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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 ...

  • Man arrested after car on NYC sidewalk injures 8

    A car damaged in an accident sits in the middle of the street in the East Village section of New York, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Fire authorities say eight people have been hurt, several of them seriously, after a car jumped a curb and slammed into a 24-hour grocery around 7 a.m. Wednesday. A witness says the driver lost control about a block away and plowed through everything on the sidewalk. ...

  • Feds find possible human remains at Queens home of real-life Goodfellas mobster source

    FBI agents replace dirt after searching in the backyard of the former Queens home of mobster James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke. Federal agents have found possible human remains at the Queens home of "Goodfellas" mobster James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, a law enforcement source said. The discovery comes two days after FBI and NYPD investigators swooped in on the Ozone Park ...

  • A-Rod reportedly sought Boschs advice last year

    The Yankees hope Alex Rodriguez is ready after the break. NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez allegedly reached out to Biogenesis founder Anthony Bosch for help while struggling in last year's American League Championship Series, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Miami New Times. Porter Fischer, a former business associate of Bosch's, told the weekly newspaper that Rodriguez ...

  • Almonte set to debut in Yankees nightcap

    10th-best prospect according to MLB.com, is expected to make his Major League debut on Wednesday for the club. Manager Joe Girardi said that he plans to start Almonte in the second game of Wednesday's day-night doubleheader against the Dodgers, though he could also use Almonte as a substitute in the afternoon contest. "We really believe this kid is going to hit," Girardi said. ...


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Red Eye

Red Eye

Red Eye is a B-movie extraordinaire, a taut exercise in jangly thrills that is exactly as long as it should be and punches all the right buttons. In a sleek 80 minutes, it manages to combine elements of a political thriller, a slasher movie, and a deferred rape-revenge fantasy into a claus ... ...

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  • Police respond to overturned sailboat on Owasco Lake

    Owasco Lake, NY -- Authorities are responding to an overturned sailboat on Owasco Lake, near Emerson Park, according to emergency dispatchers. The four people on the boat were all wearing life vests, dispatchers said. No injuries have been reported. A fire rescue boat is on the way, dispatchers said. Emergency calls came in at about 1:30 p.m. ...

  • DeWitt police arrest multiple suspects in large counterfeit check cashing scheme

    Syracuse, NY -- Multiple suspects from Georgia were arrested Tuesday in connection with a counterfeit check cashing scheme connected to tens of thousands of dollars in thefts across Central New York, DeWitt police said. Around 11 a.m., police were called to the M&T Bank on Erie Boulevard. A man was trying to cash a counterfeit check in the name of a local commercial business, police said. ...

  • Destiny tenants gain recognition for sustainable building practices

    New tenants in the mall's expansion section are required by lease to obtain LEED certification. More than 60 tenants at Destiny are going through the certification process ...

  • Video Car crash in New York City injures eight

    A car rocketing down an avenue in Manhattan's dense East Village swerved out of control, plowed down a sidewalk and smashed through a storefront flower stand Wednesday morning, injuring eight ...

  • Hanson Celebrate 21st Birthday as a Band in New York

    Hanson turned 21 this year, and the brotherly trio celebrated with a birthday party last night in New York at Irving Plaza as fans swarmed to see the band perform. The brothers started the group as pre-teens, and released their sixth studio ...

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