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April 18, 2012
Dick Clark Dead At 82: Andrew Cuomo Weighs In On a "True New Yorker"
Legendary TV personality Dick Clark died today at the age of 82 -- and Governor Andrew Cuomo was quick to weigh in on the passing of a "true New Yorker." "Today, we mourn the passing of Dick Clark, an American icon and a true New Yorker who was born in Mount Vernon, graduated from Syracuse Universit ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Heavy D, R.I.P.
Mount Vernon-raised rapper Heavy D passed away yesterday. The artist, born Dwight Errington Myers, was found having problems breathing outside his home in Beverly Hills; he was taken to the emergency department of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and died later in the afternoon. For many, Heavy D ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 28, 2011
Halloween Murder Mystery
Mount Vernon-raised rapper Heavy D passed away yesterday. The artist, born Dwight Errington Myers, was found having problems breathing outside his home in Beverly Hills; he was taken to the emergency department of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and died later in the afternoon. For many, Heavy D ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2011
The Five Best Moments On Yo! MTV Raps
MTV turns 30 on Monday. To celebrate, we're running a bunch of pieces on the channel, its legacy, and its future. Debuting during the golden year of '88, Yo! MTV Raps revolutionized TV coverage of hip-hop music. Of course, hip-hop videos existed long before Yo! launched—Grandmaster Fl ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Live: Kreayshawn Hits The Box For Less Than 15 Minutes
Kreayshawn The Box Thursday, July 21 Better than: Not being in an air-conditioned room. Kreayshawn—an Odd Future outlier and Lil' B acolyte—has skyrocketed upwards since her arrival on May 16, 2011. In the immediate days after "Gucci Gucci" hit YouTube, she spent time in the studio wi ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
What the Presidents Ate: George Washington
George Washington didn't really chop down a cherry tree, but he was fond of cherries.It is said that George Washington had wooden teeth, and they were on display in a museum somewhere. They told us that in elementary school. Actually, his dentures were carved from a hippo horn.
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June 2, 2011
Andre Reid, Aimless Man, Ends Up on LaGuardia Runway
"Life is waiting"A Mount Vernon man named Andre Reid gets the distinction of being called "deranged" by the New York Post for the stunt he pulled yesterday: the 21-year-old ended up down on the tarmac by a U.S. Airways jet just before it took off from LaGuardia Airport. Reid was spotted by th ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Dennis Pogue Gives Us a History Lesson That Involves Making George Washington's Whiskey
(This is not Dennis Pogue.)Whiskey is as American as apple pie. At least that's what Dennis Pogue, chief archaeologist at Mount Vernon, would have you believe. Over the last several years, he's spent much of his time making George Washington's whiskey (our first president was a distiller, in ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
Wilbert Elvy, Drunk Driver, Really Quite Insistent on Driving Drunk
We are fans of drinking, yes, but never drunk driving, because, you know, you could really hurt someone (and often do). Thus it is with great disappointment that we heard the tale of Mount Vernon man Wilbert A. Elvy, 46 (certainly old enough to know better!), who was arrested in the wee hours ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
Presidential Pardoned Turkeys Screwed Out of Trip to Disneyland
Today President Obama did his annual Thanksgiving thing in the Rose Garden, reflecting on our grand holiday traditions and wishing Americans a happy turkey-day. And, most importantly, pardoning some turkeys.
Blogs
October 14, 2010
New York City "UFOs" May Have Been Caused by Something So Banal as an Engagement Party
According to a group of elementary school kids from the Milestone School in Mount Vernon, those unidentified flying objects sighted over Chelsea last afternoon that had everybody all worked up are actually just escapee balloons from their teacher's engagement party, the Daily News reports. S ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2010
Top Chef: "It's Embarrassing, Like Living in a Trailer Park"
Bravo Morning in the Top Chef house. Amanda sits on a giant rubber ball and talks about gravity. Kenny complains that he feels like he's second fiddle on "the Angelo show." Angelo confesses that he doesn't like being a bottom on the bottom because it puts 'a damper" on his mind. Arnold claim ... More >>
Columns
August 11, 2009
A Bloomberg Ally, Union Boss Michael Forde, Gets Hammered
Handcuffs for a carpenters' union chief
Blogs
August 7, 2009
Fun Read of the Day: List of New York Reps, Senators Earmarks ($5 Mil for Jazzmobile?)
