The Kid From Brooklyn sees famine, war, and despair in the world's future. " I've got foresight," he says, but even he could never have predicted his own popularity. Michael Caracciolo started his website TheKidFromBrooklyn.com to entertain friends and family, uploading videos of himself ranting wildly about whatever he happened to feel passionately about that moment, whether it be border control, the President, or even Starbucks. It's led to television appearances, a memoir about his......

You'd think that the marriage bureau at the Bronx Supreme Court would have learned its lesson, after the Post wrote about it closing early (without permission), dashing the dreams of a couple. But the bureau seems to be back to its old tricks, as the Post reveals two couples were turned away even though they arrived well before closing time. One couple had a relative present who needed to fly back to London. The other's......

It's the ol' layover-and-flee move: Thirteen players from Haiti's under-17 national soccer team "deserted" their team during a layover at JFK Airport. Six players returned, but seven are still missing. The squad was headed to South Korea to prepare for the FIFA's U17 World Cup, but now it's unclear whether their team will be intact for its August 19 match against Japan. Haitian officials are looking for the teens, and Haiti's counsel general Felix Augustin......

Yesterday, NBC News revealed that Virginia Tech shooting gunman Cho Seung-Hiu sent them a package of photographs, writings, and video - a "multimedia manifesto." The network turned over the materials to the authorities but also shared the package's contents during the evening news last night and on its website. Quickly, the images of Cho holding guns in both hands, pointing a gun at his head, pointing a gun at the camera, and more, started......

The man who shot 32 people at Virginia Tech yesterday morning was identified by authorities as Cho Seung Hui. He is described as a 23-year-old student, a senior majoring in English, who lived in one of the dorms. He is also a legal resident from South Korea. Additionally, ballistics from one of the guns retrieved at Norris Hall, where the second shooting of 30 students took place, matched ballistics evidence from the first shooting......

Most New Yorkers love the Pepsi-Cola sign in Long Island City. But the for the new Queens West residents, the neon can be annoying. The NY Times spoke to tenants who live behind the sign:Like many of his neighbors in this new glass high-rise in Long Island City, Queens, [Yo Han] Cho is a newcomer to New York. When he first moved into his “humble room,” as he calls it, he did not quite......

The police say two teenagers have confessed to robbing, beating, and even killing various parkgoers late November. Belter Yovanni Gubara Rivera and Marco Polanco were arrested; 17 year old Rivera was charged with four counts of robbery and the murder of Ecuadoran immigrant Carloes Flores while 17 year old Polanco was charged with four counts of robbery and attempted murder. Rivera, who was known as "Nyquil," since one punch from him could put someone out,......

Earlier this week, China announced that new rules will go into effect for foreigners interested in adopting one of China's biggest exports: Babies. From Families with Children from China, these types of families will not be allowed to adopt babies after May 1: - Single parents. - Parents over 50 years of age, unless adopting a special needs child where the current limit of 55 applies. - Parents with a Body Mass Index over 40,......

Some more details about yesterday's SUV crash onto a busy Midtown Street and into a store window: - Five people were injured, including the driver and the owner of the store. One woman's legs were broken when the Lexus SUV barreled into her and carried her through the store window. A couple visiting from Oregon was also injured; Kum Ja Choi and Seon Hwan Kim had moved to the U.S. from South Korea last year,......

Yesterday, the countries on the United Nations Security Council had an emegency meeting after North Korea announced it had tested a nuclear device. The U.S. proposed cargo inspections and limited sanctions to North Korea (including luxury items - and Kim Jong Il loves his Henessy), as well as banning any military trade. The North Korea nuclear tests now bring up some new questions about how the administration handled the situation, making international policy even more......

Andrew WK discusses his newly released album, his forthcoming television show, rumored conspiracies, his childhood, and art, amongst other things. Tell me about the news you currently have on the front page of your website. For starters, about two weeks ago, July 6th, and a week ago, July 12th, we released a new album in Asia called Close Calls With Brick Walls. It's part of a series of three albums that will be released......

After last week's huge box office take for X-Men, you know that we're in it: the bang-up summer blockbuster season. However, even with all of this energy of over the top new releases in the air there's still some amazing old movies screening this weekend too. So you better get a watchin'. Not content to sit back and let her ex-husband get all of the real relationship/on screen relationship press, Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn......

