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Drunken Man Takes Leisurely Drive On Queens Boardwalk
Rockaway Boulevard A Queens dad was arrested this week under Leandra's Law after cruising down the pedestrian-only Rockaway Beach Boulevard completely drunk with six kids in tow. Doesn't he know one should always hitch a ride...
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Rupert Murdoch Loves A "Fat Pig"
When you're done reading the Lindsay Lohan cover story, you can also read about Rupert Murdoch vs. Arthur Sulzberger media war in Vanity Fair. According to a summary of the story, VF reporter Sarah Ellison spoke...
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Hurricane Earl Heads Closer, Tropical Storm Watch In Effect
A man fishing off a pier in North Carolina today (AP) New York City, Long Island, and southern Westchester County are under a tropical storm watch, which means we could see 39- to 73 mile per...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Fort Greene Drama: Cat In A Tree!
The Daily News has a crazy detailed video documenting every event unfolding around a cat that was stuck in a tree in Fort Greene earlier this week. It's very Bart's People! Basically, "area woman" is slowly...
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Stripper Wife Says Ponzi Schemer Isn't Doing Well
Diane Passage, the former stripper and still pole dancing wife of Ponzi-scheming accountant to the stars Kenneth Starr, tells Page Six that her husband's "health is not great at all." Starr is behind bars, because no...
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Tow Truck Operator Says Cop Gave Him Revenge Ticket
The Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) has been cracking down on illegal parking this year with a special unit focused on rooting out and towing placard abusers, unmarked police vehicles, and the like. This has caused some...
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Owner Of Car Damaged By Jumper: "I Miss It. It's My Baby."
Photographs of the car—plus inset of Magill's shoe, which landed on another car—from WABC 7 Maria McCormack lent her red Dodge Charger to her husband on Tuesday—only for the car to be totaled after cushioning the...
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"Drunk" Lost Painting Lawsuit Dropped
Missing painting, and Thomas Doyle's mugshot Looks like we've got a nice art caper on our hands! That lawsuit that was just filed against an art courier, who claimed to have lost a $1.35MM painting after...
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Sean Bell's Fiancee May Run For City Council Seat
As a funeral will be held for Queens City Councilman Thomas White today, there are rumors about someone who may run for his seat: Nicole Paultre Bell, fiancee of Sean Bell, the man who was killed...
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Post Wants Obama To Earn His Nobel Peace Prize
Yesterday, President Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and asked them to seize "this moment of opportunity" and embark on peace talks. He said afterwards, "The hard work...
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6-Alarm Fire Ruins Bronx Stores
Just after midnight, a fire broke out in a Bronx store on White Plains Road near 236th Street and the fire quickly spread to surrounding businesses. The fire grew to six alarms (see explanation here), and over...
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Last Night's Action: Yanks Getting Straight A's
Who was that pitcher, and what did he do with A.J. Burnett? The righty threw six innings of three-run ball, walking two and striking out eight, to bounce back from an August he'd like to forget. The Mets lost again in Atlanta, but the Liberty advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.
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Extra, Extra
Today's end-of-day links: A man who cashed a $29,000 ticket at an OTB was mugged; a yo-yo company has to pay NJ tens of thousands; Conan O'Brien named his new show "Conan"; the private eye who was hired to prove the Taconic wrong way driver wasn't drive now says he agrees with the ME's findings; and more.
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Al Qaeda Member Re-Sentenced To Life In Prison
An alleged top adviser to Osama bin Laden who attacked a downtown Manhattan prison guard in the eye with a sharpened comb in 2000 was sentenced to life in prison. Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, a founding member...
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Century 21 Will Take Over Barnes & Noble's Lincoln Square Space
Photograph by chrisinphilly5448 on Flickr The hunch about Barnes and Noble's Lincoln Square location at West 66th Street and Broadway succumbing to the neighborhood's "fashion corridor" status was right: Discount retailer Century 21 confirmed the rumor...
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We Can Top That: NY Vanity License Plate
Lest you think NJ has all the good vanity license plates, a reader sent in the above picture with this tip: "Lamborghini Countach driving up the west side highway in NYC Sunday a.m." Checkmate, Jersey. But...
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Teens Arrested For Firing Shotgun Outside Western NY Mosque
Members gathered outside the World Sufi Foundation mosque. Two 17-year-olds and three 18-year-olds have been arrested in Carlton, NY for harassing worshipers and yelling obscenities outside the World Sufi Foundation mosque after Ramadan services on Monday....