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FYI: Granny Who Walked Into Apple Store Door Still Drives

FYI: Granny Who Walked Into Apple Store Door Still Drives

The 83-year-old woman who is suing Apple for $1 million because she broke her nose when she walked into the glass door at the Apple Store in Manhasset is speaking out about her lawsuit. more ›

Lady Liberty's Nose Is For Sale!

Lady Liberty's Nose Is For Sale!

Lady Liberty is selling herself! A 2-foot chunk of her nose, one of four crafted during the 1980s restorations, is being auctioned off next month. A rep from Guernsey's Auction House told the NY Post, "It's the tip of the nose with the area around the nostrils. It doesn't sound like it would be, but it's fairly attractive looking." One of the four is owned by a private collector, while another was destroyed, and another replaced her old nose. The auction is on September 24th at the Park Avenue armory. Any bidders? more ›

Video: Adam Clayton Powell IV's Drunk Test

Video: Adam Clayton Powell IV's Drunk Test

The attorney representing Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV says video of his client taking sobriety tests proves that the uptown political scion is not guilty of drunk driving charges. "The video is the best evidence here," said lawyer Stacey Richman during closing arguments, according to the Post. "You tell me if he's swaying ... Look at the tape." more ›

Bret Michaels Denies Tony Award Head Bang Was His Fault

Bret Michaels Denies Tony Award Head Bang Was His Fault

By now you've seen the funny video of Poison singer Bret Michaels getting hit on the head with a piece of scenery during the Tony Awards show Sunday night. (It's no "Man Getting Hit by Football," but we've found that it does stand up to repeated viewings.) And though the video makes it seem like Michaels smashed into the scenery because of his own rock-god obliviousness, the singer's publicist categorically denies a Tonys spokeperson's assertion that the rocker "missed his mark." Michaels's rep tells People, "By all means, he did not miss his mark. He did exactly what they asked him to do in rehearsal, where everything went fine. And when the sign came down [at the show], it smacked him on the head. He may have to cancel his next show - we'll see. Bret is a tough son of a bitch, but he's really banged up." Michaels—who fractured his nose, had to get a CAT scan, and required three stitches to his bloodied lip—says, "All I remember is Shrek and the donkey helping me up, and Liza [Minnelli] giving me a towel." more ›

Concorde Needs a Nose Job

Concorde Needs a Nose Job

The supersonic Concorde jet that spent 30 years flying fiercely through the skies went unharmed until retiring in Brooklyn, where the president of the foundation that operates the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Bill White, was charged with overseeing its care. After just two years in the borough, The NY Times reports it got it's signature needle-shaped nose taken off by a truck.

A Concorde that is owned by a British airline, was hit by a truck that was hauling equipment from a Jamaican music and soccer festival. The truck clipped the distinctive nose cone off the parked Anglo-French jet about 3 a.m. last Monday, prompting an impassioned uproar among the jet’s band of enthusiasts.
The nose, of course, is the most physically dominant part of the jet, and is what makes it distinctive from others; The Times notes that it can be lowered to 12.5 degrees to help with takeoffs and landings. Concorde fans have united and blamed New York for the carelessness; when the jet had to leave the Intrepid, White housed it at Aviator Sports at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn for $15K/month. more ›

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