Two teenagers were rushed to the hospital with severe slash wounds after a brawl near South Beach in Staten Island on Monday. Police have yet to make any arrests, but believe the melee could have been a hate crime, which seem to be on the rise in the borough. more ›

Police suspect the Queens man who slashed his pregnant wife may have jumped into the East River from the Whitestone Bridge. His wife (and victim) Patrona Kates, who suffered wounds to her throat and head, told the Daily News, "If [the police] find him, I hope they kill him." Fitzgerald Jolly—enraged by the announcement she was going to have a baby and her refusal to get an abortion—also stabbed Kates's twin sister, who tried to protect her. more ›

This shaky surveillance video shows an unidentified man brazenly slashing the tires of three NYPD Parking Enforcement cars in broad daylight on Monday in Parkchester. (It was either very windy out, or the surveillance cam was afraid it would be slashed next, because it can't stop trembling!) The cars were parked outside a Bronx parking enforcement headquarters near the Westchester Square shopping district, were merchants say parking ticket blitzes are driving away their shoppers. more ›

Yesterday, Hiram Monserrate's lawyer discounted the testimony of Emergency Room nurse Dawn Kort in the senator's girlfriend-slash trial, citing a language barrier. Apparently, Monserrate's girlfriend Karla Giraldo speaks Spanglish, especially when she's drunk. But this is New York City, remember, the capital of the world. It turns out that Kort speaks Spanglish too. In fact, the Post reports that her father was from Panama, her mother from Puerto Rico, and she studied in Spain to boot. So much for that defense. more ›

The turf war between between rival food vendors got bloody Wednesday when a halal chicken vendor allegedly cut his rival's arm on East 37th Street. We've previously heard about the feared "Halal Mafia" and wondered how far they'd go in defending their turf. All the way, it seems: Walid Osman, 32, says Halal chicken vendor Mohamed Hanafi threatened to kill him. The trouble started in August, when Osman, who'd previously peddled hot dogs, started selling chicken. When he refused to stop, Hanafi moved his cart right up in Osman's face, where he started selling chicken for half what Osman was charging. The tension finally boiled over Wednesday, when a Hanafi employee, Farajat Yehia, allegedly slashed Osman across the arm with a butcher knife. That employee and Hanafi's business partner were charged with assault, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon. But Hanafi tells the Post that Osman used to work for him and signed an agreement that he would never run a chicken cart. He also says Osman cut himself. Osman, who was treated at the scene, insists he signed the agreement under duress. He's vowed to return to his spot today and keep fucking with that chicken guy. more ›

Despite a number of shocking assault charges and a DWI arrest, taxi driver Ramez Akladious (pictured) continued driving his cab with a suspended probationary license throughout 2008. According to the Post, he had been repeatedly arrested for a number of incidents, which included slashing a rider with a box cutter after he criticized him for taking an unnecessarily long route; striking a man in the face; driving drunk; and assaulting a driver by smashing his side view mirror, then his face. more ›

That report of an EDP near Herald Square this morning? It turns out a man stabbed a woman - in the lobby of the Manhattan Mall! The Post says the woman was "stabbed in the back, arm and wrists" during the morning rush hour. The lobby was covered in blood, forcing the building to close the West 33rd Street entrance. The victim and attacker were both taken to Bellevue. The victim is described as the... more ›

READING: We originally thought this was going down yesterday, but you still have a chance to see it! Not in a million years would we have thought we'd be listing a reading by former Guns n' Roses guitarist, Slash. But it turns out old rockers love to dish on their sordid lives, and this mysterious musician is no different. Tonight he'll read from his book, called Slash, which apparently "redefines sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll." more ›

Last week demolition was underway at the former CBGB. At the time Racked put their money on a Duane Reade taking over the space, but today The Post reports that John Varvados will be opening a chic boutique in the old punk rock palace. With his eye on a Spring opening, it's unclear how much of the 13,000 square feet will be taken over by the designer. more ›

EVENT: “Solstice in Times Square” is a celebration of the Summer Solstice which began at 7am, but you still have time to partake. The dawn til dusk event includes a “Mind Over Madness” yoga-thon and live music. Doing yoga in Times Square seems like it might be the worst idea ever, but if you're up for a challenge, go for it. more ›

Mr. Brownstone is a Guns N' Roses cover band (or, if you prefer, "the worlds drunkest GnR tribute band"). more ›

Thank you, YouTube! This is so awesome: Guns N' Roses performing at C.B.G.B.'s in October 1987. The best clip to our ears is the one above-- Patience-- but Axl and Slash look and sound great in all five clips: more ›

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And Mr. T's "Conan O' Brien will be pitied not be me as a fool, but by fools as a superfool." more ›

So the art world is all over the case of an Andy Warhol painting is missing, stolen, or what. The painting is "Red Elvis," and Ralph Blumenthal follows it's provenance, or at least tries to. It paints an interesting picture of Peter Brant, the painting's current owner, a bizarre colorful character. Peter Brant is a publisher-entrepreneur and happens to be married to Stephanie Seymour, who is best known for her Victoria's Secret modeling and immortalization as Axl Rose's perfect woman in November Rain, that melodramatic power ballad about love that has an even more melodramatic video, complete with Slash leaving the wedding ceremony in the middle and going out to play some guitar. Aw, yeah.
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