Of course police chases are bad ideas, but a worse idea might be fleeing the crash and leaving your 2-year-old in the car. Yet this is exactly what a Roosevelt man did in Hempstead last night. The Hempstead police say that a village police detective tried to stop a 2007 Nissan Altima for a traffic violation. But the car refused to stop, so the police followed the car (and befitting a suburban car chase, additional......

There are likely many unsolved crimes in New York City's past, but this week, one 150-year-old case finally gets a sort of closure. The crime was well-documented as the Butchery on Bond Street. Love, money, Bellevue, dentists...all the usual makings for criminal behavior are accounted for, and amNewYork spoke to Benjamin Feldman, who has written a book, The Butchery of Bond Street. Harvey Burdell, a dentist who lived at 31 Bond Street, was "found in......

Last week the television networks had their upfronts previewing their fall lineups. So will your favorites be back and is there anything new that at least sounds good on paper? CBS Gone from the CBS fall line up are The Class, Close to Home, Jericho, and The King of Queens, but returning at mid-season are The Amazing Race and The New Adventures of Old Christine. The first new thing we will be seeing from CBS......

This happened in Hempstead, at the Nassau Country jail, but we think it speaks volumes about bad ideas and delicious pastries. Rocco Bove, a correction officer, dropped off some Italian pastries to be given to an inmate. But one of the officers on duty decided to have a taste first. And the officer tasted marijuana. Those are some taste buds! The Post reports that lab tests confirmed that the cannoli filling did have marijuana. What......

Let's take a look back at a week that raised this Zen koan: if Kevin Federline got into a wrestling ring with a wrestler, who would you root for? Austinist was in an entertainment state of mind as they covered the dickens out of the Austin Film Festival, depicted all the Big 12 football coaches as South Park characters, and interviewed Jose Gonzalez. Chicagoist talked about the passion as they bid adieu to Bell......

Wednesday is now most definitely the new Must See TV night. Not only is there Law & Order, Lost, and CSI: NY on the big networks, there's America's Next Top Model, Veronica Mars, and now Project Runway on Bravo. It is the only night of the week that requires a seriously souped up TiVo set-up, but luckily the UPN and Bravo replay their shows. Project Runway's new season starts with two hours of annoying new......

Regina Schrambling, Food Writer...