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Jesus Told Me To

Written by Jason Singer on June 28, 2007. Posted in Crime Watch OTDT, Posts

Jesus Christ’s résumé continues to get better and better. First, he walked on water. Next, he rose from the dead. Then, last week, he made a man confess to a murder he committed in the East Village several years ago, after seemingly getting away with the crime. Michael Mohr, 51, who recently had a religious
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NBA Drafts For Fresh Entertainers

Written by Jason Singer on June 28, 2007. Posted in Posts, Sports

There’s a convention of extremely rich black people taking place at Madison Square Garden tonight. It’s called the 2007 NBA Draft. Of course, there will be some white people there, too. Almost all the owners, GMs and other people with power are Caucasian (which should come as no surprise to anyone). But we have come
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Spike Lee Goes To Broadway

Written by Jason Singer on June 28, 2007. Posted in Posts, Theater

Watch out all you lily-white theatergoers, black people are coming to Broadway. Later today, acclaimed director Spike Lee will announce that he’s reviving Stalag 17, a comedy-drama about POWs in a concentration camp who believe a Nazi spy is among them, to open some time next spring. Lee agreed to do the project despite never
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Bombing In The Bronx

Written by Jason Singer on June 27, 2007. Posted in Posts, Sports

Just 15 days ago, The New York Times’ Murray Chass predicted that “at the rate at which the Yankees are slashing into Boston’s lead in the American League East, they will pass the Red Sox in the standings by July 4.” Brilliant, brilliant prediction, Mr. Chass. You have shown a level of foresight only equaled
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Pro Wrestler Dies In Murder-Suicide

Written by Jason Singer on June 26, 2007. Posted in Posts, Sports

Pro wrestler Chris Benoit killed his wife and child before taking his own life this weekend in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities revealed today. Benoit strangled his wife on Friday and suffocated his seven-year-old son between late Saturday night and early Sunday morning, eventually hanging himself in his weight room Sunday afternoon. Anabolic steroids were found
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3 Out Of 100 Ain’t Bad: NYC Ranks On ESPN’s Sporting Events List

Written by Jason Singer on June 26, 2007. Posted in Posts, Sports

ESPN released a list this morning of the “101 sporting events worth seeing in your lifetime,” and although many of the events aren’t city-specific, The Big Apple still found its way into the directory three times. As exciting as it may be, the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, which takes place every year at Madison
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Queens DA Sued For Doing Crappy Job

Written by Jason Singer on June 26, 2007. Posted in Posts

If you thought your $250 parking ticket was bad, how’s this for an expensive mistake? William Brunson, who served two years in prison after being falsely convicted, is suing the Queens District Attorney’s office for $50 million for a pattern of irresponsible prosecution. During his trial, the prosecution conveniently “forgot” about a videotape that exonerated
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Brooklyn Boxer Kicks Ass

Written by Jason Singer on June 20, 2007. Posted in Posts, Sports

Brooklyn-born boxer Paulie Malignaggi (pronounced Mal-in-ya-gee), a.k.a “The Magic Man,” defeated Lovemore N’dou to win the IBF Junior Welterweight Championship on Saturday night in Connecticut. Viewers who mourned Tony Soprano’s exit from the airwaves 10 days ago now have a new HBO-based Sicilian to cheer for with the same penchant for beating people’s faces in.
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Try, Try Again: Wild Hogs Redux

Written by Jason Singer on June 19, 2007. Posted in Arts & Film, Posts

Forget Spidey and Captain Jack, the summer of sequels has just hit an all-time low. This morning, Variety confirmed rumors that Wild Hogs director Walt Becker is working on a sequel, cleverly called Wild Hogs 2. The “comedy” will again feature the Unfantastic Four of Martin Lawrence, John Travolta, Tim Allen and William H. Macy.
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Zagats Agrees With Us

Written by Jason Singer on June 15, 2007. Posted in Eat & Drink, Posts

Zagat’s recently released its 2007/2008 NYC Nightlife summer guide to bookstores after surveying New York’s best and brightest inhabitants—6,121 “loyal, late-night partygoers”—to determine the city’s hottest bars, lounges, clubs and restaurants. The participants, who collectively spent 640,000 nights out on the town this year, used their judgment-impaired wisdom to rate 1,265 select institutions in the
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