This week some new photos of Macaulay Culkin surfaced, showing a much more frail version of the actor than we've seen in the past. So naturally, eyes were on Le Poisson Rouge last night, where the actor hosts his monthly Macaulay Culkin's iPod nights on Thursdays, but he was a no-show. more ›

Oh, Staten Island—why? In the latest unfortunate knife-y incident on Status Island we have two sisters who went and stabbed a mother and daughter in the breast and arm, respectively, over an iPod Touch. more ›

Have you ever wondered what's on Macaulay Culkin's iPod? You probably are now, right? I mean, this is the kid who survived Michael Jackson and then went on to make the fantastically campy '80s club scene flick Party Monster, so he probably has quite the playlist going on there. Find out for yourself next Thursday at Le Poisson Rouge, when Macaulay will host the aptly named "Macaulay Culkin's iPod" dance party, for free! more ›

Apple announced the release of their iMac computer in 1998, and yet in 2011 society still hasn't gotten over the urge to place a lowercase-i in front of anything having to do with the company. For instance, the Post reports today on 16-year-old Zenquell Rodriguez, an East Village "iThug" who "iJacked" two iPods and iPhones around the nabe since February. more ›

We understand that Apple computers and phones cost a lot of money, but if we were a member of a "traveling band" of grifters, we'd probably use that credit card info on something with a little more panache. Manhattan DA Cy Vance's Cyber Crimes Unit and the Secret Service arraigned a group of seven men and one woman for making fake credit cards with stolen identities and buying $1 million worth of iPods, Macbooks and clothing across the country. What, no new cars? No first-class flights to Paris? C'mon guys, live a little! more ›

[An Assemblyman wants the Manhattan DA's office to investigate—UPDATE BELOW] Yesterday, 21-year-old Jason King was fatally hit by a Mack truck backing up through an intersection on the Upper East Side. Driver Anthony Regisford was issued one summons for failing to secure a load and another one for not having a medical card, and police say that King may have been unable to hear the truck because he was listening to his iPod. However, critics are saying that shouldn't be an issue, especially because of a little thing called Elle's Law. more ›

A 21-year-old pedestrian was fatally struck by a Mack truck while crossing E. 81st Street and Madison Avenue this morning, and police believe he may have been distracted by the music emanating from his ear buds. The truck backed into him, dragging him for about 30 feet, and police found an iPod Nano and headphones on the pavement near the victim. The 51-year-old truck driver remained on the scene and was not charged. In 2007, State Senator Carl Kruger proposed a ban on using iPods while crossing the street, saying users are "tuning out the world around them." more ›

'Tis the season: Early yesterday morning, an Apple Store in Woodcliff Lake, NJ was broken into—according NorthJersey.com, "Four people smashed" into the store, "grabbing several iPods, MacBooks and iPhones... Surveillance video shows them spending about 30 seconds going into the store and running off with the Apple products." The alarm was tripped, but the thieves left by the time cops arrived; a NorthJersey.com commenter predicted, "I bet you can buy the stolen items in the Bronx later today." The store was previously burglarized in 2008, when a crew used sledgehammers, saws and crowbars to gain access from a vacant neighboring store. more ›

Yesterday afternoon, a 12-year-old boy was killed by a NJ Transit train in Hackensack, NJ. The incident occurred around 3 p.m. when Caesar Muloki was walking near the tacks by Railroad Avenue and Central Avenue. The agency's spokesman Dan Stessel said, "This appears to be a tragic accident, and our thoughts are with the family this evening." However, there are conflicting reports about what may have happened—NJ Transit claims he was listening to his iPod at the time. more ›

Even though most of the time the phrase "Only in New York" is "just a defense mechanism used to convince [ourselves] that seeing a naked man take a shit on a park bench is somehow endearing, or part of some shared cultural experience," there are still some things we can't imagine happening anywhere else. For instance, the case of two full grown men who decided to leave a bar, get naked, and fight over an iPod. more ›

As New Yorkers who enjoy Riverside Park worry about the two attacks on Monday, police released surveillance video of "a person they say fits the description of the suspect." The video was taken about an hour after the attacks, which occurred at around 6 a.m. at 120th Street in the park and at 6:20 a.m. at 98th Street. One parkgoer told WABC 7, "It's pretty shocking, I go walking in Riverside Park all the time. I've always thought it was pretty safe, it's disturbing." more ›

The police released a sketch of a "person of interest" wanted for questioning in the mugging of a 19-year-old in Riverside Park on Monday. Marisa Cortright, a Barnard sophomore from Oregon, was jogging in the park near 120th Street at 6 a.m. when a person grabbed her iPod and attacked her—according to the Post, she "was grabbed from behind, punched in the face and had her head slammed into a wall by the thug." more ›

