a student.Andrea Rebello, a Hofstra junior, was accidentally shot by a police officer during a May 17 home invasion. The intruder, a prison parolee, was also killed.The petition was launched by a former Hofstra homecoming king and queen. It demands ...

  • How will the other New York team react to NYCFC | Graham Parker

    Former New York Red Bulls player, now head coach, Mike Petke said he looks forward to "smashing" the new New York City FC team when they first visit in 2015 Photograph: ...

  • New York state politics Riotous assembly

    CALLED "Gropez" by a tabloid, Vito Lopez, a Brooklyn assemblyman, groped or harassed at least eight young female staffers, according to a new report by New York state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE). It paints an unflattering picture of the former head of the Brooklyn Democratic Party. Speaking about a 14-year-old intern, Mr Lopez allegedly lamented the existence of ...

  • Edward Hopper painting sells for $19M at auction

    The painting has been exhibited in major museums. They include New York's Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in ...


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Movie Review

Vanilla Sky [DVD]

Vanilla Sky, Cameron Crowe's faithful Hollywood remake of Alejandro Amenabar's (The Others) 1997 Spanish film Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes), is many things all at once. It is a romantic melodrama, a murder mystery, an existential thriller, and a perplexing dream-logic puzzlebox, not to mention a barely disguised cinematic meditation on the larger-than-life perfection ... ...

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  • Gillibrand joins Schumer Maffei calls for federal inquiries in Renz murder case

    U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand today called for more oversight of federal probation offices in reaction to the case of David Renz, of Cicero, who was able to disable an electronic ankle monitor 46 times without consequences. Renz is charged with murdering Lori Bresnahan of Liverpool and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old ...

  • Today in Washington New Stolen Valor Act heads to White House

    Sgt. Redentor Aledia, the drum major for the 10th Mountain Division Band at Fort Drrum, leads the Central New York Veterans Parade through the New York State Fairgrounds in ...

  • GOES 13 Weather Satellite fails

    On Wednesday May 22, the weather satellite, GOES 13 that normally keeps watch over the eastern United States failed. GOES stands for Geostationary Environmental Operational Satellite. This is a satellite about 23,000 miles out in space. It orbits the earth at precisely the same speed the earth rotates. This allows the satellite to stay fixed over its area of ...

  • Remember him Anthony Weiner bets on political forgiveness ahead of New York mayoralty run

    Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) holds a press conference about sending photos of himself to other women, in New York on June 6, 2011. (RICHARD ...

  • Sext pol gets supportive reception in Harlem - Im already the Weiner

    Anthony Weiner put down his smartphone and picked up a baby stroller today, pressing flesh with Harlem commuters he hopes will overlook his personal indiscretions and support him at the polls.Weiner apologized to commuters for causing a huge stir at 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, as an army of TV cameras followed the mayoral hopeful’s every move."I'm sorry about the hoopla," ...

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