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Even before the New York State Thruway was built, there was the Red Apple Rest on Route 17 in the Hamlet of Southfields in the Town of Tuxedo. People who remember the iconic restaurant in its heyday stopped by the iconic site to watch the symbolic end of an era, as a portion of the old 1930's restaurant was torn down. "Every time we'd be out doing our thing back in the day, this was our stopping hole to eat," says Morgan Grant, from Suffern. The Orange County landmark was once a thriving business that put the hamlet on the...

Dubbed the “goth home” by Twitter user Zillow Gone Wild, this single-family dwelling stands out by being so dark. But after installing a new all-black shingle roof, Goodman went a step further and had the entire exterior redone with black gutters and matching vinyl siding. Goodman loved the look so much he took a page from Mick Jagger’s playbook and said “paint it black” for the interior.

A gay student in Louisiana says she is going to skip her prom because the school principal won’t let her wear a tuxedo. Claudettia Love is a senior and one of the top students at Carroll High in Monroe. She says she was planning on going to the prom with a group of friends, but now they are staying away because of the policy. …

Man, 22, brain dead after alleged beating by 12 in matching red tuxedoes August 24, 2009 11:23 AM By John R. Ellement and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff A 22-year-old man is brain dead but being kept alive by life support machines today after a vicious beating last week outside a Back Bay nightclub allegedly at the hands of 12 men in matching red tuxedoes.

Jury indicts 2 in scheme to slay 88 BY JOHN KRUPA Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2008 A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted an Arkansas man and his Internet friend for plotting to launch a racially fueled killing rampage that also called for the assassination of Barack Obama. The seven counts of federal law violations are: conspiracy to rob a federal firearms licensee; conspiracy to transport and the transportation of a firearm across state lines; conspiracy to transport and the transportation of a short-barreled shotgun across state lines; possession of a short-barreled shotgun; and making a threat against a...

Paleontologist Dr. Julia Clarke, assistant professor of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences at NC State with appointments at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and the American Museum of Natural History, and colleagues studied two newly discovered extinct species of penguins. Peruvian paleontologists discovered the new penguins’ sites in 2005. The research is published online the week of June in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It was funded by the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering and the National Geographic Society. The first of the new species, Icadyptes salasi, stood 5 feet tall and...

President and Mrs. Bush attended a Gala at Ford’s Theatre after spending the weekend at Camp David. Upon hearing of the arrest of al-Qaeda mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Pakistan yesterday, the President’s response was “Fantastic!” Enjoy your special Sunday edition Daily Dose of Dubya!!