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Extra, Extra: OMG, Mark Sanchez And Kim Kardashian?!?

Ben Yakas — 2012-02-03T18:32:29-05:00

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Newt Gingrich: If You Ride The Subway, You're An Elitist

John Del Signore — 2012-02-03T18:10:30-05:00

]]>the second time in a week, future president Newt Gingrich blasted the out-of-touch snobs who use our city's subway system. Like most Americans, you've probably never been able to afford a trip on the subway, as it is the exclusive domain of Champagne-sipping dandies who love nothing more than to luxuriate in the MTA's Gilded Age-opulence. But from what we've heard, it's like entering another dimension of sophistication and enchantment, where only the most glamorous citizens ride gold-leaf locomotives along shimmering silver tracks winding through wondrous subterranean cathedrals that none of you lickspittles posses the refinement to appreciate. Populist everyman Gingrich gets this, and today he told a crowd of real Americans in Las Vegas that these "elites" in Manhattan who live in high rises and "ride the subway" are killing this proud nation. [ more › ]

You've Been Warned: There Is A "Sh*t Park Slope Parents Say" Video In The Making

Ben Yakas — 2012-02-03T17:58:52-05:00

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World Financial Center Scores Lunchtime "Food Truck Court"

John Del Signore — 2012-02-03T17:46:40-05:00

]]>GREAT ice cream sandwiches), Milk Truck, and Mexicue. Here's the schedule showing you when they'll be there. [ more › ]

Special Needs Teacher Found Bludgeoned To Death

Garth Johnston — 2012-02-03T17:35:15-05:00

]]>lifeless body lying in bed. Initially there was so much blood pooled around her they thought her throat had been slashed. [ more › ]

Rhinos Take Over A Montauk Beach

Jen Carlson — 2012-02-03T17:25:36-05:00

]]>Montauk Monster sighting for a while, and maybe that's thanks to artist Davis Murphy, who recently brought some wildlife to the sandy shores of Long Island. Surely monsters are scared off by ultra-realistic looking rhinos, right? They do, after all, weigh in at 250 pounds each, and measure 12-feet-long. [ more › ]

Cops Definitely "Looking For Kiss Fan" In Brooklyn Church Vandalism

Jen Chung — 2012-02-03T17:12:15-05:00

]]>vandalism at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Williamsburg. Because a statue of the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus were defaced with what looks like Kiss masks that Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley wear, 94th Precinct Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector Terence Hurson said, “We are looking for a KISS fan." In other words: TOTALLY Kiss Army. [ more › ]

See All Of The Red Cross's 2011 Responses, Mapped Out

Garth Johnston — 2012-02-03T16:51:23-05:00

]]>Red Cross, but this map is a great example of just how much the organization does for our fair metropolis. [ more › ]

Madonna And Her Scary Arms: Ready For Super Bowl Halftime Show!

Jen Chung — 2012-02-03T16:42:34-05:00

]]>Super Bowl halftime performer and, at a press conference yesterday, she said she was thrilled to perform, "This is a Midwesterner girls dream to be performing at the Super Bowl halftime show." [ more › ]

Bloomberg Fantasizes About Being Reincarnated As Quarterback

Ben Yakas — 2012-02-03T16:28:58-05:00

]]>bad moods and boondoggles, it's hard to remember that Mayor Bloomberg is just a humble billionaire in Bermuda shorts like the rest of us. And he's got his own daydreams to help him while away the last days of his third term. With him running a temperature due to Giants Super Bowl fever, Bloomberg revealed one of those fantasies on his radio show this morning: he thinks about coming back to Earth in a second life as a quarterback, ala Warren Beatty in Heaven Can Wait. Well, it's certainly better than coming back as this guy. [ more › ]

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2012-02-03T16:28:58-05:00

Witches Coven Holding Fest To Raise Money For Permanent Manhattan Home

Jen Carlson — 2012-02-03T16:17:06-05:00

]]>DNA Info, the members of the Wiccan Family Temple, who are based out of the Lower East Side, are planning the WitchsFest on July 8th, which will include 50 vendors selling items like those found in The Magic Box. Probably. [ more › ]

City May Rezone Upper West Side To Drive Chain Stores Away (Or Underground)

