GREENBURGH, N.Y. – The last time they set a sneakered foot on the Madison Square Garden floor, the New York Knicks were swept out of the first round of last season’s playoffs by the Boston Celtics. A lot has changed. But after a long offseason and shortened preseason, it finally will be just about basketball […]
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Yemen president vows to leave
He is under pressure after troops commanded by relatives fire on protesters, killing at least nine.
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Museums collect, preserve Occupy items
NEW YORK – Occupy Wall Street may still be working to shake the notion it represents a passing outburst of rage, but some establishment institutions have already decided the movement’s artifacts are worthy of historic preservation. More than a half-dozen museums and organizations from the Smithsonian Institution to the New-York Historical Society have been collecting […]
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States weigh in on cigarette label lawsuit
Maine supports the FDA’s challenge to a ruling that blocks graphic warnings on packs of cigarettes.
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New painting re-envisions historic crossing
Mort Kunstler says George Washington wouldn’t have crossed the Delaware standing up in a rowboat.
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Gingrich fails to get on Virginia ballot
Newt Gingrich, who lives in Virginia, actually was leading Mitt Romney in a Republican poll last week.
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People & EntertainmentBox office now animal house
This holiday season, the multiplex smells like a manger. Just as puppies and kittens are arriving under Christmas trees, movies with critter characters are arriving in theaters. Pulling the wagon is “War Horse,” Steven Spielberg’s battlefield epic about a stalwart stallion conscripted into World War I. The movie opens nationwide today. The menagerie in the […]
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Shoppers scramble for 11th-hour inspiration
The day before Christmas, local residents line up for jewelry, bread and seafood.
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Harpists use music to help heal
The Kindred Harps, of Maine, want to raise money to battle myocarditis after the ailment killed the grandson of one of the musicians in the group.
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Marijuana dispensary will also feature social amenities
But some fear plans by Portland’s new marijuana outlet may instead create a hangout.