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2011 Stories by Joe Coscarelli

• Jason Fordell, Bronx Man, Says He Was Beat Up For Being White on 4 Train

  published Jul 18, 2011

  On his late-night commute home from the East Village, where he sells leather accessories in a club, Jason Fordell was assaulted on a 4 train in the Bronx; he says it was a hate crime. The self-describ... More >>

• Levi Aron Home Dismantled For Evidence in Murder of Leiby Kletzky

  published Jul 18, 2011

  The Kensington home of 35-year-old Levi Aron was again the focus of investigators in the case of 8-year-old Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky, who Aron admitted to killing last week. The circumstances of the... More >>

• Bath Salt Drugs Officially Banned in New York

  published Jul 15, 2011

  Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law today that bans the sale of synthetic chemicals marketed as "bath salts," but that people just use to get high, not clean. "Deceptively labeled as 'bath sa... More >>

• Rupert Murdoch Apologizes to Family of Phone-Hacked Murder Victim; Buys 'We Are Sorry' Ad

  published Jul 15, 2011

  The News Corporation boss is in full-on contrition mode today -- now being under the strict PR guidance of Edelman and all -- after finally having allowed the resignation of News International chief e... More >>

• Hit-and-Run Asshole Leaves the Scene of Accident, But Gets Caught on Tape

  published Jul 15, 2011

  Neighborhood favorite Joey Boots took his camera down to the scene of a Bronx car accident last night just to survey the scene. Everyone appears safe, though a little shaken, while one of the cars inv... More >>

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  Levi Aron Was Accused of Stalking Neighborhood Boy, Beating Ex-Wife Before Murdering Leiby Kletzky

  published Jul 15, 2011

  When Levi Aron was first fingered in the kidnapping and brutal murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky in Brooklyn, his ex-wife Debbie Kivel told the New York Post, "It's completely out of the character of... More >>

• Rupert Murdoch Hires PR Help, Gives Interview to Own Paper; FBI Investigating Phone Hacking

  published Jul 14, 2011

  Rupert Murdoch finally gave an interview about the ongoing investigation into the News Corporation phone hacking scandal in the U.K. today, but he did so on safe terrain: his own. He told the Wall Str... More >>

• Pentagon Admits Hackers Stole 24,000 Secret Files

  published Jul 14, 2011

  Just days after the hacker group Anonymous announced a huge haul from the government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, the Pentagon admitted today that back in March some hackers (though not necessarily... More >>

• Levi Aron Charged in Murder of Leiby Kletzky; Lawyer Says Aron Hears Voices

  published Jul 14, 2011

  "His demeanor is not good," said Pierre Bazile today in court, where he represented Levi Aron, the 35-year-old Brooklyn man charged today with the abduction and murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky. Aro... More >>

• 1-800-HIP-STER: 10 Years Late or Just Unfunnyr

  published Jul 14, 2011

  It can be both! Apparently the Sarah McLachlan licensing was too expensive for the comedians behind SAVETHEHIPSTERS, so they just allude to it with a generic version. Same goes for their jokes. "Hips... More >>

• Andrew Cuomo Shouldn't Think About Being President Yet, According to Poll

  published Jul 14, 2011

  Despite what he called an "unusually successful" legislative session, it's too early for Andrew Cuomo to be thinking about the United States presidency according to New Yorkers in a new poll. A Siena ... More >>

• Alvin Moore Becomes Second Idiot to Overestimate David Letterman's Power

  published Jul 14, 2011

  For the second time this week, someone looking for attention chose to vandalize the Ed Sullivan Theater, home of the Late Show With David Letterman. Alvin Moore, the latest aggressor, was drunk and ma... More >>

• Amara Tarawally, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Accuser's Jailed 'Fiance,' Talks to Daily Beast

  published Jul 13, 2011

  The rape case against former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn began "crumbling" when the Manhattan D.A. picked up on some red flags, previously obscured, in the accuser's biography, the most damning of... More >>

