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$900 Trillion Suit Against NYC ACS Actually Quite Clever

$900 Trillion Suit Against NYC ACS Actually Quite Clever

Yesterday, news that a woman was suing New York City in a $900 trillion suit began ping-ponging its way around the web, with most stories focusing on the insinuation that the woman behind the suit- Fausat Ogunbayo- ... continue
Anne Hathaway Throws Engagement Party In New York City, No Hollywood Heavyweight In Attendance

Anne Hathaway Throws Engagement Party In New York City, No Hollywood Heavyweight In Attendance

Anne Hathaway spent some time on Saturday night to celebrate her engagement to fiancé Adam Shulman as the 29-year-old actress celebrated her upcoming marriage. The party wasn't by any means a small time event with 125-people in attendance at the ... continue
Eating on the Subway Latest Proposed Ban in Nanny State NYC

Eating on the Subway Latest Proposed Ban in Nanny State NYC

I'm of two minds here- on one hand I miss the decreasing grittiness of New York City and increasing nanny-statism that seems to be gripping it, but on the other, eating on the subway pretty much deserves ... continue
Lady Gaga’s Old Apartment For Rent in NYC, Cheap

Lady Gaga’s Old Apartment For Rent in NYC, Cheap

Well, cheap for Manhattan. The one-bedroom, Lower East Side former apartment of inimitable pop star Lady Gaga has hit the competitive New York City real estate market, and is available to takers for a relatively modest $1,850 a ... continue
Jennifer Aniston Reportedly Makes Justin Theroux’s Ex Cry in Public

Jennifer Aniston Reportedly Makes Justin Theroux’s Ex Cry in Public

Oh, how the gossip tables have turned. For years, poor Jennifer Aniston- despite being attractive and extraordinarily successful as an actress- couldn't shake the "sad sack" image foisted upon her by the press after her high profile split ... continue
Mario Batali Apologizes For Godwin’s Law Gaffe, Compared Bankers to Hitler

Mario Batali Apologizes For Godwin’s Law Gaffe, Compared Bankers to Hitler

Celebrity chef Mario Batali- who everyone has still really not forgiven for having a hand in foisting the trend of Crocs on the world so thoroughly- has been forced to issue an apology after some colorful descriptions ... continue
Millionaire Tax For NYC in Higher Demand After Occupy Wall Street Protests

Millionaire Tax For NYC in Higher Demand After Occupy Wall Street Protests

A move to raise taxes on New York City residents that make more than a million dollars a year is gaining steam as the financial district enters its second month of protests. The notion of taxing millionaires more ... continue
NYC Helicopter Crash Kills Female Passenger

NYC Helicopter Crash Kills Female Passenger

A helicopter carrying tourists crashed yesterday in NYC’s East River, killing a woman and injuring three other passengers. In a city with a dark history of aviation disasters (and near-misses), Tuesday's accident occurred just after the helicopter took ... continue
Justin Timberlake Surprise Show Delights NYC Fans

Justin Timberlake Surprise Show Delights NYC Fans

Justin Timberlake- dancer, actor and "Dick in a Box" crooner- has given New York City area fans an exciting surprise... and they didn't even have to open the box first. Timberlake appeared and performed at the NYC restaurant ... continue
Shocking Photos of East Coast Earthquake Devastation

Shocking Photos of East Coast Earthquake Devastation

This has been popping up on both Twitter and Facebook, a photo illustrating the damage wrought on the Eastern seaboard by the August 2011 earthquake. (You can see some more earthquake damage pics over on Buzzfeed.) continue
Earthquake Hits East Coast of US, 5.9 in DC, Capitol and Pentagon Evacuated

Earthquake Hits East Coast of US, 5.9 in DC, Capitol and Pentagon Evacuated

Many East Coast residents experienced their first notable earthquake today, and the Capitol and Pentagon were evacuated in the minutes following the tremor. Information is filtering in from news sources and social networks, with many users reporting the ... continue
9/11 WTC worker stricken with cancer gets a settlement of $0 thanks to his lawyers

9/11 WTC worker stricken with cancer gets a settlement of $0 thanks to his lawyers

Edgar Galvis, a 51-year-old man from Queens, New York, was one of the many people who cleaned up the debris in office buildings following the 9/11 attacks that brought down the World Trade Center. Originally from Bogota, Columbia, ... continue
NYC Restaurant Week Begins, Over 320 Eateries Involved

NYC Restaurant Week Begins, Over 320 Eateries Involved

Restauranteurs all over New York City began participating in Restaurant week on Monday, offering price fixed lunch and dinner menus. According to NYC & Company restaurants taking part in the marketing promotion are offering 3-course meals for the ... continue
Kenny Chesney, Grace Potter Perform on Today Show

Kenny Chesney, Grace Potter Perform on Today Show

This morning country singer Kenny Chesney dropped by the Today show to perform a few of his hit songs including, “Beer in Mexico” and “Somewhere With You." The cowboy-hat-wearing Chesney gave his fans an additional treat by bringing ... continue
Cane Corso Mastiff That Mauled Brooklyn Toddler Was Trained to Kill

Cane Corso Mastiff That Mauled Brooklyn Toddler Was Trained to Kill

A 4-year-old Brooklyn boy was mauled to death by the family's Cane Corso Mastiff while his siblings looked on in horror, and it appears the child's mother's boyfriend openly trained the family's dogs to be vicious and ... continue
L Train Pole Dance Explains Why People Tolerate New York

L Train Pole Dance Explains Why People Tolerate New York

Insanely high rents, disgusting streets and subway stations, but every so often a spontaneous striptease on the subway turns into an epic dance party. continue
Organ recipient infected with HIV in live donor transplant in NYC

Organ recipient infected with HIV in live donor transplant in NYC

The recipient of a kidney from a living donor unknowingly carrying HIV has contracted the virus, public health officials have confirmed. Due to privacy laws, neither the hospital nor any of the involved patients have been identified. The ... continue
NYC Health Dept. may add smartphone-accessible barcodes to restaurant letter grades

NYC Health Dept. may add smartphone-accessible barcodes to restaurant letter grades

Ever wonder what conditions in a restaurant earned it a letter grade from the NYC Department of Health? In the past year, restaurants have been subject to posting the letter grade bestowed upon them after being given a month to ... continue
The Underbelly of New York still exists, and it’s pretty cool [Video]

The Underbelly of New York still exists, and it’s pretty cool [Video]

I don't know what possesses people to do thing like what urban explorers Andrew Wonder and Steve Duncan do but we should be in their debt. Willing to risk life, limb and the very real possibility of arrest ... continue
MTA weekend service changes

MTA weekend service changes

I'd almost kind of like to see this more, because at least they'd have the cojones to say it... [via] continue
Nicaraguan diplomat Cesar Mercado found dead, nearly decapitated in Bronx building

Nicaraguan diplomat Cesar Mercado found dead, nearly decapitated in Bronx building

A Nicaraguan diplomat whose identity has not yet been released by the NYPD was found dead, his throat slashed, in a Bronx building this morning. The man's driver discovered his body at around 10:30 am, behind a door ... continue
Spoiler alert: The A train is making you miss ‘Wheel of Fortune’

Spoiler alert: The A train is making you miss ‘Wheel of Fortune’

Waiting for the subway has historically been and mostly still is an adventure in time management, patience and ability to tolerate proximity of people who are not that into hygiene. Up until recently, we didn't have any of ... continue