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  • Should Anthony Weiner Run for New York City Mayor

    video on his website . Weiner resigned from Congress two years ago following the revelation that he had sent inappropriate photos of himself to young women via ...

  • Anthony Weiner hides from press after mayoral bid vid prematurely leaks online

    Anthony Weiner was lying low this morning after releasing a video announcing his last-minute entry into the race for mayor.A crush of reporters was camped outside his Park Avenue South apartment for so long that campaign aides treated them to three boxes of pizza and made plans for individual interviews later in the day.Some of Weiner's rivals, meanwhile, wasted no time poking fun at the ...

  • Tick Tock diner manager charged with plotting to kill uncle co-owner freed on bail

    CLIFTON, NJ - 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 ...

  • Jay-Zs Roc Nation Sports Signs New York Jets QB Geno Smith

    Kimberly Ann Miale to make her mark as a part of Jay-Z's Roc Nation Sports. Miale, who has failed to negotiate any active players' contracts in the NFL, signed New York Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith and will now be tasked with negotiating his contract with the team that selected him in the 2013 NFL ...

  • A SUNY address now means no taxes—for a decade

    State University of New York system. Eligible companies include startups, out-of-state companies that move into New York, and also existing companies that expand while maintaining jobs. The announcement means commercial real estate firms and local economic developers have a new competitor: New York state itself. It's not clear how much tax revenue localities and the state will forgo as a ...


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Movie Review

The Savages

The Savages

Like Tamara Jenkins' first feature, Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), The Savages is a pitch-black comedy about the pitfalls of growing up. Slums was a more conventional maturation comedy in that the protagonist was a 14-year-old girl, but Jenkins brings many of the same in ... ...

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  • QA This man just won $250000 for his startup

    Rutvik Mehta 's childhood science experiments once included trying to ferment oranges. These days, in Troy, he's doing something far less odorous--and more important. Mehta, 28, is president, CEO and co-founder of ...

  • Few New York school districts beat the property tax cap in this years voting

    Kate Walsh and her son, 4-year-old Jack, exit the voting booth at Liverpool High School Tuesday. The Liverpool school district's budget ...

  • Syracuse police locate grandparents of 4-year-old girl found wandering DeWitt Street

    Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse Police have located the grandparents of the 4-year-old girl who was wandering DeWitt Street this morning. Police said the young girl wandered up to a group of Department of Public Works employees on ...

  • Gov. Cuomo wants tax-free zones for companies on and around SUNY campuses

    Albany, NY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed Wednesday to waive all income, sales, property and businesses taxes for new companies that partner with schools in the SUNY system. He is expected to talk about the plan in at 4:30 p.m. during a visit to SUNY Upstate University in Syracuse. Cuomo called it "Tax-Free NY." It has support from the leaders of the Senate and the Assembly, who were ...

  • The National Play Three Surprise Gigs in New York

    The first venue, announced on Twitter, was a tiny bar (and flower shop) in Ditmas, Brooklyn, called Sycamore. ("Care to to join us for a liquid lunch? Doors at noon, show at 12:30," the band posted on Facebook.) The second was at Public Assembly in Brooklyn, at 5 p.m., for which tickets were raffled to fans online. The third, at 10 p.m., was at Manhattan's Mercury Lounge, a ...

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