The wife of a Bronx NYPD precinct commander was beaten to a pulp by two masked men this week, and police who are investigating what might have led to the incident— believe it may be the result of a forbidden cop love triangle gone off-the-rails. more ›

A driver for a private garbage trucking company was charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. Police say that Auvryn Scarlett lost control of his truck on West 35th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues Tuesday night, fatally hitting a couple and injuring a man; they believe Scarlett had a seizure and note he recently stopped taking his seizure medication. more ›

On this dreary day, we draw your attention to this awesome photograph. What people will do to make their homes more comfortable for their pets! dchadwick took this photograph and wrote, "my neighbors removed their air conditioner and made a little cat observatory. (there's a plastic panel over the front)" We are all for pet owners making little perches for their animals so we can ooh and aah over them. more ›

The divorce proceedings of a bubblegum-snapping Britney Spears were spoofed on Saturday Night Live (video - click the one of Amy Poehler in a blunt cut wig) last night. While we can only wish that Kevin Federline had opened up a club just for pit bulls - which failed because, you know, pit bulls don't have money - it turns out that Britney might not be that dumb given her pre-nup. The NY Post, by way of Britain's Daily Mail, says the pre-nup gives $300,000 to KFed.

The 60-page prenup, prepared by her legal team - headed by hotshot Hollywood matrimonial attorney Laura Wasser - protects a net worth estimated at the time to be in the range of $100 million. more ›