Archive for August, 2008
Gustav’s 1st Victim is the RNC
John McCain has all but canceled tomorrow’s first night of the Republican National conference due to the expected severity of Hurricane Gustav’s arrival along the Gulf Coast. “This is a duration when we have to do absent with our party politics and we have to act as Americans.” Earlier in the da…
Trespasser Tries to Zap Amtrak Back with Lawsuit
An Astoria man is suing Amtrak considering they “should have known that public trespassed” in the area of a Boston station where he was severely electrocuted two years ago. After a night of drinking in July 2006, 25-year-old Brian Hopkins went down to Boston’s South Station at 2 a.m. after telli…
The Curious Case of the 23rd Card in a Series of 22
The 1977 Yankee season has been not only written about, but plus had an ESPN mini-series made about it. Many of its stories are well known, but there is a strange tale from the season that few know about. Well, unless you collected baseball cards.
In 1977, Burger King restaurants in the Tri-S…
Elsewhere Around the ist-a-verse
Photo of Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty waving the American flag toward the end of Obama’s speech by DCist’s Sommer Mathis
DCist reported habitable from the Democratic National Convention.SFist captured all of the tragic glamor and NSFW-ness as Trannyshack, San Francisco’s longest-running …
Get Ready for the West Indian American Day Parade
Tomorrow is the annual West Indian American Day Carnival and Parade, which goes from Eastern Parkway and Utica Ave. to Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. The parade, which attracts millions of humans, features floats, dancers and bands that celebrate the cultures of the Caribbean. The festivities …
Metrocards Are Easily Transferable Into Memorabilia
The NY Times has an exposition about a growing number of public who hold onto Metrocards as collectible “miniature works of art.” The swipe card-collecting community has formed its own Yahoo! group (60 deep!) and hunts down cards on eBay. A card with an “NYPD” stamp went for $520 and even an exp…
Making The shout: date For Change
A payroll of $209 million should at the very least guarantee that a team is in the thick of the playoff race until the very end, but barring a miracle run, the Yankees won’t be. While George Steinbrenner is no longer in charge, the failure of the 2008 Yankees demands someone to be held accoun…
Hotspot Delicatessen Finds Itself With a Leaky Roof
A resident who lives above the swank new NoLita restaurant Delicatessen has gotten so sick of the noise coming from the lounge below that they have begun urinating on its glass roof. Residents who habitable above the Lafayette Street nightspot that opened in July have filed many complaints that …
Hillary Remains as a Major Figure in the Election Cycle
Hillary Clinton renewed her sign for party unity behind Barack Obama during the Democrats weekly radio address yesterday. Clinton was asked to give the address following the Dems big week in Denver by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. She hit home stumping points for Barack about how his presid…
Hilary Remains as a Major Figure in the Election Cycle
Hillary Clinton renewed her sign for party unity behind Barack Obama during the Democrats weekly radio address yesterday. Clinton was asked to give the address following the Dems big week in Denver by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. She hit home stumping points for Barack about how his presid…
West Chelsea Underbelly Moves to Meatpacking District
The Daily News suggests that when it comes to drugs, drunks, and overall debauchery, it’s all happening in the Meatpacking District. With the NYPD’s crackdown of West Chelsea ever since notable, violent crimes, apparently the action has moved south. From the News: “One reporter was solicited …
Two Cases of Victims Murdered Inside Their Own Homes
Late final night a Queens man called police after discovering his parents, a couple in their 60s, who had both been fatally shot in the head inside their bedroom. Cops found no sign of forced entry and recovered a .38 at the apartment where Salvatore and Evelyn Rovino were murdered on 75th Stree…
Rep. Rangel’s Caribbean Casita
Ever since the NY Times reported that Representative Charles Rangel had four rent-stabilized apartments–three for living quarters and one for an office–his real estate holdings have been scrutinized. Now the NY Post puts a dozing Rangel on its cover for a story about his vacation property in …
