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Runnin' Scared

9:46 am
Mar. 14, 2010
Carly Fiorina Presents Demon Sheep II: Bring Me the Giant Floating Head of Barbara Boxer
By Julia
And now there are 8 ads weirder than Carly Fiorina's "Demon Sheep." "No-one knows from whence it came," according to the voice over for Fred Davis' latest shot at viral glory (video after the ju... More >>

Runnin' Scared

8:53 am
Mar. 14, 2010
Spring Forward
By Julia
I hate to bring it up, but daylight savings time kicked in at 2 this morning. If you haven't yet, move your clock ahead an hour (the current time in New York is here). Think of it as one less hour... More >>

Fork in the Road

10:00 pm
Mar. 13, 2010
Great Barbecues of Texas: City Market in Luling
By Robert Sietsema
Originating in ther early 1950's, City Market sits on Luling's main drag opposite the railroad tracks that bisect the town. By the time Luling was founded in 1874 as a station on the Galveston, H... More >>

Runnin' Scared

4:37 pm
Mar. 13, 2010
Mbarek Lafrem, Accused Social Bar Attacker, Says He Was Defending HImself in the Woman's Bathroom
By Julia
According to the News, construction worker Mbarek Lafrem, who is now charged with attempted murder, attempted sexual assault, and another attempted assault charge in the Thursday woman's room beat... More >>

Runnin' Scared

3:44 pm
Mar. 13, 2010
MTA Wants High-Speed Wireless Internet on Metro-North and LIRR Trains
By Julia
According to the Post, the Metropolitan Transit Authority is asking for bids from service providers to make high-speed wireless internet available to riders on Metro-North and LIRR commuter trains... More >>

La Daily Musto

2:18 pm
Mar. 13, 2010
The Weirdest Thing About The Latest Roman Catholic Pedophilia Scandal...
By Michael Musto
...is that the church condemns healthy, loving gays as sinners who will face the flames of hell if they don't embrace Jesus, whereas a priest who routinely molests young boys is simply given some ... More >>

Runnin' Scared

2:01 pm
Mar. 13, 2010
Freddie Thompson, Accused Robber Who Escaped from Staten Island Court, Captured
By Julia
Freddie Thompson, a convicted felon who faced 5 robbery charges in a Staten Island court on Wednesday, answered the bailiff's call for another defendant. The police officer who was supposed to che... More >>

Runnin' Scared

12:12 pm
Mar. 13, 2010
"Bloomberg's Galpal" Diana Taylor Isn't Running for Senate, but We Might Be Able to Get Campbell Brown's Husband or Kara DioGuardi's Dad
By Julia
Yesterday Diana Taylor, a former state regulator better known in the local press for her relationship with our billionaire mayor, joined the list of local political celebrities being floated for a... More >>

Voice Film

11:04 am
Mar. 13, 2010
Meg White Cries: White Stripes Doc Reveals Mysteries Behind the Band
By Karina Longworth
"Make as much noise as you want," recommended The White Stripes: Under Great Northern Lights director Emmett Malloy, before the film's premiere at the SXSW Film Festival on Friday night. In pra... More >>

Runnin' Scared

11:02 am
Mar. 13, 2010
Danazja Monroe, 12, Missing in the Bronx
By Julia
Police in the 44 Precinct are looking for information about Danazja Monroe, 12, of Anderson Ave in the Bronx. She was last seen at home yesterday. They describe her as 5'0 and 100 lbs, with hazel ... More >>

Runnin' Scared

10:18 am
Mar. 13, 2010
Mbarek Lafrem Charged With Social Bar Beating
By Julia
Construction worker Mbarek Lafrem, 30, of Pennsylvania, has been charged with assault and attempted sexual assault in a Thursday morning attack in a women's bathroom at Social Bar which left a Con... More >>

Runnin' Scared

9:32 am
Mar. 13, 2010
TLC: New York Taxi Drivers Overcharged Passengers $8.3 Million
By Julia
In the last 26 months, city taxi drivers have illegally flipped a switch on their meters to charge a higher out-of-town rate on rides within the five boroughs 1.8 million times, according to the T... More >>

Runnin' Scared

8:14 am
Mar. 13, 2010
Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free
By Julia
The National Weather Service says it's pretty much definitely going to rain all weekend, so indoors is good. Go see the Wizard of Oz today and tomorrow at the Film Forum (double feature, with Capt... More >>

Sound of the City

6:00 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
Week in Review: Michael Bolton is... JACK THE RIPPER!
By Zach Baron
In the week we attended a cocktail party at Michael Bolton's house, we learned that the god has a Kanye platinum plaque on his wall and the finest Scrabble board Toys R Us sells on his mantle. Ou... More >>

Fork in the Road

5:30 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
A Week of Human Cheese; Is Your CSA a Ripoff?
By Chantal Martineau
This week in food blogs... Eater compiled a list of the best headlines for stories about Daniel Angerer's breast milk cheese. FitR fave: "N.Y. Chef Keeps Abreast of Food Trends With Mother's-Milk... More >>

Sound of the City

5:20 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
American Idol's Lilly Scott on Her Untimely Elimination: My Demographic Was "Doing Something More Productive Than Voting, Like Riding a Bike"
By Sharyn Jackson
Fans of the first contestant to be called "indie" by an American Idol judge--as a compliment--were shocked last night by the elimination of Lilly Scott. When she received the news from Ryan Sea... More >>

