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Former South Africa leader Nelson Mandela was in “good spirits” Friday, officials said, as he spent a second day in hospital where he is being treated for a recurring lung infection. “The doctors report that he is making steady progress,” said a statement from the country’s presidency, adding that the 94-year-old had “enjoyed a full breakfast.” […]
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Syracuse is back in the Elite Eight after a convincing 61-50 victory over the #1 seed in the East Region, the Indian Hoosiers. The victory was head coach Jim Boeheim’s 50th win in the NCAA tournament which is 4th most in the history of the tournament. After the Hoosiers took an early 3-2 lead, the
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One afternoon last week, three Ernst & Young associates boarded the subway near their Times Square headquarters and rode to The Bronx to meet with a group of T-shirt designers. One associate from the global professional services firm helped a team calculate production costs, while another discussed brand identity and the third reviewed design sketches. When the
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Devyn Abdullah is the first winner of “The Face,” Naomi Campbell’s modeling reality show. The 21-year-old New York City native beat out a bevy of beauties for the title while competing on supermodel Karolina Kurková’s team. Devyn’s win has also earned her the opportunity to front Ulta Beauty’s 2013 fall and holiday campaigns. We’re just
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President Barack Obama appointed Julia Pierson as the next director of the U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday, making her the first woman to ever hold that role. The administration confirmed to NBC News that Obama had picked Pierson, the currently the chief of staff for the secret service, to lead the agency that, among other
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The Knicks put on a dominating performance Tuesday night as they defeated the Boston Celtics 100-85. The victory was the Knicks fifth victory in a row as they improve their record to 43-26. The Celtics now trail the Knicks by 7 .5 games in the Atlantic division, which all but guarantees that someone besides the
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T-Mobile is finally getting the iPhone 5, meaning that Apple’s latest and greatest is available on every major U.S. wireless carrier. In addition to the iPhone 5, T-Mobile has done away with cellphone contracts and moved to flat-rate pricing. The company hopes its new plans — as well as its monthly installment payments for the device itself — will lure customers
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It’s music to their ears – and cash registers. Downtown Brooklyn business owners are already licking their chops and cooking up ways to cash in on MTV’s biggest night. Local restaurants, clothing shops and hotels are already coming up with promotional ideas to rake in even more customers when the MTV Video Music Awards come
My literary career kick-started on the torn pages of Things Fall Apart (TFA), the classic novel by Chinua Achebe – whom I am too afraid to prefix ‘Late’. I still have vivid memories. I was five. At Ojira, Otukpo, Benue. And, Like many girls my age then, unschooled. That was the age when girl education was still given
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Tony Bennett, 17 time Grammy Award Winner, and Activist Al Sharpton joined New York Voices Against Gun Violence and a broad, newly-formed coalition of advocates, victims, youth organizations, healthcare workers, unions, elected officials, faith leaders and artists in a rally last Thursday, March 21, to promote the NY SAFE Act as a model for legislation at the federal