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Salmonella-Infused Chicken Livers Sicken 56 Around NYC

Salmonella-Infused Chicken Livers Sicken 56 Around NYC

If you're a classic Jewish deli food fan, watch out for all the MealMart Kosher Broiled Chicken Livers floating around out there—they're probably infected with salmonella. First smoked salmon, now this—are no appetizings safe in this world? more ›

Duane Reade Accused of Taping Employee Bathroom Breaks

Duane Reade Accused of Taping Employee Bathroom Breaks

Sixteen employees at a Duane Reade warehouse in Queens are furious that the local pharmacy giant allegedly tried to videotape them in the bathroom. So naturally they've filed a $110 million lawsuit in Brooklyn Supreme Court. more ›

Deadly Week for Bike Riding Teens

Deadly Week for Bike Riding Teens

Two teenage boys have died in less than a week while riding their bikes in NYC. The Post has the grim details: Yesterday afternoon 14-year-old Ferderich Enbre was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer while trying to pedal his bike across a busy Queens street in Maspeth. According to surveillance video, the boy was crushed under the back wheels of the massive vehicle, went into cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead at Wyckoff Heights Hospital. The truck driver stayed at the scene and, surprise surprise, cops say the accident doesn't involve any criminality. more ›

Locals Want Park in Old St. Saviour's Space

Locals Want Park in Old St. Saviour's Space

Following a local's video footage of unsafe work going down at the spot that used to house St. Saviour's Church (it was relocated to another space), the Daily News takes a look at the mess in Maspeth. A chain link fence and partial stop work order have appeased the situation for now, but what's in store for the future? more ›

Pooper Scooper Law Also Applies to Pregnant Teens

Pooper Scooper Law Also Applies to Pregnant Teens

If you're pregnant, and your baby daddy is being deployed to Afghanistan, and besides, you were totally going to pick up your dog's poop in a minute... should you still be fined $250 for not doing so quickly enough? The Daily News reports that 19-year-old, 9-days-overdue Alicia Fernbacker of Maspeth was slapped with such a fine last week by a sanitation department agent. more ›

Man Beats Himself Up After Getting Tossed from Strip Club

Man Beats Himself Up After Getting Tossed from Strip Club

A Kew Gardens man tried to get a bouncer arrested for roughing him up, but cops ended up booking the accuser when they discovered he was caught on camera inflicting the damage onto himself. The Post reports 34-year-old Khuram Murtaza had been thrown out of Rouge Gentlemen's Club in Maspeth around 1 a.m. Tuesday and called the cops to report he had been beaten up, showing them that his face was bloodied and bruised when they arrived. But bouncers simply showed police surveillance video that revealed Murtaza smashing his own face against a car, cutting his nose. Murtaza was charged with falsely reporting an incident; he had been arrested in Forest Park earlier in the summer for criminal mischief. Reviewers of the club had nothing but good thimgs to say about bouncers, that they remember your name and even look out for you when use the ATM. Regulars also note that Rouge is the spot to go to for "young Russian girls," though some have immigrated so recently that they're "not much in the way of witty conversation." more ›

Mister Softee Busted For Being Mister Druggie

Mister Softee Busted For Being Mister Druggie

A Mister Softee ice cream truck driver on Long Island was arrested Saturday after undercover narcotics officers saw him park his truck outside a drug dealer's house they had under surveillance. Police say Kenneth Leiton, 22, rolled up to the home around 4 p.m. and entered the house to conduct a drug deal. He then returned to the truck, turned the music back on, and continued along his route. According to the Post, the cops soon "stopped him cold" and found several small bags of coke and a bag of pot hidden in the sprinkles. He's charged with numerous counts of possession of a controlled substance and with endangering the welfare of a child. Also arrested was Randall Surmanek, 23, who was riding in the truck with Leiton, and two individuals at the drug house. Police tell Newsday Leiton was not the truck owner, but it's still another black eye for Mister Softee—earlier this summer a Softee franchisee was accused of threatening to beat a Kool Man driver for invading "his" turf in Queens. And don't even get us started on the jingle wars. more ›

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