Will lightning strike twice for Mel Brooks, who hopes to enliven his stage adaptation of Young Frankenstein with the same spark that made The Producers a money making machine? His new monstrosity is already selling advance tickets for a Broadway run in October – a top ticket price of $450 sets a new record for excess – but last week Young Frankenstein came staggering out of the lab for an out-of-town rampage in Seattle. The......

Rego Park and Forest Hills have been home to Uzbeki immigrants for so long that many residents and outsiders now refer to the area by the collective name Rego Parkistan. By our count there are at least a half dozen kosher kebab joints between the Boulevard of Death and 108 Street. All of these spots feature flat swordlike skewers upon which have been impaled meat, fish and the occasional vegetable, as well as such "national......

Yesterday, family and neighbors were shocked when young mother Angelica Grullon was shot to death by a robber Thursday evening. WNBC spoke to the victim's sister, who said, "A girl knocked at the door and she asked for someone and...she asked if she could use the bathroom. (Angelica) was so gullible that she let her in." After using the bathroom, the stranger asked for a glass of water and then threatened Grullon, demanding money. A......

If you illegally sublet your apartment - or are an illegal subletter - watch out! The NY Times has a spooky article about the growing business of investigating illegal sublets. One private investigator says with rents skyrocketing, it's now makes economic sense for landlords to pay detectives to investigate. The Times chats with some private eyes about scenarios they've investigated. One woman who had a $1,500 rent-regulated West Village apartment was found in South Dakota......

Last year, you were a rather amazing Rubik's Cube [see Fred's Flickr set]. How long did it take you to conceive, design, build and actually put on? I actually had the idea a year before, and decided to do it again for 2005. I had always loved the Rubik's cube design and had just gotten good at solving it, so I decided a costume would be a good tribute. Anyway, after completing the first version......

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One of the stranger crimes of passion lately is this weekend's murder of Roosevelt Bonds. His girlfriend Anna Rinehart beat him to death with one of her size 12 shoes outside a Brownsville barbecue restaurant. There are other reports of abuse and brawls with the couple, but the Daily News says after seeing her with another man Bonds knocked her teeth out, then Rinehart went after him with her shoe. "Cops said Rhinehart sat on......