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  • Cop sexually harassed me and lied about bong toss tweets Amanda Bynes

    Amanda Bynes has accused the NY Police Department of sexual harassment, claiming that the cop who arrested her for allegedly tossing a bong out the window of her Times Square apartment, "lied" about it and was "creepy." The 27-year-old actress took to Twitter on Saturday to tell people not to believe the reports about her being arrested, saying that it's all lies, the New York Post ...

  • Mets ace Matt Harvey dating Victorias Secret model Anne V

    New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey and supermodel Anne V were reportedly spotted getting intimate in public at the New York Rangers playoff game at Madison Square Garden, on Thursday. Harvey- who is a Connecticut-born, die-hard Rangers fan- first met the green-eyed blond bombshell in early May after they watched the Broadway Blueshirts win at the Garden, the New York Post reported. According to ...

  • US Defense Chief Calls for End to Military Sex Assaults

    U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called for an end to sexual assaults in the military Saturday in a commencement speech to graduates of the West Point military academy in New York state. Hagel called sexual harassment and sexual assault in the military a "profound betrayal" of sacred oaths and trusts and a "scourge" that must be stamped out. A day earlier, President Barack Obama ...

  • Bang With Friends mysterious CEO revealed

    Bang with Friends- the controversial Facebook app run by its CEO and co-founder who just goes by his initial 'C' has been revealed accidentally by Internet New York which included the founders' name on the online ballot. BWF app creator Colin Hodge, 28, and Omri Mor had remained anonymous till last week, but the leak of their identity through Internet Week New York disappointed Hodge, the Daily ...

  • Cayuga County soldier survived bombing and insurgent attacks before dying in action

    Auburn, NY - Young Frankie Phillips stepped in whenever bullies taunted his younger brother for having cerebral palsy. His father says Phillips brought that instinct into adulthood as a U.S. Army staff sergeant in four tours of Iraq and Afghanistan. Fourteen days before he was killed by an enemy explosion in Afghanistan, Phillips was honored for coming to the aid of a commander under attack ...


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  • Therapy dog scam artist leaves trail of broken hearts

    A St. Lawrence County man has been ordered to never again sell therapy dogs in New York following a lawsuit by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. The dogs attacked the children and other animals and didn't have even basic obedience ...

  • Bklyn man accused of killing businessman who dated his ex

    A businessman whose body was found in an upstate ditch after a date with a Brooklyn woman he’d met online was killed by her ex-boyfriend, authorities charged yesterday. Mikhail Chernyaev, of Brighton Beach, was arrested and charged with second degree murder in the 2012 death of Charles Butler, 46, a dad of three whom police said had moved from Florida to Manhattan just before he vanished ...

  • Aust javelin thrower 3rd in New York

    Australian thrower Kim Mickle has recorded a season's best of 63.93m in the women's javelin to come third in a strong field at the IAAF Diamond League meet in New York.Competing in the third instalment of the IAAF Diamond League, Mickle opened the competition with a throw of 61.01m.She followed that with 59.89m in the second round before hurling the spear 63.93m in the third round to ...

  • Words to live by

    Lt. Col. Mark Weber prepared his family for the worst countless times during his 23-year Army career - but now faces a battle he knows he can’t win.In December 2010, doctors diagnosed Weber, who had survived 19 years in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, with Stage 4 intestinal cancer. Told he had only two months to live, the decorated soldier set out to write a farewell letter to his three sons, ...

  • He’s a flippin’ champion

    The man plays a mean pinball.Native New Yorker Steve Zahler is a pinball wizard - beating players with years of experience to become the metropolitan area’s first-place flipper.Now he’s facing the ultimate test as he prepares for the game’s world championships in Germany beginning Friday, where 64 hot shots will vie for the coin-operated crown."I’m not there to beat ...

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