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  • Sarah Michelle Gellar shares best parenting advice

    Sarah Michelle Gellar shared her best parenting advice ever as she showed up at the CBS Upfront event for her new comedy series, The Crazy Ones, in New York City. When it comes to her parenting style, the Vampire Slayer actress said she likes to keep it simple, Us magazine reported. The mom of two told the publication that her parenting tip is not too original but it works. The 36-year-old ...

  • Civil rights trial on NYPD tactic closing

    In this Friday, May 17, 2013, photo, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin is interviewed in her federal court chambers, in New York. Scheindlin is the federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department. (AP Photo/Richard ...

  • Split-second choice ended with NY student dead

    CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME -- In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rebello is shown. Police said Rebello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High ...

  • NY town eyes limit on use of Plum Island

    ILE - In this Oct. 6, 2010 file photo, people on a tour of Plum Island, N.Y., off the coast of Long Island, watch seals relaxing on the rocky shore. Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough. But it now appears any prospective buyer won't be able to do much with Plum Island anyway. As ...

  • Conn. derailment to cause greatly slowed commute

    View Photo Associated Press/The Connecticut Post,Brian A. Pounds - A derailed Metro-North rail car is hoisted back on to the tracks in Bridgeport. Conn. on Sunday, May 19, 2013. Crews will spend days rebuilding ...


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The Ring Two

The Ring Two

The Ring Two is a different and, I would argue, slightly better film that its predecessor, 2001's hit The Ring, although it probably won't please audiences the way the first film did because its scariness is less visceral and more emotional. It takes a while to get going, but on ... ...

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  • Yahoo poised to buy New York-based blogging service

    It is reported the board of Yahoo has green-lighted a deal to buy the New-York based blogging service Tumblr for more than 850 million euros. The news is expected to be officially announced later. If confirmed, the plan would give Yahoo a larger social media presence and enhance its appeal to younger ...

  • Syracuse weather more like mid June with thunderstorms Your morning forecast

    Dave Eichorn | deichorn@syracuse.com The front is the leading edge of some mid-summer-like weather and after it moves through here, not only will the temperature climb, but so will the humidity. Warmth and humidity, these are two important ingredients for thunderstorms with only one other ingredient needed to complete the recipe. We need a trigger. We need something to give the atmosphere a ...

  • Syracuse weather for this evening and the weekend rain Sunday

    The air is dry and the clouds will be thin. With light winds, the air will cool quickly. If you are headed out this evening, the temperature will be down into the lower 50s by midnight, even cooler in outlying areas. This weekend does have a few weather glitches in it. In particular, on ...

  • Brooklyn principal’s 92G bonus

    Good grades earned him more than just a spot on the fridge.PS 172 Principal Jack Spatola has raked in $92,000 in bonus pay from the city since 2008 for his Brooklyn school’s good performance, making him the top earner under a revamped merit-pay system, data show.In all, 40 public-school principals have each earned cumulative bonuses in excess of $50,000 over the life of the four-year ...

  • Grads pay sad tribute

    Tears and a moment of silence marked Hofstra University’s graduation ceremony yesterday in memory of slain classmate Andrea Rebello. Many of the nearly 700 grads bore the initials "RIP" on their mortarboards and wore white ribbons on their blue gowns as Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz paid tribute to Rebello, 21, who had wrapped up her junior year a day before she was shot ...

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