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  • Madonna emulates screen legend Marlene Dietrich in black tux

    Madonna transformed herself into 1920's German-American star Marlene Dietrich by sporting a black tuxedo and top hat at Paris Theatre in New York for the screening of 'Madonna: The MDNA Tour.' The 52-year-old singer's outfit consisting of black suit with a white shirt, tie and vest with a white rose buttonhole, and bright red lipstick bore a striking resemblance to a tailcoat that Dietrich wore ...

  • Two New York men charged in bid to make deadly x-ray weapon

    In April 2012, the authorities said, an industrial mechanic walked into a synagogue in Albany, N.Y., and announced his intention to build a weapon that could help Israel kill its enemies while they slept. He wanted to know whether anybody would provide financial backing. Turned away, prosecutors said, he sought money from another source: a leader in the Ku Klux Klan in North ...

  • Humane Society urges Cuomo to sign NY law banning release of wild pigs

    USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services ALBANY, N.Y. -- The Humane Society of the United States is urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign legislation that would make it illegal to import, possess, sell or release invasive wild pigs in New York. Eurasian boars are commonly known ...

  • Texas auction house to sell John Brown leg irons

    View Photo Associated Press/Heritage Auctions - This June 17, 2013 provided by Heritage Auctions, shows the pair of leg irons, or shackles, believed to be those used on John Brown during his incarceration at the ...

  • Obama to seek limit on existing power plant CO2 fumes

    Obama plans to limit existing U.S. power plants' carbon dioxide fumes, officials said, as Obama said slowing global warming required "bold action." Heather Zichal, White House coordinator for energy and climate change, said Obama would announce climate policy initiatives in the coming weeks. Another official told The New York Times Obama could outline the new policy as early as ...


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Movie Review

Schizopolis [DVD]

Schizopolis [DVD]

Steven Soderberghs Schizopolis is as fragmented and confounding as its title implies. It was made as a low-budget personal bomb lobbed simultaneously into the worlds of independent art film (where Soderbergh started) and mainstream commercial filmmaking (where he was headed). Unlike his other experimental film, the tiresome Full Frontal (2002), Schizopolis works best when not ... ...

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  • New York Times hides abortion editorial on the front page

    That was the title on the web version. A note says that a version of the article appeared on page A1 of the New York print edition with this ...

  • What a catch by Torre kid

    The Yankees should play her in left field!Joe Torre’s daughter made an amazing catch yesterday when she fielded a baby who fell from a storefront awning in Brooklyn, officials and witnesses said.Cristina Torre, 44, had just left her home when she spotted 1-year-old Dylan Miller atop a frozen-yogurt shop on Third Avenue at 92nd Street at about 9:20 a.m., police sources said.As she was ...

  • Shot cop I felt thug’s slug hit me

    Already hailed as a hero for his actions in the field, a Brooklyn cop bravely described during courtroom testimony yesterday the chilling surveillance video depicting a coldblooded gang-banger shooting him in the head. NYPD Sgt. Kevin Brennan took the stand to recount how Luis "Baby" Ortiz, 23, a Latin Kings gang member, allegedly fired at him at point-blank range after a wild chase ...

  • Raped for ‘being gay’

    A woman told police she was raped at knifepoint in Brooklyn Sunday morning because she’s gay, law- enforcement sources said.The 26-year-old woman said the man followed and attacked her at Franklin Avenue Java Street in Greenpoint, cops said.According to sources, the victim told police the man forced her to the ground and told her, "I’m doing this to you because you’re ...

  • Last act for tony soprano

    James Gandolfini, the Hollywood heavyweight who won multiple Emmy Awards for his role as mob boss Tony Soprano in the smash HBO series "The Sopranos," died of a heart attack yesterday. He was 51.Gandolfini, who was stricken in Rome, was due to appear at the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily this weekend."I have lost a brother and a best friend. The world has lost one of the ...

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