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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 ...

  • Pimps pumped by ‘acquittals’

    The ho’s got action. Cheered on by their loyal hookers, father-and-son pimps Vincent George, Sr. and Jr., were acquitted of the top sex-trafficking charges, with a Manhattan judge apparently swayed by testimony from the prostitutes, who claimed the men were swell bosses. Happy hookers Desiree Ellis and Danielle Geissler - who have attended the trial in support of the pimps and their ...

  • Pettitte up as Rays make first trip to Bronx

    The Yankees faced a pair of left-handers in their doubleheader against the Dodgers on Wednesday, and they'll oppose another on Thursday night when they open a four-game set against the American League East-rival Rays at Yankee Stadium. Not that the slew of southpaws should bother the Yankees much. In 23 games this season against left-handed starters, New York is 15-8. It's Matt Moore ...

  • Michael Hastings Wife Obliterates New York Times For Dismissive Obituary

    Michael Hastings of Buzzfeed and Rolling Stone died Tuesday morning in a car crash. His wife has asked The New York Times to correct its obituary. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The ...

  • New Hartford police charge 19 in high school pranks that caused $23K in damage

    Students damaged 18 door locks, 10 light switches and one water fountain by filling them with super glue, police said, and two exterior surveillance cameras were shot out with a paintball gun. They also spray painted at least 19 lockers and 11 ...


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Movie Review

Waking Ned Devine

Except for a brief dream sequence, we never see the titular character of the Irish comedy "Waking Ned Devine" alive. No, Ned is dead from the beginning of the film--sitting in his armchair in front of his television set, a winning lottery ticket worth 6.8 million pounds clutched in his fingers. Dead of shock we are left to assume, a smile plastered across his face, his joyful eyes indicating that ... ...

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  • Syracuse man charged with raping 15-year-old in Madison County

    The Madison County Child Advocacy Center and the New York State Police said Donald Eckhoff, 23, of 301 Scott Ave., was charged with third-degree ...

  • Hughes and Yankees fall flat in nightcap

    LAD@NYY: Adams makes an impressive diving stop NEW YORK -- Phil Hughes' troubles within the not-so-friendly confines of Yankee Stadium continued on Wednesday, as the right-hander allowed five runs and heard boos as the Yankees fell to the Dodgers, 6-0, in the second game of a day-night doubleheader. Hughes completed six innings and kept Los Angeles' lineup in the yard, but he was ...

  • Latest loss puts Marcums starting spot in question

    NYM@ATL: Duda comes down with liner in mid-air ATLANTA -- Zack Wheeler is no longer some vague thought for the future, an idea without a face. As of Tuesday, Wheeler has officially arrived in the big leagues, and his presence is about to make a real impact on others. Because of Wheeler, their top pitching prospect, the Mets will soon need to dump someone from what is now a six-man rotation. ...

  • Roundup By Earning Split Dodgers Salvage Mattinglys New York Return

    Chris Davis cleared the fences twice, giving him a major league-leading 26 homers, to help the Baltimore Orioles defeat the Tigers, 13-3, on Wednesday in Detroit. Davis hit a two-run homer in ...

  • Hundreds gather to remember Lori Bresnahan

    Hundreds attended a candlelight vigil for murder victim Lori Bresnahan near the Griffin Visitor Center at Onondaga Lake Park Wednesday night. At right center in orange is Lori's cousin Mary Holland, at left, is her husband Bill ...

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