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Carnegie Mellon Grad, Broadway Star Patina Miller Runs NYC Marathon Carnegie Mellon Grad, Broadway Star Patina Miller Runs NYC Marathon
Carnegie Mellon Grad, Broadway Star Patina Miller Runs NYC Marathon Another New York City marathon is under way, and Carnegie Mellon grad Patina Miller is among the nearly 50,000 runners — 16 of whom are celebs. The Grammy and Tony Award winning actress and singer signed up to run her second 26.2-mile TCS New York City Marathon Sunday, Nov. 5. As of 12:07 p.m., Miller was 19.5 miles in. Miller, 38, rose to fame alongside Deloris Van Cartier in the production of "Sister Act," for which she was nominated for Laurence Olivier and Tony awards.  She won her first Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her lead role in the 2013 Broadway rev…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jeff Bezos Blasts PA Professor Who Hoped Queen Elizabeth II's Death Was 'Excruciating' Jeff Bezos Blasts PA Professor Who Hoped Queen Elizabeth II's Death Was 'Excruciating'
Jeff Bezos Blasts PA Professor Who Hoped Queen Elizabeth II's Death Was 'Excruciating' Twitter has removed the tweet of a Carnegie Mellon professor after she wish Queen Elizabeth II "excruciating pain" while she was on her deathbed.  "I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating," Dr. Uju Anya, an associate professor of second language acquisition at the acclaimed Pittsburgh-based university tweeted on Thursday, September 8. The tweet was removed by Twitter for violating the platform's policies only after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos questioned the reason for Anya posting such a statement. "This is someone suppo…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Major NY Tech Company Founder Who Flew Flight With Shatner One Of Two Killed In NJ Plane Crash Major NY Tech Company Founder Who Flew Flight With Shatner One Of Two Killed In NJ Plane Crash
Major NY Tech Company Founder Who Flew Flight With Shatner One Of Two Killed In NJ Plane Crash A major New York tech company founder who blasted into space with actor William Shatner last month was aboard a small plane that crashed in Sussex County, killing him and a local flight instructor, authorities confirmed Friday. Glen M. de Vries, 49, of New York, NY, and Thomas P. Fisher, 54, of the Jefferson portion of Lake Hopatcong, were both aboard the single-engine Cessna 172 that crashed in a wooded area of a state park near Lake Kemah around 4 p.m. Thursday, according to New Jersey State Police spokeswoman Brandi Slota and the FAA. ALSO SEE: Pair Killed In NJ Plane Crash Mourned A…

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by Cecilia Levine & Jerry DeMarco