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  • 60 hurt as US trains collide New York-Boston corridor closed

    Two passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour in southwestern Connecticut, injuring 60 people, five of them critically, and closing the key corridor between New York and Boston. A Metro-North train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m. Friday, hitting the other train in Bridgeport, Connecticut, about 60 miles northeast of New York City ...

  • Iranian Wrestlers Abruptly Leave US Early

    The U.S. State Department has denied Iranian media reports that the United States deported the Iranian wrestling team ahead of a Sunday meet in Los Angeles. A State Department official tells VOA's Persian News Network that U.S. authorities had nothing to do with their departure. The wrestlers abruptly returned home after beating the American team in an exhibition Wednesday at Grand ...

  • US Russian Missile Shipments to Syria Very Unfortunate

    The top U.S. military officer says Russian missile shipments to Syria are "ill-timed" and "very unfortunate." The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, said Friday the missiles will embolden President Bashar al-Assad and prolong the suffering in Syria. He said Mr. Assad could think the missiles somehow will make him safer and more prone to a miscalculation. The ...

  • Demi Moore demanding Ashton Kutcher pay for home renovations

    Demi Moore wants Ashton Kutcher to pay for renovations to her apartment in New York as part of their divorce settlement. Sources told TMZ that the apartment is worth somewhere between 25 - 40 million dollars. This comes after it was revealed that the couple - who announced their split in November 2011 - are locked in a battle over 10 million dollars, with Demi asking for the eight-figure sum ...

  • Topless activist sues NYPD for violating her constitutional right to bare boobs

    Topless activist Holly Van Voast has filed a lawsuit against New York City Police Department for violating her constitutional right to tour the city without donning a shirt. The 46-year-old cited 10 arrests, including one near a "Hooters" restaurant - known for its skimpy clothed waitresses, the New York Daily News reported. The lawsuit also noted that the state Court of Appeals has ruled ...


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Children of Men

Children of Men

Children of Men posits a frightening near future in which the world is collapsing because women have become inexplicably barren. Terrified by the prospect of their own extinction, the human race has turned on itself, resulting in societies around the world burning themselves ... ...

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  • Conn. commuter trains collide 60 go to hospitals

    FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five critically injured and one very critically injured, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. There were no reports of ...

  • Stop Persecution Solemn Peaceful Protest in New York

    Falun Dafa practitioners protest peacefully in front of the Chinese Consulate General in New York on May 17, calling for an end to the persecution of the practice in China. (Edward Dai/The Epoch ...

  • Stewart to miss a few games but DL not necessary

    Email NEW YORK -- Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Friday that catcher Chris Stewart would not be put on the 15-day disabled list and that the result of an MRI indicated Stewart did not seriously injure his left groin Thursday night, as the club had feared. The club had been concerned that the catcher might have required a DL assignment, too. Rookie Austin Romine was in the starting ...

  • Kuroda stifles Blue Jays with eight two-hit innings

    TOR@NYY: Kuroda fans five, holds Blue Jays scoreless NEW YORK -- This was supposed to be a down year for the Yankees, even before Opening Day. The adjusted assessments, following injuries to key personnel, were for an even more bleak season. At the same time, the Blue Jays were expected to make a move, one year after the fall of the Red Sox and simultaneous with the expected Yankees decline. ...

  • At least 20 injured as trains collide north of New York after derailment

    Two trains collided after one of them derailed during the Friday evening rush hour in Fairfield, the U.S. state of Connecticut, injuring at least 20 people, local authorities said. The Fairfield police estimated that 20 to 25 people were injured in the accident, but no fatalities had been reported so far, media reports here said. An New York-bound train from New Haven derailed at around 6 p.m. ...

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