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Ethnic Eating Adventures: Pirosmani

Ethnic Eating Adventures: Pirosmani

Welcome back to another installment of Ethnic Eating Adventures, in which we travel far and wide to discover the hidden culinary delights of New York City. For today's adventure, we're visiting Sheepshead Bay to stuff our gullets full of heavy, infinitely satisfying Georgian food at Pirosmani. more ›

Billionaire Busted with Yacht Full of Endangered Wildlife Pelts

Billionaire Busted with Yacht Full of Endangered Wildlife Pelts

That NYC cab driver turned billionaire has pleaded guilty to charges that he violated the Endangered Species Act by attempting to import 29 rare dead animals into the US aboard his yacht. You may recall Tamir Sapir as the Georgian man who rose from immigrant hack to Russian oil and real estate tycoon, ultimately buying the city's most expensive townhouse across from the Metropolitan Museum for $40 million in 2006. But Florida Customs officers who peered inside his yacht in 2007 know him better as a dealer in dead endangered wildlife. more ›

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