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Bronx Teen Did Not Struggle With Police Before Being Killed

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:30:39 +0000

Commissioner Ray Kelly clarified yesterday that contrary to earlier reports, no struggle occurred between 18-year-old Ramarley Graham and the officer who fatally shot him in the bathroom of his Bronx home on Thursday. The Post reports that the two officers involved have been stripped of their weapons and assigned to desk duty, and the case will be presented to a grand jury to determine whether a crime was committed. “We’re still evaluating the actions here,” Kelly said. “We see an unarmed person being shot. That always concerns us.” [ more › ]

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Newt Gingrich: If You Ride The Subway, You’re An Elitist

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:10:30 +0000

For the second time in a week , future president Newt Gingrich blasted the out-of-touch snobs who use our city’s subway system. Like most Americans, you’ve probably never been able to afford a trip on the subway, as it is the exclusive domain of Champagne-sipping dandies who love nothing more than to luxuriate in the MTA’s Gilded Age-opulence. But from what we’ve heard, it’s like entering another dimension of sophistication and enchantment, where only the most glamorous citizens ride gold-leaf locomotives along shimmering silver tracks winding through wondrous subterranean cathedrals that none of you lickspittles posses the refinement to appreciate. Populist everyman Gingrich gets this , and today he told a crowd of real Americans in Las Vegas that these “elites” in Manhattan who live in high rises and “ride the subway” are killing this proud nation. [ more › ]

You’ve Been Warned: There Is A "Sh*t Park Slope Parents Say" Video In The Making

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:58:52 +0000

Some Park Slope parents—inspired by the never-ending “Sh*t Blank Says” meme—have been conspiring together to create a “Sh*t Park Slope Parents Say” video that really nails down their unique culture. [ more › ]

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World Financial Center Scores Lunchtime "Food Truck Court"

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:46:40 +0000

If you’re a working stiff hungry for more lunch time options around Battery Park City, we’ve got good news for you. The World Financial Center will be launching a new lunchtime food market, fueled by 21 participating trucks. The options are quite tantalizing; the trucks include the Red Hook Lobster Pound, the Rickshaw Dumpling Truck, Schnitzel & Things, Taïm Mobile, Frites ‘n’ Meats, Coolhaus ( GREAT ice cream sandwiches ), Milk Truck, and Mexicue. Here’s the schedule showing you when they’ll be there. [ more › ]

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Rhinos Take Over A Montauk Beach

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:25:36 +0000

There hasn’t been a Montauk Monster sighting for a while, and maybe that’s thanks to artist Davis Murphy , who recently brought some wildlife to the sandy shores of Long Island. Surely monsters are scared off by ultra-realistic looking rhinos, right? They do, after all, weigh in at 250 pounds each, and measure 12-feet-long. [ more › ]

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Bloomberg Fantasizes About Being Reincarnated As Quarterback

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:28:58 +0000

Sometimes with all the bad moods and boondoggles , it’s hard to remember that Mayor Bloomberg is just a humble billionaire in Bermuda shorts like the rest of us. And he’s got his own daydreams to help him while away the last days of his third term. With him running a temperature due to Giants Super Bowl fever , Bloomberg revealed one of those fantasies on his radio show this morning: he thinks about coming back to Earth in a second life as a quarterback, ala Warren Beatty in Heaven Can Wait . Well, it’s certainly better than coming back as this guy. [ more › ]

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City May Rezone Upper West Side To Drive Chain Stores Away (Or Underground)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:05:46 +0000

The preponderance of big chain stores on the Upper West Side could be severely reversed under a plan introduced by the Department of City Planning . Acting on concerns from the Upper West Side community and elected officials, the city is considering rezoning part of the neighborhood to create two Special Enhanced Commercial Districts. Each of these zones would limit the frontage of new and expanding banks and residential lobbies along Broadway, Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. Overall store size would not be restricted, so big chains could still burrow underground, but city planners argue that “over time the general multi-store character of Amsterdam and Columbus avenues would be maintained, while promoting a more varied and active retail environment on Broadway.” [ more › ]

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Females Only: We’ve Got Your V-Day Date Right Here

Cole Perkins — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:55:32 +0000

As everyone already knows about the rules of dating , people just tell each other lies on the first date, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date. But what if you haven’t gotten that first date with a rent-a-gent yet? Fear not single ladies ! The above flyer was spotted taped to the filthy tiled wall of the C line in Clinton Hill—and you know that in this case, the “C” stands for Carnal . [ more › ]

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The Algonquin’s Oak Room Has Sung Its Last Torch Song

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:36:16 +0000

Sad day for fans of smooth jazz crooners: When the current cat-displacing renovations at The Algonquin Hotel are over, one of the famed hotel’s many famous features will not be coming back . No, we aren’t talking about the round table. According to a hotel spokesman, ” The once popular cabaret Oak Room will close to make room for an expanded Blue Bar which will still serve up its classic Dirty Martinis and Manhattans.” [ more › ]

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Kobayashi Nearly Barfs But Breaks Wing Bowl Record Anyway

Cole Perkins — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:38:23 +0000

Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi inhaled a record-breaking 337 chicken wings to win the 20th “Wing Bowl” in Philadelphia this morning! It was Kobayashi’s first time participating in the annual event, which takes place at the home of the Philadelphia Flyers and features a “Wingette of the Year” competition—over 125 scantily-clad ladies competed to be this year’s Wingette and win a Harley Davidson motorcycle. (There are A LOT of photos of them here , if you’re into that sort of thing.) The previous wing-eating record was 254, and while Kobayashi crushed that number, it wasn’t a fait accompli. [ more › ]

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