An Upper East Side couple apparently committed suicide a month ago, but their bodies were only found yesterday, according to the Daily News. "The bodies of Michael Mendelson, 86, and Dale Roll, 75, were discovered in their E. 70th St. high-rise apartment about 10:30a.m., after a neighbor reported a foul odor... A source said the couple penned a note that said 'something to the effect there's nothing suspicious. We did this.'" It's believed they overdosed on Ambien and the source also said there were towels stuffed into the door's cracks to hide the smell, "They did not want to be found." more ›

Aspiring model Gypsy Porfirio admitted she "blacked out" before running over a teacher and his girlfriend who were jogging in Staten Island on Tuesday. The 34-year-old allegedly told cops she took two Xanax, one Ambien, and a Percocet about an hour before the collision, which left 23-year-old Daniel Kelley in "extremely critical" condition, the Daily News reports. "I blacked out at the wheel. I can't believe I hit a person." more ›

An aspiring model "allegedly high on a cocktail of drugs" struck a former high-school track star and his girlfriend as they jogged in Staten Island yesterday, the Advance reports. Daniel Kelley, 23, is in "extremely critical condition" after suffering severe head and chest trauma when he was run down by a black Honda Civic on Hylan Boulevard. The crash left his girlfriend, 18-year-old Gina Siclari, with a broken ankle, scrapes and bruises, according to the daily. more ›

Richie Notar, the co-owner of acclaimed sushi chain Nobu, took a pill and drank a glass of wine before his Monday night red-eye flight from LA to New York. Then he was "out for the count"—at least, from his point of view. But before the flight was over, he'd be trying to bite his way through a pair of flex cuffs. One witness from the flight gave this account:

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Some more details surrounding Heath Ledger's death have emerged, even though the autopsy is inconclusive for the actor's cause of death. Though CBS 2 initially reported that a rolled up $20 bill in Ledger's SoHo apartment had narcotic residue on it and that cops had found unidentified drug packets, the NYPD now confirms that lab tests found nothing to indicate the bill had been used to snort drugs and that no illegal drugs were found in the apartment. There were six types of prescription drugs in the room, including pills to treat insomnia and anxiety. more ›