Posted by in New York on 03 12th, 2010 | No Comments
Happy Birthday Jack Kerouac, Queens "Recluse"
Happy Birthday Jack Kerouac, Queens "Recluse"
If Jack Kerouac were still alive, he’d be turning 88 today! The author and voice of the Beats made his way all over New York City during his lifetime (the Columbia Spectator just visited some of his old urban haunts)—but his life in Queens was never really well documented, even though he...
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Posted by in New York on 03 12th, 2010 | No Comments
CPSC Issue Sling Warning For Babies Under 4 Months
CPSC Issue Sling Warning For Babies Under 4 Months
From the CSPC site The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning about infant slings today. The agency noted that babies under the age of four months do not have have much neck control, so they may suffocate from while in the sling. The sling-style carriers are popular, because they allow...
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Would You Pay $225 for 12 Hours of Theater?
Would You Pay $225 for 12 Hours of Theater?
Hey, who’s up for a 12 hour theatrical adaptation of a bleak Dostoevsky novel, in Italian with English supertitles? A lot of people, apparently, if the Times’s hype-tastic article about a forthcoming production of The Demons is to be believed. It will be staged on Governors Island just twice...
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Week in Rock: High Violet
Week in Rock: High Violet
          The National Return As we hinted last week , the National played the first of two “secret” shows last night at the Bell House in Gowanus as a warm-up for their upcoming tour behind new album High Violet . The band played an 18-song set for the cramped,...
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Port Authority Threatening Fare Hikes
Port Authority Threatening Fare Hikes
The head of the Port Authority implied yesterday there would be new price hikes on commuters soon, in order to fix crumbling city infrastructures. PA executive director Christopher Ward spoke to New York Building Congress yesterday, outlining the need for more money: “We need to find new creative...
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Kari Ferrell, Hipster Grifter
Kari Ferrell, Hipster Grifter
Whether she scammed her way into your heart or your murder fantasies, Kari Ferrell has made a name for herself by lying, cheating and loving men with beards. After six months in jail, the “Hipster Grifter” is out on the streets again, and this time making a new name for herself all over...
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Posted by in New York on 03 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Immigrant Pardoned By Paterson Called A Role Model
Immigrant Pardoned By Paterson Called A Role Model
Days after Governor Paterson pardoned him for crimes he committed as a youth, Qing Hong Wu was released from a NJ immigration facility—without being told about the pardon. The NY Times reports that since Wu had no cash or a cellphone, he walked from the Port Authority to his cousin’s apartment...
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Posted by in New York on 03 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Bed Bug Sniffing Dogs Get Their Close-up
Bed Bug Sniffing Dogs Get Their Close-up
You already know all about the NYC’s bed bug explosion , and the companies that are training dogs to detect them . But today Penelope Green at the Times files an in-depth feature on a day in the life of one small dog sniffing company, Bedbug Detectors . Great read, and when we say in-depth, we...
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Posted by in New York on 03 7th, 2010 | No Comments
Paterson Pardons Immigrant Who Turned Life Around
Paterson Pardons Immigrant Who Turned Life Around
Yesterday, Governor Paterson announced that he was pardoning a Chinese immigrant who was convicted of muggings when he was 15 but then kept out of trouble and became a successful IT executive. Paterson said, “Qing Hong Wu’s case proves that an individual can, with hard work and dedication,...
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Posted by in New York on 03 7th, 2010 | No Comments
Some Bronx Chickens Get A New Home
Some Bronx Chickens Get A New Home
Last month Raymond Lopez of the Bronx, who has taken to tending to a growing community of chickens in the borough, said the animals needed a more fitting home . Now the Daily News reports that volunteers helped capture the wild chickens near West 169th Street, on a mission to relocate the birds. While...
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