Fork in the Road

5:15 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
Duane Reade's Groceries Are Now Fully Locked and Loaded
By Rebecca Marx
We didn't realize it at the time, but Duane Reade's sushi was just the tip of a very long ice pick. The drugstore chain's grocery ambitions are now fully locked and loaded, as evidenced by their n... More >>

La Daily Musto

4:38 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
Marc Jacobs' Luscious Husband Naked In Butt Magazine!
By Michael Musto
Lorenzo Martone is the charming 30-year-old Brazilian who's design superstar Marc Jacobs' love partner (he's sort of the original Jesus Luz, but not really). And he's showing it all--and telling... More >>

Fork in the Road

4:33 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
Posts of the Week
By Rebecca Marx
It's sweet, sweet Friday. An ideal time to look back, through the wind and rain, at the best posts of the last five days. Alone in the kitchen with a pig's uterus... Pulino's Beth Ann Simpkins t... More >>

Sound of the City

4:30 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
Explaining the Success of Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Which Has Sold More Copies Than 50 Cent's Before I Self-Destruct and That Joanna Newsom Record Combined
By Maura Johnston
A small shift at the top of the charts this week -- snoozy country act Lady Antebellum retakes the top spot, with Need You Now selling 126,000 copies to the smoky Sade album Soldier Of Love's 79,0... More >>

Fork in the Road

4:30 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
Say Hello to Betel; Goodbye to Blarney Stone
By Chantal Martineau
The owners of Westside Market have opened Vareli, a Mediterranean restaurant and wine bar in Morningside Heights. Expect Italian-flavored small plates, panini, and lotsa wine. [TONY] Betty's has ... More >>

Fork in the Road

3:54 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
Alone in the Kitchen With a Pig's Uterus
By Sarah DiGregorio
Of all the offal piled in bins at Fei Long Supemarket (6301 Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn), the pig uteri are the most intriguing. Maybe it's their shiny, coiled, seashell-like forms, or maybe it's the... More >>

Sound of the City

3:48 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
The New Usher Record, Raymond vs. Raymond, Leaked, If You Go For That Sort Of Thing
By Rob Harvilla
It's officially out March 30, but friend-of-SOTC Clover Hope over at Vibe has some wise early reactions and a few streaming tracks for your perusal. A mixed bag, is the main idea: Most probably yo... More >>

Fork in the Road

2:53 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
Chatting With Beth Ann Simpkins About Pulino's Pizza, Bi-Coastal Pizza Obsession, and Her 100 Percent Carbohydrate Diet
By Rebecca Marx
When Pulino's opens next Monday, it will doubtless draw a stampede of pizza obsessives intent on making their own pronouncements on the pies that emerge from the restaurant's vast ovens. But whil... More >>

La Daily Musto

2:30 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
Another Reality Show For Joan Rivers
By Michael Musto
My best friend Joan Rivers not only just came off E!'s Fashion Police (dissecting the Oscar outfits in all their glory and ghastliness) and is hosting more of TV Land's How'd You Get So Rich? seri... More >>

Fork in the Road

2:28 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
Trouble in Paradise: New Belachan Restaurant Moves, Turns Japanese
By Sarah DiGregorio
Meandering through Sunset Park today, we spotted a recently opened Japanese restaurant. Except it's actually the new incarnation of New Belachan, which was our favorite Malaysian restaurant in Br... More >>

Sound of the City

2:15 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
I Don't Go Clubbing, I Go Dancing: The Weekend In Nightlife
By Puja Patel
The Arms Around Haiti event at Public Assembly kicks off our Friday evening with a reminder that just because there haven't been any telethons lately doesn't mean the situation isn't just as awful... More >>

Fork in the Road

1:51 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
Citing Economy, Colicchio and Sons Abandons Prix Fixe; Colicchio Responds to Platt
By Sarah DiGregorio
As of tonight, Colicchio and Sons will revert back to its original a la cart pricing in the dining room, abandoning the newly instituted prix fixe format. "People were not happy with paying prix ... More >>

Fork in the Road

1:48 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
Eugene Mirman on Beef Navels, the Brooklyn Food Scene, and Babies in Bars
By Keith Wagstaff
Eugene Mirman is a very funny man--so funny that this very publication dubbed him New York's best stand-up comedian in 2009. You've probably seen him on Flight of the Conchords or at Union Hall, ... More >>

La Daily Musto

1:45 pm
Mar. 12, 2010
"Huffing" Is The Biggest Tween Drug Phenomenon In Years
By Michael Musto
As someone who spends hours at Ricky's inhaling candles for recreation, I can totally understand the appeal of "huffing"--the popular tween practice of breathing in nail polish, glue, bleach, and ... More >>

From the Print Edition

A New York Operator's Trail of Blood, Bankruptcy, and Brazilian Diamonds A New York Operator's Trail of Blood, Bankruptcy, and Brazilian Diamonds
By Graham Rayman

The entrance to the 110-year-old brownstone at 2 East 12th Street, two blocks south of Union Square, isn't particularly dramatic or imposing. You have to step down to reach the… More >>

Inside a Divided Upper East Side Public School Inside a Divided Upper East Side Public School
By Steven Thrasher

If you're a white student and you arrive at the public elementary school building on 95th Street and Third Avenue, you'll probably walk through the front door. If you're a… More >>

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