Amtrak, that train you take to escape New York from time to time, should be pretty familiar with the city, but the writers of their magazine may need some pointers. As a tipster just pointed out to us, their current issue refers to SoHo, Harlem, and Williamsburg as boroughs. more ›

Last night's Giants game was great for fans—except for Jersey City Assemblyman—and police detective—Charles Mainor. Because a constituent noticed that his Facebook status said, "We are not going to just lay down, we come to play. Who the hell do you think we are the DALLAS COWGIRLS OR THOSE GAYBIRDS FROM PHILLY...NO WE ARE THE NEW YORK GIANTS." more ›

The NYPD had a chance to arrest accused molester Steven Pappas in 2009—but blew it because they didn't believe the 12-year-old who said he'd been sexually assaulted by a man posing as a police officer. Until now. Yesterday, police arrested Pappas and accused him of raping a 15-year-old boy he tricked into his van last week by flashing a police badge. more ›

Oops. A faculty member at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University pulled a Plaxico this morning and accidentally shot himself in the leg [Reg. Req'd]. The staff member, whose name has not been released, is an adjunct professor. According ot he Nassau County police he was transported to a local hospital for treatment. The school says his wound is "not life-threatening." It might, however, be career-threatening! more ›

Yesterday, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry became a national laughingstock/object of pity after an embarrassing moment during the 10th Republican debate when he claimed there were three federal agencies he would cut as President, but could only name two. After the debate, Perry tried to make the best of it, by telling reporters, "I'm glad I had my boots on tonight. I stepped in it out there," as his campaign tried to point out that Perry, the governor of Texas, is only human and not a "robot." But even as numerous Republican strategists called this the "death knell" of his campaign—Mike Murphy Tweeted, "Off screen, Dr. Paul is sadly administering the last rites to Rick Perry" while Mark McKinnon compared Perry's performance to the space shuttler Challenger—Perry said, "This ain't a day for quitting nothing." more ›

Well, this is awkward. An author has withdrawn from the National Book Awards shortlist after she was mistakenly honored by the National Book Foundation, who royally screwed up this year's awards process. more ›

Duane Reade is a New York City shop to its very foundation, founded in 1960 by brothers who opened three stores here, with a warehouse located between Duane and Reade streets. These days the chain has even branded their products as NYC-centric, with bar codes in the shape of city landmarks, trail mixes named after different neighborhoods, and Brooklyn beers on tap. So how is it that they've confused Chicago for New York City? And how upset should we actually get about this? more ›

Last week Christopher Nolan released the first photo of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises (and Hathaway knows that you think she looks "meh", Internet). She was perched upon the Batpod, but other photos of her in action on set were actually of a stuntwoman. And now TMZ has video footage of that stuntwoman crashing... into a very pricey IMAX camera! more ›

Is this anonymous woman now the title-holder of the world's most regrettable tattoo? It may look simple enough, with the word "VEGAN" inked discreetly inside of her mouth. However, it turns out that black tattoo ink is more often than not made with burned animal bones. According to Boing Boing, this was pointed out to her on her Facebook page after she proudly posted the photo of her inked-up inner lip. The site writes that the "string of congratulations comes to an abrupt end when one friend points out that black tattoo ink is made from burnt animal bones, and thus the VEGAN in question will forever have an animal product in her mouth." more ›

Just because a bank makes a mistake doesn't mean you get to benefit: A Long Island man was arrested for refusing to give up the $11,270 accidentally deposited into his Capital One account. Newsday reports that Carlos Morales' account was "mistakenly credited"—which really means "A bank teller had erroneously deposited these funds." Morales withdrew the money over a five-month period and Nassau County's Crimes Against Property Squad said even though Capitol One "contacted the defendant on numerous occasions asking the defendant to return the funds," Morales didn't respond. He is now charged with grand larceny. Also, if the ATM "accidentally" gives you more money than it should, report it and return it or you could faces charges. more ›

Welcome to last summer amNewYork! The McCarren Park Pool parties and concerts aren't happening anymore. There was this whole long, drawn out thing about it when the series ended to make way for a $50 million makeover, at the end of which it will be a pool again. There were meetings and debates about it and stuff. more ›

Continental Airlines apologized after admitting that "miscommunication among staff members resulted in the child being boarded on the wrong aircraft." Jonathan Kamens had taken daughter Miriam, 10, to Boston's Logan Airport and explicitly spoke to Continental agents about Miriam's solo trip to Cleveland to visit her grandparents, "They seemed like they knew what they were doing. The paperwork" had her flight number, destination, and phone numbers for himself and his in-laws. But Miriam ended up at Newark International Airport, not Cleveland, because the gate was being used by two different flights and the girl was put on the wrong flight. Kamens said he only found out that Miriam never made it to Cleveland as scheduled when his father-in-law called—and Continental couldn't tell him where his daughter was for 45 minutes. While Continental rebooked Miriam on another flight and she made it there a few hours later, her dad questions the airline's procedures, "I'm sure there are rules that the flight crew is supposed to verify the number of people on the plane matches the number of people on the manifest." more ›

The above photo was taken on April 9th at the intersection that was previously known as Mercer Street and W Houston Street. Adjust your Google maps, the city has (accidentally) renamed Mercer to Merser. Any guesses as to how long it will take the DoT to white this one out? more ›

The new NYC Condom campaign carries a secret Canadian tourism message: One of the ads features Toronto's Flatiron Building. Darn those confusing stock image searches using "Flatiron Building"! more ›