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January 19, 2012
TSA Admits Screwup in Shakedown of Old Ladies
After months of intense internal debate, the TSA decided that mistakes were made when two elderly women -- who claim they were subject to strip searches (!) -- were examined at Kennedy Airport in November, The Associated Press reports (via USA Today). Homeland Security Officials, prompted by the wo ... More >>
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January 14, 2012
Cruise Ship Runs Aground In Italy; Imam Sentenced in JFK Terror Plot; Bloomberg Bets Cheesecake On Giants Game
A cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Italy near the island Giglio Friday night, killing three and leaving 69 missing. The ship "hit an obstacle" that tore a 160 foot gash in the ship, according to a coast guard official. Occurring around dinner time, one woman said she heard a "scraping noise" ... More >>
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January 14, 2012
Loose Change Adds Up At Aiports: TSA Collects Over $409,085.56 In Coins Left Behind
viaYou would think in this crappy global economy we've been living in for the past couple of years people would want to save every penny they had. Well, apparently not. In 2010 the Transport Security Administration collected $409,085.56 in coins people left at checkpoints. So, that's the real ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
The TSA Has $400,000 of America's Hard-Earned Spare Change in Its Clutches
Have a bunch of spare change that you've left in your drawer or in a bag under your bed, waiting for that rainy day (or a clear, sunny day, because that would be better for transportation purposes) in which you are so bored that you decide to lug it to a CoinStar machine and get real, spendable doll ... More >>
Voice Choices
December 7, 2011
Chris Isaak
Have a bunch of spare change that you've left in your drawer or in a bag under your bed, waiting for that rainy day (or a clear, sunny day, because that would be better for transportation purposes) in which you are so bored that you decide to lug it to a CoinStar machine and get real, spendable doll ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Iran Accused of Sponsoring Plot to Assassinate Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi Ambassador
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have charged two men with conspiracy to assassinate Adel Al-Jubeir, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, in what they allege is an Iranian government-backed plot. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Manssor Arbabsiar and Gholam Shakuri with co ... More >>
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September 25, 2011
80 Arrested Saturday In Occupy Wall Street Protests; Second Avenue Subway Gets Graded; Marathon World Record Set
Nick PintoApproximately 80 were arrested Saturday in connection with Occupy Wall Street, according to the NYPD's press office. Throughout yesterday afternoon Occupy Wall Street used Twitter to chronicled arrests and various acts of force being used by the NYPD against protesters. They say at ... More >>
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September 24, 2011
Satellite Has Fallen, Location Unknown; 43% Think Obama Is Better Than Bush; Putin To Run For Prez Of Russia Again
UARS -- the 6-ton satellite that just maybe was going to hit you -- fell back to earth sometime between 11:23 p.m. Friday and 1:09 a.m. Saturday EDT, NASA has said. But even though it "penetrated the atmosphere" over the Pacific Ocean, when and where it exactly fell is still unknown, so let t ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark Airports All Having Issues These Days
At Newark airport, your flight will rarely be on time. At JFK, your stuff might get stolen: according to the Post, larcenies at Kennedy Airport are up 30 percent from the first half of 2010 (the most commonly stolen items are laptops and iPads). Looks like we're all booking out of LaGuardia ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
100 'Sex-Crazed' Turtles Close Down JFK Airport Runway
Turtles! 100 diamondback terrapin turtles flash-mobbed a runway at JFK airport today, leading to closure of that route for more than an hour. "Specialists" (because have you ever tried to pick up a turtle? It's scary!) removed the turtles at around 10 a.m., reports the New York Times City Roo ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Someone Left Four Pairs of Sneakers, Five Pounds of Cocaine at JFK Airport
FreshNearly five pounds of cocaine were found hidden in the soles of sneakers in a suitcase at John F. Kennedy Airport last week, Customs and Border Protection Officers announced on Monday. No one ever picked up the luggage, which came from the Dominican Republic, perhaps because they thought ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
William Giraldo, Accused Brooklyn Rapist, Missed His Wedding for a Court Date
The 24-year-old accused of raping a Brooklyn woman in Sunset Park on Saturday was arraigned on Wednesday, the very same day he was supposed to have been married. Though police suspect four recent sexual assaults were all carried out by the same man, William Giraldo was identified by just one ... More >>
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May 20, 2011
Puerto Rican Drug Kingpin and Nine Others Arrested After $1M Times Square Coke Bust
In a 10-month investigative operation that started with street sales of ketamine, ecstasy, and oxycodone at city nightclubs including Webster Hall and Pacha NYC, Puerto Rican drug kingpin Ricardo Gonzalez-Santiago and nine other drug traffickers have been arrested and indicted, according to a ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Big French Plane Hits Small American Plane at JFK
On Monday night an Air France Airbus A380, the biggest passenger plane in use, knocked into a much smaller Comair CRJ 700 Regional Jet at John F. Kennedy International Airport, spinning the tiny thing almost 90-degrees, but injuring no one, NBC New York reports. A minor event when all was said and d ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
$9 Million in Opium Found in Plastic Cats at JFK Airport
Saleh/U.S. Customs via Daily NewsThe Daily News reports that federal agents at JFK Airport have seized a bunch of acrylic cats used to hide more than $9 million worth of pure opium, which is exciting on two levels. First, that opium smugglers are operating actively! Second, that they might be ... More >>
Dining
November 24, 2010
Winter Guide: Cozy Up to New York's Warming Restaurants
Saleh/U.S. Customs via Daily NewsThe Daily News reports that federal agents at JFK Airport have seized a bunch of acrylic cats used to hide more than $9 million worth of pure opium, which is exciting on two levels. First, that opium smugglers are operating actively! Second, that they might be ... More >>
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November 16, 2010
A History of Banned Drinks; Mike Tyson to Launch Kosher Resto Chain
Sen. Charles Schumer has called for a ban on reusable grocery bags because some contain "five times the allowable limits for lead." [NY Post] A total of 11 out of 28 Bronx bodegas were caught in a sting selling the controversial caffeinated cocktail in a can Four Loko to minors. [NY Post] M ... More >>
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November 16, 2010
Goose Murderers: We Know What You Did Last Summer
You may have put it out of your mind temporarily, in an effort to heal, but you should never forget. We're talking about those hundreds of geese (and baby geese!) brutally murdered over the summer because they might "accidentally" fly into planes. According to the Brooklyn Paper, they "were o ... More >>
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October 22, 2010
Full-Body Scanners Now At JFK Airport
Just what New Yorkers need: Another thing to complain about. In recent weeks we've had MTA assholes, stinkbugs, gnomes with Tumblrs, and now? Attention, New Yorkers: Full-body scanners have now been placed in the American Airlines terminal of JFK airport.