Police are looking for a mugging suspect who attacked a jogger in Riverside Park on Monday morning. According to the Post, "The 19-year-old victim was running by the tennis courts near West 120th Street at 6 a.m. Monday when the thug attacked her and stole her iPod." The suspect allegedly "threw her into a wall," and she hit her head, losing consciousness. more ›

A brilliant burglar was busted by cops on Saturday using a stolen laptop outside the building from which he stole it. Nemesio Garica has been charged with burglary and grand larceny after admitting that he and another woman broke into the building on West 17th Street and 5th Avenue and stole three Apple laptops and two iPods on the morning of June 8th. Looks like these old Apple products are still good enough to steal! more ›

Bloggers and techies are booing Obama's commencement speech at Hampton University, where he took shots at the iPad and social media for being a "distraction...rather than a tool of empowerment." The notoriously Blackberry addicted president, who gives his weekly address on YouTube and has his own Facebook page, claimed he didn't know how to use most of the tech toys and warned against blogs perpetuating the "craziest claims." Now, the blogs are revolting. more ›

Jets Coach Rex Ryan continues to defend model citizen Santonio Holmes, saying he had just fallen asleep when he got in trouble for not turning off his iPod on a flight to Pittsburgh Thursday night. Ryan claims he had turned his iPod off, but fell asleep with the buds in his ear, prompting the fiasco the Post is calling "iPodgate." "He literally handed the ear things to the lady sitting beside him, and she said, ‘Yeah, you can’t hear anything. They’re off," said Ryan. more ›

A disturbed teenager's fight over an iPod almost cost a cop an eye last night in Crown Heights. The incident started around 5:30 p.m. when Jarae Hoe, 14, started punching his younger sister because she wouldn't hand over her iPod. The situation escalated, and Jarae, who has "emotional problems," broke some furniture and punched the walls. By the time police arrived, he had hidden up on the roof, so the cops departed. But Jarae soon returned and started fighting again. His mother tells the Daily News, "He got a knife and he started going crazy. He just got crazy out of control." more ›

This is the man who was fatally run over by a southbound B train at the Central Park West and 110th St. station; his name was Shem Herman and he was the father of a 2-year-old son, Dylan. The 33-year-old Washington Heights man had jumped down onto the subway tracks to recover his iPod when he was killed by the oncoming train. Yesterday reporters tracked down his distraught wife and mother, so keep reading if you're not sad enough today. more ›

According to Newsday, "a robbery of cash and marijuana in Oceanside Friday developed into a melee involving four, police said, when the initial victim apparently tried to strike back by stealing an iPod." Seriously! Here's how it unraveled: Christopher Cagno, 20, allegedly demanded $160 cash and pot from Dylan Peitz, 18, on a street. Cagno managed to take the items and was fleeing in friend Christopher Haig's car—but the car was moving so slowly that "Peitz jumped partially through a window, grabbed Haig's iPod and tried to run." Naturally, Cagno and Haig chased Peitz and a fight broke out. Enter Peitz's girlfriend, Alyssa Reilly, 19, who introduced a knife and slashed at Cagno and Haig. All were arrested and charged with assault—Reilly faces additional charges of possession of a deadly weapon (the knife), Cagno has additional charges of robbery (the cash and pot) and drug possession (the pot) and Peitz has additional charges of petty larceny (the iPod theft) and possession of a deadly weapon (maybe the knife?). The four will be arraigned today in Hempstead. more ›

What can't an iPod Nano get you these days? First the device was used barter-style for cab fare (albeit this was a forced barter), and now the BellTel Lofts in Brooklyn are using the $140 gadgets as bribes. The NY Times reports that Ilan Bracha of the Bracha Group at Prudential Douglas Elliman have set a goal to lure at least 300 top-producing Manhattan brokers over to the property with a "BellTel Lofts-branded iPod Nano in a custom-made and branded leather-bound portfolio containing video footage, images and updates” on the project. All they have to do to claim their prize made the trip over the bridge for a private tour of the building's units; so far there have been 180 takers, and 20 have been from Brooklyn. That's right, even in-borough brokers can take one home if "they bring in five groups of buyers" with to BellTel with them. If Apples aren't the new currency, they're certainly the new dangling carrots. more ›

When word came out that an out-of-town girl was forced (allegedly by Port Authority officers) to pay for an airport cab fare with her iPod Nano, the NY Post began to wonder about bartering working in modern day NYC. They took an iPod of their own around town to see just what they could get for it, and it's not looking so good. The results: at a cart on 5th Avenue and 47th Street, it'll get you 100 hot dogs (score?), but the bartering ended there. Garrett Popcorn, jewelry shop Avianne & Co., and clothing retailer New York Look wouldn't take the iPod for their precious goods. One cashier at the latter shop told the paper, "that's just for taxis." However, while individuals should probably keep cash on hand, small businesses have been turning to bartering with funds being so tight. more ›

Last week a story seemingly of the "friend of a friend" urban legend variety started circulating, and at the center of it was an out-of-town 20-year-old and her iPod. The woman claimed Port Authority officers forced her to give up her iPod when the cab's credit card machine malfunctioned and she was unable to pay with plastic. Now, the NY Post has picked up on the story, shedding some new light on the passenger's unfare experience...and guys, it was just a Nano!

