Pro Tip: if you're going to haul your pot stash AND a loaded gun around with you while you're traversing the city, you should probably go ahead and invest in a Metrocard. Turnstile freeloader Tyrell Thomas was nabbed in a Brooklyn subway station yesterday evening with those two items on him. Could the turnstile have had some "unexplainable" affect that blocked the oxygen to his brain? more ›

More details have emerged regarding the horse that died on an El Al flight from Belgium to JFK this week. Virteuse, a $140,000 European warmblood was en route to his owner in Illinois when it began "kicking forcefully" around 30 minutes after taking off in Belgium. The Post reports that Virteuse, one of 10 horses on the flight, calmed down but died shortly after. USDA officials are conducting a necropsy to determine the cause of death. more ›

Surprise, surprise—Mayor Bloomberg wasn't really thrilled about questions regarding the $290 million his charity, the Bloomberg Family Foundation, has in off-shore accounts, as reported by the Observer. According to the Daily Politics, Bloomberg said he didn't know where the money was invested, which is "consistent with his agreement with the Conflicts of Interest Board" (he can give advice about his investments, but not know where they are invested). But as the AP's Sara Kugler pointed out, Bloomberg personally signed the 105-page tax return in 2008 that showed the foundation's investments in Mauritius, Cyprus, Japan, Brazil, Luxembourg, the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. more ›

Even though he's claiming he's innocent of insider trading charges, billionaire Raj Rajaratnam is liquidating his Galleon Group hedge fund and preparing to shut it down. In a letter sent to investors, Rajaratnam wrote, "I want to reassure investors of the liquidity of our funds and assure Galleon employees that we are seeking the best way to keep together what I believe is the best long/short equity team in the business. I want to reiterate that I am innocent of all the charges." more ›

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer seems to have turned the corner after resigning from his Albany office in the middle of a prostitution scandal. And instead of whiling away his summer at the beach, the Steamroller is planning on establishing an investment fund that will focus on turning people's failed dreams into cold hard cash for himself. more ›