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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Perv teacher convicted after turning 8 and 9-year-olds into personal sex toys
A Queens jury convicted a teacher for using five elementary students as his "personal sex toys" inside their third and fourth-grade classrooms. Simon Watts, a former teacher at the Jackie Robinson Elementary school, appeared shocked when the foreperson read "guilty" on all eleven counts for forcing four little girls to inappropriately touch his crotch and molested a ...
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Alleged drunk driver going 75 mph jumps curb and injures 5 in street race witnesses
An allegedly wasted driver racing another car in the East Village jumped a curb and injured five people when his car smashed into a deli and caused a fire hydrant to torpedo through the air and strike a Citi Bike rider, cops and witnesses said.Shaun Martin, 32, of Queens, was charged with DWI when his white Nissan Altima lost control on Second Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets and smashed ...
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Movie Review
Romeo + Juliet [DVD]
Baz Luhrmann's updated version of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet starts in high gear, pushes itself into overdrive, and eventually redlines and blows the engine long before its over. It's not that updating the Bard is a bad idea--it's been done successfully so many times before that it is literally de rigueur in the world of both theater and film, despite Luhrmann's claims tha ... ...
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LIRR Trains on time Wednesday morning
See how much MTA hikes will cost you LIRR trains were running on or close to schedule Wednesday morning, a day after round-the-clock repairs followed a derailment in the East River Tunnel."We're looking good," Long Island Rail Road spokesman Salvatore Arena said shortly before 7 a.m. and about two hours into the peak of the morning commute.Arena said the only reported delay was ...
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In Bay Shore accident on Sunrise Hwy Service Rd EB at Hwy 27/Brentwood Rd. Slow traffic from Penataquit Ave In Bay Shore accident on Sunrise Hwy Service Rd EB at Hwy 27/Brentwood Rd. Slow traffic from Penataquit ...
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Hartnett Klinsmann Winning Over Doubters Guiding U.S. Soccer To Unexpected Heights
More Columns Back in February, furious American soccer fans vented their dissatisfaction at national team manager Jurgen Klinsmannafter the United States dropped their opening game of the 2014 World Cup qualifying on enemy soil. Honduras came from behind to earn a shocking 2-1 victory, and the disharmony wasn't just confined to the fans of the national team. It had spread to the players ...
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Self-Professed Father-Son Pimps Acquitted On Sex Trafficking Charge
A father-son duo of self-described pimps were found not guilty of sex trafficking in Manhattan Supreme Court Wednesday but could still face jail time for lesser ...
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Stephanie Tony’s Watermelon Pico De Gallo Recipe
1 red bell pepper, diced 1 yellow bell pepper, diced 1 orange bell pepper, diced 2 jalapeos, diced (seeded for less spicy) 1 bunch cilantro, torn 2 limes, juiced Salt and pepper to ...