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  • NSA surveillance revealed abandoned al-Qaedas NY stock exchange bombing plot

    The US-led surveillance programme which has created a lot of furor for snooping on citizens' web activities and phone records has revealed information about al-Qaeda's plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) in 2008. FBI Assistant Director Sean Joyce said that the agency found out through the electronic surveillance that al-Qaeda was actually in the initial stage of bombing the NYSE ...

  • UK Auditor Agrees Fine And Ban In New York

    A division of one of the UK's biggest auditors, Deloitte, has been fined $10m (6.4m) by New York state for its actions in advising Standard Chartered Bank over money laundering. In addition to the fine, Deloitte's Financial Advisory Services arm was also banned for one year from taking new work in the state after officials ruled it did not carry out its duties independently. The ...

  • FBI hunt for Jimmy Hoffa remains entering 3rd day

    OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- FBI agents plan a third day of digging Wednesday in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ...

  • Most of NY canal system reopening as water levels ease

    Provided photo. ALBANY, N.Y. -- Most of New York state's canal system shut down by high water from recent heavy rains will soon be open. The state Canal Corp. says all of the Erie Canal will be open as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, except for the stretch from Lock E-8 in Scotia to Lock E-15 in Fort Plain. Parts of the Oswego and Cayuga-Seneca canals that remained closed Tuesday will reopen around ...

  • 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 ...


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The Canterbury Tales (I racconti di Canterbury) [Blu-Ray]

The Canterbury Tales (I racconti di Canterbury) [Blu-Ray]

The middle film in Pier Paolo Pasolinis controversial Trilogy of Life, The Canterbury Tales (I racconti di Canterbury) is also the darkest and least appealing of the three films, which is ironic given than Pasolini ends with himself playing Canterbury au ... ...

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  • Feds Surveillance foiled NYSE attack

    Secret US surveillance foiled an al Qaeda plot to blow up the New York Stock Exchange, the FBI revealed to Congress yesterday.A Brooklyn accountant "cased" the stock exchange in 2008 under orders from a mysterious al Qaeda leader in Yemen known as "the Doctor," according to federal authorities.But the accountant and two other suspected terrorists were arrested before the plot ...

  • Condo couple $5M hit

    "If they can’t pay back the money, they could get from one to four years in prison."From 2008 to 2012, the couple raked in millions marketing and selling units to more than 27 buyers at the Broadway Towers Condominiums in Elmhurst, according to a felony complaint. The units started at about $300,000 and one sold for $938,000 in 2012, property records show.Tommy, 59, and Alice, ...

  • Bust in Marine slaying

    Cops arrested the man who fatally stabbed an aspiring Marine just hours before his 20th birthday, police said.Wilson Rivera, 19, stabbed D’Anthony McDonald in the chest at about 9 p.m. on June 14 in South Ozone Park, cops said.Rivera was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.It’s unclear what sparked the violence between the two young men, who lived just ...

  • K-9 cop is hurt on job

    A brave NYPD police dog was kicked in the face while breaking up a catfight in a Midtown subway station.Bear, a 6-year-old German shepherd, suffered four broken teeth and a cut on his tongue as he helped an officer break up the fight involving four women in the 59th Street/Lexington Avenue station.Officer Vincent Tieniber, 36, was handcuffing Ravenia Matos-Davis, 22, when she allegedly booted ...

  • Weiner’s meager sext therapy

    Anthony Weiner yesterday admitted that he’s still in therapy for his crotch-tweeting compulsion - but sex-addiction experts say he needs more than just a shrink.Asked if he’s going to counseling, the married former US congressman told The Post, "I am, yes" - then declined to comment further.But psychologists say deeply rooted problems such as the mayoral candidate’s ...

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