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Stephenson spurs late rally to lead Pacers past Knicks and into East finals
Indiana Pacers guard D.J. Augustin passes the basketball to centre Roy Hibbert (55) around New York Knicks centre Amar'e Stoudemire (1) while Knicks guards Jason Kidd (R) and J.R. Smith (8) watch the play during the first half of their NBA Eastern Conference second round playoff game in Indianapolis, Indiana May 18, 2013. (BRENT ...
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Book buff’s Wilde accusation
Will the real Earnest please step up?A Soho man claims that he has owned a rare first edition of Oscar Wilde’s play "The Importance of Being Earnest" for nearly 30 years, but that his attempt to auction it failed after a British man declared the book stolen, according to a lawsuit.Elia Zois says in his Manhattan Supreme Court suit that he bought the book, one of just 12, in 1985. ...
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Pervy pol’s hefty ‘harass’ets
INSIDE CITY HALL The playing field may not be level when disgraced Assemblyman Vito Lopez makes his audacious move for a City Council seat. Like everyone running for the council, Lopez will be able to claim as much as $92,000 in public matching funds from the Campaign Finance Board even as he’s being booted from Albany for a series of repulsive actions toward female staffers.And like all ...
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Connect dots to Obama
To believe the deputy, Neal Wolin, didn’t tell Geithner about such abuses, in the middle of a presidential campaign no less, is to believe they were all too busy to focus on politics. And to believe that Geithner didn’t warn the White House is to believe the IRS agents just made honest mistakes that coincidentally helped the incumbent president.And to believe that nobody told Obama ...
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14-year-old girl struck killed by bullet while riding a city bus in Queens
A 14-year-old girl was killed aboard a moving city bus tonight in Queens after a shooter fired multiple rounds into the side of the vehicle from the sidewalk, cops said.The shots rang out at around 9 p.m. when the gunman shot several times into the side of the Q6 bus as it traveled south on Sutphin Boulvard in Jamaica, cops said.The unidentified girl was shot at least once in the head, according ...
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Galactic war rockets ahead
Space travel is nothing to toy with.A Manhattan company that bills itself as the world’s first commercial "spaceline" claims an effort to turn its lofty rocket ships into pint-sized promotional items was grounded after a New Jersey company stiffed it on a business deal, according to a lawsuit.Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, which has yet to launch a single trip to the ...
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Pacers eliminate Knicks will face Heat in East final
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Lance Stephenson scored a playoff career-high 25 points and led a late 11-2 run Saturday night, leading the Indiana Pacers past the New York Knicks, 106-99 and into the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2004. The New York native also had 10 rebounds and the Pacers were spurred by the return of point guard George Hill two days after he was diagnosed with a ...
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Pacers 106 Knicks 99 Knicks Path Through Playoffs Is Blocked by Pacers
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Check your numbers for $600M Powerball jackpot
AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh Syracuse, NY -- Wondering if the $2 you plunked down for a Powerball ticket has paid off? Then check your numbers here. Saturday's numbers for the estimated $600 million Powerball jackpot were 22, 10, 13, 14 and 52. The Powerball was 11. A little more than a year after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing ...
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Fulton man charged with disorderly conduct in assault of Brown University basketball...
DJ Ingham, left, of Fulton, and Tom Bradley of Solvay High School wrestle in the 215-pound class in Section III, Division One Tournament at Cicero-North Syracuse High School in 2008. Ingham was charged with disorderly conduct in connection with an assault on a Brown University basketball ...
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Boom in Luxury Towers Is Warping New York Real Estate Market
Only 10 floors have been completed in what is intended to be the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere ...
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Fayetteville-Manlius High School Science Olympiad team places 8th in nationals
The Fayetteville-Manlius High School Science Olympiad team placed 8th in nationals Saturday in Dayton, Ohio. F-M's Eagle Hill Middle School placed 10th at nationals which were held at Wright State University. More than 6,000 schools compete in all 50 states for a chance to reach nationals. In all, 120 teams competed at nationals from all 50 states. A team from Japan also competed. This ...
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Police commissioner calls fatal shooting in New York City an anti-gay hate crime
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A gunman used anti-gay slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, a killing New York's police commissioner called a hate crime. Before opening fire early Saturday, the gunman confronted the victim and his companion in Greenwich Village and asked if they "want to die here," Police ...
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Officials Broken rail not foul play eyed in Connecticut train crash
National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener said Saturday the broken rail is of substantial interest to investigators and a portion of the track will be sent to a lab for ...
