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St John’s slim NCAA tournament chances ended Wednesday night as they were defeated by Villanova 66-53. Although St John’s went down, they did not go down without a fight. At one point in the 1st half it seemed as if Villanova would turn the game into a blow out as they led 18-6. But St …
Laurel and Hardy meet Samuel Beckett! Two men struggle to kill time as they sit in a basement awaiting instructions for their next job. Surprise deliveries from an unseen force begin to arrive. Chaos and absurdity ensue in this dark comedy by Harold Pinter. Hang a Tale presents The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter. Directed by Kim …
Lorenzo Fertitta sat in the front row at a mixed martial arts fight in New York. The problem for Fertitta, chairman and chief executive of Ultimate Fighting Championship, was that front row’s location — the Capitol building in Albany, high above the action on the floor of the state Senate instead of in Madison Square Garden. Fertitta and a number of other UFC officials, fighters …
“Habemus Pamam Francisum,” reads the first Tweet from the new @Pontifex. The induction of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is a sign of new beginnings for the Catholic Church. He is the first pope to ever choose the name ‘Francis I,’ a sign of his rebellious spirit, considering most Popes go by the more …
VATICAN CITY — Displaying some of his signature distaste for the trappings of high office, Pope Francis, the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, began the first full day of his papacy on Thursday with private prayers at a Roman basilica dedicated to the Virgin Mary, slipping quietly into the building by a side door and leaving some …
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Out of sight but not too far out of mind, accused Killer Nanny- Yoselyn Ortega, was back in the public eye today for the first time. America’s worst nanny was in court for an update to her first degree murder charge for the brutal and unsettling attack on the two children under her watch. The …
Amar Diarrassouba, 6, left his home on Thursday with his older brother, 9, set for school. As they began to cross 1st avenue just before 8am, a white tractor-trailer turned onto 1st Avenue from 117th street, striking and killing Amar. The crash was heard a block away, at the child’s elementary school, PS 155. The …
On Tuesday St John’s forward JaKarr was named Big East Rookie of the year. Sampson becomes the second-straight St. John’s player to earn BIG EAST Rookie of the Year honors and the third overall. Moe Harkless took home the league’s top freshman honor in 2011-12, while David Russell earned the award in 1979-80. “The BIG …
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With the Atlantic Division-leading Knicks slogging through an arduous Western trip, the second-place Nets are in Brooklyn with a chance to cut the Knicks’ lead in the standings before they begin their own long Western swing next week. On Tuesday, one day after a dismal defeat to lowly Philadelphia, the short-handed Nets rebounded with a thorough and …
Group highlights Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change as an example of his commitment to improving education in the community. One of Harlem’s most influential pastors was recently celebrated by the United Negro College Fund for his commitment to education. The Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts, pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church, received the UNCF …