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Photos Of Phagwah: The Dye Is Cast During Colorful Queens Celebration

Photos Of Phagwah: The Dye Is Cast During Colorful Queens Celebration
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Yesterday was the colorful, joyous and really messy Hindu celebration Phagwah (also known as Holi). The crowd in Richmond Hill had beautiful weather, and photographer Alec Tabak was on the scene for us—he says it was chaotic but fun (think "alternate universe Woodstock '94/'98"). Oh, and he added, "A kid poured baby powder down the back of my shirt" and then "his mother smeared my face" with powder. more ›

Another Exploding Dye Pack Story

Another Exploding Dye Pack Story

On the heels of yesterday's story about a bank robbery that was foiled in part by an exploding dye pack, we bring you this tale from Long Island. A getaway driver was arrested after he and a "friend" (who managed to flee before police arrived) robbed a bank. James Clark and the friend who did the actual robbing—Newsday reports that the man who told a teller he had a gun was given "unspecified amount of cash and a dye pack from a drawer"—had to leave the getaway vehicle because the dye pack exploded. Oh, and a bank employee copied their license plate number. So Clark called his sister for advice—yes, telling her about dye pack and being spotted—and the sister said he should call 911. Newsday adds that at first Clark told the authorities he had no idea his friend was planning a robbery but later owned up to it. more ›

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