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Yet Another Rainy Start To The Week

Cuddle Puddle by Scoboco on Flickr What are the chances of this happening? For the third straight week a cold front is going to stall once it passes through the city. For the third straight week...
Mother Of Two Killed In Drive-By Shooting On Grand Central Parkway

(NY1) Just before 4 a.m. on Mother's Day, Stephanie Taveras, a 21-year-old mother of two from Irvington, N.J, was riding in a white BMW when she was gunned down by unknown assailants driving a black SUV....
Red Bulls Win A Wild One At Philly; Conde Arrested For Allegedly Assaulting Cop

Ryan Meara defends against Philly's Lionard Pajoy (New York Red Bulls) Number one at last! The New York Red Bulls continue their perfect run in May, picking up a comeback road win in a Mother's Day...
The Kid & The Whale: NYPD Busts Father & Son For Kilos Of Coke

(DCPI) We aced our semester of Inconspicuous Cocaine Transport (Automobile), mostly because of our award-winning thesis, "Keep The Michael Bolton Turned Up & The Speed Of The Car Down." The same might not be said of...
With Guns Missing, NYPD Assigns Cops To Guard Their Own Locker Room

The Ninth Precinct (Wikicommons). Now, we're no security experts but if we happened to run an NYPD locker room in the East Village where cash, iPads, bulletproof vests and four service guns had mysteriously walked away...
Top JP Morgan Chase Exec Resigns Over $2 Billion Trading Mistake

Ina Drew After JP Morgan Chase publicly admitted that it lost $2 billion while executing various complicated bets (and counter bets) on credit derivatives, heads are rolling. Ina Drew, the Chief Investment Officer, is resigning today...
Heartwarming Photo Of Janitor's Graduation From Columbia

(AP) An immigrant from the former Yugoslavia who has worked as a janitor for Columbia University for two decades graduated Sunday with a bachelor's degree in classics, with honors. Full time custodian Gac Filipaj took classes...
Get Ready NYC: President Obama Is At Barnard (And The View) Today

The Obamas' holiday photograph President Barack Obama will be in town later today, to chat with the ladies of The View, raise money and, of course, give the commencement speech at Barnard College. Tickets are needed...
Extra, Extra: The Real Housewives Of Downton Abbey

Because there's nothing like a burping dog, check out today's end-of-day links: "Community" on Fridays, Newsweek's gay Obama cover, RIP Donald Dunn, and why the woman who started Mother's Day would hate it now. Don't forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here.
NYPD On Track To Shatter Stop-And-Frisk Record In 2012

(Shel Serkin) The NYPD is on pace to break last year's record 601,055 stop-and-frisks (that's 1,900 people a day). According to the Times, the department released data yesterday (on a Saturday? Hmmm) that shows police made...
NY Post: Jeremy Lin Has Been Corrupted By Models And Booze!

Jeremy Lin and his entourage (l-r: Jerome Jordan, Landry Fields, Lin and Josh Harrellson) It was only three months ago that Knicks star Jeremy Lin was avoiding paparazzi and eager female fans at downtown club Avenue—Linsanity...
Bloomberg's Blasts NC's Ban On Same-Sex Marriage In Commencement Speech

Mayor Bloomberg officiated the marriage of his staffers John Feinblatt and Jonathan Mintz last summer (Mayor's Office) Mayor Bloomberg gave a commencement speech to the graduates of UNC Chapel Hill today, and along with an obligatory...
9/11 Sphere Sculpture Moving Out Of Battery Park, New Location TBA

Courtesy christiNYCa's flickr The bronze sphere that used to stand in the World Trade Center plaza before getting moved to Battery Park post-9/11 will be getting a new temporary home while the park undergoes a renovation,...
Cop Who Killed Grandmother In Possible DUI Will Receive Pension

Victim Drana Nikac The NYPD detective accused of drinking and driving in an incident that killed 67-year-old Bronx grandmother Drane Nikac in October 2009 will receive his pension, regardless of whether he is convicted of a...
Notorious Sigma Alpha Epsilon "Animal House" Frat Approved For Columbia

Just like the good old days (via Wiki) Recently, it was reported that Columbia University's Interfraternal Council has approved notorious fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) to return to the university for the first time since 1961....

