Carmen Huertas was driving her 11-year-old and several of her friends to a sleepover when she began speeding. Her passengers nervously asked her not to drive so fast, to which a drunken Huertas responded: “You think this is fast?Just wait until we get on the highway.”
13 October 2009
Bronx Mom Carmen Huertas Taunted Daughter And Friends While Driving Drunk
By Alex Alvarez at 1:52 PM.
2 September 2009
The LOL Won: Former NYC Transit Officer Christian Torres Robbed Bank To Fund Dream Of Being A Cop
By Alex Alvarez at 12:33 PM.
Christian Torres, 23, was once a rookie NYC transit officer. He had a bright future, filled with visions of freaking the living shit out of, say, bloggers the one time they attempt to hop a turn style at the Morgan stop. But, alas, his dreams have been torn asunder. Robbed, some might say.
27 July 2009
Jackson Heights, Queens Neighbors Outraged At Recent Attacks On Two Transgender Women
By Alex Alvarez at 11:23 AM.
26 July 2009
Levi Johnston Has Bodyguards Who Follow Him Into The Bathroom At Monkey Bar And You Do Not
By Alex Alvarez at 11:04 AM.
Sexican-American Levi Johnston required no less than three bodyguards to visit Manhattan’s Monkey Bar.
20 July 2009
14 July 2009
Giant Basking Shark Washes Up In Long Island And Everybody Goes “Whoaaa!”
By Chris Alonzo at 6:05 PM.
11 May 2009
26 April 2009
Oh, Perfect: Possible Swine Flu In Queens, NY
By Alex Alvarez at 8:56 AM.
New York authorities say at least 8 students at St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows “likely” have the swine flu, especially considering some of these students had recently returned from trips to Mexico.
19 April 2009
El Diario la Prensa Endorses Gay Marriage Bill In New York
By Cindy Casares at 1:55 PM.
Heralding in a new era in Latino-American social mores, Spanish-language journal El Diario La Prensa has released an official endorsement of New York Governor David Paterson’s right-to-marry bill for same-sex couples. El Diario is America’s oldest and largest Spanish-language newspaper and the Spanish-language newspaper of record in New York City. This is el huge-o.
16 March 2009
“America’s Next Top Model” Stampede In Midtown NY Prompts Model Hopeful To Observe It Was “Like 9/11 Part Two.”
By Alex Alvarez at 9:45 AM.
Models lining up for an “America’s Next Top Model” casting at midtown New York’s Park Central Hotel this past Saturday became enmeshed in a stampede after an overheating car was misconstrued as a bombing attempt.
2 March 2009
Thundersnow! Closes NYC Public Schools, Grinds America To A Halt
By Cindy Casares at 7:24 AM.
It thundered and lightning-ed during a snow storm in the South where they CANCELED CHURCH yesterday. Obvs, they don’t really love Jesus. And this morning, New York DOE (Dept. Of Education) has closed New York City Public Schools, something that hasn’t happened in ten years.
13 February 2009
Continental Flight 3407 Plane Crash In Buffalo Contained 9/11 Widow Beverly Eckert
By Cindy Casares at 9:07 AM.
A Continental Airlines commuter plane that crashed last night around 10 PM in suburban Buffalo killed 49 passengers including a September 11th widow named Beverly Eckert.
22 January 2009
Caroline Kennedy Withdraws Bid For New York Senate Seat, Cites Personal Reasons
By Alex Alvarez at 9:03 AM.
Caroline “Um, You Know” Kennedy has withdrawn her bid to fill Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s former Senate seat. Caroline’s quest for the New York Senate seat has been plagued by questions over her experience and her reluctance to answer questions about her finances.
15 January 2009
US Airways Plane Crash In Hudson River
By Cindy Casares at 4:06 PM.
US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320, crashed in the Hudson River on the west side of Manhattan 30 mins ago on its way from LaGuardia Airport in Queens to Charlotte, North Carolina. Rescuers fear hypothermia for any survivors.
Update: In what New York governor David Paterson called a “miracle on the Hudson,” all 150 passengers [...]
