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Are New Yorkers Secretly Shopping At Wal-Mart?

_Are New Yorkers Secretly Shopping At Wal-Mart?
New Yorkers say they don't want a Wal-Mart, but their money is talking behind their backs, and its saying something different. According to the NY Post, residents of the city spent $165MM at Wal-Mart last year—and that's not including online, they actually drove to the suburbs just to shop at the low-cost store (allegedly)! Interesting because it seems as though most city folk are rebelling against the company bringing a Wal-Mart to the five boroughs (or maybe it's just union members rebelling a non-unionized retail outlet). In May, our poll revealed that 71% of you were against the chain infiltrating the city. [MORE]
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Times Discovers Rare Pro-Duane Reade BBurger

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_Facebook To Unveil New "Gmail Killer" Email Service

Facebook To Unveil New "Gmail Killer" Email Service

So there's this great game called Facebook, and it's very popular with widget nerds and teachers who want to flirt with their students. But the name of the game this game plays is what-have-you-innovated-for-me-lately, so the company has been working on a top-semi-secret Project Titan, which will take the... [ MORE ]
_Models Too Sexy For Brooklyn Law School

Models Too Sexy For Brooklyn Law School

Brooklyn Law School is accusing Diesel clothing of duping them into using their library for a racy photo shoot. The school claims the company said they would use the library for a tasteful jeans ad, but soon found out the photos contained models in their underwear writhing on top of... [ MORE ]
_Video: City Workers Hauling Corpse Like "Bag Of Trash"

Video: City Workers Hauling Corpse Like "Bag Of Trash"

When your time comes to move on to whatever celestial plane (or spot in the ground) in which you will spend eternity, you'd like to at least think the journey to your final rites would be a smooth one. Which is why Sandy McBeth-Tuitt is so appalled at this... [ MORE ]
_Things Hipsters Do: Sleep In Trees In Central Park

Things Hipsters Do: Sleep In Trees In Central Park

Tree enthusiast Cory Foht's mugshot We're so inundated with anti-hipster sites out there, documenting their colorful headband-enhanced outfits, their chest tattoos, or how much they hate Jager bombs, that we sometimes lose track of all the things they like. Such as sleeping in nylon hammocks 25 feet up in... [ MORE ]
_Oh, <em>That</em> Law: SoHo Lofts Are Artist-Only, City Cracks Down

Oh, That Law: SoHo Lofts Are Artist-Only, City Cracks Down

That long lost time when artists lived in Soho is a relic that still lingers in the depths of New York's memory, right next to dirty Times Square and industrial Dumbo, burrowing closer and closer to "things to tell the grandkids" status with each new rent increase. Buried with... [ MORE ]
_Rape Suspect Tries To Prove Innocence By Silencing Victim

Rape Suspect Tries To Prove Innocence By Silencing Victim

Rape suspect Rajeev Kumar, posing with a car he hasn't torched As every great mobster knows, the surefire way to prove your innocence is by silencing your prime witness. Preferably via pay-off, intimidation, or, if all else fails, calling a hit on them. So if former Queens limo driver... [ MORE ]



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