Pacers knock out Knicks in six

Japan Times - Sunday 19th May, 2013

On to the next one: The Pacers' David West (right) vies for a loose ball against Knicks guard Raymond Felton during Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Saturday in Indianapolis. The Pacers won 106-99 to win the series 4-2. | ...

Pacers hold off Knicks to reach Eastern finals

Global Times - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Roy Hibbert (left) of the Indiana Pacers goes to the basket during game six of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers on Saturday. Photo: CFP Lance Stephenson scored a career playoff-high 25 points on Saturday to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 106-99 victory over the New York Knicks and into the NBA Eastern Conference finals.The Pacers withstood 39 ...

Gillibrand Announces Legislation To Ease Student Loan Burdens

CBS 2 - Sunday 19th May, 2013

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has proposed new legislation to ease the burden for students who have taken out loans to pay for their education. Gillibrand announced Sunday morning new legislation that would allow student borrowers currently repaying their federal student loans to refinance at a lower interest rate. The Federal Student Loan Refinancing ...

Wrecked Metro-North Trains To Be Removed From Connecticut Tracks

CBS 2 - Sunday 19th May, 2013

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The wrecked Metro-North trains from the accident last week that left dozens of people injured were set to be removed from the tracks in Connecticut Sunday. The trains were to be removed at some point in the day Sunday, according to Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman Aaron ...

Shooting of gay man in New York was a hate crime police say

The Guardian - Sunday 19th May, 2013

New York 's historic Stonewall Inn was a hate crime and could be linked to a rash of recent homophobic attacks, police said.Before opening fire early Saturday, the gunman confronted the victim and his companion in Greenwich Village, yelling: "What are you, gay wrestlers?". The suspect then asked if the pair "want to die here" before shooting victim Marc Carson in the ...

Pacers beat Knicks to join Heat in Eastern Finals

Orlando Sentinel - Sunday 19th May, 2013

New York Knicks in six games with a 106-99 victory on Saturday. The Pacers thrilled their home crowd with the win to take the seven game series 4-2 and advance to the finals for the first time in nine years to take on the NBA champion Heat ...

NYPD hunts gunman in fatal bus shooting

Middle East Times - Sunday 19th May, 2013

New York police said they were looking for an unidentified gunman who shot and killed a teenage girl Saturday as she boarded a city bus in Queens. The 14-year-old victim was on her way home from a birthday party at a neighborhood club when someone on the sidewalk opened fire on the bus at a stop in the Jamaica section of the borough. The girl, whose name was not released, was struck in the ...

On Basketball Latest Knicks Failure Has Its Roots at the Top

New York Times - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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Trains damaged in Conn. Metro-North crash being removed from tracks Monday morning rush-hour plans to be announced later today

New York Post - Sunday 19th May, 2013

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - The transit agency that runs the Metro-North commuter rail line says trains damaged in a Friday crash in Connecticut are being removed in the first step to making repairs and restoring service.Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, says the trains will be removed Sunday. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating, gave ...

Sen. Gillibrand proposing new legislation to ease student-loan burden

New York Post - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is proposing new legislation to ease the burden for students who have borrowed to pay for their education.The New York Democrat will announce Sunday morning new legislation that would allow student borrowers currently repaying their federal student loans to refinance at a lower interest rate.The Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act would enable students and graduates who ...

Cyclist Struck Killed By Livery Cab In Brooklyn

CBS 2 - Sunday 19th May, 2013

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A man on a bicycle was struck and killed early Sunday near Prospect Park in Brooklyn. The accident happened around 1:15 a.m. on Eastern Parkway, between Underhill and Washington avenues, police said. The man had been cycling east along Eastern Parkway when he was struck by a livery cab headed in the same direction, police ...

Girl 14 Shot And Killed On Bus In Queens

CBS 2 - Sunday 19th May, 2013

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The hunt was on Sunday morning for a gunman who shot and killed a 14-year-old girl on a city bus in Queens. As 1010 WINS' Glenn Schuck reported, a group of young people had just boarded the Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus at 150th Street and Rockaway Boulevard in South Jamaica around 9 p.m. Saturday, including Daja Robinson, ...

