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May 25, 2012
Pot Policies: Weed's Legal Use Might Widen in Arizona
New York still hasn't decided whether it's going to OK medical marijuana, but more developments across the U.S. suggest that it's spreading -- though with some legal blowback from the U.S. courts and feds.
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May 25, 2012
Serendipity 3 Serving World's Most Expensive Burger
What's in the world's most expensive burger? Apparently Japanese Waygu beef, 10-herb white truffle butter, Salish Alderwood smoked Pacific sea salt, cheddar cheese, hand-made and cave-aged for 18 months by famed cheesemaker James Montgomery of Somerset, England. Plus shaved black truffles, a fried ... More >>
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May 24, 2012
Goodbye, Chemical Cannabis? U.S. Senate OKs Fake Pot Ban
The U.S. Senate has just put the kibosh on K2. After a months-long effort to ban synthetic marijuana, spearheaded by the Empire State's very own Charles Schumer, the Senate voted today to ban the sale of fake bud.
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May 21, 2012
'The Avengers' Makes Shawarma Sales Skyrocket
When my friend from Los Angeles was visiting the city last week, he made a point to take a picture of the shawarma shop next to my apartment and text the photograph to his buddies back at home. Before The Avengers, he'd never heard of the stuff -- and neither did his group of friends back in L.A. ... More >>
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May 21, 2012
Nuns Help The Poor And Sick Too Much, Says Catholic Church
The Vatican thinks that nuns are wasting their time on human rights and social work -- you know, typical helpful nun stuff. Instead, the Catholic Church wants America's nuns to spend more time doing things that don't typically help people, like telling them not to have premarital sex, according to ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
City Opposes Cuomo's Move to End Fingerprinting for Food Stamps, But Can't Do Much About it
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that he is ending a controversial policy that requires food stamp applicants to be fingerprinted -- a move that has pitted him squarely against Mayor Mike Bloomberg. The news today is also one that puts Bloomberg in direct opposition with City Council Speaker an ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
Four Questions with Susan Austin, Owner of the Urban Lobster Shack
The Urban Lobster Shack opened their first food truck late last month. We caught up with Susan Austin, owner of the restaurant, to talk about her new business on wheels, the truck design, and the challenges on managing a seafood business. There are tons of lobster shops in the city. What distingu ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
Ray Kelly, Police Commissioner, Issues New Orders Which Likely Will Effect The Number of Stop and Frisks
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly today issued two new department orders which could sharply effect the way police execute the stop and frisk program. The orders come a day after a federal judge broadened a class action lawsuit filed to force the department to discontinue its stop and frisk campaign. T ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
Pregnant? Then Get an STD Test, for God's Sake
A lot of pregnant women don't get tested for sexually transmitted diseases. But a lot of pregnant need to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases, according to just released Centers for Disease Control stats. Out of some 1.3 million American women who had blood work during pregnancy, only 59 p ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
New Jersey Taking Steps To Decriminalize Weed
Next week, for the first time ever, the New Jersey Legislature will hold a hearing about a bill that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. In New York, marijuana possession was decriminalized in the 1970sNew Jersey Assembly Bill 1465 would make possession of up to a half ... More >>
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May 16, 2012
Virginia
Next week, for the first time ever, the New Jersey Legislature will hold a hearing about a bill that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. In New York, marijuana possession was decriminalized in the 1970sNew Jersey Assembly Bill 1465 would make possession of up to a half ... More >>
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May 16, 2012
Free Slurpees and 7-Eleven's New Low-Calorie Addition
Free slurpee day is coming up next week. 7-Eleven will be giving away free slurpees Wednesday, May 23, between 11 am - 7 pm in their 7.11 oz size only. The deal comes in the wake of the convenience store's new low-calorie Slurpee line, which is set to roll out later this week. Though it doesn't ha ... More >>
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May 15, 2012
Can You Get Sued for File Sharing on Your WiFi Network?