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Recent Entries in News

Yet Another Rainy Start To The Week

Cuddle Puddle by Scoboco on Flickr What are the chances of this happening? For the third straight week a cold front is going to stall once it passes through the city. For the third straight week...

Mother Of Two Killed In Drive-By Shooting On Grand Central Parkway

(NY1) Just before 4 a.m. on Mother's Day, Stephanie Taveras, a 21-year-old mother of two from Irvington, N.J, was riding in a white BMW when she was gunned down by unknown assailants driving a black SUV....

Red Bulls Win A Wild One At Philly; Conde Arrested For Allegedly Assaulting Cop

Ryan Meara defends against Philly's Lionard Pajoy (New York Red Bulls) Number one at last! The New York Red Bulls continue their perfect run in May, picking up a comeback road win in a Mother's Day...

The Kid & The Whale: NYPD Busts Father & Son For Kilos Of Coke

(DCPI) We aced our semester of Inconspicuous Cocaine Transport (Automobile), mostly because of our award-winning thesis, "Keep The Michael Bolton Turned Up & The Speed Of The Car Down." The same might not be said of...

With Guns Missing, NYPD Assigns Cops To Guard Their Own Locker Room

The Ninth Precinct (Wikicommons). Now, we're no security experts but if we happened to run an NYPD locker room in the East Village where cash, iPads, bulletproof vests and four service guns had mysteriously walked away...

Top JP Morgan Chase Exec Resigns Over $2 Billion Trading Mistake

Ina Drew After JP Morgan Chase publicly admitted that it lost $2 billion while executing various complicated bets (and counter bets) on credit derivatives, heads are rolling. Ina Drew, the Chief Investment Officer, is resigning today...

Heartwarming Photo Of Janitor's Graduation From Columbia

(AP) An immigrant from the former Yugoslavia who has worked as a janitor for Columbia University for two decades graduated Sunday with a bachelor's degree in classics, with honors. Full time custodian Gac Filipaj took classes...

Get Ready NYC: President Obama Is At Barnard (And The View) Today

The Obamas' holiday photograph President Barack Obama will be in town later today, to chat with the ladies of The View, raise money and, of course, give the commencement speech at Barnard College. Tickets are needed...

Extra, Extra: The Real Housewives Of Downton Abbey

NYPD On Track To Shatter Stop-And-Frisk Record In 2012

(Shel Serkin) The NYPD is on pace to break last year's record 601,055 stop-and-frisks (that's 1,900 people a day). According to the Times, the department released data yesterday (on a Saturday? Hmmm) that shows police made...

NY Post: Jeremy Lin Has Been Corrupted By Models And Booze!

Jeremy Lin and his entourage (l-r: Jerome Jordan, Landry Fields, Lin and Josh Harrellson) It was only three months ago that Knicks star Jeremy Lin was avoiding paparazzi and eager female fans at downtown club Avenue—Linsanity...

Bloomberg's Blasts NC's Ban On Same-Sex Marriage In Commencement Speech

Mayor Bloomberg officiated the marriage of his staffers John Feinblatt and Jonathan Mintz last summer (Mayor's Office) Mayor Bloomberg gave a commencement speech to the graduates of UNC Chapel Hill today, and along with an obligatory...

9/11 Sphere Sculpture Moving Out Of Battery Park, New Location TBA

Courtesy christiNYCa's flickr The bronze sphere that used to stand in the World Trade Center plaza before getting moved to Battery Park post-9/11 will be getting a new temporary home while the park undergoes a renovation,...

Cop Who Killed Grandmother In Possible DUI Will Receive Pension

Victim Drana Nikac The NYPD detective accused of drinking and driving in an incident that killed 67-year-old Bronx grandmother Drane Nikac in October 2009 will receive his pension, regardless of whether he is convicted of a...

Notorious Sigma Alpha Epsilon "Animal House" Frat Approved For Columbia

Just like the good old days (via Wiki) Recently, it was reported that Columbia University's Interfraternal Council has approved notorious fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) to return to the university for the first time since 1961....