- Convictions for the mafia cops were thrown out and they're getting a new trial! Totally crazy!
- Math - or computers - isn't the Department of Ed's strong point, as it turns out the on-time graduation rate is actually 5 points higher than previously reported because of a "computer glitch"... let's hope that computer isn't used for accounts payable
- Earlier this week, a subway motorman had a heart attack while working but still brought the train; however, the MTA is trying to "cheat" his family out of $50,000
- A 2002 rape victim exchanges words with her rapist in a Queens courtroom
- Hey, George Washington's first presidential mansion was near the Brooklyn Bridge
- Lou Reed discusses his photograph on WNYC
- The city's Snapple deal is kosher
- Oh, dis! The NY Times says the paintings at the Brooklyn Museum's graffiti show are "negligible as works of art."
- Lil' Kim was a good girl - she's being released from jail early
Photograph of an "Urban Bouquet" from Santi-Jose on Flickr





In regards to the motorman who "stopped his train". Well, it's nice to think he was being heroic, but at the same time, all subways incorporate a so-called "dead man's switch" that stops the train automatically if the operator becomes incapacitated. Oh well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_man's_switch
not in detroit, we have a bus.
With sentences like this: Earlier this week, a subway motorman had a heart attack while working but still brought the train; however, the MTA is trying to "cheat" his family out of $50,000
It amazes me how dumb Americans are and how you ever graduated college.
Seamus, You've demonstrated that at the least Americans here are tolerant of Assholes.