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Artist's fake drug dealing riles NYC residents

Brooklyn residents are riled over a performance artist who's been delivering bags of fake crack. The Daily News reported that Nate Hill makes the deliveries dressed in a white tuxedo and a dolphin headpiece. He shows up between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., like a real drug pusher.

Jack Klunder named publisher of LA Daily News

Jack Klunder has been named publisher of the Daily News of Los Angeles, the newspaper announced Friday.

Barneys NY removes killer window display

The luxury retailer Barneys New York has removed a window display that made it appear blood-spattered mannequins were fending off attackers. Creative director Simon Doonan says it was installed in a vestibule window at the Manhattan store while he was away on business. He had it removed Tuesday after an inquiry from the Daily News.

Former gym owner says he never gave Clemens HGH

A former gym owner in the Houston area says he never supplied Roger Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs and is looking forward to meeting with a grand jury investigating whether Clemens lied to Congress.

Rumors: Richard Jefferson stiffs bride at altar

San Antonio Spur was supposed to get married last weekend in New York but he apparently broke it off so late that he didn’t bother some of his pals who came in for the $2 million wedding. He was going to get hitched to former Net dancer but decided that he wasn’t interested in spending the rest of his born days with her just before the weekend got underway. Nichols apparently found the strength to let her friends and family know but Jefferson seemed to forget. (New York Post)

Man trying to burn anthill scorches acre in Mich.

A man who tried to burn an anthill in west-central Michigan started a blaze that damaged about an acre of land. The Daily News of Greenville reported the fire was set Tuesday afternoon in Lakeview, about 40 miles north-northeast of Grand Rapids. The flames quickly spread to a nearby wooded area.

Scoop: Pitt-Jolie ex-bodyguard strikes tell-all fear

News that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s former bodyguard Mickey Brett might pen a tell-all or sell a television show based on his work with the couple sent panic through much of the Hollywood A-list set.

Former Giants OF/1B Lockman dies at 82

Whitey Lockman, who doubled ahead of Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard Round The World" that clinched the 1951 NL pennant, died Tuesday at the Mayo Clinic Hospital. He was 82

AG Holder on sidelines in Clemens steroid probe

Attorney General Eric Holder has recused himself from any role in deciding whether to charge Roger Clemens with lying to Congress about steroids.

Philadelphia Daily News to be edition of Inquirer

The company that owns both the Philadelphia Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer will start publishing the tabloid Daily News as an edition of the broadsheet Inquirer starting March 30.

Man shot by his stepdad ends up in jail with him

A man who police said was shot by his stepfather ended up in the same jail with him after officers discovered outstanding arrest warrants against the victim. Police told The Daily News of Jacksonville that 37-year-old Richard Hayes shot his stepson Thursday night.

Report: Charity parts ways with troubled Clemens

Roger Clemens has been asked to end his involvement with a charity golf tournament he has hosted for four years as the fallout from the Mitchell Report continues to haunt the seven-time Cy Young award winner.

Rumors: Lakers assistants interested in USC job

Assistant coaches Jim Cleamons and Brian Shaw are trying to help the Lakers win the NBA finals, but they've also got their eyes on the USC head coaching job, vacated by the departure of Tim Floyd on Tuesday. (L.A. Times)

Lawyer: Slips used to send HGH to Clemens found

Convicted steroid dealer Kirk Radomski looked under his television last weekend and found overnight mail slips from packages he claims were used to send human growth hormone to Roger Clemens' house, according to the lawyer for Brian McNamee.

WSJ, NY Post and NY Daily News explore cooperating

The New York Post, Wall Street Journal and Daily News are in talks to combine some business operations including delivery services, a spokesman for the participants said Tuesday.

Roger Clemens apologizes for 'mistakes in personal life'

Roger Clemens apologized Monday for unspecified mistakes in his personal life, a statement Brian McNamee's lawyers intend to use to attack the pitcher's credibility at trial.

Rangers forward Avery still in intensive care, but improving

Rangers forward Sean Avery remained in an intensive care unit Thursday, two days after his spleen was lacerated during a playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

McCready back to recording after Clemens report

Mindy McCready has "caught her breath" and gone back to work on a new album following her admission of a long-standing relationship with Roger Clemens, a representative for the country star said Wednesday.

Girardi: Chamberlain's father doing a little better

Joba Chamberlain's father is doing a little better in the hospital, according to New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi.

Fire Damages NY Daily News Plant

Firefighters battled a blaze at a Daily News printing facility and warehouse early Saturday.

NYC Newcomer Gets Lost for Five Days

A newcomer to the city became hopelessly lost for five days after going for a walk. Damon Mootoo was staying at his brother's house in South Jamaica, Queens, when he decided to go for the stroll last Wednesday, 12 hours after arriving in New York for the first time, the Daily News reported Monday.

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Omar Minaya/Adam Rubin saga

Oh man. I just watched one crazy press conference. In all my years of watching sports and even political press conferences I have never seen anything like it.

