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MTA Offers Plan For Hurricane Earl
MTA Offers Plan For Hurricane Earl
Photograph from reader Faith during the 2007 tornado The MTA just sent out its plan to deal with the possibility of transit issues related to Hurricane Earl. While Long Island would likely be harder hit than NYC—so there are LIRR service changes—the MTA is also inspecting drains in the subways...
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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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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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Boobs Are "Like Two Bad Kids"
Boobs Are "Like Two Bad Kids"
The NY Times has at least two stories about bras today. There’s a Styles section piece on small breasted-women feeling empowered while the New York section has an interview with bra store owner Linda Becker, who says of breasts’ changing nature, “All through life your breasts change....
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The Onion Sums Up Summer In the City
The Onion Sums Up Summer In the City
Photograph by Jim Kiernan At the end of a brutally hot summer filled with bedbugs , Mosque debates and cat fashion shows , The Onion reports that New Yorkers have finally realized that the city is “nothing more than a massive, trash-ridden hellhole that slowly sucks the life out of every one of...
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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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Porn-Watching Trucker Sentenced To Jail For Fatal Crash
Porn-Watching Trucker Sentenced To Jail For Fatal Crash
An Ohio truck driver who was watching porn on his computer while driving and fatally collided with a disabled car on the New York State Thruway was sentenced to a minimum three years in jail. Thomas M. Wallace, 45, of Brook Park, Ohio, admitted he was tired and distracted by porn when he ran into and...
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Happy 90210 Day, New York
Happy 90210 Day, New York
Valerie hailed from Buffalo, NY and smoked pot We may be in New York City, but it’s still September 2nd, 2010 here—which means we can still celebrate 90210 day. There are some New York ties during the original series: Brandon Walsh eventually works for the New York Chronicle (D.C. branch),...
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If Bloomberg Doesn’t Finish Third Term, It’s ‘Cause He Died
If Bloomberg Doesn’t Finish Third Term, It’s ‘Cause He Died
Because there’s rampant speculation (or at least a dearth of pre-Labor Day stories) that he’s being wooed for a possible White House job , Mayor Bloomberg was extra-emphatic that he’ll finish out his controversial third term at NYC mayor. The Post’s David Seifman asked him ,...
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10-Year-Old Hit By Stray Bullets In Brooklyn
10-Year-Old Hit By Stray Bullets In Brooklyn
A 10-year-old boy was the latest victim of stray bullets from a gang shootout last night in Brooklyn. Khalil Robinson was watching TV in his first floor East New York apartment when he was struck by two bullets, once in the neck and once in the shoulder. According to witnesses, the gun fight began as...
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