Finally, some muscle to match the unabated monopolies of the telecom industry: Beth Israel Medical Center is suing Verizon for overbilling them $9 million for services they didn't want in the first place. According to the complaint, they got away with it because of their confusing billing scheme, and "Verizon's guide and website are designed to be impenetrable to its customers." But Big Red isn't paying up, and continues to charge an 18 percent interest rate on the hospital's unpaid bills until the dispute is settled. more ›

A Queens toddler who went into Beth Israel Hospital for a routine circumcision died Tuesday after he was given a general anesthetic instead of a local one, his uncle says. Reportedly after being doped up the last thing the young boy, who would have turned two next month, did before going critical was wake up laughing and calling out for his mother. more ›

Earlier this year, MSNBC.com reported on the curious case of Huguette Clark, the 104-year-old heiress to father William A. Clark, whom Mark Twain once described as" a shame to the American nation, and no one has helped to send him to the Senate who did not know that his proper place was the penitentiary, with a chain and ball on his legs." After living in a 42-room home at 907 Fifth Avenue, Clark has spent the last 20 years as the "princess" of Beth Israel Hospital, with her finances handled by Attorney Wallace Bock and accountant Irving Kamsler. Now, the Manhattan DA is investigating whether or not Bock and Kamsler have been stealing her $500-million fortune. more ›

Yesterday morning, a doctor jumped to his death from the 17th floor of a Beth Israel Hospital building. The body of 44-year-old Douglas Meyer was found "on an air-conditioning unit between two buildings" by a security guard at 7 a.m. more ›