Natalie Lenhart, of Sacramento, Calif., said the $140 music player, full of "oldies" by The Beatles and James Taylor, was valued at more than $90 more than the final cab fare, with tip, that she racked up last month. The driver, Mohammed Islam, said he still has the iPod and wants to give it back in the presence of a Taxi and Limousine Commission official. Islam said he called 911 after Lenhart swiped her credit card 20 times at Kennedy Airport, and Port Authority officers responded.

Ever since cabs introduced credit card machines it's been nothing but trouble. The latest horror story has an absurd spin, however. Allegedly a 20-year-old girl was visiting the Big Apple when a cabbie stole her iPod. The story goes like this, as told by the girl's mother:

After the driver took her to JFK airport to catch her flight home, she tried to pay using her credit card. She had been using her credit card to pay for all her taxi cab rides. This time the card was not approved. She knew that she had enough money on the card to pay for the ride, so she called up the bank to find out what was wrong. They agreed that she had enough to pay for it but the driver’s machine used for the credit cards was not working. All the numbers were not going over either due to an equipment malfunction or a bad signal near the airport. more ›

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly explained why there are more younger muggers these days: It's the iPhone! more ›

Why go to one of the many Apple stores in New York for your iPod when you can go to...Macy's? Racked is reporting that the department store is installing Apple vending machines, holding everything from iPods to Canon digital cameras to various accessories. (Perhaps the Macy's Pirate was looking to score some iPod booty in the Apple treasure chest last weekend.) more ›

The countdown is on, and even the pickiest of neighbors can't complain of noise at this evening's public rave. An "exchange student who only moved here from London a few months ago!" is behind the outdoor public and SILENT rave (yes, of course there's a Facebook page dedicated to it).

The basic premise is thousands of people turn up in a public place, plug in their own iPods, listen to their own music and dance and rave for hours!

A 24-year-old woman was sexually assaulted and robbed while waiting for a bus at busy Richmond Hill Road at 7:30PM. The bus stop, between Vassar and Merry Mount Streets, is, as the Staten Island Advances points out, just a "quarter-mile from both the Staten Island Mall and the 122nd Precinct satellite police station." more ›

Forget going out to a restaurant -- the way to woo your sweetheart (or potential sweetheart) is by cooking. Before the fear courses through your veins, don't think that "cooking a romantic meal" needs to be overwhelming or complicated. The simple act of cooking a meal for someone, no matter what the menu, is romantic and special in and of itself. Perhaps the most romantic meal possible is breakfast in bed, and it doesn't have to be as elaborate as this delicious sounding menu from epicurious; if someone's cooking you breakfast, odds are they were there the night before, which is always (hopefully) a good thing. more ›

THEATER: The salty, electric dynamo that is Elaine Stritch shows no sign of waning – about to turn 83-years-young, the show biz legend has kicked off 2008 with a reprise of her Tony-winning cabaret show. Backed by a six-piece band and performed in two acts for a dining audience at the newly restored Café Carlyle, Elaine Stritch at Liberty, co-written with the New Yorker’s John Lahr, is a hilarious, old-fashioned ride through star-studded post-war Broadway, bursting with stories from her roles in such legendary productions as Company, Bus Stop, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Times raves: “Every story in her arsenal of seamlessly stitched personal anecdotes is illustrated with body language that erupts like lightning out of words spoken in the gravelly voice of a tough old dame with a tender heart. Because she has the gift of gab, this loudmouthed life of the party could go on forever.” It’s an expensive night, but worth it. Dining reservations are almost booked through the end of the run on Jan 19th, but they do accept walk-ins for the bar seating. – John Del Signore more ›

Remember how a few years ago a 19-year-old girl climbed down onto the subway tracks to get her phone and got killed by an oncoming V train? It seems the lesson still hasn’t been learned and commuters are still risking their lives to retrieve dropped objects: Tourist Bijan Rezvani recently explained his reasons for venturing down there to collect his precious iPhone.

It's the first time I've had a cool phone that does anything and also the first time I've gone around taking photos of things in my life, so the stuff I had captured was kind of important for me to keep.