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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 ...

  • World in Pictures June 19 2013 The Wanted in London and Madonna in New York

    TODAY'S World in Pictures features photographs of Nathan Sykes, Tom Parker, Jay McGuiness, Max George and Siva Kaneswaran at the premiere of their reality E! TV series Wanted Life in London and Madonna at the world premiere of 'Madonna: The MDNA Tour' at the Paris Theatre in New ...

  • NY GOPer buying home of US rep. he called chicken

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- A Republican county official who once called a central New York congressman a "chicken" for skipping a televised debate is buying the Democratic lawmaker's suburban Syracuse ...

  • Meg OConnell attends last Onondaga Community College board meeting as interim president

    Syracuse, N.Y. -- Nearly a year has passed since Margaret "Meg" O'Connell was named interim president at Onondaga Community College. Tuesday she attended her last board meeting in that role, and the board of trustees praised her for her accomplishments. She'll be replaced ...

  • Troopers confirm identities of two killed in Vienna car fire after crash June 8

    Vienna, NY -- Investigators have confirmed the two people who died in a fatal crash in Vienna June 8, state police said. Angelo J. Gonzalez, 21, of Camden was originally thought to be a passenger in the vehicle, troopers said. The investigation revealed that Gonzalez was driving and Tyler Laplante, 20, was the passenger. A third passenger, Justin T. Didio, 22, from Oneida, was able to get out ...


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The Canterbury Tales (I racconti di Canterbury) [Blu-Ray]

The Canterbury Tales (I racconti di Canterbury) [Blu-Ray]

The middle film in Pier Paolo Pasolinis controversial Trilogy of Life, The Canterbury Tales (I racconti di Canterbury) is also the darkest and least appealing of the three films, which is ironic given than Pasolini ends with himself playing Canterbury au ... ...

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  • Nottingham High School to kick off Syracuses graduations tonight

    Syracuse -- Nottingham High School will be first of the five Syracuse district high schools to hold its graduation this year. The school's 260 graduates will walk the stage at a ceremony beginning at 7 p.m. today at the John H. Mulroy Civic Center, 411 Montgomery St. Valedictorian Adam Luban will be going on to Middlebury College in the fall. Salutatorian Molly Burdick will go to Skidmore ...

  • Store Front Roundup Live bait mini golf and auto detailing

    BREWERTON, N.Y. - A hub of local fishing has a new bait shop. Rob Goffredo and his wife opened Bartel Road Bait & Tackle on May 1 at the Brewerton Centre Plaza in Brewerton. The 2,000-square-foot shop, near Oneida Lake, started off carrying live bait, lines, hooks and other bare necessities. The inventory has since expanded to include an array of lures and other fishing gear, Goffredo ...

  • Rick Perry takes aim at New York

    Rick Perry stars in an ad out Wednesday that coincides with his swing across the Northeast to lure jobs to Texas.The one-minute, campaign-style video - shared first with POLITICO - attacks New York, where the governor is spending the day, as a high-tax, high-regulation state. ...

  • K-9 cop is hurt on job

    Bear was treated at an animal-care facility and released later in the day. He’ll be back on the job today.The dog will have two teeth capped and is expected to return to full duty.Matos-Davis was charged with injuring a police animal, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.In 2011, Bear helped apprehend suspects in two other ...

  • Car mows down roadside dinosaurs on Long Island

    SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) -- A Long Island man denies a police claim that he was intoxicated when his car smashed into about a dozen roadside ...

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