Posted by in New York on 09 3rd, 2010 | No Comments
Last Night’s Action: Yanks Sweep A’s
Last Night’s Action: Yanks Sweep A’s
Yankees 5, A’s 0: CC Sabathia had no trouble with the A’s. The Associated Press even posted a photo of the Yankees ace yawning in the dugout. He pitched eight innings of scoreless, one-hit ball before Jonathan Albaldejo finished the shutout. Curtis Granderson had two homers and Jorge Posada...
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Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
MTA Offers Plan For Hurricane Earl
MTA Offers Plan For Hurricane Earl
Photograph from reader Faith during the 2007 tornado The MTA just sent out its plan to deal with the possibility of transit issues related to Hurricane Earl. While Long Island would likely be harder hit than NYC—so there are LIRR service changes—the MTA is also inspecting drains in the subways...
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Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Paterson: Mosque Debate Has Bigots, Racists, Sane People
Paterson: Mosque Debate Has Bigots, Racists, Sane People
From a rally at City Hall yesterday (Mary Altaffer/AP) Governor Paterson discussed the Park 51 mosque and community center project on the radio today. Paterson, who was has previously offered to f ind a location other than 45-47 Park Place (two blocks from Ground Zero), told John Gambling on WOR that...
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Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Hundreds of Neglected Animals Found In Two NY Homes
Hundreds of Neglected Animals Found In Two NY Homes
Marie Castaldo In two separate discoveries recently, nearly 200 abused, dead and neglected animals were discovered in New York. At one home on Long Island, the final count of came to 114 dogs, an emaciated pony, three goats, one cat and 11 additional, but deceased dogs (found in the kitchen sink and...
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Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Boobs Are "Like Two Bad Kids"
Boobs Are "Like Two Bad Kids"
The NY Times has at least two stories about bras today. There’s a Styles section piece on small breasted-women feeling empowered while the New York section has an interview with bra store owner Linda Becker, who says of breasts’ changing nature, “All through life your breasts change....
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Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
The Onion Sums Up Summer In the City
The Onion Sums Up Summer In the City
Photograph by Jim Kiernan At the end of a brutally hot summer filled with bedbugs , Mosque debates and cat fashion shows , The Onion reports that New Yorkers have finally realized that the city is “nothing more than a massive, trash-ridden hellhole that slowly sucks the life out of every one of...
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Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Indians Not A Fan of Governor Paterson These Days
Indians Not A Fan of Governor Paterson These Days
Photograph of a Cattaraugus Indian Reservation protest of the proposed New York state cigarette tax to non-Native American consumers in Irving, N.Y. by Don Heupel/AP Indians in New York, upset with Governor Paterson’s attempt to tax cigarettes on Indian reservation, held protests and rallies yesterday....
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Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Prospect Park’s Latest Threat: Balloon Gangs
Prospect Park’s Latest Threat: Balloon Gangs
Photo via Bluejake Spoiler alert: there are no winners in this story. According to a FIPS tipster, there are rogue balloon gangs invading Prospect Park, in which children are shooting long balloons off into the air and annoying fun-hating grown-ups. (Hey, whatever keeps them out of the bars .) The tipster...
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Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
The Sweaty, Sticky Subway Is Also The B.O. Zone
The Sweaty, Sticky Subway Is Also The B.O. Zone
          After shuffling from a miserably hot and stuffy subway platform and onto a thankfully air-conditioned subway car, we noticed these ads warning straphangers that we were entering “The B.O. Zone.” No kidding—this third heat wave stinks! The ads, which...
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Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Severely Malnourished Girl Found Dead in Bushwick
Severely Malnourished Girl Found Dead in Bushwick
Police discovered the body of a 4-year-old girl weighing only 15 pounds this morning in Brooklyn. Apparently Marchella Pierce’s arms and legs were tied to her crib with twine and a jump rope; cops are questioning the mother, 30-year-old Carlola Pierce, who said she found Marchella’s lifeless,...
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