If you own an open WiFi connection, you might have worried whether you're liable for any copyright infringement taking place on that network -- even if you didn't do it. In a ruling that has caught the attention of lawmakers and attorneys worldwide, a Finnish court just ruled that owners of open Wi ... More >>
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May 14, 2012
New Yorkers Don't Like Occupy Wall Street or The Tea Party: Poll
It's a pollapalooza! Shortly after a Quinnipiac University Polling Institute came out identifying New Yorkers' hatred of indoor smoking and love of bike shares, yet more info has come out detailing voters' tastes.
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May 11, 2012
"Tanorexia" Not Just a Jersey Problem -- New York's Melanoma Rate Climbs 72-Percent In 10 Years
As "tanning mom" Patricia Krentcil's 15 minutes appear to be winding down, the fact that the New Jersey mom allegedly took her 5-year-old daughter tanning continues to impact public policy.On Monday, dubbed "Melanoma Monday" in New Jersey by the American Cancer Society, public health advocates lobbi ... More >>
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May 10, 2012
In Stop-and-Frisk Debate, Mayor Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio Bad-Mouth Each Other
The debate over the NYPD's controversial stop-and-frisk policy is in full swing this week with a proposal from the public advocate prompting a badmouthing match between the mayor and the elected official who hopes to replace him in 2013. Yesterday, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, an expected mayor ... More >>
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May 9, 2012
North Carolina Hates The Gays! Well, Let's Look At Their Culture
The good people of North Carolina just voted against same-sex marriage, leading me to think they're a bunch of heathen cretins with no taste or style. But a glance at Wikipedia proves they have a rich and vital culture. They've birthed a lot of big jazz musicians plus James Taylor. Also, North Ca ... More >>
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May 9, 2012
Why Do Mexicans Change Their Names, Seemingly at Whim?
The good people of North Carolina just voted against same-sex marriage, leading me to think they're a bunch of heathen cretins with no taste or style. But a glance at Wikipedia proves they have a rich and vital culture. They've birthed a lot of big jazz musicians plus James Taylor. Also, North Ca ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 9, 2012
RUST NEVER SLEEPS
Shortcuts takes over Santos's basement
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May 9, 2012
Dallas Vietty's Musette Project
Shortcuts takes over Santos's basement
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May 8, 2012
Leading New York's Local TV News Today: A Bear Falling Out Of A Tree
Never mind the fact that a cop's gonna skate after shooting a mentally ill, unarmed immigrant. Or the fact that terrorists have figured out a way to make "Fruit of the Boom 2.0" that might not be detectable by run-of-the-mill airport security equipment. Those sort of things are trivial on a day like ... More >>
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May 8, 2012
Utah Will Get Fracked!
There's so much fracking news across the country, it's hard to keep up with! As the debate over hydraulic fracturing in New York continues, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar just OKd a major gas drilling project in Utah, The Associated Press reports. Though some fracking is already taking plac ... More >>
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May 8, 2012
At Last! North Carolina Becomes Final Southern State to Constitutionally Ban Gay Marriage!
North Carolina made history today. Not only did voters approve a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, but they made the Southern States of Bigotry set complete, in becoming the last holdout state south of the Mason-Dixon to do so! But wait -- it gets better! North Carolina didn't just stop at b ... More >>
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May 7, 2012
"Tanning Mom" Is Hilarious, And All, But Skin Cancer In New Jersey Has Increased 43-Percent In 10 Years
Happy "Melanoma Monday" -- as we all continue to laugh and laugh (and then cry) at "Tanning Mom," the latest leathery boob to humiliate New Jersey, skin cancer has increased 43-percent in the Garden State, and the American Cancer Society credits the increase to the rise in indoor tanning.If you're u ... More >>
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May 4, 2012
Can Protesting Stop-and-Frisk Get You Convicted of Disorderly Conduct?
