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Toilet Paper Being Rationed in Coney Island Bathrooms
Toilet Paper Being Rationed in Coney Island Bathrooms
spare a square?
Jul 4, 2011 3:08 PM CDT

Toilet Paper Being Rationed in Coney Island Bathrooms

Women asked to form 'ration lines'; men get none at all: New York Post

(Newser) - New York City’s financial woes seem to be taking a toll on its toilets: Public restroom attendants are rationing toilet paper on the Coney Island boardwalk, the New York Post reports following an on-site investigation. With dispensers left empty, women must form “ration lines” to get their squares,...

NYC Student Fatally Stabbed Hours After Graduation

Bronx parking lot altercation ends in Isayah Muller's death

(Newser) - A high school football star was stabbed in a fight with parking attendants over whether something was stolen from his family's car during his graduation ceremony and later died, police said. Isayah Muller, 19, a star running back who led his team to a district championship, was rushed to...

Glenn Beck: 'Hateful' Mob Tormented My Family at Park

He says one person kicked a glass of wine onto his wife

(Newser) - A choked-up Glenn Beck described a rough night for his family in New York City's Bryant Park when they tried to watch a movie this week. "These people were some of the most hateful people I have ever seen,” said Beck on his radio show today, reports...

Man Climbs Traffic Light in Times Square

Traffic stopped around NYC's Times Square for about an hour

(Newser) - A man who climbed atop a traffic light and briefly stopped cars in New York City's Times Square has been taken into custody. The man climbed the 20-foot pole this morning and refused to come down for about an hour. Police halted traffic and set up an inflatable cushion...

Bronx Prodigy, 13, Heads to College

Autum Ashante speaks three languages; has 149 IQ

(Newser) - A young prodigy from the Bronx is headed to the University of Connecticut—at age 13. She already speaks three foreign languages: Arabic, Swahili, and Spanish. Her IQ tests at 149, better than most college students’. And she’s traveled the US performing spoken word, reports Black Voices via the...

The 5 Dirtiest Cities in America

Voters pick US's grimiest places to vacation

(Newser) - Turns out the Big Easy might just as easily be the Big Sloppy: New Orleans has topped the list of the 20 dirtiest cities in America, as determined in a recent poll by Travel + Leisure Magazine. Trash, graffiti, quality of tap water, and pollution were all taken into consideration....

NYC Pad With Living Room Pool: $11M

It's a 'bragging-rights property': owner

(Newser) - Want a pool in your living room—but can’t bear to leave the Big Apple? You’re in luck: Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood is home to a townhouse with a 15- by 30-foot pool inside. It was listed earlier this year for $11 million. “This is definitely a...

NYC Giving Geese to Food Banks

... in Pennsylvania, at least for this year

(Newser) - New York City plans to send the geese it captures around airports to a Pennsylvania slaughterhouse so the meat can be used for food, reports the New York Times . After catching flack for dumping euthanized geese into landfills, the city chose Pennsylvania because it already has a system set up...

Baldwin vs. Baldwin for NYC Mayor?

Stephen might run against Alec, he reveals

(Newser) - The 2013 New York City mayoral race just got very, very interesting: If Alec Baldwin does indeed run , younger and arguably much weirder brother Stephen may just run against him. He said as much in a recent interview with conservative talk show host Alex Jones picked up by Gothamist . "...

NYC Cop Scolds Bicyclist for Baring Legs

Leggy rider is 'distracting cars,' complains officer

(Newser) - Pretty Jasmijn Rijcken thought a New York City cop was kidding when he pulled her over to tell her she was showing too much skin while bicycling. You see, she was bare-legged and wearing a skirt. "He said, 'It's very disturbing, and it's distracting the cars,...

Teen Killed in NYC Boardwalk Shooting

Four others injured in what may be gang-related crime

(Newser) - Two men opened fire on a group of young people sitting on a bench on a New York City boardwalk packed with beach-goers seeking relief from the heat, killing a teenage girl and leaving four men wounded. The shootings by two gunmen happened during an altercation just before 5:30pm...

Alec Baldwin Weighs Run for NYC Mayor

Weiner's downfall may create opening for 30 Rock star

(Newser) - With Anthony Weiner's hopes of becoming mayor of New York City rapidly shriveling, Alec Baldwin spies an opportunity. The 30 Rock star is believed to be considering throwing his hat into the ring now that the front-runner is fading, reports the Wall Street Journal . With the primary still two...

For Weiner, It&#39;s Change or Resign
 For Weiner, It's 
 Change or 
 Resign 
Steve Kornacki
Jun 7, 2011 1:47 PM CDT

For Weiner, It's Change or Resign

If he runs for mayor, tabloids won't let him forget this

(Newser) - There’s a strong argument that politicians in general shouldn’t resign in the wake of sex scandas, writes Steve Kornacki of Salon : “Sure, life is hell for a few days—or even a few weeks—and it seems like the media will never stop covering you, but then...

Artist, 4, Opens NYC Exhibit

Aussie Aelita Andre wows gallery director

(Newser) - A 4-year-old girl has just launched her own art exhibit at a Manhattan gallery. Aelita Andre , the daughter of two artists, is "special in that she really knows what she's doing. She understands color, composition, texture," says gallery director Angela Di Bello, who notes she's spotted...

Woman Faints Onto Subway Tracks, Killed by Train

Commuters stunned

(Newser) - A woman apparently fainted on the platform in a hot, humid Manhattan subway station and tumbled onto the tracks, where she was struck and killed by a train. "It was terrible. I was in shock," a witness told the New York Daily News . Fatoumata Diallo, 21, fell just...

New York City Under a Tornado Watch Until Tonight
 NYC Under Tornado Watch 
Jun 1, 2011 1:38 PM CDT

NYC Under Tornado Watch

... until 8 tonight, with surrounding counties

(Newser) - Today in tornado news: New York City of all places is under a watch until 8pm, reports NBC New York . The watch also applies to the surrounding counties of Nassau, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, and Putnam. Philadelphia and Boston are in the same boat, notes the Huffington Post . Today's forecast...

NYC Awestruck by 'Manhattan-henge'

Setting sun sets east-west streets aglow twice a year

(Newser) - Centuries from now historians will speculate about the ruins of a once-great city whose buildings lined up perfectly for a semi-annual celestial occurrence. But for now, New Yorkers merely stand, agog for once, awestruck by "Manhattan-henge." It's the twice-annual happening when skyscrapers are lined up just right...

Egyptian Banker Arrested in Attack on NYC Hotel Maid

Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar charged with sex abuse, unlawful imprisonment

(Newser) - The high-profile arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn apparently wasn't enough to convince one exec that he should keep his hands off New York City's maids. Prominent Egyptian banker Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar was arrested yesterday and charged with sexually abusing a maid at a Manhattan hotel, barely 2 weeks...

Reynolds Uses NYC Smoking Ban to Hawk Snus

New ad campaign urges smokers to 'reclaim' New York City

(Newser) - It was bound to happen: Reynolds American is launching a new ad campaign riffing on New York City's new anti-smoking legislation. “Smokers, switch to smoke-free Camel Snus and reclaim the world’s greatest city,” one ad urges. The ads began running in newspapers last week, just as...

Jury Clears 2 NYPD Cops of Rape Charges

Woman claimed she was assaulted while drunk

(Newser) - Two New York City cops have been cleared of rape charges in a high-profile case. Officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata were accused in the assault of a drunken woman in her apartment after being called to help her out of a taxi. The 29-year-old woman accused Moreno of raping...

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