Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Espada Jumps On "Stop The Sag" Bandwagon
Espada Jumps On "Stop The Sag" Bandwagon
Where to begin? A State Senator who threw Albany into gridlock for over a month last year, allegedly looted $14 million from his healthcare non-profit, threatened a 70-something blogger , and supposedly stiffed the tailor who makes his $1,200 suits is now telling youths to raise their image by raising...
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Trend Alert: Flirting With Silly Bandz
Trend Alert: Flirting With Silly Bandz
Ladies: avoid the crab band There is something slightly disturbing about grown women doling out rubber bracelets meant for children—especially since it’s in an effort to get laid. Today the Daily News reports on the latest cheesy pick-up line: Silly Bandz . One woman admitted to the paper...
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Funeral For Girl Who Died Of Asthma Attack
Funeral For Girl Who Died Of Asthma Attack
(NY1) Yesterday, the funeral for 11-year-old Briana Ojeda was held in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and a horse-drawn carriage—escorted by police— brought the child’s body to the St. Xavier Church . Ojeda died last after suffering an asthma attack at a playground, and her parents have claimed...
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Fort Greene Drama: Cat In A Tree!
Fort Greene Drama: Cat In A Tree!
The Daily News has a crazy detailed video documenting every event unfolding around a cat that was stuck in a tree in Fort Greene earlier this week. It’s very Bart’s People ! Basically, “area woman” is slowly being driven mad by “area stray cat” that is stuck in a...
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"Drunk" Lost Painting Lawsuit Dropped
"Drunk" Lost Painting Lawsuit Dropped
Missing painting, and Thomas Doyle’s mugshot Looks like we’ve got a nice art caper on our hands! That lawsuit that was just filed against an art courier, who claimed to have lost a $1.35MM painting after a bender, has been dropped. The majority owner of the painting, Kristyn Trudgeon, was...
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Posted by in New York on 09 1st, 2010 | No Comments
Convicted Politicians Still Getting Pensions
Convicted Politicians Still Getting Pensions
Former State Sen. Guy Velella What do former politicians Alan Hevesi , Joe Bruno , Guy Velella and Clarence Norman have in common, besides convictions of criminal charges? They’re all still receiving taxpayer-funded pensions worth tens of thousands of dollars a year! The Daily News reports that...
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Man Blames Boozy Bender On Losing $1.35MM Painting
Man Blames Boozy Bender On Losing $1.35MM Painting
A Manhattan man, hired by two old friends to assist in the sale of a painting, is now being sued for losing the Jean Baptiste Camille Corot masterpiece, which is valued at $1.35 million. According to the Daily News James Haggerty was entrusted with the painting by its owners, Kristyn Trudgeon and Tom...
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Singer Accuses NYC Hotel Bed Bugs Of Vicious Attack
Singer Accuses NYC Hotel Bed Bugs Of Vicious Attack
Bed bug, meet Lauren Hildebrandt. Have you heard of Lauren Hildebrandt ? Well, she’s a pop singer, according to USA Today , and she was apparently bit by a bed bug in a “unidentified luxury hotel…in New York City’s Union Square neighborhood.” Hildebrandt will not identify...
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Hairdresser Claims Artist’s Monkey Attacked Her
Hairdresser Claims Artist’s Monkey Attacked Her
Parvin Hajihossini A Queens hairdresser was the victim of too much monkey business when the beloved pet monkey of a famed artist and hotelier attacked her. Parvin Hajihossini, 53, is suing the owner of the Kaaterskill lodge in Catskill, NY, Allen Hirsch , the artist who painted Bill Clinton’s...
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Two Tribes Saved From Paying Cigarette Taxes…For Now
Two Tribes Saved From Paying Cigarette Taxes…For Now
Throwing a wrench in Governor Paterson’s plan to collect cigarette taxes on cigarettes from Indian Tribes starting today , a Buffalo judge ruled yesterday that the Seneca and Cayuga tribes would not have to pay cigarette sales taxes for at least two weeks. But that doesn’t mean all tribes...
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