John Del Signore — 2012-02-03T16:05:46-05:00

]]>introduced by the Department of City Planning. Acting on concerns from the Upper West Side community and elected officials, the city is considering rezoning part of the neighborhood to create two Special Enhanced Commercial Districts. Each of these zones would limit the frontage of new and expanding banks and residential lobbies along Broadway, Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. Overall store size would not be restricted, so big chains could still burrow underground, but city planners argue that "over time the general multi-store character of Amsterdam and Columbus avenues would be maintained, while promoting a more varied and active retail environment on Broadway." [ more › ]

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Females Only: We've Got Your V-Day Date Right Here

Ben Yakas — 2012-02-03T15:55:32-05:00

]]>As everyone already knows about the rules of dating, people just tell each other lies on the first date, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date. But what if you haven't gotten that first date with a rent-a-gent yet? Fear not single ladies! The above flyer was spotted taped to the filthy tiled wall of the C line in Clinton Hill—and you know that in this case, the "C" stands for Carnal. [ more › ]

The Algonquin's Oak Room Has Sung Its Last Torch Song

Garth Johnston — 2012-02-03T15:36:16-05:00

]]>cat-displacing renovations at The Algonquin Hotel are over, one of the famed hotel's many famous features will not be coming back. No, we aren't talking about the round table. According to a hotel spokesman, "The once popular cabaret Oak Room will close to make room for an expanded Blue Bar which will still serve up its classic Dirty Martinis and Manhattans." [ more › ]

Horrible: Seeing Guy Masturbate While He Stares At You On The Subway

Jen Chung — 2012-02-03T15:26:05-05:00

]]>alleged Whitehall station subway pervert, Gawker received an account of one woman's experience having a guy apparently pleasure himself while watching her on a train. And she has video. [ more › ]

Phantom 2 Is Coming To New York (Movie Theaters)

Garth Johnston — 2012-02-03T15:16:02-05:00

Phantom 2 Is Coming To New York (Movie Theaters)"/>]]>Bring Back Birdie or The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public) but the biggest sequel of them all, the Phantom followup Love Never Dies (in which the masked musician moves to Coney Island to open the "Phantasma"), will most likely never even make it to the Great White Way. But! It will be playing on 42nd Street. At least a filmed version of it will. Camp fans might want to mark February 28th and March 7th on their calendars! [ more › ]

Smoker Actually Got Ticket For Smoking In Washington Square Park

Ben Yakas — 2012-02-03T15:05:33-05:00

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NYPD Auxiliary Cop Found With "Massive" Kiddie Porn Stash

Garth Johnston — 2012-02-03T14:54:09-05:00

]]>two felony counts of possessing child pornography after police allegedly found a "massive" collection in his possession. According to one Greenwood lake resident who saw cops take Sayers away, "He didn’t seem surprised." [ more › ]

Kobayashi Nearly Barfs But Breaks Wing Bowl Record Anyway

John Del Signore — 2012-02-03T14:38:23-05:00

]]>Takeru Kobayashi inhaled a record-breaking 337 chicken wings to win the 20th "Wing Bowl" in Philadelphia this morning! It was Kobayashi's first time participating in the annual event, which takes place at the home of the Philadelphia Flyers and features a "Wingette of the Year" competition—over 125 scantily-clad ladies competed to be this year's Wingette and win a Harley Davidson motorcycle. (There are A LOT of photos of them here, if you're into that sort of thing.) The previous wing-eating record was 254, and while Kobayashi crushed that number, it wasn't a fait accompli. [ more › ]

Video: Bloomberg Talking Gun Law Reform In Super Bowl Ad

Jen Chung — 2012-02-03T14:32:33-05:00

]]>ad about gun control reform that will run during the Super Bowl. They make lots of NYC and Boston jokes, as well as Giants and Patriots puns! [ more › ]

A Visual Comparison: Paris Versus New York City

Jen Carlson — 2012-02-03T14:20:10-05:00

]]>Vahram Muratyan's book Paris Versus New York was released, which we only heard about after seeing some Tweets about an event at the Standard last night that no one told us about. La baise Français! Anyway, the book is very visually compelling, comparing the two cities with some gorgeous graphic design work, with a subtitle: A Tally of Two Cities. Muratyan is French-born, but has lived in New York before, and recently told CNN what he misses about either city when he's not there: [ more › ]

