Posted by in New York on 08 31st, 2010 | No Comments
Clemens Jolly, Despite Mounting Evidence
Clemens Jolly, Despite Mounting Evidence
Roger Clemens isn’t having a particularly good day, although he doesn’t seem to realize it: he pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of lying under oath to Congress about using human growth hormone, and was quickly eviscerated by the local papers. The Daily News calls him out for blissfully...
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Posted by in New York on 08 31st, 2010 | No Comments
Dead Man’s Memento: Bag Of Ground Zero Dust
Dead Man’s Memento: Bag Of Ground Zero Dust
While looking through her dead ex-boyfriend’s van, a Brooklyn woman found some odd items. According to the Daily News , “Gary Louisa, who died last year of cancer at age 51, had hidden Ground Zero dust, a piece of a steel beam and bone fragments under the ragged driver’s seat of his...
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Posted by in New York on 08 30th, 2010 | No Comments
Entire Cast of Jersey Shore Sued
Entire Cast of Jersey Shore Sued
The kids of Jersey Shore are all being sued by a woman who says their security guards scarred her for life. According to court papers a woman known as J.P. had a run-in with Snooki (the same night this went down ), and now she’s got a gash on her chin thanks to four security guards who threw her...
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Posted by in New York on 08 30th, 2010 | No Comments
Paterson Signs "Bedbug Disclosure Act" Into Law
Paterson Signs "Bedbug Disclosure Act" Into Law
Rest well, residents of the #1 and/or #7 city for bed bugs , because Governor Paterson just signed a law that will help protect you from the critters. Or it just may make you want to move out altogether. The governor just signed New York State Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal’s “Bedbug...
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Posted by in New York on 08 30th, 2010 | No Comments
New Raccoon Legislation Proposed
New Raccoon Legislation Proposed
If you have a raccoon breaking in to your brownstone (like some folks in Park Slope ), then soon you may just be able to call on the city to take care of it. A new bill unveiled today by Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley places responsibility on the city to trap raccoons in the five boroughs. All a concerned...
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Posted by in New York on 08 27th, 2010 | No Comments
Underwear-Clad Models Roam SoHo
Underwear-Clad Models Roam SoHo
                            A group of models hit the streets of SoHo in their underwear yesterday , turning heads and cameras alike. They ran around the streets near Crosby St. and Broadway, jumping over and around boxes and crates,...
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Posted by in New York on 08 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Police Confused By Body-Stealing Grave Robbers
Police Confused By Body-Stealing Grave Robbers
Mattia and Stefano Filippazzo A family is devastated and police are utterly confused after grave robbers broke into a mausoleum, stealing the remains of a woman who died 12 years ago. Suffolk County police say Mattia Filippazzo’s body was removed from St. Charles Cemetery in East Farmingdale,...
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Posted by in New York on 08 25th, 2010 | No Comments
Some People Still Know When It’s Time To Get Divorced
Some People Still Know When It’s Time To Get Divorced
Some judges are now forcing straight couples to get divorced, but at least some have the good sense to know when to call it quits without a court order. Upper East Side residents Sandy and Brenda Frank have only been married for 8 months, but it sounds like more than enough time for both of them. The...
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Posted by in New York on 08 25th, 2010 | No Comments
Bicyclist On Life Support After Being Hit By Unlicensed Driver
Bicyclist On Life Support After Being Hit By Unlicensed Driver
Some more details on yesterday’s incident where an unlicensed driver struck a teenage bicyclist in the Bronx : The Daily News reports that 18-year-old Alprentice (A.J.) Gray Jr. is on life support at St. Barnabas Hospital—relatives say he is in a coma. Gray may have been trying to turn onto...
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Posted by in New York on 08 23rd, 2010 | No Comments
Sex Toy Sales On The Rise
Sex Toy Sales On The Rise
Photo by Jen Carlson/Gothamist While the prudes in Sheepshead Bay may want to torch the sex shop that recently moved into the neighborhood, other parts of New York City welcome sex toy purveyors with open arms (and legs). According to the Daily News : sex sells! Still! The paper notes that online sales...
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