Park Ave property developer Kent Swig will soon be looking for a studio in East New York.
Another one bites the dust...
If like most of us you've been financially rattled these last few months you have a spare shoulder with me to cry on, but that said I might have to shrug some of...
Beyonce: “Diva By Default”: Ten Years Later courtesy of Aaliyah.
Exactly ten years ago today, Aaliyah died in 2001 at the height of her fame. At the time, she, not Beyonce, was the burgeoning queen of pop, with movie roles (and critical acclaim to match) already racked up, stellar album...
The (Il)logic of Free-seating in Theaters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II is the final film of a magical series that has enraptured millions worldwide, myself included, for over a decade. Such was my excitement over the film, which opened...
Why don’t you just be a man about it? Trying to figure out if a man should give up...
Not so long ago, I was seated on a crowded subway with a female friend. Whilst we were talking amongst ourselves an older woman, in her early 50's boarded the train and stood by us. It was obvious by...
The argument for oxytocin. Inducing empathy could save the world. But who really wants to live in a society...
Judging by the recent disharmony in the world one could be pressed to argue the root of what ails society is the degree of inequity when it comes to the distribution of resources and wealth. Which is...
Disabled woman lives with her dead partner whom she has no recollection of for 5 weeks before authorities are...
Brighton-UK, Aug 20. A frail 51 year old Jessica Makarab is reported to have been so frail upon the death of her caretaker partner that she was unable to report his death, which led to her living with him...
Moscow debuts a small box where people can sleep in dignity.
In general, I am a fan of hyperminimalism—building offices in the woods where you don’t actually build anything, people just set up shop under trees—if only as a camp concept. Let’s face it: more is more, baby, but let’s hear...
Sarah Lynn would like to explain to you how she left her toddler in a stroller in the rain...
Down the hatch she goes...
Sarah Lynn Cheek is nursing a giant hangover pursuant to being arresting for child neglect this past Thursday evening. But at least it will be a hangover she will remember for some time to come...
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Distraught girl calls her mother while she is being mauled to death by bears
I have a friend whose hobbies include YouTubing phone calls when people are dying: 9/11 calls, girls trapped in a car, etc., etc.. We’ve come to laugh about this, not just because of the morbidity involved but I think because...
Teenager murders his 15 year old girlfriend’s mother and her friend because she refused to let him marry her...
Recep Cetin was said to be totally infatuated and very possessive.
Authorities are trying to make sense of a double homicide pursuant to a young Turkish man, 17 year old Recep Cetin who it is said had been involved...
Urban Outfitters sued for $28 million for using salacious images of model to sell clothes. Whatever happened to good...
Selling clothes has always been a tricky business. In a market cluttered with thousands of brands, and a finite audience with less cash to burn given our perilous economic times distinguishing oneself has led to some fashion marketers choosing...
Wayward Pen Foundation and Alenka Slavinec star in “Slovenia in US.”
In conjunction with Wayward Pen Foundation, world class photographer Alenka Slavinec recently presented a rising tribute to the ethereal vision of a burgeoning Slovenia as it has adapted to its independence and freedom from from what was once communist...
Fashion Bloggers appalled by Gap’s new skinny jeans.
A month ago it was Top Shop this week it's Gap that's causing furor amongst fashion cognoscenti. But then again you would think fashion houses would have learned their lesson, but maybe the object isn't necessarily...
Two men standing on a plastic crate with water up to their necks are saved from drowning in an...
Thankfully they were able to recall which intersection they were at to the emergency operator when they suddenly realized they had no idea which building they were in...
New York has been victim of these flash floods lately (eight inches...
Sanity at last: Warren Buffett insists that congress raise taxes on rich Americans.
Getting to the root of America's problems sometimes requires a leap of faith and an appreciation that sometimes its best to coalesce those who are in a position to step up to the plate to do so.
Probably annoyed and...