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2012-02-03T14:20:10-05:00

Brooklyn Stroke Victim Wins $13.5 Million Lottery

Jen Chung — 2012-02-03T14:03:52-05:00

]]>Sharisee Frails told reporters, "I didn’t tell anybody initially — I simply just wrote it down in my secret diary." [ more › ]

Video: NJ Girl Makes Impassioned Plea To Let Her Gay Dads Marry

Ben Yakas — 2012-02-03T13:50:26-05:00

]]>approved legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry. The approval of the bill (which passed along party lines) sends it to the full Assembly for a vote on Feb. 16, and a potential showdown with Gov. Chris Christie, who has vowed to veto any gay marriage bill that passes his desk. But the most impressive, tear-filled moment of the day came when 15-year-old Madison Galluccio made an emotional plea on behalf of her two dads: [ more › ]

7 Best Football Stadiums Made Out Of Meat And Super Bowl Junk Food

John Del Signore — 2012-02-03T13:37:33-05:00

]]> everything. In that spirit, here are the seven best temples to gridiron gluttony we found on the Internet today. Yeah, it's a living. Future Americans will someday look back in wonder at this generation's gift for celebrating exactly what makes us so grotesquely fat and repellent. Take a bite of that bologna, y'all, and throw the rest away! [ more › ]

"Jewish Indiana Jones" Admits He's A Fraud

Ben Yakas — 2012-02-03T13:20:24-05:00

]]>was accused of being a fraud. And now, Baltimore bookshop owner Menachem Youlus has admitted that he is indeed a fraud: “Between 2004 and 2010, I falsely represented that I had personally obtained vintage Torah scrolls — in particular ways, in particular locations — in Europe and Israel,” he said in court yesterday. “I know what I did was wrong, and I deeply regret my conduct.” And he isn't even the real Jewish Indiana Jones! [ more › ]

DEA: Fancy NYC Doormen Sign For Drugs On The Side

Garth Johnston — 2012-02-03T13:00:01-05:00

]]>35 pounds of coke was delivered (presumably mistakenly) to the United Nations, the DEA has started coming down on an allegedly mob-connected smuggling ring that used doormen in posh buildings to sign for their illicit deliveries. "It’s still an ongoing investigation—we’re still looking into it," a DEA agent told the Post. [ more › ]

It's The Day The Music Died, 53 Years Later

Jen Carlson — 2012-02-03T12:48:23-05:00

]]>La Bamba on the big screen and spent the next week in tears. We even missed days of school. It was just so sad, even the Bob subplot—poor misunderstood drunk Bob! Anyway, it was traumatizing, and as you all know the movie ended when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as pilot Roger Peterson, die in a plane crash in 1959. That day famously became known as the Day The Music Died, and it happened 53 years ago today, on February 3rd. Why not visit P.J. Clarke's to pay homage tonight? [ more › ]

Early Addition: Jesus Would Have Taxed The Rich, Says Obama

Ben Yakas — 2012-02-03T12:35:00-05:00

]]>on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. [ more › ]

Bad Romance: Woman Arrested For Allegedly Stalking Brian Cashman

Ben Yakas — 2012-02-03T12:23:42-05:00

]]>was arrested yesterday and charged with harassing and stalking Yankees general manager Brian Cashman. But before she was arrested, Louise Neathway, who also goes by the last name Meanwell, claimed in an interview with Deadspin that she had been Cashman's mistress since last April. In court yesterday, prosecutors portrayed the 36-year-old British national as an unhinged con woman out to extort Cashman: "The defendant extorted approximately $6,000 from the victim and attempted to extort over $15,000," prosecutor Eric Iverson said. [ more › ]

Your Best Mad Men Ad Mash-Ups

Garth Johnston — 2012-02-03T12:11:29-05:00

]]>asked you how you would tag the blank Mad Men posters currently gracing subway platforms across the city we expected a couple submissions. Instead we got dozens of quick mock-ups from aspiring taggers and ad men around town. Good work everybody! Here are some of our favorites, from Breakdancing Don to Daredevil Draper! [ more › ]