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  Levi Aron Suspected in Murder of Brooklyn Boy Leiby Kletzky; Facebook Page Asks, 'Is Your Family Safer'

  published Jul 13, 2011

  Levi Aron has been named as the suspect, not yet charged, in the brutal murder of Leiby Kletzky, the Brooklyn boy missing since Monday who was found chopped up in a suitcase, left in a Dumpster in Par... More >>

• Laura Fotusky, New York Town Clerk, Resigns Over Gay Marriage Law

  published Jul 13, 2011

  Citing insufficient language meant to protect religious people in the marriage equality bill, town clerk Laura Fotusky, who will soon be required to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, has resigne... More >>

• Leiby Kletzky, Missing Brooklyn Boy, Found Dead in Dumpster, Fridge; Suspect in Custody

  published Jul 13, 2011

  An 8-year-old Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn boy was found dead in two separate locations on Tuesday night after going missing as he left day camp on Monday. Leiby Kletzky's body was discovered in a Dumpste... More >>

• 'CIA John' Story on Bin Laden Killer Pits New York Observer Against Government, Journalism

  published Jul 12, 2011

  On July 5, the Associated Press reported about "John," a "career CIA analyst" who helped track down Osama Bin Laden. "In the hunt for the world's most-wanted terrorist," the AP wrote, "there may have ... More >>

• NYC Subway Payphones Don't Work Anyway

  published Jul 12, 2011

  Maybe we can only speak for ourselves, but it feels like modern brains and eyes fail to even register the existence of payphones, let alone their functionality. Nonetheless, the New York Public Intere... More >>

• David Paterson on Becoming New York Governor: 'I Think I'll Kill Myself'

  published Jul 12, 2011

  Michelle Paterson, wife of accidental governor David Paterson, has plans for a tell-all book about the pair's time in Albany, and her press strategy has already kicked into high-gear before the writin... More >>

• Seanna Sharpe, Aerialist, Arrested For Stunt on Williamsburg Bridge

  published Jul 12, 2011

  At around 7 p.m. on Monday night, the Brooklyn aerialist Seanna Sharpe, along with her magician friend Savage Skinner, scaled about 300 feet on a tower of the Williamsburg Bridge and began performing ... More >>

• 9/11 Memorial Tickets Are Extremely Popular

  published Jul 12, 2011

  The box office for the World Trade Center's 9/11 Memorial opened online yesterday, but by evening the website had faltered under the weight of 24,000 requests. As many as 1,000 people were trying to m... More >>

• Rupert Murdoch's Phone Hacking Scandal Now Includes Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Scotland Yard

  published Jul 11, 2011

  We noted this morning that the phone hacking scandal plaguing now-shuttered British tabloid News of the World, though it can be traced back for years, had metastasized into a crazy cancer including a ... More >>

• Anonymous Hackers Announce "Military Meltdown Monday," Claim to Have Infiltrated Pentagon Contractor Booz Allen Hamilton

  published Jul 11, 2011

  The internationally feared hacktivist group Anonymous produced a new mother lode of intel today, up for download on The Pirate Bay, that they're calling "Military Meltdown Monday: Mangling Booz Allen ... More >>

• Gansevoort Hotel Responds to Dirty Pool Claims, Insists There's No Human Waste

  published Jul 11, 2011

  The New York Post reported over the weekend that the "urban oasis" at the Gansevoort Hotel, "the perfect place for daytime sunning, a snack from 'Plunge' Bar and Lounge, or a quiet conversation in our... More >>

• Avraham Rabinowich, Long Island Rabbi, Videotaped With Prostitute on the Sabbath

  published Jul 11, 2011

  Dr. Amora Rachelle, the ex-wife of Avraham Rabinowich, vice president of the Long Island Board of Rabbis, is going hard in her custody battle with a pretty inexcusable, not-so-secret weapon, which she... More >>