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  • Anthony Weiner the Helmut Newton of Brooklyn Unzips New York City Mayoral Campaign

    As widely predicted , deposed United States congressman and noted self-portraitist Anthony Weiner is indeed running for New York City mayor. To prove it, he released a video of himself interacting with various New York stock characters--Angry Pizza Man, Aggrieved Store Owner, Publicly Humiliated Aide to the Former Secretary of State--while bemoaning things like rent hikes and recalling childhood ...

  • Arrest in latest anti-gay attack in New York City

    NEW YORK -; A suspect was arrested Wednesday in an assault in Manhattan's East Village that police say was one of several anti-gay attacks in recent ...

  • Railroad tracks where Metro-North trains collided were inspected two days before accident

    BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Federal officials say the section of railroad track in Connecticut where two commuter trains collided last week had been inspected two days before the accident.Robert Kulat, a spokesman for the Federal Railroad Administration, tells ...

  • New York Can Fight Airbnb and Uber But the Sharing Economy Is Here to Stay

    In today's business world, disruption is a constant force that never lets up. At the annual WIRED Business Conference: Disruptive by Design, we celebrate the creative power of bold new ideas and the people that make them happen. See the event ...

  • F-M High School closing due to power outage power has been restored

    Fayetteville-Manlius High School is dismissing students at 9:15 a.m. due to a power outage. Power has been restored, but the buses have already left taking the students home. There was no water, so the students can't use the restrooms, district officials said. The district office also has power restored. The high school and district office didn't lose power during the storm Monday ...


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The Ghost Goes Gear [DVD]

The Ghost Goes Gear [DVD]

In the mid-1960s, the Beatles starred in two films directed by Richard Lester, A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), that not only helped solidify the all-encompassing global star power of the Fab Four, but also helped to revolutionize cinema. According to Andrew Sarris, A Hard Day's Night was a "cataclysmic cultural event" that marked the end of an era, and film schola ... ...

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  • Man killed by FBI agent believed to be friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect

    Ibragim Todashev, a friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was being investigated as part of the bombing, says a friend of Todashev's who identified him as the man shot this ...

  • Update Onondaga County voters approve 16 out of 17 school budgets North Syracuse budget rejected

    Terry McElroy, resource teacher teacher at Liverpool and Andrew Calderwood, earth science teacher at Liverpool, vote before school starts. They take about five minutes after voting to fill out a survey on how they ...

  • West Genesee voters approve $73.2 million budget

    Camillus, NY -- West Genesee School District voters Tuesday approved a $73.2 million budget for 2013-2014 budget by a vote of 1,335 to 265. Voters also approved a proposition to buy school buses by a vote of 1,220 to 375. They also approved funding for the following libraries: Maxwell with 1,194 in favor and 320 opposed, Fairmount with 1,201 in favor and 376 opposed, and Onondaga Hill with ...

  • Web site sublets illegal - Judge blasts NYers who rent out rooms to travelers

    Thousands of New Yorkers who rent out their apartments on the popular traveler site Airbnb.com are breaking the law, a New York judge ruled - and they could be slapped with hefty fines.East Village condo owner Nigel Warren was hit with a $2,400 penalty Monday for subletting his pad to a Russian tourist in December for $100 a night. Judge Clive Morrick ruled that Warren broke a law passed in 2011 ...

  • Man turns himself in for allegedly bashing gay man in East Village

    A man turned himself in for bashing a gay man in the East Village, cops said today.Gornell Roman, 39, allegedly pummeled victim Dan Contarino and called him anti-gay slurs on Monday while they were walking to a homeless shelter the two were both staying at, authorities said.He was charged with two counts of felony and misdemeanor assault and felony aggravated harassment, all as hate crimes, ...

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