House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in NJ may be moved due to flooding

APThe Bachman-Wilson house, designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright, in Millstone, NJMILLSTONE, NJ — Some say it's a work of art — one of the many gems of the Garden State.Designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1950s, the house, which sits along the Millstone River in Somerset County, features the legendary architect's floor-to-ceiling windows...

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Conn. Dem disgrace: Call for resignation after pol tells girl, 17, 'I got a snake sitting under my desk here'

HARTFORD, Conn. — The chairman of Connecticut's Republican Party is calling for a Democratic state lawmaker to resign over what was taken as a lewd remark to a teenage girl.State Rep. Ernest Hewett already has been stripped of his leadership title for the reference he made to "a snake" under his desk at last week's budget hearing. He has said his remark...

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Feds hunt for 3 LI sex offenders gone missing after Hurricane Sandy

US Marshals are searching for several Suffolk County sex offenders who disappeared after Hurricane Sandy.The federal law-enforcement agency launched Operation Shore Restore in December to track down offenders who were displaced during the superstorm, authorities said.“These local agencies during the Hurricane were pretty taxed,” said Charlie Dunne, the...

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Veteran journalist Bob Woodward slams Obama's budget cut 'madness'

Journalist Bob Woodward on Wednesday criticized Barack Obama's handling of the automatic U.S. budget cuts set to take effect this week, calling the president's decision to hold back on military deployments "madness."His comments continued what has become a running dispute between Woodward, perhaps the country's best-known print journalist, and the Democratic...

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Contractor at Sandy damaged school swiped iMacs

A contractor who was supposed to be doing emergency repairs at a Queens school damaged by Hurricane Sandy instead helped himself to two desktop computers, police officials said yesterday.Iannelli Construction worker Kevin Smith, 43, was arrested today for the alleged November theft of two iMacs from a classroom at Scholar’s Academy in Rockaway Park.He was...

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Macy’s CEO ‘hung up’ on Martha Stewart betrayal

Macy’s CEO Terry Lundgren testified he was so shocked when Martha Stewart called him to break the news she had a secret deal with JCPenney that he hung up on her.“I don’t remember hanging up on anyone in my life, “ Lundgren testified during a Manhattan Supreme Court trial over her pact with Penney. “That’s how frustrated I was with Martha Stewart on that...

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Man commits suicide by leaping in front of Manhattan subway train

G.N.Miller/New York PostA train at the Manhattan subway stop where a man jumped to his death today. A suicidal man died after jumping in front of a subway train in Manhattan this morning, police said.The unidentified victim was near the edge of the platform at Eighth Avenue and West 23rd Street in Chelsea around 9:30 a.m. as the E train neared the station,...

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Upper East Siders boo Christine Quinn over waste transfer station support at mayoral forum

They trashed her!Upper East Siders opposed to the construction of a waste transfer station in their neighborhood booed City Council Speaker Christine Quinn at a mayoral forum today for her continued support of a controversial project that would send garbage trucks rumbling throughout posh area streets.“I am not changing my position on the [marine transfer...

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Man pleads guilty to smuggling military-grade sniper scopes

A man pleaded guilty today to illegally trying to smuggle restricted military-grade night-vision sniper scopes out of the US to Ukraine.Volodymyr Ponomarenko was charged in Brooklyn federal court with attempting to ship the high-tech devices overseas without a Customs export license that is required to transport restricted technology out of the country.US...

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Biden tries to rally support for gun control in Conn. speech

DANBURY, Conn. — Vice President Joe Biden is trying to rally support for the administration's proposals to curb gun violence, saying there will be a moral price to pay for inaction.Biden is speaking Thursday at a conference in Danbury, Conn., just a few miles from the scene of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. He says that America has changed its views of gun control since the Dec. 14...

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'Blade Runner' wanted to build an arsenal: report

JOHANNESBURG — Oscar Pistorius applied for firearm licenses for six more guns weeks before the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp inside his house on Feb. 14, according to official records obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.The applications were made on Jan. 22, just over three weeks before Pistorius shot his girlfriend dead in his...

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Nut job nabbed stealing 75lbs of almonds

A nut job tried to run away with 75 pounds of almonds in Brooklyn -- but he dropped them during his getaway and ended up getting busted by the Williamsburg Shomrim Patrol, law-enforcement sources said.Juan Ayala, 35, allegedly grabbed three 25-pound cardboard boxes of the nuts from a parked delivery van in Williamsburg on South 8th Street near Bedford Avenue...

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Channel 2 anchor arrested for allegedly choking wife

Channel 2 news anchor Rob Morrison allegedly choked his co-worker wife and yelled threats at her even as cops were arresting him, according to published reports today. Darien cops were called by the mom of Ashley Morrison at 1:30 a.m. Sunday reporting a fight at her daughter’s home, according to the Darien Times newspaper. When officers arrived they saw red marks on Ashley’s neck and she told police...

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White House calls draft immigration plan a backup; it would let undocumented become citizens in 8 years

WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats alike on Sunday predicted President Barack Obama would fail if he pushed forward with his own effort to overhaul the nation's immigration system and urged the administration to hold off while lawmakers work on a bipartisan measure.Republican Sen. John McCain predicted the administration's efforts would come up short...

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Nurse aide slapped with charges for 'abusing' elderly Bronx patient

A cold-hearted Bronx nurse aide was arrested after she was caught on video abusing an elderly patient with Alzeheimer’s, authorities said. Sandra Kerr, 55, was caught on camera at work hitting the woman twice in her side on Sep. 14 at the Gold Crest Care Center in Pelham Gardens, according to Attorney General Eric. T. Schneiderman. The victim’s granddaughter...

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Congressman reveals he was tweeting secret daughter - not mistress - during State of the Union

Tennessee Congressman Steven Cohen yesterday revealed he’s the father of a 24-year-old love child, after what appeared to be a flirtatious Twitter exchange with a pretty Texas bikini model during the State of the Union. “There has been much written and said about my tweeting a very beautiful 24-year-old woman during the State of the Union address,” Cohen,...

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Sen. Lautenberg not seeking re-election in NJ

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg has announced he will not seek re-election.Newark Mayor Cory Booker, also a Democrat, previously announced his plans to seek Lautenberg’s seat instead of challenging Republican Gov. Chris Christie, as many Democrats hoped he would. Broadcast newsman Geraldo Rivera has also said he’s contemplating a run for the...

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Texas teacher suspended after lassoing student in class

He’d get an A for stupidity. A Texas history teacher has been suspended after lassoing a student during class, leaving the teen with bruises and rope marks around his neck.The 7th grade teacher at Schrade Middle School in Rowlett, Texas, was trying to teach lasso techniques cowboys used in cattle drives, according to ABC affiliate Houston News8.Then he...

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Pregnant Kate Middleton caught in teeny bikini

Kate Middleton was caught flashing her bikini baby bump! An Italian magazine is poised to publish photos of the princess in a royal blue two-piece, showing just the slightest sign of her pregnancy.The Chi magazine pictures were snapped during a recent vacation in the secluded Caribbean isle of Mustique. Middleton’s bump can only be seen when she’s shot...

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eMarketer sees new home in 11 Times Square

The bright lights of 11 Times Square will soon shine brighter, thanks to four new office and retail leases at the striking new tower at Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street.On the office side, eMarketer, the leading provider of data on digital marketing and media, is moving from downtown. The deal for 53,573 square feet – not yet signed, but likely to be...

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