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
Google HQ: The Latest Target For Bed Bugs?
Google HQ: The Latest Target For Bed Bugs?
Feeling lucky, Google employees? Then stay at work and ignore this tip we just got in from an anonymous source saying that bed bugs have been detected at Google’s New York offices on 9th Avenue. Twitter confirms ! More details to come… Read more here: Google HQ: The Latest Target For Bed...
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Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Study: Pot Isn’t Really A Gateway Drug, Man
Study: Pot Isn’t Really A Gateway Drug, Man
But Ann Landers said it was… According to new research from the University of New Hampshire, marijuana is not the gateway drug your grandmother made it out to be. The study, which appears in the September 2010 issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior in the article, “A Life-course...
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Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Say Goodbye To Wooden Subway Benches?
Say Goodbye To Wooden Subway Benches?
Photo via Vitaliy P’s flickr Just one day after we took a look at the disappearing iconic wooden benches of New York City’s streets, amNewYork warns that the benches underground may be on their way out as well. Sitting in the city will never be the same! The paper reports that a redesign...
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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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Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Insurance Salesman Sues For Being Portrayed As Cool
Insurance Salesman Sues For Being Portrayed As Cool
Author Beth Raymer A Queens insurance salesman is suing Random House for defamation because a sleazeball character in one its new publications is named after him. Douglas Heimowitz is angry that his name was appropriated for a professional gambler in Beth Raymer’s recent book, Lay the Favorite,...
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Posted by in New York on 09 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Drunken Man Takes Leisurely Drive On Queens Boardwalk
Drunken Man Takes Leisurely Drive On Queens Boardwalk
Rockaway Boulevard A Queens dad was arrested this week under Leandra’s Law after cruising down the pedestrian-only Rockaway Beach Boulevard completely drunk with six kids in tow. Doesn’t he know one should always hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach? Renato Bernal, 41, had almost one-and-a-half...
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