We've encountered our fair share of terrible smells, from foul Columbia B-School students to garbage-flavored campaign brochures, yet it's pretty rare for a smell to be so bad as to require hospitalization. But a noxious concoction of cough medicine and some as yet unknown substance caused just that at Frederick Douglass Academy VIII in Brooklyn. Eleven children and two adults were hospitalized after sniffing the strange fumes. Could the other substance have been Isonitriles, the "Godzilla of odors"? Or might it be that elusive aroma which has haunted Lynyrd Skynyrd ever since the late-1970s? more ›

Former Vice President Dick Cheney was hospitalized yesterday afternoon after "experiencing discomfort," according to the AP. It's unknown is Cheney's condition if related to his long history of heart issues (he was hospitalized in February for a fifth "mild" heart attack), but his spokesman Peter Long said the 69-year-old would probably remain at George Washington Hospital over the weekend. Fox News has a rundown of Cheney's health issues—he had his first heart attack at age 37. Recently, Cheney has slammed Obama for his oil spill response. more ›

A 22-year-old woman was hospitalized last night with a head injury after falling six floors in an apartment building elevator, NY1 reports. After visiting her neighbor on the sixth floor of 90 Pinehurst Street in Washington Heights, Jessica Carter entered an elevator which malfunctioned and crashed to the basement. No details yet on the extent of her injuries, but she was admitted to St. Luke's Hospital around midnight with head injuries. And residents in the building are outraged because a few months ago the elevator fell from the first floor to the basement, hospitalizing one resident. The building's superintendent denies any prior problems with the elevator, but the Department of Buildings is investigating. And we'll be taking the stairs today. more ›

Four more people can be added to the total number of New Yorkers who have been run down by drivers finding it difficult to stay on the road this weekend. In the fourth incident in two days, two toddlers were badly injured when a 16-year-old driver swerved onto the sidewalk in Flatbush, Brooklyn and injured two children and two young women. Both of the toddlers needed to be hospitalized--one in critical condition and the other in stable condition. more ›

Us Magazine is reporting that Gwyneth Paltrow was admitted to New York's Mount Sinai Hospital yesterday afternoon. The reason for the hospitalization is not known, but could it have something to do with her history of crazy diets?

"She was slumped over in a wheelchair pushed by [husband] Chris Martin," an eyewitness tells Us. "She looked not well." more ›