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September 5, 2010
Steven Slater Got Fired by JetBlue
Pace for the Daily NewsJetBlue axed their "famous" flight attendant, the Daily News reports, probably because he "jumped down a plane's emergency chute with beers in hand after telling off passengers at Kennedy Airport." This was bound to happen; he is now working for the internet. Let's cele ... More >>
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July 30, 2010
Contraband: A Photo Essay Including Illicit Edibles Seized at JFK
Roast guinea pig insideIf you've ever tried desperately to look innocent in the arrivals area at JFK, willing the customs officials not to find that raw milk Epoisses or baggie of fresh curry leaves that you've secreted away in your suitcase, than you might be interested in a new project by G ... More >>
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July 8, 2010
Where Can I Get Great Carryout on the Way to Kennedy Airport?
A luscious spice-rubbed rotisserie chicken from Pio Pio may be just the ticket. Ann P. asks: I'm flying to California next week, driving myself from the Upper West Side to Kennedy Airport, where I'll leave my car in a long-stay lot while I'm away. Here's my question: I hate airline food ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2010
Drag Star Gets Horrible Treatment From Delta Airlines
David ShankboneGet a load of this email thread between Gary Hall (aka drag star Shequida) and Delta Airlines over terrible service that caused Hall to miss his flight and forfeit big sums of money. In return, they offered him 100 smackers. And he smacked them right back down!
Blogs
April 7, 2010
Pix From O Lavrador, a Portuguese Restaurant in Jamaica, Queens
One is well advised to enter O Lavrador by the barroom at the left, through a rustic door with the word BAR spelled out in bullet holes, and a gnarled limb as a door pull. This week, Counter Culture drops anchor at O Lavrador ("The Farmer"), an old-school Portuguese place on the way between ... More >>
Dining
April 6, 2010
Istanbul Cafe: Let's Talk Turkey
Sweet delights and tasty monstrosities in midtown
Blogs
April 2, 2010
West African Pepper Shrimp from Maima's in Jamaica, Queens
The incendiary, mouth-searing, mind-bogglingly-hot pepper shrimp at Maima's. It always happens. No sooner had I assembled a collection of the hottest dishes available in city restaurants for the Spring Supplement, than I stumbled on another that put the others to shame.
Blogs
June 24, 2009
Mon Dieu! French Tourists Start New York Trip with Car Chase
It was, she said later, like something out of a film. Moments after Ester-Ethy Mamane landed at JFK yesterday, she and four other French tourists, including her 60-year-old mother, were guided into a waiting van that was supposed to shuttle them into town. The trouble started a few minutes later, as ... More >>
Dining
May 13, 2009
Summer Guide: Salad Daze
Let there be light meals! Welcome to our choice summer fare.
Blogs
March 11, 2009
Flights Leaves LaGuardia, Drops Chunks, Lands at Kennedy
American Airlines Flight 309 had some trouble after it departed LaGuardia for Chicago at 8:15 this morning and, after dropping chunks of its engine over College Point, landed at Kennedy Airport. All passengers and crew are safe. Engine failure is suspected, an FAA investigation is pending. Update: S ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2009
Troubled Hotel Carter Named America's Dirtiest
We have to feel for the Hotel Carter, one of the undistinguished midtown hotels caught up in the recent Federal suit for not providing sufficient handicapped access to their hotels. You'll recall that the hotel's lawyer took advantage of that moment in the sun to promote his client thus: "Is it a pa ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2008
Sietsema's Cheap Eats: Gol Guppe
We have to feel for the Hotel Carter, one of the undistinguished midtown hotels caught up in the recent Federal suit for not providing sufficient handicapped access to their hotels. You'll recall that the hotel's lawyer took advantage of that moment in the sun to promote his client thus: "Is it a pa ... More >>
Art
April 8, 2008
A Girl's Life at Aviation High School
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December 3, 2007
NY's Airports Are Worse Than Most: Report
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October 23, 2007
The Battle to Save the Disappearing Jamaica Bay
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May 1, 2007
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