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New dinosaur species makes T-š„Rex look like a munchkin
Weāre gonna need a bigger museum. One hundred million years ago, a colossal creature the size of a 737 tš hundered through the forests of South America, picking trees clean with...
Judge strips landlord's control over properties on Airbnb
Beware, landlords who ignore city laws against Airbnb subleasing. In a first-of-its-kind decisiošn, a Manhattan judge has ordered that an independent manager take over two Midtown properties where the oš¬wner...
š Rentboy CEO gets light sentence for running gay prostitutionź§ site
ź¦ A Brooklyn judge handed the founder and CEO of Rentboy a sixā-ź§ āmonth sentence Wednesday -- saying she was convinced he built what was once the largest gay escort site ever...
Brain-chip woman 'had to laugh a little bit' at subway sucker punch
The epileptic Bronx woman who was sucker-punched at Grand Central Station recounted the vicious sneak attack ā saying "it's crazy" that a person witź¦ŗh "brain damage" and a computer chip...
'First human cyborg' sucker-punched in subway station
š An epileptic Bronx woman dubbed āone of the first human cyborgsā was sucker-punched Wednesday morning as she was exiting a Midtown subway station, police sources said Thursday. The victim, Emily... š²
šŖ Airbnb, NAACP partnership met with skepticism
The NAACP is partnering with Airbnb to get people in ācommunities of colorā to rent out their extra rooms ā in exchange for the civil-rights organization getting a ź¦ 20 percent... ā
Bodega 'killer' said victim stole his Air Jordans
A Brooklyn man who fatally knifed aš guy in a bloody killing caught on camera says he did it because the victim stole his Air Jordan sneakers. In šan interview...
New Yorkers captivated, divided by O.J. parole š«decision
More than two decades have passed since šhis infamous murder trial, but O.J. Simpson is still capable of captivating and dividing the public. āWow,ā exclaimed Wayne Carson, 60, who was... š§
Prosecutor accused of sex crimes gets off with misdemeš±anor charges
The felony sex-cšrimes case against a Brooklyn sex-crimes prosecutor has been reduced to only misdemeanor charges, it was revealed in court Wednesday. Assistant District Attorney Chrismy āChrisā Saź©²gaille ā originally...
ąµ© Thug accused in vicious sex attack on churchgoer breaks down ź¦in tears
A jailbird cried like a baby Sunday, claiming he never laid a hšand on āa āchurch-going āQueens woman āin a vicious gang sex assault. Brandon Walker, 20, broke down in...
Woman shocked to find 35,000 beešs swarming homāe
This is un-bee-lievable! A Brooklyn woman called a pest controšller after finding a few bees buzzing around her bedroom ā and he uncovered a hive of 35,000 living in thš e...
The building management used me as bedbug 'bait': suit
A Bronx wāoman is bugging out, claiming her buildingās exterminators told her to stay in her apartment as bedbug ābaitā after her apartment was sprayed for the pests, according to..š¤”.
š¦ American Express suing concert head for $35K in unpaid bills
American Express is suing the head of two Brooklyn concešrt series for racking up $35,000 worth of Āunpaid credit-card bills. The suit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, names Debra Garcia,... š¤”
Restaurant employee says boss was a creep, called her 'retarded': suit
A manager at Hš²udson River hot spot La Marina shouted vulgarities at an employee, uncomfortably invaded her personal space and, adding insult to injury, shortchanged her aš³nd other employees, according...
Stockbroker sued for libelousš reviews under deli meat aliases
A Long Island stock broker, ticked off when a law firm mentioned him in a blog post, sought revšenge by posting nasty comments about the lawyers usišng aliases such as...
Man sues becauš seš apartment near Lincoln Tunnel is too noisy
A retired New Mexico state senator who came to the Big Applše to pursue a career as a playwright is suing his Manhattan building manager, saying his Hellās Kitchen apartment...
My boss asked if I ever 'took any naked pictures': suit
A Brooklyn Criminal Court clerk claš®ims her boss asked if she ātook any naked picturź¦esā of herself and once referred to her as āone of those hot Latinas,ā a harassment...
The sexy secrets from NYC's long-sealed divorce records
David Ackerman was a terrible āhusband. During his volatile marriage to wife Julia, he tried to throw her down a flight of stairs. He also told his long-suffering spouse she...
Fashionista sues after bottle cap 'violently' strikes her in the eye
A ź©²Brooklyn fashionista has filed a lawsuit claiming the cap on a bottle of Stella cider āviolentlyā struck her in the eye. Audrey Lea Curry, 29, blames Anheuser-Busch, which manufactures...
š° š Ex-banker says insider-trading father betrayed him
A former investment banker risked taking the staš³nd at his stock-fraud trial ā and got back at his father for refusing to testify on his behalf and for accepting a...