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  • 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. ...

  • Did Justin Theroux have bachelor party at NYC

    Justin Theroux is rumoured to have had celebrated his bachelor party in New York City. The 41-year-old actor, who was photographed enjoying a stag party at the Big Apple on Sunday, is fuelling speculation that he could be tying the knot with Jennifer Aniston sooner than expected, Contactmusic reported. A pal of Theroux, writer Gavin McInnes, posted a photo of himself fooling around with the ...

  • Ethiopia Over U.S. $100000 Was Raised in New York for Construction of Renaissance Dam

    Over $100 thousand was raised for the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam at Ethiopian Renaissance Day organized in New York on Saturday, sources from the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs indicated. The Day was organized by the Ethiopian Renaissance Council in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut with the cooperation of the Ethiopian Permanent Mission to the United Nations. The ...

  • Keith’s on hand for sexy Nicole

    Nicole Kidman gets a courtly kiss from hubby Keith Urban at Cannes. The actress, serving as a juror at the prestigious film fest, and the country star, a judge on "American Idol," were attending the premiere of the Coen brothers’ "Inside Llewyn ...

  • NY residents voting on school budgets

    BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- New York school districts are proposing an average tax levy increase of 2.8 percent in budgets being voted on, with all but a relative few staying within taxing limits set by the state to virtually assure ...


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Movie Review

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back [Blu-Ray]

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back [Blu-Ray]

One of the running gags throughout Kevin Smiths fifth and (supposedly) final Jersey movie, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, is that it is a dumb idea to make a movie centered around Jay and Silent Bob. The whole movie is a kind of outlandish, self-reflexive, ... ...

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  • Easier travel ahead for Conn. commuters

    Metro North employees, in orange vests, help transfer westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., to shuttle buses Monday, May 20, 2013. The commuters had arrived from New Haven by train and were being bused to Stamford, Ct., where rail service to New York was available. A train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. (AP ...

  • Bike racks block EMS at victim’s co-op

    EXCLUSIVE A Greenwich Village co-op board that has sued the city for blocking its entrance with bike-share racks nearly saw its worst fears realized yesterday when emergency responders had trouble getting to a 92-year-old resident in distress.An EMS crew encountered difficulties getting the sick man from the entrance of The Cambridge at 175 W. 13th St., around 60 feet of bike racks and to the ...

  • Hofstra ‘kin’ Cop to blame

    The godfather of the Hofstra student shot dead by a cop during a Long Island home invasion blasted the officer yesterday for not first trying to reason with the violent felon who held her hostage. "He should have tried negotiation," said Henrique Santos outside the Tarrytown family home of slain Andrea Robello. Robello, 21, was struck and killed as veteran Nassau Police Officer Nikolas ...

  • Niese tasked with cooling red-hot Reds

    Reds first baseman Joey Votto opened his team's three-game series against the Mets on Monday as the reigning National League Player of the Week. Although running into an All-Star who is fresh off leading the Majors with a .583 batting average last week should be a concern for the Mets as they get ready for the second game of the three-game set on Tuesday, the biggest problem for them might ...

  • Decision due on dismissal of Kennedy case in NY

    Kennedy is the daughter of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the ex-wife of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. She was arrested in July after her Lexus swerved into a tractor-trailer near her home north of New York ...

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