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  • Moscow safer than New York Russian minister

    Russian police reforms have proved so successful that, in some areas, Moscow outperforms New York on safety, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has boasted while on a visit to the US. Kolokoltsev made the claims during a meeting in New York late Monday with New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. "We have compared the crime situation in Moscow and New York, factoring in ...

  • Shocking lawsuit claims NY high schools admissions policy racially biased

    New York City high school admissions policies are racially biased against black and Hispanic students. A lawsuit filed in a federal civil rights complaint said that parents and activists have charged the school. According to the New York Daily News, in the complaint, filed with the federal Office of Civil Rights, the parents and their lawyers call for a federal investigation and overhaul of a ...

  • US charges three NYU researchers for taking bribes from Chinese company

    Three New York University researchers from China divulged results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses. Federal prosecutors said that Yudong Zhu, a U.S.-educated NYU professor, and Xing Yang, a lab engineer, were released on bail after appearing in federal court in Manhattan to face commercial bribery and other charges. ...

  • Rikers guard allegedly offered to speed up release dates in exchange for cocaine or cash

    A crooked Rikers guard offered to break into the system computers and advance the release dates of no fewer than five inmates -- demanding to be paid in cocaine or cash, according to shocking testimony in a Manhattan bribery trial."The officer said he preferred drugs because he could make more money with drugs," inmate Rafael Montadoca told jurors of disgraced correction officer Robert ...

  • Rocky first inning costs Mets in loss to Reds

    CIN@NYM: Wright's error gives Reds an early lead NEW YORK -- On a daily basis at Citi Field, a complete and utter lack of offense continues to undermine the Mets. And so they continue to lose, despite obvious improvements in their rotation and bullpen. All it takes these days is one mistake for the Mets to suffer defeat. Tuesday's blunder came in the first inning of a 4-0 loss to ...


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Movie Review

Machine Gun McCain (Gli intoccabili) [Blu-Ray]

Machine Gun McCain (Gli intoccabili) [Blu-Ray]

At no point in Machine Gun McCain is John Cassevetess character Hank McCain actually referred to by that marquee-ready nickname, and he only wields a machine gun twice in the film, but its still a great, trashy title that grabs your attention, even if its for all the w ... ...

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  • 1000 pm update Another round of showers and storms for Syracuse before midnight

    The radar image from 9:45 this Tuesday evening shows one more round of showers and thunderstorms approaching from the west. After this moves through, thunderstorms will tend to settle down overnight. The new activity is approaching at about 35 mph. That should bring it through the city of Syracuse by around 10:30 p.m. There are also some strong winds in these storms, and intense lightning. ...

  • Meteorologists Oklahoma tornado dwarfed the power of the Hiroshima bomb

    On Tuesday, the National Weather Service gave the Oklahoma tornado the top-of-the-scale rating of EF5 for wind speed and breadth, and severity of ...

  • PA homicide suspect surrenders after standoff with police in Syracuse

    Syracuse, NY -- A man suspected in a homicide in Pennslyvania surrendered Tuesday night after a chase and tense standoff with police in the 2000 block of East Fayetteville Street in Syracuse. Ryan Harding, 18, was taken in to custody at about 9:30 p.m., Sgt. Tom Connellan ...

  • Jamesville-DeWitt residents approve $49.6 million proposed budget

    Jamesville-DeWitt voters approved a budget for 2013-14 of $49,636,676. The vote was 743 yes to 142 no. A proposition to buy four school buses at cost not to exceed $436,000 was approved. The vote was 713 yes to 171 no. A proposition for DeWitt Community Library funding of $1,281,785 also was approved by a vote of 684 to 201. Three people won election to the school board. They are: Virginia ...

  • Liverpool voters approve $135.7 million spending plan for 2013-14

    Provided graphic Liverpool, NY -- Voters in the Liverpool Central School District approved a $135.7 million budget for the 2013-14 school year. The budget was approved by 515 votes; 1,151 people voted for the budget and 636 people voted against the budget. The public also voted on two additional propositions. Proposition 2 asked voters to authorize a bus replacement proposition of $1,201,245 ...

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