It seems like there's a story about those canes with swords inside every few years: A 75 year-old man stabbed a homeless man with the sword inside his cane on East 9th Street. It's not clear how the altercation between Gene Carlson, the senior, and George Devol, a 30...
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The MTA and the City Council were at each other's throats yesterday during a meeting to discuss the Chambers Street signal room fire. The City Council balled the MTA out for the subway mess and freaked out when the MTA said it would take 15 years for the signal system to be...
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Facing stiff resistance, President Bush began
searching state-by-state for support for his plan to overhaul Social
Security and conceded Thursday that not all
lawmakers believe the program has a serious...
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According to Reuters:
Iraqi militants claimed in a Web statement Tuesday to have taken an American soldier hostage and threatened to behead him in 72 hours unless the Americans release Iraqi prisoners. The U.S....
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A tragic bus accident has left a see of corpses in its wake. Bodies were strewn close to the accident scene. Witnesses said the passengers just lay motionless with a glazed look in their eyes. Many of them...
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The Roxy, known for it's raucous bands and early line ups still has what it takes to please a crowd. If you're new to the bar scene or wish you still were the Roxy will not disappoint. With live music and a big crowd you're sure to enjoy yourself. Photos in this set are...
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Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar said on Saturday he expected up to two-thirds of eligible Iraqis to vote in Sunday's election, after earlier appearing to suggest most would not cast their ballots.
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Moscow is opening its second
international digital art festival today, the Culture government
television and radio broadcasting company reports on its website.
Celebrated Hiro Yamagata is guest of honor
with...
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This now being reported by the AP:
"GLENDALE, Calif. - Two Metrolink commuter trains derailed early Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring hundreds of others as morning commuters were sent...
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This just on Drudge: We have a leak of reactor coolant
into the containment structure... leak rate was about 75 gallons a
minute but is reducing,' John Austerberry, spokesman... 'there is no
indication of a radioactive release'
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The Financial Times is reporting that:
Central
banks are shifting reserves away from the US and towards the eurozone
in a move that looks set to deepen the Bush administration's
difficulties in financing its...
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