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Inside 'The Magic Circle,' a fictional game blurs reality and ritual
Muriel Spark understood better than most novelists the peculiar fascination of hermetic worlds. She set "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" in a Scottish girls day school, "The Abbess of Crewe" in a convent run like the C.I.A. and her last novel, "The...Tags: Columbia University, Literature, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Authors
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The Device Will Tell You Everything About NYC, But Will People Use It?
PIX11.com | @jamesfordtvCity Hall hailed it as a great new way for people to get information on New York City streets while at the same time reviving a neglected street-level resource. Now that the city's first on-the-sidewalk touch screen information kiosk is up and running,...Tags: Science and Technology, Lifestyle and Leisure, New York City, Technology, Tour Operations Industry
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Film review: Plot isn't the point in 'Premium Rush'
Early on in “Premium Rush,” our hero — Wilee (Joseph-Gordon Levitt), the fastest bike messenger in New York — is accosted by a nicely dressed but thuggish man (Michael Shannon), who identifies himself as Forrest J. Ackerman...
Tags: Michael Shannon, David Koepp, Entertainment, Tom Tykwer, Dania Ramirez
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Don't possess this box
Lawless If you're looking for moonshine, the place to start is in the foothills of south central and southwest Virginia. As the new movie “Lawless” makes clear, 'shine was never a passing fancy among the folk there. It's a tradition that goes back...Tags: Joel Edgerton, Quentin Tarantino, Madison Davenport, Zach Galifianakis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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Suspect Sought In Triple Shooting Near Columbia University [PHOTO]
pix11.com | @jaydownycDecades ago, before the age of surveillance cameras at every turn -- this unidentified suspect may have been able to flee the scene of a triple shooting undetected. But he was caught by one of the many electronic eyes near Columbia University - walking...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Drug Trafficking
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Start the Presses: Memories of New York
Anniversaries are strange. At once vitally important and arbitrary, they purport only to mark time, but immobility bind us to our past. With that in mind, I want to share a piece I wrote in New York on the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, New York City, Journalism, African Americans, Manhattan (New York City)
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Suspect In Triple Homicide Near Columbia University Arraigned
pix11.comThe suspect in the execution-style, triple murder that took place a few weeks ago, a stone's throw from Columbia University in Morningside Heights, was arraigned Sunday. Cops arrested Roberto Nunez, 30, Saturday around 8 a.m., just as he was about to...Tags: Theft, Health, Interior Policy, Raymond W. Kelly, Murder
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1 Killed, 2 Critical After Columbia University Construction Site Collapse
A tragic construction site collapse has left one construction worker dead and two others injured in Morningside Heights, officials said.
According to authorities, the collapse happened at a building at the intersection of Broadway and West 131st Street,...Tags: Human Mishaps
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Sexual Predator Attacks Boy Walking To School
wpix.comPolice are asking for the public's help in locating a man who attempted to sexually assault a 13-year-old in Morningside Heights while the boy walked to school. The man reportedly walked up to the boy around 7:30 a.m. on December 23rd and befriended...Tags: WPIX, Juvenile Delinquency, Human Interest, Social Issues
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2 Men Wanted For Robbing Subway Restaurant In Upper West Side
PIX11.comPolice have released surveillance video of two men who robbed a Subway Restaurant in Morningside Heights. Cops say on Tuesday, February 22 at 10 p.m., the two armed suspects entered the sandwich shop located at 301 Cathedral Parkway. They demanded money...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Upper West Side, Crimes, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Grant's Tomb Restored Beautifully, Except For The Sidewalks
pix11.comMORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, NY (PIX11) -- The Morningside Heights tribute to 18th President Ulysses S. Grant, the man credited with ending slavery and the Civil War, is looking spectacular -- but not the conditions around it. The new sidewalk just in front...Tags: Travel, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure
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