Your Super Tuesday primary vote did count, although it may not have initially. The NY Times did some digging around after noticing, according to the unofficial results the media relies on, 80 NYC voting districts recorded no votes for Obama, even in neighborhoods with large black populations. The city has now "confirmed some major discrepancies between the vote totals reported publicly — and unofficially — on primary night and the actual tally on hundreds of voting machines across the city." more ›

This past weekend was notable for a number of shootings that left many injured and at least three dead. more ›

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In Harlem, the guide explained that black people’s hair was different and that they all went to church in their good clothes, whereas everyone else in the city was too busy to be religious, especially the Jews. Back in midtown, she pointed out two famous “Jewish delicatessens,” the Carnegie and the Stage. “Lots of remarks about Jews and blacks,” Willard observed, “yet we haven’t even mentioned Pearl Harbor.”Sadly, there were no bloodhounds on the scene, so he could not suggest that they wear a Sherlock Holmes hat and smoke a pipe. And now Gothamist must watch Best in Show tonight. more ›

In a freak Times Square accident, a security guard was killed when a freight elevator in the Ernst & Young building went out of control. The accident occurred at around 4:45 yesterday afternoon when the counterweight hurled the elevator cab into the roof. The E&Y building is a mere two years old and is home to Ernst & Young and Giuliani Partners, the former mayor's consulting firm. How elevators work. more ›

Also, seeing this photo of Yates holding a stuffed tiger around convinces us that he's going to be shopping around a cartoon about his Harlem apartment full of tigers, aligator, other animals, and humans to Spike or Fuse.
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