Some time ago we looked at some of the member items state senators requested in Albany. Impressive, but petty cash compared to what they spend in D.C. A group called Washington Watch -- yeah, they're libertarians (i.e. wingnuts with weed), but we'll take our thrills where we can get them -- has a ... More >>
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June 25, 2009
Omar Edwards Vigil This Weekend
Sunday will mark a month since African-American police officer Omar Edwards was shot and killed by a fellow cop.The Guardians Association, a fraternity of black officers, will observe the day with a candle light vigil in East Harlem -- where attendees will march from the precinct where Edwards worke ... More >>
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May 21, 2009
Food & Wine Writer Hangs On to Old La Fonda del Sol Menu for 45 Years
At a luncheon for the Septima winery's new vintages at La Fonda del Sol today, food and wine writer Sharon Kapnick reached into her roomy handbag and produced a folded piece of colorful high quality-stock paper. She unfolded it to reveal the surprise: a vintage menu from the original restaurant date ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2009
PD Roundup: Nut Kill, Suicide, Coverup, Cameras Cleared
Lots of cops in the news today. Yesterday officers tried rubber bullets and tasers on knife-wielding, deranged Mauricio Jacques yesterday, and when that did not dissuade him from his stated mission to kill his wife and children, the cops shot him dead. Also this weekend, a cop shot at his cop wife ... More >>
Blogs
November 19, 2008
Stephanie Harrington: A Singular Early Voice at the 'Voice'
Lots of cops in the news today. Yesterday officers tried rubber bullets and tasers on knife-wielding, deranged Mauricio Jacques yesterday, and when that did not dissuade him from his stated mission to kill his wife and children, the cops shot him dead. Also this weekend, a cop shot at his cop wife ... More >>
Music
March 4, 2008
Pete Rock's NY's Finest
An East Coast legend hits harder with horns than Uzis
Blogs
January 31, 2008
TABLOIDED: The Post and Obama: Strange Bedfellows
An East Coast legend hits harder with horns than Uzis
News
August 8, 2006
Waiting for Reinforcements
The fighting won't end: Gearing up for another wave of homeless vets
Blogs
July 7, 2006
New Terror Plot, Same Old Money Problem
The fighting won't end: Gearing up for another wave of homeless vets
Blogs
December 21, 2005
What If You Threw a Contingency Plan but. . .
The fighting won't end: Gearing up for another wave of homeless vets
News
May 24, 2005
Protection Racket
Questions about Albany's cut of New York's homeland security money
News
March 16, 2004
Day by Day, Death by Death
A Chronology of U.S. Military Fatalities Since 'Mission Accomplished,' Part II
News
January 6, 2004
The Dennis Kucinich Polka
What's so funny about peace, love, and the Dems' Great Ignored Candidate?
NYC Life
May 13, 2003
Urban Oases
What's so funny about peace, love, and the Dems' Great Ignored Candidate?
News
January 14, 2003
Home to Harlem
Malcolm X Archive Goes to the Schomburg
News
September 10, 2002
Getting Greened
Did Memories of the 2001 Mayoral Race Kill the Gubernatorial Primary?
News
November 27, 2001
Seasonal Brew
Did Memories of the 2001 Mayoral Race Kill the Gubernatorial Primary?
News
September 5, 2000
A Rumble in the Bronx
Feuding Politicos Pull No Punches in Congressional Race
News
June 27, 2000
The Tuskegee Effect
For Blacks, a 28-Year-Old Study Is One of Many Barriers to HIV Prevention
News
February 15, 2000
Poster-Boy Perp
How Lester Pearson Became a Permanent Suspect
Dance
January 11, 2000
Mix and Remix
How Lester Pearson Became a Permanent Suspect
Long Island Voice
September 14, 1999
We got your hip-hop hall of fame
How Lester Pearson Became a Permanent Suspect
Music
July 6, 1999
Diddily-Dee
How Lester Pearson Became a Permanent Suspect
News
September 1, 1998
Escape from the Nation of Islam
Farrakhan Heir Bolts from Black Muslim Following to Lead a Hip Hop Movement
News
May 5, 1998
The Apologist in Suburbia
Pol Pot's Comrade Enjoys the Quiet Life in Westchester

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