Twitter Harder To Resist Than Drugs And Alcohol, Says Science

John Del Signore — 2012-02-03T12:01:31-05:00

]]>the journal Psychological Science. This means that when people joke about being "addicted" to the Internet or not being able to live without their "CrackBerry," it's about as funny as an alcoholic "joking" about mainlining Duff Beer "directly to veins!" If you think social media is destroying someone you love, be sure to share this blog post with them on Facebook. [ more › ]

Épicerie Boulud Offers Super Bowl Catering, Like Hot Dogs From "In-House Charcuterie Team"

Jen Chung — 2012-02-03T11:48:15-05:00

]]>Épicerie Boulud is accepting orders until tomorrow (Saturday, 2/4) at 7 p.m. for items like Amish Chicken Wings (Traditional Buffalo with Blue Cheese or Thai Style with Peanut Sauce), Pulled BBQ Short Ribs (with Brussels Sprout Slaw & Peppered Buns) and House Made Hotdogs... there's even White Cheddar & Smoked Bacon Popcorn. [ more › ]

BREAKING: After Growing Backlash, Komen Says It'll Fund Planned Parenthood Again

Jen Chung — 2012-02-03T11:33:57-05:00

]]>public relations mess, leading breast cancer charity The Susan G. Komen Foundation announced it would continue to funding programs at Planned Parenthood. In a statement today, founder Nancy Brinker said, "We will continue to fund existing grants, including those of Planned Parenthood, and preserve their eligibility to apply for future grants, while maintaining the ability of our affiliates to make funding decisions that meet the needs of their communities." [ more › ]

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2012-02-03T11:33:57-05:00

Police Beat Alleged Cop Shooter At Precinct Station House, Lawyer Says

John Del Signore — 2012-02-03T11:22:57-05:00

]]>alleged cop shooter Luis "Baby" Ortiz said his client was beaten while he was in police custody. At Ortiz's arraignment yesterday, lawyer Eric Poulos surprised no one by accusing cops of roughing up his client after he was arrested, bruising his face and chipping a tooth. “He was struck by police officers’ fists, both at the scene and at the station house hours after,” Poulos told the judge yesterday. Considering all the other horrible things that can happen to a perp while in police custody, it sounds like the alleged cop shooter got off easy. [ more › ]

Komen: Hates Planned Parenthood, Loves Pink Handguns

Jen Chung — 2012-02-03T11:12:55-05:00

]]>remains on the defensive about defunding breast cancer prevention-related grants to Planned Parenthood, its marketing juggernaut remains unabated. For instance, what says ending breast cancer forever like a .22-caliber pink handgun? [ more › ]

Blizzard In Colorado, Sunny Skies in New York

Joe Schumacher — 2012-02-03T11:02:33-05:00

]]>two feet of snow are expected to fall on Denver and eastern Colorado today. Here in New York we should see lots of sun early on and maybe a few clouds invading late this afternoon. With a high of 45 degrees it won't be as warm as the past few days. [ more › ]

Bloomberg's 2013 Budget Spends More On Tree Planting Than Science Campus

John Del Signore — 2012-02-03T10:52:00-05:00

]]>announcing his $68.7 billion preliminary budget for the 2013 Fiscal Year yesterday, which is balanced as required by law and doesn't feature any tax hikes or layoffs of teachers or cops. Rocking a blue V-neck sweater in honor of the Giants' Super Bowl bid, Bloomberg told reporters, "Cities across the country have struggled to keep their heads above water - laying off teachers, police officers, or firefighters, with a few even having to declare bankruptcy,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “We’ve avoided those painful steps, because we spent years planning ahead, made government more efficient and saved for a rainy day." [ more › ]

Umberto's Pizza Gets Police Escort To LaGuardia For Giants Lunch Delivery

Jen Carlson — 2012-02-03T10:41:33-05:00

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Mom Accused Of Killing 6-Yr-Old With Methadone In DayQuil Bottle

Ben Yakas — 2012-02-03T10:28:34-05:00

]]>has been charged after her six-year-old son was given an accidental, lethal dose of methadone—which had been stored in a cold medicine bottle. Raquel DeLeon, 36, was charged Thursday with reckless endangerment in the death of Carlos Rios Jr. DeLeon, who has two prior drug arrests, told police she has a prescription for methadone, but it is unclear why she was storing it in the DayQuil bottle. "As soon as he got sick, he was dizzy, he got in a coma and he died," the boy's maternal grandmother, Letty Muentes, told CBS. [ more › ]