Breaking up is never easy. But now closure from that failed love affair may only be a postage stamp away. You can send your broken heart–or trinkets that hold bitter memories– to Zagreb, the new home to the Museum of Broken …
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Betting on Bedbugs: Oddsmakers Predict Next NYC Outbreak
Why bet on sports teams or horse races when you can bet on something much more suspenseful: Bedbug infestations!
Quotes: New York Professor on Carl Paladino’s Joust with a Reporter
“He’s got to control himself. This guy wants to be the governor and is going to start beating up or having reporters hit? It’s [got] a Tony Soprano-like quality to it.”
— DOUG MUZZIO, a professor of public policy at Baruch …
NYC Man Survives Final Destination-Style Air Conditioner Hit
Attention: After you read this story you may never again be able to to walk down the street without pausing and looking up.
Video Emerges of Emergency Landing From Inside Plane
They say that any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. That surely applies double to any landing you can walk away from despite shooting video because everyone onboard is fearing for their lives.
Michael Bloomberg: One Rich Mayor Who Hates Shopping For Shoes
As the adage goes, you have to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes to really get to know them. But to get to know Mayor Michael Bloomberg, you’d probably have to walk for a little bit longer.
1-800-DIAL-DMV Now A Sex Hotline?
Trying to get ahold of the DMV in New York? Well, if you try their tried-and-true hotline number you are likely to be in for a surprise. And a naughty one at that.
Twister Thursday: Possible Tornado Hit Ohio
CNN reports that a “suspected tornado” touched down in Wooster, Ohio. Other possible suspects include a hurricane, an act of god, or transformers.
Whew: Hurricane Earl — The Hyped Hurricane That Wasn’t
Blame the weatherman?
Hurricane Earl’s Path has Surfers Salivating Over the Waves
Sand enthusiasts and water intermediaries are agitated over the potential for Hurricane Earl to dampen their Labor Day weekend. But those who own a board have different sentiments.
Another Mag Bites The Dust: Paste Comes Unglued
After 8 years of bringing readers “Signs of Life in Music, Film & Culture,” sources confirm that the much-loved and financially challenged Paste magazine is calling it quits.
Four Deadly Storms That Initially Looked Just Like Hurricane Earl
It’s been awhile since the entire seaboard has been preoccupied with preparing for one weather system to make landfall.