
The city has put its pest infestation statistics online, allowing New Yorkers to see just how vermin-ridden our neighborhoods really are. The new Environmental Public Health Tracking Portal allows visitors to create maps depicting the percentages of households infested by roaches as well as [...]

Now that Frances Bean, daughter of Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain, will be turning 18 next year... the system has decided her mother is in no shape to care for a child. It somewhat shockingly took 17 years for this to happen. TMZ [...]
Well, the title of this video pretty much says it all. Making good on their promise to make a commercial for their vivid ad campaign discouraging sugary drink consumption, the NYC Health Department has just released this little opus. If you like Garbage Pail Kids, you'll love this:
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NYC club girl Cori Rist, one of Tiger Woods' many alleged paramours, appeared on the Today Show this morning to say that she feels guilty that she's causing Woods' wife pain, adding, "I hate that I'm a part of it." However, she did go' [...]
(Love groovy rendering videos…)
Will Canal Side Skyway Side be a success?
The enouraging part of this project is that appears to be the political will to get it done.
The scary part is the unknown…we have heard too many times in Buffalo’s past about the build and they will [...]
A group of Palestinian and Israeli families who have lost loved ones in the inexorable conflict have united to present a traveling exhibit of editorial cartoons that address the situation. The show, called "Cartoons in Conflicts," [...]

Rachel Uchitel (left), Jamie Jungers Another day, another passel of Tiger Woods-related news! The most recent development is that TMZ spotted a van taking boxes from the superstar golfer's Florida home, but it's unclear where the boxes are going, what's in the [...]
Click on the film stills for more details on reviews on this week's new releases and repertory screenings, which also include Invictus; The Lovely Bones; A Single Man; Slammin' Salmon;' [...]

A pair of Oscar-winning directors debut new films this weekend, but all anyone really wants to talk about is the King of the World. Thanks to some embargo-breaking reviews, the first (and second and third) word on James Cameron's Avatar has finally reached the masses. And, apparently, it's' [...]
Courtesy Marquil at Empirewire.com.
And let me add how much I love this cartoon. Particularly the state budget is depicted as an obese tween with a massive list for Santa, and the reference to the detestable Zhu Zhu Pets.
[...]Rightblogger reactions to Obama's Nobel Prize Speech are coming in: Since the President forthrightly defended his Afghanistan surge before the Peaceniks, they all loved it. Ha! Just kidding. They...
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From a September Post story If you want to believe the NY Post's sources, former governor Eliot Spitzer is looking to head back to Albany. But this time, it would be to oversee NY State's finances as the State Comptroller: "Spitzer" [...]
Click here to watch the Webcast of the signing of Tier V pension legislation, live from lovely Long Island.
Or for hours of fiscally responsible fun, check out the Tier V savings calculator put together by the Budget Division.
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