Or, at least, the Daily News thinks he will . Yes, that’s right, our fine local tabloid is enlisting the help of Grandpa, a 40-year old Black-handed spider monkey who lives in the Staten Island Zoo, to predict the winner of the upcoming New Hampshire GOP primary. [ more › ]
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Grandpa, The Psychic Spider Monkey Of Staten Island, Will Predict The New Hampshire Primary
As if the story of a Staten Island man getting arrested after admitting he’d tried to join the Taliban in order to get off the no-fly list weren’t wild enough, now lawyers for Abdel Hameed Shehadeh are trying to suppress from court a 22-page FBI report in which the alleged wannabe spills his guts about his jihadi pals. [ more › ]
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SI Wannabe Jihadi Now Regrets All That Snitching He Did
Flying sucks. If your crotch isn’t felt up by the rubber gloves of Safety and all your coke isn’t confiscated, then chances are they’ll stick you next to a colic-y set of twins or Alec Baldwin. And that’s if the flight isn’t delayed or cancelled. Now, the gross noroviruses that have been known to ruin grandma’s cruises have been plaguing airlines, including several successive Air New Zealand flights. Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, and calling people “Shirley.” [ more › ]
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Disgusting Virus Somehow Makes Flying More Grotesque
” I was shopping. The baby was asleep. That’s my baby, ” a 25-year-old Staten Island mother reportedly told police who arrested her on Christmas Eve after she allegedly left her 15-month-old child alone in a Volvo at the Hylan Shopping Plaza. Pimyuk and her child’s 27-year-old father, Orest Babchuk, were arrested and now face charges of child endangerment. [ more › ]
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Christmas Shopping Parents Leave Baby In Car, Get Arrested
After scores of malpractice lawsuits over the course of three decades, a Staten Island plastic surgeon finally had his medical license suspended this month and was deemed “an imminent danger to the health of the people of the state.” Legal documents show that Dr. Robert Cattani , whom the Post dubs “the Richmond County ripper,” leaves behind a horrifying trail of botched medical procedures. And though he may be prevented from perforating a patient’s bowels during a liposuction like he did back in 2007, many of his former patients wonder why it took so long for his practice to be shut down. [ more › ]
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Women Scarred By Cosmetic Surgeon Furious He Kept His License For So Long
So, Wendy’s is all set to depose Burger King as the second biggest burger chain in the land, and to celebrate they’ve decided to reenter the Japanese market with an over-the-top pr stunt. The kind that includes a $16 foie gras burger . Because when we think “let’s dine on decadent duck liver,” we always think “fast food.” Don’t you? [ more › ]
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Where To Eat Foie Gras Burgers Without Going To Wendy’s Japan
An off-duty Staten Island firefighter saved an elderly couple—and their cat—on Christmas night from a blaze that started after their Christmas tree caught on fire. “My instinct just kicked in,”37-year-old Ladder Company 81 member Steven Carl told the Daily News. “I just did what I was trained to do.” [ more › ]
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Off-Duty Firefighter Saves Staten Island Couple From Christmas Blaze
In the newest chapter of Girl Walk // All Day , the girl gets a makeover fit for the 1%… and then shows off her new look at Zuccotti Park . Unsurprisingly, while there, she gets a lot of attention from photographers, and the thumbs down from the protesters for flaunting all of her fancy shopping bags. [ more › ]
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Video Exclusive: Chapter 8 of Girl Walk // All Day Brings Dancing To Zuccotti Park
Okay, Grinches, get ready for your hearts to grow three sizes and watch this video of a third-grader at Staten Island’s PS 54 get a holiday surprise: Getting to reunite with his mother , a soldier who has been on her third tour in Afghanistan, in front of his classmates. Little Christopher Harris looks absolutely shocked at seeing mom Chief Warrant Officer 2 Karyn Obey appear. Obey said, “I just wanted to give him a little something special for Christmas. He knew I was coming home. He didn’t know when.” [ more › ]
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Video: Watch NYC Soldier Mom Surprise 8-Yr-Old Son At School
Earlier this week, we were horrified by the video of two New Jersey men beating up a homeless man, seemingly for fun. Taylor Giresi, 20, and a 17-year-old accomplice were both arrested and charged with aggravated assault; they’re also accused of stealing 50-year-old victim David Ivins bicycle as well. And now, Ivins has reportedly suffered a seizure. [ more › ]
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NJ Homeless Man Beaten In Video Suffers Seizure