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  • Worlds largest Star Wars Lego model unveiled in NYC

    A massive Lego model of the Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter was unveiled in Times Square, New York City on Thursday. Made out of a whopping 5.3 million Lego pieces, the craft weighs in at nearly 46,000lbs and is 43 feet (13.1 metres) long. Its wingspan measures 44 feet (13.44 metres) across, and is the largest Lego model ever built, Sky News reported. The ship is the work of 32 master Lego ...

  • Pharmaceutical co. ISTA pleads in NY federal case

    BUFFALO, N.Y. -; Drug-maker ISTA (IS'-tah) Pharmaceuticals has pleaded guilty in New York in a federal case involving its eye drug Xibrom (ZY'-brum) and has agreed to pay more than $30 ...

  • Family friends mourn 14-year-old girl slain on Queens bus by gang bullet

    Daja Robinson The grief-stricken best friend of slain teenager Daja Robinson collapsed into tears at a funeral today – vowing to help her heartbroken family get through the tragedy."I'm gonna miss you baby - but I'll try to help [your] mommy be strong," pal Shaquana Almonds, 16, said between tears.She added, "Who would have known I’d never see my best friend ...

  • Tot injured in stroller fall during robbery attempt

    A 2-year-old girl was injured when she fell out of her stroller during robbery attempt in Brooklyn Friday afternoon, cops said.The tot’s 29-year-old mother was pushing the stroller near Dekalb and Tompkins Avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant at around 12:20 p.m. when the thief ran up and tried to snatch the woman’s purse from the handlebars of the stroller, cops said.The woman put a fight ...

  • Actress Amanda Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window

    In an image made from video, actress Amanda Bynes, center, wearing sweats and a blonde wig, is escorted after a Manhattan criminal court appearance on Friday May 24, 2013, in New York. Bynes was arrested Thursday evening and charged with reckless endangerment after police say she heaved a marijuana bong out of out of her Manhattan apartment ...


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Movie Review

Swimming Pool

Swimming Pool

Franois Ozons much-talked-about Swimming Pool features one of those Huh? endings that people love to discuss in serious tones as they walk out of the theater and drive home, as if theyre deconstructing some great philosophical paradox. Its an ending that calls into question everything that came before, and it will make many want to go back for a repeat viewing to relive the films narrative ... ...

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  • New York sees more mortgage violations report

    NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said there is mounting evidence that banks have violated the terms of a settlement designed to end mortgage servicing abuses, according ...

  • Weiner vs. Quinn New York Citys TMI Primary

    Reuters New Yorkers -- they all have such interesting lives. This year, some of those lives are going to be on extraordinarily display in the political arena. Between newly announced mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner's extra-marital sexting and the impending June 11 release of City Council Speaker Christine ...

  • Real Housewives Salary Dispute LuAnn de Lesseps Is New Yorks Lone Holdout

    that de Lesseps still refuses to sign a deal that would have her return to the reality series -- though, with production already underway, that offer is said to be for a diminished role than the one originally on the ...

  • Firefighters respond to house fire on Davis Street in Syracuse

    Syracuse, NY -- Firefighters responded to a house fire in Syracuse this afternoon. Around 2:55 p.m. firefighters were called to 219 Davis St. after a caller reported smoke coming from the windows. The house is reportedly vacant, Onondaga County 911 dispatchers reported. The fire was out by 3:30 ...

  • Its official President Obama nominates Ann Marie Buerkle to $155000 per year post

    President Barack Obama today sent the name of former U.S. Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle to the U.S. Senate as his nominee to serve as a Republican commissioner on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Buerkle is pictured in September 2012 during her unsuccessful campaign to be re-elected to the 24th Congressional District ...

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