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New home sales rise 2.3 percent in April

...evidence of a rebounding national housing market," said John Tashjian, an executive with Centurian Real Estate Partners in New York City. "Over the past 18 months we have seen housing pull itself off the mat and spring back to life."Sales of new homes...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-23/new-home-sales-rise-23-per
LeBron James, Kobe Bryant head All-NBA first team

NEW YORK - LeBron James was a unanimous pick for the All-NBA team and Kobe Bryant earned his record-tying 11th first-team selection...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nba/2013-05-23/lebron-james-kobe-bryant-head
NHL's best team on brink of elimination

...Chicago.RANGERS 4, BRUINS 3 (OT)In New York, Chris Kreider steered in a pass from...playoffs with a victory over Boston.New York, which erased 2-0 and 3-2 deficits...on the power play. Carl Hagelin netted New York's first goal of the game in the second...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/2013-05-23/nhls-best-team-brink-elimi
S.C. gets money from bank in settlement

...negotiated through the state treasurer's office awards the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. a new contract as the holding bank and securities...overly invested.The settlement specifies that the Bank of New York will meet with the investment commission to sell them on HedgeMark's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-23/sc-gets-money-bank-settlement
Girl Most Likely

Opens Friday, Jul 19, 2013 Synopsis: Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman's comedy stars Kristen Wiig as the title character, a quirky, once-promising playwright living in New York who fakes a suicide attempt in order to get the attention of her ex-boyfriend. She winds up in the care of her New Jersey mother (Annette Bening), a widower currently shacked up with an oddball boyfriend (Matt Dillon) who claims to be a CIA agent. Imogene reconnects with her mollusk-obsessed brother, and clashes with a boarder who is living in her old room. However, when she discovers a secret her mother has been keeping from her, she travels back to the Big Apple to confront her past. Girl Most Likely (aka Imogene) screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi Cast: Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening, Darren Criss, Matt Dillon, Christopher Fitzgerald Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

Blue Jasmine

Opens Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 Synopsis: Woody Allen returns to the U.S with this comedy set in New York and San Francisco. Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Louis C.K., Andrew Dice Clay, and Sally Hawkins head up the ensemble cast. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi Cast: Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Louis C.K., Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Michael Emerson, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard Movie Details Buy Tickets Movie Review

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Opens Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 Synopsis: New York City teen Clary Fray (Lily Collins) learns that she is descended from a noble line of half-angel demon slayers known as the Shadowhunters, and joins their powerful ranks in a bid to rescue her missing mother (Lena Headey) from an alternate dimension known as the Downworld, where the terrifying creatures of legend roam free. Adapted from the popular series of novels by author Cassandra Clare, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones co-stars Robert Maillet, Kevin Durand, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, CCH Pounder, and Jared Harris. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Lily Collins, Robert Maillet, Kevin Durand, Lena Headey, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

Black Nativity

Opens Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 Synopsis: Director Kasi Lemmons updates Langston Hughes' acclaimed play for the screen in this inspirational musical drama with a positive spiritual message. Langston (Jacob Latimore) is a street-smart Baltimore teen who lives with his single mother Naima (Jennifer Hudson). It's Christmas, and this year Jordan is traveling to New York City for a stay with his distant relatives Reverend Cornell (Forest Whitaker) and Aretha Cobbs (Angela Bassett). When Reverent Cornell's strict rules prove too oppressive for the rebellious teen to handle, however, Jordan decides he'd rather spend the holidays with his mother, and embarks on an eye-opening journey that teaches him the true importance of faith and family. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Movie Details Buy Tickets Movie Review

Iron Man 3

Now Playing Synopsis: Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) wrestles with inner demons while contending with monsters of his own creation in this sequel from writer\director Shane Black. The story in Iron Man 3 picks up shortly after the events of The Avengers. Having previously entered another dimension in order to save New York City, Tony remains deeply haunted by the experience. Unable to sleep, he throws himself into his work with such intensity that it begins to take a heavy toll on both his mental health and his relationship with Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow). Tony has only started to appreciate the gravity of his problems when an enigmatic terrorist named the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) hijacks the airwaves and threatens to bring America to its knees with a painful series of "lessons" that even President Ellis (William Sadler) won't be able to ignore. When Tony's former security guard Happy Hogan (Favreau) is badly injured in an explosion caused by one of the Mandarin's agents, the vengeful playboy issues a public threat that results in his home being completely destroyed in a devastating attack, leaving him to face his enemy with only one badly damaged prototype suit. Fortunately, Tony isn't on his own, and with the help of Col. James Rhodes (Don Cheadle) and a young boy named Harley (Ty Simpkins), he pieces together the mystery of the Mandarin, whose final "lesson" promises to be the most painful of all. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

The Great Gatsby (2013)

Now Playing Synopsis: An aspiring writer falls under the spell of an aloof millionaire with designs for the young scribe's unhappily married cousin in director Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's celebrated novel. It's the spring of 1922, and wide-eyed Midwesterner Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) has just moved to New York City in pursuit of the American Dream. Settling into a home next door to wealthy Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), Carraway grows increasingly fascinated by the elaborate parties held at his new neighbor's estate. Meanwhile, across the bay, Carraway's cousin Daisy (Carey Mulligan) flounders in her marriage to philandering aristocrat Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton). Inspired by the debauchery on display at Gatsby's wild parties and the lives of the wealthy elite, Carraway begins putting pen to paper as it gradually becomes clear that his cousin and the millionaire share a complicated romantic past that remains unresolved. Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, and Elizabeth Debicki co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, Joel Edgerton Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review