In today’s midday-roundup, a dinosaur fossil sells for a cool $1 million at auction, Beach House thinks VW ripped them off, Hell’s Kitchen bees held a family hostage inside their SUV, and much more! Follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook . You can also get the top stories mailed to you— sign up here . [ more › ]
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Early Addition: Ira Glass Finally Reveals Where He Lost Virginity
An NYPD sergeant was captured on video profanely berating a 21-year-old man in a Chinese restaurant in Kensington. “My dick will go in your mouth and come out your ear,” Sergeant Lesly Charles says. “I have the long dick. You don’t.” According to the Post, which obtained the video from the man, it was an illegally parked car that got the well-endowed officer so aroused. [ more › ]
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Video: Cop Tells Man "My D*ck Will Go In Your Mouth"
Because you wish Rex Ryan would bless you on your wedding day, check out today’s end-of-day links: Cory Booker defends Bain, “Avengers” rules box office, geekology, and an adorable cystic fibrosis dance. Don’t forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook . You can also get the top stories mailed to you— sign up here . [ more › ]
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Extra, Extra: Thomas Friedman Got His Butt Kicked On Jeopardy!
The artist who was installing the “I Love NY” bag that caused a bomb scare in Williamsburg on Friday was arrested early Saturday morning while he was installing an identical work in Greenpoint. 50-year-old Takeshi Miyakawa, who lives in Brooklyn, was arrested at the intersection of Bedford, Lorimer, and Nassau, and charged with planting false bombs. At his arraignment this morning, Miyakawa was ordered to be held for an additional 30 days for a mental health evaluation by Judge Martin Murphy, despite the prosecution’s request to fix bail. [ more › ]
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NYPD Arrests Artist Who Installed "I Heart NY" Bag For Planting False Bombs
We’re going to wrap up National Etiquette Week with some rules on how to compose yourself on Twitter. Listen, it’s your Twitter feed, and you can do with it what you want, and we don’t like it when people tell us how to act either, but we’re gonna put this out there. All we ask is that you RT it, and Tweet it at some celebrities, and then #FF us. [ more › ]
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Top 7 Twitter Etiquette Rules (Please RT!)
The Queen of Disco Donna Summer lost her battle to cancer yesterday —and TMZ reports that she felt that 9/11 was involved . [ more › ]
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Donna Summer Allegedly Thought 9/11 Gave Her Cancer, Not Smoking
The taxpayer-funded Bronx health clinic robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars by ex-State Senator Pedro Espada Jr. is hanging by a thread. Soundview has provided low-cost health care to thousands of South Bronx residents for years, but since Espada and his son Pedro G. have been on trial, it’s drastically cut services and even stopped paying the malpractice insurance for its physicians. Fortunately Soundview still has enough cash to pay the Espadas’ legal fees ! But now the state Department of Health has moved in to shut it down, and it may cease operating completely. [ more › ]
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NY State Health Department Moves To Close Espada’s Soundview Health Clinic
Because you’re sick of the Westboro Baptist Church, check out today’s end-of-day links: abandoned bike porn, rock star sexual prowess dirt, tapeworm epidemic, Super Bowl rings, confused kitties, and Jeffrey Dahmer’s signature. Don’t forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook . You can also get the top stories mailed to you— sign up here . [ more › ]
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Extra, Extra: Judge With Cancer Pleads For Medical Marijuana
Because you love lamp, check out today’s mid-day links: Anchorman 2 teaser, on-street bike parking, Cory Booker Twitter tips, new flesh-eating bacteria report, puppies falling from the sky, and Abe Lincoln’s mullet. Don’t forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook . You can also get the top stories mailed to you— sign up here . [ more › ]
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Early Addition: Watch The Jean-Creaming "Anchorman 2" Teaser Trailer
Because ponies are now used as seeing eye horses in some states, check out today’s end-of-day links: “Anchorman 2″ poster, SNL Jagger promos, bee attacks, Nic Cage fans, crazy raccoons, and Justin Bieber profiles. Don’t forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook . You can also get the top stories mailed to you— sign up here . [ more › ]
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Extra, Extra: RFK Jr.’s Estranged Wife Found Dead