When a single mother realized she had the winning ticket for a $13.5 million lottery, she just told her diary. Brooklyn resident Sharisee Frails told reporters , “I didn’t tell anybody initially — I simply just wrote it down in my secret diary.” [ more › ]
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Brooklyn Stroke Victim Wins $13.5 Million Lottery
After a six-and-a-half hour hearing, a NJ state Assembly committee approved legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry . The approval of the bill (which passed along party lines) sends it to the full Assembly for a vote on Feb. 16, and a potential showdown with Gov. Chris Christie , who has vowed to veto any gay marriage bill that passes his desk. But the most impressive, tear-filled moment of the day came when 15-year-old Madison Galluccio made an emotional plea on behalf of her two dads: [ more › ]
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Video: NJ Girl Makes Impassioned Plea To Let Her Gay Dads Marry
Gentlemen, optimize your search engines: The Super Bowl is just around the corner, and it’s time to open wide for some everything. In that spirit, here are the seven best temples to gridiron gluttony we found on the Internet today. Yeah, it’s a living. Future Americans will someday look back in wonder at this generation’s gift for celebrating exactly what makes us so grotesquely fat and repellent. Take a bite of that bologna, y’all, and throw the rest away! [ more › ]
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7 Best Football Stadiums Made Out Of Meat And Super Bowl Junk Food
In 1987, we saw the movie La Bamba on the big screen and spent the next week in tears. We even missed days of school. It was just so sad, even the Bob subplot— poor misunderstood drunk Bob ! Anyway, it was traumatizing, and as you all know the movie ended when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, as well as pilot Roger Peterson, die in a plane crash in 1959. That day famously became known as the Day The Music Died, and it happened 53 years ago today, on February 3rd. Why not visit P.J. Clarke’s to pay homage tonight? [ more › ]
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It’s The Day The Music Died, 53 Years Later
In an about-face no doubt fueled by the massive public relations mess , leading breast cancer charity The Susan G. Komen Foundation announced it would continue to funding programs at Planned Parenthood. In a statement today, founder Nancy Brinker said , “We will continue to fund existing grants, including those of Planned Parenthood, and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants, while maintaining the ability of our affiliates to make funding decisions that meet the needs of their communities.” [ more › ]
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BREAKING: After Growing Backlash, Komen Says It’ll Fund Planned Parenthood Again
Since today is the twelfth straight day of warmer than normal temperatures we’ve taken to enjoying winter vicariously. Blizzard conditions and up to two feet of snow are expected to fall on Denver and eastern Colorado today. Here in New York we should see lots of sun early on and maybe a few clouds invading late this afternoon. With a high of 45 degrees it won’t be as warm as the past few days. [ more › ]
Mayor Bloomberg seemed less ominous than recent years in announcing his $68.7 billion preliminary budget for the 2013 Fiscal Year yesterday, which is balanced as required by law and doesn’t feature any tax hikes or layoffs of teachers or cops. Rocking a blue V-neck sweater in honor of the Giants’ Super Bowl bid, Bloomberg told reporters, “Cities across the country have struggled to keep their heads above water – laying off teachers, police officers, or firefighters, with a few even having to declare bankruptcy,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “We’ve avoided those painful steps, because we spent years planning ahead, made government more efficient and saved for a rainy day.” [ more › ]
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Bloomberg’s 2013 Budget Spends More On Tree Planting Than Science Campus
For the third time in a week, an NYPD officer has shot and killed a suspect. Yesterday an unidentified officer killed 18-year-old Ramarley Graham with a single bullet to the chest . The officer, a member of the narcotics unit, had chased Graham into his home, seen him flush something down a toilet and reportedly saw him make “furtive” movements, apparently prompting the cop to fire. Graham—who lived with his mother, grandmother and 6-year-old brother—was immediately mourned by family and neighbors. ” Nobody deserves to get shot like that, in your own house, ” his bereaved mother, Constance Malcolm, cried to reporters. [ more › ]
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Cop Kills Unarmed 18-Year-Old In His Bathroom
Hey Girl, Time Warner Cable wants to make right by you for all those times they were late, or unresponsive, or simply unavailable. For all those times they left you feeling helpless, and unconnected to the world. For every phone call where they just left you hanging. They want you to love them again, or at least not cancel your services, and they’re smart enough to know that the best way to do that is with Ryan Gosling . They’re so cunning! [ more › ]
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Time Warner Cable Launches "Ryan Gosling On Demand"
The U.S. Labor Department announced that 243,000 jobs were added in January, sending the unemployment rate to 8.3%, its lowest point since Feburary 2009. [ more › ]
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Unemployment Rate Falls To 8.3%, Lowest Since February 2009