Something New York police have not seen, maybe ever, happened Monday. From Sunday evening to yesterday, not one person was stabbed, shot, or murdered. What an amazing occurance.
The world famous Cyclone roller coaster on New York's Coney Island turned 85 years old on Saturday (6/30). To celebrate, the usual $8 ticket price was rolled back to just 25 cents - the price it cost to ride when it made it's first run in 1927!
Mayor Bloomberg likes his beer cold -- really cold. Standing inside the just-expanded Brooklyn Brewery Monday, the mayor revealed that his unorthodox approach to drinking beer requires ice. As in, ice dropped into his beer.( I had to google it -- Bloomberg is the Mayor of New York, City)-- more after the jump.
Here's a story that may restore your faith in humanity. A New York cab driver found $100,000 worth of jewelry and other valuables in the back of his cab. But instead of keeping the booty, he tried to track down the owner down, and once they made contact, he happily returned the goods and even initially refused a $1,000 reward -- more after the jump.
The Super Bowl hasn’t always been so super. In fact, throughout the ‘80s and into the first half of the ‘90s many of the games were blowouts the likes of which are rarely seen during the regular season.
We’ve had better luck with Super Bowls lately, and this year’s match-up between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers is about as even as can be.
So maybe Sunday’s game will end up