Posted by in New York on 07 20th, 2010 | No Comments
Evidence Of Last Night’s Lightning
Evidence Of Last Night’s Lightning
Photograph by Brian Dubé/New York Daily Photo While NYC seemed to escape the havoc from last night’s sudden storm, which caused damage outside in the suburbs , there was lightning. Brian Dubé took this photograph of lightning in the sky and writes , “There was a brief lightning storm dramatic...
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Posted by in New York on 07 20th, 2010 | No Comments
Albany Pork Benefitted Angelina Jolie
Albany Pork Benefitted Angelina Jolie
                    Our state government in Albany may not be able to pass a budget within one, two or three months , but our pork barrel spending is unparalleled . So unparalleled that chase scenes in the upcoming Angelina spy thriller Salt were filmed...
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Posted by in New York on 07 20th, 2010 | No Comments
WTC Ship May Have Transported Rum
WTC Ship May Have Transported Rum
Ship expert Norman Brouwer said of the 18th century ship remains found at the World Trade Center site, “It could be a two-masted schooner, probably just a small merchant vessel. There are wormholes in the wood, so the worms would have come from a tropical location, possibly from the West Indies,”...
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Posted by in New York on 07 20th, 2010 | No Comments
Lindsay Lohan Is Now Locked Up
Lindsay Lohan Is Now Locked Up
Fans try to distract Lindsay with shiny, sparkly things as she walks the plank to jail This morning Lindsay Lohan surrendered to the court and was sent to county jail to serve her sentence. Fans (or hired guns?) rallied outside with “Free Lindsay!” posters, and confetti flew as she entered...
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Posted by in New York on 07 20th, 2010 | No Comments
Minor League Player Sues Over Faulty Helmet
Minor League Player Sues Over Faulty Helmet
A young baseball player is suing the MLB and Rawlings Sporting Goods, claiming his minor-league issued helmet didn’t protect him from a 93-mph fastball to the head. While catching for the Delmarva Shorebirds in 2008, Jordan Wolf was beaned with the baseball , resulting in a fractured skull and...
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Posted by in New York on 07 20th, 2010 | No Comments
Last Night’s Action: Ugly
Last Night’s Action: Ugly
Arizona 13 Mets 2 : It is an often repeated baseball axiom that momentum is nothing more than the next day’s starting pitcher. Unfortunately, that proved true for the Mets as any momentum they might have generated from Sunday’s win disappeared when Mike Pelfrey took the mound. Pelfrey was...
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Posted by in New York on 07 19th, 2010 | No Comments
Elderly Woman Allegedly Raped in Bronx Building
Elderly Woman Allegedly Raped in Bronx Building
Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly beat and raped a 79-year-old woman in her apartment building in the Bronx earlier this morning. The suspect, described as a man in his 20s, allegedly pulled the victim out of her elevator around 2 a.m. He then punched her in the face, raped her, and fled....
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Posted by in New York on 07 19th, 2010 | No Comments
Street Fair "Kings" Call Critics Snobs, Yuppies
Street Fair "Kings" Call Critics Snobs, Yuppies
Photograph of an Astoria street fair by Harris Graber on Flickr As tempting as zeppoles, fruit magnets and gym socks are, there’s still a movement to re-think the city’s street fairs (which cost the city much more in police overtime than what it makes in permits). City Councilman Daniel...
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Posted by in New York on 07 18th, 2010 | No Comments
Last Night’s Action: Double Downer
Last Night’s Action: Double Downer
Tampa Bay 10 Yankees 5 : Maybe it was the fact that it was Old Timer’s Day that inspired AJ Burnett to act like Kevin Brown. Burnett couldn’t complete the third inning because he punched something in the locker room and cut his hand. Burnett’s implosion and some mediocre relief pitching...
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Posted by in New York on 07 17th, 2010 | No Comments
"Geezer Bandit" Killed in Car Crash
"Geezer Bandit" Killed in Car Crash
An elderly man accused of shooting up a Madison Avenue store while on an oxygen tank was killed in a car crash in Maryland yesterday . Arthur Williams, believed to be in his 70s, opened fire on the men’s suit shop Sarar on July 9th before jumping into his black Cadillac and riding off. He robbed...
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