Can you get jailed for protesting a polemic cop policy in front of a police precinct? A Manhattan judge delivered a guilty disorderly conduct verdict this afternoon to a group of 20 political protesters, including Princeton Prof Cornel West, the Associated Press reports. The charge is considered a ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
Was Colonial America 'Egalitarian'?
America might have had a lot more in common with Sweden than IKEA furniture and H&M clothing, according to new research. Two economists now say that the Founding Fathers' nation was "more egalitarian than anywhere else in the measurable world," reports Reuters (via New York Times.) Hm. This soun ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
Locked Out Art Handlers Have 14 Million New Reasons To 'Scream' At Sotheby's
As you may have heard, Sotheby''s had a good day yesterday, auctioning off Edward Munch's "The Scream" for a record $119.9 million dollars. Not having such a good day? The still locked-out art handlers at Sotheby's, who appeared as number 84 on the Voice's list of the "100 Most Powerless New Yorke ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
New York City Really Has a Thing for Pain Pills
Not too long after data came out questioning whether America might be addicted to painkillers, additional details have been released about New York City's pill popping. From 2008 to 2010, prescriptions for opioid analgesics surged 22 percent, according to The Associated Press (via CBS). What's s ... More >>
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May 2, 2012
New York Assembly Passes Bill To Establish DREAM Fund For Undocumented Kids To Go To College
Good news, DREAMers: the New York State Assembly passed a bill yesterday that would create a privately funded scholarship to help undocumented kids go to college.If it becomes law, the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM, Fund Commission would enable people to solicit privat ... More >>
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May 1, 2012
Happy May Day: NY Post Columnist Nicole Gelinas Argues Against Living Wage Bill (Of Course)
No shocker here, but a New York Post op-ed contributor is peddling the same misleading bullshit about minimum wage increases that opponents always peddle. Enter Nicole Gelinas. Raising minimum wage -- as per the Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act -- is "left-wing social engineering." (Classic Post p ... More >>
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April 30, 2012
NY Post's Abby Schachter: 'The Left' Is Unpatriotic for Complaining About Racism
Did you know that complaining about racism makes you unpatriotic and means that you have a (bad) attitude toward America? Well, it doesn't, but that's what the New York Post's Abby Schachter suggests. "Bill Maher pretty much summed up the left's attitude toward the United States when he declared ... More >>
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April 26, 2012
Tennessee Williams And A Certain Star! Guess Who!
The above photo was in a booklet given out on the opening night of Tennessee's last full-length play, In Masks Outrageous And Austere. Is he with whom I think it is?
Columns
April 25, 2012
RIP, Events! I Know Who Killed Them!
Enough with canned PR at nonevents—I miss poorly behaved stars
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April 25, 2012
New York AG Chimes In On Arizona's Breathing While Brown Immigration Law
The constitutionality of Arizona's controversial immigration law currently is being reviewed by the United States Supreme Court -- and for some reason New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman decided to chime in in the form of a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the SCOTUS this morning.If you' ... More >>
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April 25, 2012
Parents Now Pushing Unneeded Surgeries on Obese Kids
We're guessing that Dr. Ben Spock wouldn't suggest this... The New York Times reports that parents of obese kids are increasingly treating gallbladder ailments by having their children undergo invasive operations to remove the organ. Here's the thing: Most of the time, the kids don't need surgery ... More >>
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April 24, 2012
Gun Couture: Firearms Industry Gets 'Fashionable'
It's long been a big problem for the fashionable firearm owner: How to hide a handgun and look haute couture at the same time. Well, a report in today's New York Times has some great news for the tres chic ranks of the U.S.'s 7 million concealed carry permit holders. Clothing companies have start ... More >>
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April 24, 2012
The USA Champion Barista on Her Signature Beverage
The past weekend at the United States Barista Championship in Portland, Katie Carguilo of Counter Culture Coffee defeated 54 other contestants to become the first New Yorker ever to win the competition. This summer, she'll travel to Vienna to represent the United States in the World Barista Champion ... More >>
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April 18, 2012
Barbara Cook: I Couldn't Wait To Leave Atlanta!
