Pittsburgh Pirates trade Nyjer Morgan to Washington Nationals, Eric Hinske to New York Yankees (ESPN)
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:14:11 GMT
The Pittsburgh Pirates sent starting left fielder Njyer Morgan to the Washington Nationals in a four-player deal involving outfielder Lastings Milledge. Earlier Tuesday, they shipped backup Eric Hinske to the New York Yankees.
The New York International Film Festival Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary in a New Home With Star-Studded World Premieres (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:56:00 GMT
The New York International Latino Film Festival celebrates its 10th Anniversary as the premier Latino film festival in the country, unspooling in New York City from Monday, July 27 to Sunday, August 2, 2009.
Wikipedia and 'The New York Times' Suppress Facts to Save Kidnapped Journo (Fast Company Magazine)
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:44:48 GMT
Last week, journalist David Rohde escaped after a seven-month kidnap by the Taliban. It's fabulous news, and it's been partly attributed to the fact that The New York Times suppressed it in the first place. But today we learn that Wikipedia did so too. That raises a couple of very interesting questions. The New York Times worked very hard to keep facts about Rohde's kidnapping out of the media, ...
Florida cops arrest fugitive wanted in Monticello robbery, New York murder (Middletown Times Herald-Record)
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:14:58 GMT
MONTICELLO A 23-year-old man described as a suspect in a New York homicide and wanted for armed robbery in Monticello was arrested this week in Florida.
Jailed Madoff's New York penthouse seized (Manila Bulletin)
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:25:09 GMT
NEW YORK, July 2, 2009 (AFP) - US authorities on Thursday seized the Manhattan penthouse owned by convicted Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff, forcing out his wife Ruth who was still living there.
West New York post office robbed at gunpoint (The Star-Ledger)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:24:24 GMT
WEST NEW YORK -- An armed man kicked in the back door of the West New York Post Office on Park Avenue Wednesday afternoon, locked a clerk in a back room and stole personal and postal property, officials told The...
West New York post office robbed at gunpoint (El Nuevo)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:02:50 GMT
An armed man kicked in the back door of the West New York Post Office on Park Avenue yesterday afternoon, locked a clerk in a back room and stole personal and postal property, officials told The Jersey Journal today.
New York Times Editorial Lauds Appointment Of White House Adviser On Violence Against Women (Medical News Today)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:25:06 GMT
"Domestic violence is a serious law enforcement and public health problem affecting as many as one in four women in this country," but "Washington has devoted too little attention to reducing domestic violence and sexual assaults generally," a New York Times editorial states.
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-07-02 06:20 PRESS DIGEST - New York Times business news - July 2 (Interactive Investor)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:46:33 GMT
July 2 (Reuters) - The following were the top stories in the New York Times business pages on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * June sales figures showed another difficult month for some automakers, yet provided a hint demand for new vehicles in the U.S. might finally be on the upswing. * General Motors Corp must win approval to sell its ...
Police break up New York-Ohio pot smuggling ring (The Post-Standard)
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:08:52 GMT
MALONE, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities say they've broken up a drug ring linked to Russian organized crime that smuggled as much as $27 million worth of marijuana through New York's St. Regis Mohawk Reservation to the Cleveland area over the past three years.
