NYPD: No Video of Driver Who Killed Roxana Sorina Buta
Tuesday | via Streetsblog
The woman killed by a hit-and-run truck driver at Union Square last week has been identified as Roxana Sorina Buta. Comment?
No workouts for I'll Have Another ahead of Triple Cr...
Sunday May 27 | via MyFoxNY
Tempting history, trainer Doug O'Neill plans to send Triple Crown hopeful I'll Have Another into the June 9 Belmont Stakes off gallops alone, with no official workouts. Comment?
Sun on tap, but more thunderstorms expected
Sunday May 27 | via Newsday
Accident cleared on THE L.I.E./I-495 EB between X39/GLEN COVE RD and X40/JERICHO TPK/NY RT-25 in NASSAU CNTY Accident cleared on THE L.I.E./I-495 EB between X39/GLEN COVE RD and X40/JERICHO TPK/NY RT-25 in NASSAU CNTY SUNKEN MEADOW STATE PARK current temperature 73 degrees...water temp 63 degrees...wave height 1 ft...ALL PARKING LOTS OPEN ROBERT ... (more) Comment?
Fleet Week NYC 2012 comes to a close
Sunday May 27 | via MyFoxNY
More than 6,000 service men and women from the U.S. and around the world arrived in New York aboard the ships last Wednesday. Comment?
Duchess of Cambridge's burlesque dancer cousin quits...
Sunday May 27 | via MyFoxNY
The Duchess of Cambridge's burlesque dancing cousin Katrina Darling quit her London banking job to focus on her showbiz career. Comment?
What is closed on Memorial Day?
Sunday May 27 | via MyFoxNY
POST OFFICES Express Mail only; self-service kiosks are available at the main post office, on Eighth Avenue at 32nd Street, but there is no regular service. Comment?
Etan Patz's body hidden in NYC bodega's fridge befor...
Sunday May 27 | via MyFoxNY
The man who confessed to strangling little Etan Patz in New York was calculating enough to stash the child's corpse in a basement walk-in refrigerator before tossing it out with the trash. Comment?
Annette Insdorf: The Central Park Five Premieres in ...
Saturday May 26 | via The Huffington Post
Along with the glamor and the gushing over auteurs that dominate the Cannes Film Festival, documentaries are among this year's strongest movies in the Official Selection. Comment?
NYPD pulls body from Hudson River near West Harlem
Friday May 25 | via MyFoxNY
Police say harbor patrol officers recovered a man's body from the shoreline near West 135th Street Sunday at around 5:30 p.m. Someone had called 911 to report a body in the water. Comment?
Metro-North Increasing Trains Friday
Thursday May 24 | via The Daily East Chester
Metro-North will be operating 19 early "getaway trains" for those people looking to leave work early Friday to enjoy their long Memorial Day weekend, said spokesperson Marjorie Anders "It's not the busiest day because some people don't even come in but those people who did come in in the morning at their regular time, the vast majority leave early, ... (more) Comment?
The Central Park Five: Cannes Review
Thursday May 24 | via Hollywood Reporter
With issues connected to racial profiling acquiring fresh resonance in the wake of the Trayvon Martin killing, the timing could hardly be more propitious for The Central Park Five . Comment?
The Central Park Five: Cannes Review
Thursday May 24 | via Hollywood Reporter
With issues connected to racial profiling acquiring fresh resonance in the wake of the Trayvon Martin killing, the timing could hardly be more propitious for The Central Park Five . Comment?
Bronx principal got overtime while exercising in sch...
Wednesday May 23 | via MyFoxNY
The Office of the Special Commissioner of Investigation uncovered a host of misconduct by Jeanene Worrell-Breeden when she was principal of PS 18 in The Bronx -- including clocking in for overtime pay when she was actually in "boot camp" classes three times a week in the school gym. Comment?
Tuesday May 22 | via New York Post
Many residents of high-crime neighborhoods take a more nuanced position on the NYPD's stop-and-frisk practices than the politicians and advocates who purport to represent them. Comment?
Annual Fleet Week service honor fallen service members
Tuesday May 22 | via MyFoxNY
Police have pulled a body from the Hudson River near West Harlem. Police say harbor patrol officers recovered a man's body from the shoreline near West 135th Street Sunday at around 5:30 NEW YORK - Police have pulled a body from the Hudson River near West Harlem. Comment?
Monday May 21 | via New York Post
The demagoguery around the NYPD's stop-and-frisk practices has reached a fevered pitch recently, culminating last week in federal Judge Shira Scheindlin's grandstanding certification of a class-action lawsuit against the department for its stop-and-frisk policy - the next step toward putting the police under judicial control. Comment?
Cannes Review: 'The Central Park Five' Is Well Execu...
Monday May 21 | via Film School Rejects
The Cannes official selection usually includes a couple of interesting documentaries toA cleanseA the pallet of all the high-art and fiction, and this feature-length portrait of the infamous New York rape case certainly offered something more for those film fans who like to get their factual kicks, from director/producer trio Ken Burns , Sarah ... (more) Comment?
Anti-fascists Attack White Nationalists in Chicago Suburb
Sunday May 20 | via Daily Kos
A group of 'anti-facists' are being credited with Saturday's mob-style attack inside a Tinley Park restaurant pic by NICK SWEDBERG White Nationalists were targeted inside the Ashford House restaurant and physically attacked, causing several injuries and completely shutting down their meeting. 2 comments
RADIO/PODCAST: WBGO-FM Jazz 88.3 Sweeps Radio Catego...
Thursday May 17 | via All About Jazz
FM Jazz 88.3 Sweeps Radio Category at NY Association of Black Journalists Awards NEWARK, NJ: Jazz station WBGO-FM/Jazz 88.3 swept the Radio Category with First Place honors in General News, Public Affairs and Arts & Entertainment at the 2012 New York Association of Black Journalists awards ceremony held on Tuesday, May 15, at The Malcolm X and Dr. Comment?
Find Your Inner Genius -- AARP The Magazine
Jul 23, 2010 | via AARP
In 2005 West entered the manuscript in a contest sponsored by St. Martin's Press. Comment?