"We All As Americans Come Together As One - Teuta Dedvukaj
Source: FOX News Network, LLC

Attention Rap, Hip Hop, & Our Pop Culture Artists - The Major Leagues Require Better Lyrics!

Yes You Can - Fight Back That is Valley woman wouldn't give in to attacker - LA Daily News
Source: dailynews.com

The Los Angeles Daily News reported this story of an attempted rape of a 33 year old woman who fought back her attacker.

Boss Got Raise As Philly Papers Tanked
Source: Forbes

CEO Tierney got 38% increase as The Philadelphia Inquirer headed toward bankruptcy. As the parent company of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News slid toward the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing it made over the weekend, one employee did well on the pay front: CEO Brian P.

Scientology Protester Greased Up and Covered In...
Source: NBC New York

---Warning: Video link within article contains profanity.--- Excerpt: 18-year-old Matt Connor is no longer an anonymous member of Anonymous, the loosely-organized internet-based group of pranksters that, in the past, has (as their website notes), "uncovered or brought into the  …

Empire State Building 'Stolen'!
Source: NY Daily News

In one of the biggest heists in American history, the Daily News "stole" the $2 billion Empire State Building. And it wasn't that hard. The News swiped the 102-story Art Deco skyscraper by drawing up a batch of bogus documents, making a fake notary stamp and filing paperwork wi …

A beat writer's fond farewell
Source: NY Daily News

The Rangers will win the Cup this season. I know this because I won't be there. At least, not to chronicle it.

The Boys from Queens move their Entourage to Manhattan! - Entourage
Source: boxxet

Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon and Jerry Ferrara moved their filming over the Triboro Bridge to downtown Manhattan on Thursday, August 28, 2008. The cast had been filming season 5 of Entourage on location in Queens, NY. ...

Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News to merge by November?

Last night Don McKee, a former columnist for the Sunday Philadelphia Inquirer, hosted the over-night show on WIP. Early this morning during the cross-over with the morning show he discussed rumored changes to come at the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News.

U.S. Troops Dying on IRANIAN Border of -Afghan
Source: NY Daily News

New Yorker reporter Sy Hersh writes that U.S. covert operators are infiltrating Iran.

Murdoch, Zuckerman May Still Get Their Hands On Newsday
Source: The Huffington Post

The owners of The New York Post and The Daily News lost out to Cablevision in the battle for Newsday on Monday, but the tabloid war may be far from over. Either paper could still strike a deal to share operations with Newsday, according to bankers and analysts.

'Schtick it,' Day 2: New Yorkers expand trash-talking bout from Sen. Grassley, to Iowans in general.
Source: The Des Moines Register

Washington, D.C. — It's Shtick It, Day Two. New Yorkers upset by comments by Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley's blaming the New York "lifestyle" for Rudy Giuliani's campaign flameout continued to pummel Grassley today in the New York Daily News.

The New York Slimes Ignores Local Hero's Award
Source: New York Post

The posthumous award of the nation's highest battlefield honor to a Long Island war hero has become an other black mark for the Gray Lady. The New York Times carried not a whisper of news yesterday about the bestowal of the Medal of Honor to Navy Lt.

Team Clinton can't explain ignoring warnings on Hsu
Source: NY Daily News

Does and should this story have legs? It depends on the news provider and the candidate. Mrs. Clinton's leisurely return of over $800,000 and the FBI investigating if 260 people recruited by Mr.

Ex-Knicks exec: Isiah told dancer to flirt with refs
Source: Sports Illustrated

NEW YORK (AP) -- The former Knicks executive who is suing coach Isiah Thomas for sexual harassment alleged in court papers that Thomas urged a cheerleader to flirt with referees and guard Stephon Marbury cursed at her, according to newspaper reports Saturday.

The kiss that rocked a region
Source: hfxnews.ca

Last Sunday's front-page photo of two men kissing incensed some of our readers. Dozens of letters poured in.

DEATH OF A MYTH - Editorials - New York Post Online Edition
Source: New York Post

February 14, 2007 -- For days, the dramatic story gripped the nation: Cesar Borja, a retired NYPD officer who had worked at Ground Zero

Newspapers and Their Quest for the Holy Grail
Source: nieman.harvard.edu

Putting the Web first might be 'the most difficult transformation in our mindset, but we should go ahead and flip our world on its head.'

25th Anniversary of Mumia Abu-Jamal's Murder of Officer Daniel Faulkner
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

A cab driver is identified by several eyewitnesses as the killer of a Philadelphia police officer.

Lung illness takes an angel of Ground Zero
Source: NY Daily News

A nun who spent six months tending to rescue workers at Ground Zero has died from a respiratory disease she believed was caused by exposure to toxic air in lower Manhattan.

Plane explodes into home of woman knocked out in Macy's parade
Source: Newsday.com

A Manhattan woman who was knocked into a coma by a lamppost during a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade years ago was thrust into the limelight again, when the plane of New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed into her bedroom.

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