R.A. Dickey Blue Jays look to avoid sweep in New York

CBC News - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Yankee Stadium continues to be a source of disappointment for the Toronto Blue Jays. The New York Yankees can claim their second home sweep of Toronto this season Sunday when CC Sabathia squares off against R.A. Dickey. The Blue Jays came into the series winners of four in a row and seven of 10 after starting 10-21. But the Yankees have outscored Toronto 12-2 in winning the first two games of ...

Greg Cote Knicks would have been spicier matchup for Miami Heat

Boston Herald - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Miami Heat players have been steadfastly neutral in claiming no preference as they waited for Indiana and New York to figure out which would play the underdog in the NBA’s upcoming Eastern Conference finals. Confident champions do not deign to worry about who’s next; they leave the worrying to opponents. The lion who runs the jungle does not much care if he is feasting on zebra or ...

Politicians furious over Bronx bus companys Ghetto tour

New York Post - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Tourists are crowding onto a Bronx bus tour that promises "a ride through a real New York City ‘GHETTO’ " - and local politicians are furious.Three times a week, Real Bronx Tours takes riders - mainly white Europeans and Australians - on a trip that includes stops at food-pantry lines and a "pickpocket" park.Last week, on the first stop of the $45 tour, guide Lynn ...

Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York

NPR - Sunday 19th May, 2013

this video . "It's very clear that's how they were meant to be seen," Brown says. "They were a source of amusement or entertainment, because there was this element of surprise." That they also often feature an element of fruits, berries or other foods is partly a reflection of the Renaissance blossoming of natural sciences, like botany. "At a distance, they ...

Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In Tampa Bay Suburb

CBS 2 - Sunday 19th May, 2013

ZEPHYRILLIS, Fla. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Someone in Florida has struck it very rich, as a Powerball ticket worth a record $590.5 million was sold at a grocery store in a Tampa Bay area suburb. The lone winning ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla., according to Florida Lottery executive Cindy O’Connell. She told The Associated Press by telephone that more details ...

Sad Graduation Day At Hofstra Following Student’s Death In Home Invasion

CBS 2 - Sunday 19th May, 2013

EAST GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Graduation day was bittersweet for students at Hofstra University Sunday, as students carried heavy hearts for a classmate who was shot and killed in a violent home invasion. As CBS 2's Janelle Burrell reported, the campus community has also learned some difficult news that the parents of victim Andrea Rebello, 21, was killed not by a bullet ...

Hostage victim mistakenly killed by police in Hempstead N.Y.

Middle East Times - Sunday 19th May, 2013

A Hempstead, N.Y., police officer shot and killed a 21-year-old Hofstra University student while aiming for the man holding her hostage, officials said. Dalton Smith, 30, of Hempstead, N.Y., forced his way into the home of Andrea Rebello and her twin sister, Jessica, Friday in an apparent robbery attempt, Nassau County police said. A person who was in the home at the time of the robbery ...

Game of bones Brooklyn bar hosting contest to find NYs smallest scepter

New York Post - Sunday 19th May, 2013

This could be some stiff competition! A Brooklyn bar is hosting a contest to find the smallest endowment in New York - giving men used to coming up short a chance to rise to the occasion. Kings County Bar in Bushwick is already signing up members for the inaugural contest, set for July 20."The little guy needs to be celebrated," said bar manager Aimee Arciuolo, 33, who’s behind ...

Albany corruption has cost NY taxpayers at least $49710630.64

New York Post - Sunday 19th May, 2013

These crooks cost us a fortune.Shady politicians and their backroom deals cost taxpayers at least $49,710,630.64 - enough cash to build two schools, bankroll the New York Islanders or pay for 100 new fire trucks - according to a Post analysis of documents relating to 15 city and state officials who’ve been jailed, indicted, censured or lost re-election bids under a cloud of suspicion since ...

Secret drug shame of Mets star Doc Gooden

New York Post - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Few athletes have risen so far, so fast and fallen so hard as Dwight "Doc" Gooden. The New York Mets wunderkind debuted in 1984 as a 19-year-old - his sizzling fastball and ungodly curve packing stadiums across the country. By 1986, he and the boozing, brawling Mets dominated baseball, snatching a miracle come-from-behind victory over the Boston Red Sox in the World Series. But what ...