2016-03-19 18:53
Under the veil of racial profiling, New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind promised, this week, to introduce legislation that would make it legal for cops to target people of middle-eastern d… Read More
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A round-up of events and happenings in the city of New York during the week along with national news of interest to New Yorkers.
2016-03-19 18:53
Video of the Week The link below is a clip of Kanye West on live television in New York speaking about the New Orleans tragedy. He deviated from script, blaming Bush for the government's la… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
No longer will “P Diddy” be known as such. The native New Yorker who was once known as Sean Combs, before becoming famous as “Puff Daddy” with the sometimes nickname… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
New York’s Columbus Circle was a busty vixen vying for attention, this Sunday as onlookers and oglers alike where treated to ten topless women parading around in a demonstration of the… Read More
2005-08-06 14:43
Masterminding grand schemes of sadistic proportions is what Osama Bin Laden does best. In keeping with his talents the “Jack-ass of all Terror,” thought drug trafficking could pr… Read More
2005-07-28 02:06
This week we witnessed another set of terrorist attacks in London. Fortunately, this time no one was hurt, due either to the would-be bombers incompetence or the City of London’s good… Read More
2005-07-19 21:58
Prince Albert II assumed the throne of Monaco on Tuesday in a ceremony fit for a king. The 47-year-old bachelor along with family, which included his two sisters, Princess Caroline and Princ… Read More
2005-07-17 20:13
It was Thursday morning, 6:30 a.m. when I finally got up. I was still sleepy and not quite ready to set the day in motion, but there I was anyhow, about to plow on with my morning routine. I… Read More
2005-07-07 16:37
Nine concerts were held on Saturday in Philadelphia, London, Paris, Rome, Edinburgh and Berlin, in an effort to bring awareness to the world about the G8 Summit being held in Gleneagles, Sco… Read More
2005-07-01 13:57
Forty-one years, to the day, after conspiring to kill, 80-year-old Edgar Ray Killen was found guilty and sentenced to three consecutive 20-year terms, the maximum allowed under law, for his… Read More
2005-06-30 17:18
"We have the potential to end poverty in our time. We could be that generation. We could be living in that era. Man, …what is more exciting than that? The potential's there. We gotta… Read More
2005-06-30 16:59
“They say we live a white man’s world, so how does O.J., Kobe and Michael go free but Martha, goes to jail?” An observation made in good humor- maybe, but what an observati… Read More
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