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Yanks look to complete sweep of Blue Jays behind CC
Injuries may have taken their toll on the Yankees and Blue Jays, but the teams' aces are at full strength, which could mean fans at Yankee Stadium will be in for a pitching duel on Sunday. The Yankees sport the best record in the American League East at 27-16, despite boasting an All-Star roster of wounded hitters. With Derek Jeter, Kevin Youkilis, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira and Eduardo ...
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Gee looks to deliver Windy City series win
As the Mets and Cubs navigate their way through the early part of the 2013 season, winning one series at a time is the most important step toward inching their records closer to the .500 mark. Each will have a chance on Sunday to claim the series, as left-hander Travis Wood takes the ball for the Cubs and right-hander Dillon Gee will pitch for the Mets in the rubber match of a three-game ...
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New York Mets lose 8-2 to Chicago Cubs
New York Mets staring pitcher Jeremy Hefner pitches to the Chicago Cubs in the first inning in a baseball game in Chicago on Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles ...
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Cops ID teen girl struck killed by car in Bronx
Police today identified a teen girl struck by a car and killed in Mount Eden, authorities said.Zuleimi Torres, 16, was crossing the Grand Concourse with her friend, 16, about 3:35 p.m. Friday near Mt. Eden Parkway when the two were hit by a Chevy SUV, authorities said.EMS rushed them to St. Barnabas Hospital, but Torres suffered a brain injury and could not be saved. The other girl is expected ...
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Twitter scavengers race for All-Star rewards
Joe Palmeri from Middle Village, N.Y., was the first winner of the All-Star scavenger hunt. (Andrew Harts/Special to MLB.com) NEW YORK -- Fans all over New York City competed to be the fastest in a social media scavenger hunt that rewarded winners with All-Star Sunday and Fan Fest tickets. With five different winning locations scattered around Manhattan, baseball fans took to Twitter starting ...
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Canos two homers help Yanks take care of Jays
TOR@NYY: Cano drills his second homer of the ballgame NEW YORK -- Every day, the spotlight that follows the Yankees seems to be trained on the players who aren't with the team. But that changed Saturday, when Robinson Cano, the lone regular in an infield decimated by injuries, hit two home runs to lead New York to a 7-2 win over Toronto. Cano, the only Yankees hitter this season to have ...
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Mets struggles continue in games started by Hefner
NYM@CHC: Tejada makes a great leaping catch CHICAGO -- The Mets remain winless in each of Jeremy Hefner's starts this year, after an 8-2 loss to the Cubs on Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field. The Mets stranded four men in scoring position in the first two innings alone. Cubs starter Scott Feldman earned his fourth win in five starts, and has now allowed just one earned run over his ...
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Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell found guilty of first degree muder
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Philadelphia abortion doctor was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who authorities say were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy clinic, in a case that became a flashpoint in the nation's debate over abortion. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, was also found guilty of involuntary manslaughter ...
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Collision closes New York area train route as NTSB investigates
A team from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived Saturday to investigate a commuter rail collision that caused a prominent railroad line near New York City to be partially ...
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Parole escapee identified as shooter in Hofstra home invasion
A career criminal who fled parole last month has been identified as the shooter in the stunning death of a Hofstra University student in a home invasion robbery just off campus.Dalton Smith, 30, was identified by his fingerprints after he was shot dead during the early Friday morning encounter with cops inside the Uniondale home, Nassau County police said.Police had issued a warrant for ...
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Granderson plays right field for first time in Majors
Email NEW YORK -- Curtis Granderson's versatility is only matched by his affability. The Yankees lined Granderson up for his first Major League game in right field Saturday against Toronto, and the longtime center fielder assured his manager that he wouldn't have a problem at the new position. "When I talked to him about it, he was like, 'Fine. No problem,'" said ...
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Buffalo Zoo goes ape for the gorillas
The Buffalo Zoo is a historic landmark in Buffalo city. It is the third oldest zoo in the United States and has an amazing array of over 1000 species of animal. The zoo is also a tourist attraction, bringing in 400 000 visitors each year.
Zoos are an important educational facility for children, a means by which younger generations can see wild and endangered animals in real life, in an environment as close as is reasonably possible to what their natural surroundings would be, and by seeing a real-life image, rather than a picture in a text book, children develop a more intimate understanding of the challenges facing these rare and beautiful creatures. Read more
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