I used to swing by Atlanta now and then and loved the drag bars and the big gay dance club, not to mention the chance to flounce my New York derriere around the hoity-toity Peachtree Plaza. But legendary singer Barbara Cook had a much worse time there. Barbara is performing "Let's Fall in Love," a ... More >>
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April 11, 2012
Restaurant Industry Creates 560,000 Jobs in the Past Two Years
For New Yorkers who see city blocks packed with food joints every day, it's pretty evident that the restaurant industry is booming. Now the numbers are in: the National Restaurant Association reports that restaurants have added more than 560,000 jobs since the beginning of the economic recovery in M ... More >>
Columns
April 11, 2012
Why Do Mexicans Paint Murals on Lowriders?
And why do they love scratch-off Lotto tickets?
Voice Choices
April 11, 2012
Twiztid+Kottonmouth Kings
And why do they love scratch-off Lotto tickets?
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April 10, 2012
Maybe This Is the Pie You've Been Waiting For All Your Life: Hot Dog Stuffed Crust Pizza
Maybe we're living in the wrong country: the British rendition of Pizza Hut seems much more adventuresome in their pizza tinkerings. In this case, they've invented a pie with a hot dog, or maybe hot dogs, baked into the circumferential edge of the crust, known to cognoscenti as "The Bone."
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April 9, 2012
Are Fracking Chemicals a Secret? (UPDATE)
The health risks of hydraulic fracturing have been key in policymaking debates, with health advocates calling on legislators to assess fracking chemicals before allowing the polemic practice to take place. Friends of fracking, however, have pushed back against full disclosure: in Pennsylvania, for ... More >>
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April 8, 2012
'Smart Screens' To Replace Pay Phones
To be honest, we can't remember the last time we consciously noticed a pay phone in the city (that is, save for ones used in the episodes of Felicity we've been watching on Netflix). But the New York Post reports today that 250 phone booths will get high tech updates within the next month. Now-obsol ... More >>
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April 5, 2012
Is America Addicted to Painkillers?
And now for some sad-making stats as we near the end of the week. Recent Associated Press reports suggest that America is really drugged up on prescription opioids -- and New York is certainly no exception. Receipts for two most popular painkiller scripts -- oxycodone and hydrocodone -- boomed fr ... More >>
News
April 4, 2012
Can the DREAM Act Help Undocumented Students Earn a Living?
Dream, deferred
Blogs
April 4, 2012
Robert Sietsema at Brooklyn Wok Shop; Meat Manners Matter at The Cannibal
See what NYC's restaurant critics have been up to this week: In the Voice, Robert Sietsema dines at Williamsburg's Brooklyn Wok Shop and finds the food uninspiring: "My advice: Save yourself some money and 'wok' north into Greenpoint to find a real Chinese carryout." Pete Wells gives two stars to ... More >>
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March 31, 2012
Bloomberg Health Alert: Tofu Blamed For Two Cases of Botulism
Ok, we're going to make an important distinction here: Tofu is funny. Botulism, not so funny. Tofu is a soy-based, largely flavorless paste that can be molded into interesting shapes. Botulism is a scary bacterial disease which causes cramps, choking, nausea and vomiting before death. Well, the c ... More >>
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March 29, 2012
Andrew Cuomo's Synthetic Pot Ban Is Kind of Bullshit
At long last, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has rescued the Empire State from the evil clutches of synthetic marijuana which was a dire scourge upon society was only a problem for New Yorkers who voluntarily purchased it. (And how much of a problem is still kinda iffy.) Cuomo just ordered the N.Y. State Depar ... More >>
Columns
March 28, 2012
Are There Different Kinds of Mexican Food?
At long last, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has rescued the Empire State from the evil clutches of synthetic marijuana which was a dire scourge upon society was only a problem for New Yorkers who voluntarily purchased it. (And how much of a problem is still kinda iffy.) Cuomo just ordered the N.Y. State Depar ... More >>
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