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  • 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 ...

  • Mourners remember Hofstra student killed by friendly fire while taken hostage

    Weeping mourners said tearful good-byes today to the beautiful Hofstra University coed accidentally killed by police during a confrontation with a violent thug.Loved ones of Andrea Rebello, 21, packed St. Theresa of Avila in Sleepy Hollow to honor the young woman shot in the head early Friday morning in a house blocks away from Hofstra."During this tragedy a question comes to mind - why? ...

  • 50-year-old man struck by Q train being treated for head trauma

    A man was struck by a train in Brooklyn this morning, authorities said.The 50-year-old was hit by a Queens-bound Q train about 10:30 a.m. at the Avenue J station near 15th Street, according to an MTA spokeswoman and FDNY.He is being treated for head trauma at Kings County Hospital, the FDNY spokesman said.It was not immediately clear how he was struck, authorities ...

  • Its Official Disgraced Democrat Anthony Weiner Is Running for Mayor of New York City

    Former New York Congressman, Anthony Weiner officially launched his bid for Mayor of New York City on Monday night. Disgraced Democrat Anthony Weiner could be the next big political comeback kid of the year behind Mark Sanford. Forced to resign from Congress two years ago due a sexting scandal, Weiner officially hit the campaign trail in ...

  • White People Stopped By New York Police Are More Likely To Have Guns Or Drugs Than Minorities

    just-concluded trial on the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program, the city argued that officers’ disproportionate targeting of black and Latino New Yorkers was not due to racial profiling but because each stopped individual was doing something suspicious at the time. The data, however, tells a different story: weapons and drugs were more often found on white New ...


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Movie Review

The Ghost Goes Gear [DVD]

The Ghost Goes Gear [DVD]

In the mid-1960s, the Beatles starred in two films directed by Richard Lester, A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), that not only helped solidify the all-encompassing global star power of the Fab Four, but also helped to revolutionize cinema. According to Andrew Sarris, A Hard Day's Night was a "cataclysmic cultural event" that marked the end of an era, and film schola ... ...

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  • New York City loses its private equity boss

    Head of NYC private equity investments heads to private firm in which NYC pension invested. FORTUNE --Yesterday came newsthat Barry Miller had stepped down as head of private equity investments for the New York City Employee Retirement Systems (NYCERS), in order to open a New York City office for Connecticut-based private equity firm Landmark Partners. My immediate reaction: Is this a conflict ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 22

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

  • Reyna named soccer teams director of football

    Claudio Reyna played in Europe and the U.S. for more than 12 years and for the U.S. team in four World Cups. (AP) NEW YORK -- New York City Football Club (New York City FC) has named Claudio Reyna as the club's Director of Football and its first employee. Reyna will be responsible for building the soccer elements of the New York City FC organization, including the recruitment of players, ...

  • NYCLU analysis Most stops in outer boroughs

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Black and Hispanic men are more likely to be stopped in the Bronx and Brooklyn than other boroughs, according to an analysis of police street stop data released Wednesday by the New York Civil Liberties ...

  • Witnesses in Md. and region report seeing meteor

    FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - A bright light seen traveling across the sky over the weekend by dozens of witnesses across Maryland and the region is what astronomers are calling a fragmenting meteoric ...

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