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Get Ready for nowadays’s July 4th Fireworks

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:30:00 +0000

Photograph of final year’s July 4th Fireworks by TomVu on Flickr

The annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks extravaganza is the tremendous display that everyone looks forward to. With by 35,000 shells (which means an average of 1,100 shells per minute during the program), it’s the largest firewor…

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Last Night’s Action: So Much for the Wakeup

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:01:00 +0000

Red Sox 7, Yankees 0: whether Derek Jeter hadn’t made an error that led to two unearned runs being scored in the top of the first, the Yankees still would have lost. That’s considering the bats, which looked so lively against the Rangers on Wednesday, did nothing against Boston’s Jon Lester on …

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Imperioli Back to Small Screen in Life on Mars

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:26:00 +0000

Since the end of The Sopranos, actor Michael Imperioli has kept engaged running his Off Broadway theater Studio Dante and working on his directorial debut, an indie feature called The Hungry Ghosts, which he additionally wrote. Now he’ll be joining the cast of ABC sci-fi detective series Life on M…

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When City Electronics Malfunction

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:10:00 +0000

Photo via d.billy’s flickr.

Not too towering ago there was a behind the scenes glimpse of the Times Square billboards that light up the “Crossroads of the World” day in and day out. Now it looks like the old fashioned painted ads are more dependable, as AndIAmNotLying points out a glitch from f…

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Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Championship Contests Weigh In, Size Each Other Up

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:46:00 +0000

Tomorrow’s big showdown is set, with reigning Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Champions Joey Chestnut facing off against six-time champ Takeru Kobayashi in the battle of who can devour-and keep down-more hot dogs in 10 minutes. The two, along with other contestants, were weighed in nowadays. Kobaya…

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EaterWire: Rockets’ Red Glare Etc. Edition

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:01:00 +0000

CHINATOWN—From a tipster, a little holiday weekend DOH action: “FYI: on my way to work I discovered that Chinatown dim sum mainstay, Chatham Square Restaurant, doors were locked and marked by the dreaded agency of Health yellow sticker. I quietly weep my way to work without my daily pork …

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EaterWire: Rockets’ Red Glare Edition

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:01:00 +0000

CHINATOWN—From a tipster, a little holiday weekend DOH action: “FYI: on my way to work I discovered that Chinatown dim sum mainstay, Chatham Square Restaurant, doors were locked and marked by the dreaded department of Health yellow sticker. I quietly weep my way to work without my daily p…

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Rachael Ray Show Employee Suing for Discrimination

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:50:00 +0000

You may have already learned, with equal parts dread and anticipation, that TV personality and terrorist-scarf-wearer Rachael Ray is writing a memoir. Working title: EVOhno. besides, now it looks like she’ll have to add another chapter about eating disorders and workplace sensitivity, as an anorex…

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Independence Daze #4: Your faraway weekend wouldn’t really be…

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:38:00 +0000

Your expanded weekend wouldn’t really be total without that news. Thank us later. [DazeWire]

Original post by Lockhart

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Hedge Fund Swindler Actually Did Attempt Suicide

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:31:00 +0000

Samuel Israel, the hedge fund founder who went on the lam the day he was supposed to start a 20-year prison sentence, told a judge he did try to kill himself two days ago. WCBS 2 reports that during that morning’s hearing in a Manhattan federal court, Israel claimed “he swallowed 175 morphine pills…

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