The Scripps National Spelling Bee finals are tonight, with a broadcast on ABC primetime. You can see the latest round results online, as well as the words those brights kids were given and how they spelled them (we totally would have spelled "opeidoscope" as "opydoscope"). Alas, NYC's two entrants did not make it to later rounds. The Daily News selected Ryan Mowbray of Staten Island and Yu Jin Jung of Queens to head to......

Say it ain't so! The United States has been eliminated from the World Baseball Classic. Great news for George Steinbrenner, bad news for US baseball. Last night in Anaheim (or Los Angeles as the Angels would have you call it), Mexico defeated the US, 2-1. In the loss, the US team only managed three hits off 8 Mexican pitchers. If you're scoring at home, that's a single by Junior Griffey, a double by Chipper Jones......

In what is becoming a slightly disturbing trend, the United States lost again in the World Baseball Classic. First, they lost to Canada, yesterday, the Americans lost to South Korea, 7-3. South Korea, who is 2-0 in the 2nd round and is unbeaten in the WBC, slugged their way to victory. Hee-Seop Choi teed off for a three-run homer in the 4th inning off of Astros pitcher Dan Wheeler, giving the Koreans a 6-1 lead.......

With thanks to a disqualification of a Chinese short track speedskater, Apolo Anton Ohno won a gold medal in yesterday's 500m final. Ohno had finished 3rd in the semifinals where only the top two advance, but officials ruled that he was impeded by Li JiaJun. In the finals, Ohno jumped to the front after the start and never trailed - only looking back to see where the competition was. He defeated a tough field which......

The Notorious MSG, Original Chinatown Bad Boys...

When we look at the medal totals for the Winter Olympics, we sometimes wonder what the United States would do if snowboarding wasn't included...but out of the men's mogul's competition, comes the inspirational story of Toby Dawson, who was abandoned as a child in South Korea, is searching for his birth-parents, and won the bronze medal. Dawson has been searching for his birth parents and hopes that appearing - and now winning - will help......

The Times has a curious article about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Lee Yoon-hyung, 26, the youngest daughter of the chairman of the Samsung Group and one of the richest women in South Korea. And what a sad story it is shaping up to be. Initially fed the story by unnamed sources from the beleaguered company, the English and Korean press reported that Lee, an occasional racer like her father, had died in......

Just in case you haven't been keeping up on this, movies from Korea are the new "It" Asian cinema. Leading the way in this art house trend is the work of director Chan Wook Park whose film, OldBoy won the Grand Jury Prize at last year's Cannes Film Festival. The Brooklyn Academy of Music's Rose Cinemas will be doing a mini-festival of Park's films this weekend and OldBoy, set to be released theatrically later in......

Andrew Boyd, Cultural Activist and Founder, Billionaires for Bush...

Things didn't look good for Paul Hamm last night after his attempt at the vault. Hamm was competing in the men's all-around when he fell during his landing for the vault. With the fall, he dropped to 12th overall with two disciplines remaining. Miraculously, Hamm then vaulted to 4th and then the gold in the final two events, the parallel bar and he horizontal bar. At the end of the competition, Hamm was ahead by......

Starting this month the Socrates Sculpture park has a lot more to offer than its usual fare. The On the Waterfront international film series began on the 21st and will be running through August 25th. This isn't your ordinary outdoor film type event that we all love and have plenty of around the city. Instead, each Wednesday is a mini-festival of sorts with not just film but cuisine from regional restaurants, music and dance......

Forgive Gothamist as we giggle at the sight of Britney wearing a hanbok while promoting In The Zone in South Korea. If we were at the press conference, we would have demanded to know her opinions on Kim Jong Il, kimchee, the best Korean last name (Park, Kim or Lee?), and the future of the won. Non–Asian world leaders wear traditional Asian jackets. Giggles then, too.......

Talk about a photo opportunity. Or at least an attempt to further intimidate the United States into peace. (P.S., South Korea, I'm glad you have all these buff, angry Korean soldiers attack each other, but is that enough if North Korea is bringing out the nukes?) And they feel that the portrayal Koreans in Die Another Day is over the top and unfounded. Hand to hand combat...shirtless... in the snow? And what would D.A. Miller......