Tylibah Washington, a hip-hop artist and self-published author of the book Streets in Poem Form: A Compilation of My Thoughts, has outraged the principal at a public school in Canarsie who thinks her book was inappropriate for fifth graders. Washington had conducted a four-week writing workshop at PS 279, and on the last day she handed out copies of her book, which includes poems such as "Supa-Dupa!" (which contains a reference to a crackhead performing oral sex) and "Who's The Evil Axis?" (which says George W. Bush "loves war so much he gets an erection!"). [ MORE]  | Jets coach Rex Ryan faced the press ahead of the Sunday game against the Chicago Bears...and in the wake of the ihaveprettyfeet videos, which really seem to be of Ryan's wife Michelle showing off her feet to a feet-loving cameraman who sounds a lot like Ryan himself. And the... [ MORE ] |  | Photo by Daria Siegel This scene was spotted on the 6 train by Grand Central earlier today. Question: Is it Subway Douchery if someone is doing something nice for the environment? Reader Daria told us it was the man you see pictured who brought all the cans on the... [ MORE ] |  | One of 466 in the city (via Red Right Ankle's flickr stream). As opponents fight tooth-and-nail to keep Walmart out of New York (some pols are threatening to not sell a plot to Related unless they get written assurances the retailer won't end up there) hundreds of other chains... [ MORE ] |  | Nobody has ever been as happy they went to a reggae concert at Webster Hall as Shane Rhooms (via bitchcakes flickr stream). A good reason to use your phone when you are at a concert? Good alibi. That's the lesson we're taking from the story of Shane Rhooms. It... [ MORE ] |  | The altar of Julie Taymor's Temple of Croon has been bare for too long, but tonight it will be piled high with fresh sacrifices, and the gutters of 42nd Street will once again run with blood! After canceling two performances following Monday night's near-death experience, the producers of Spider-Man: Turn... [ MORE ] |  | On a day when President Obama signed the Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal into law, and a deal was finally forged to pass the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, there was perhaps an even more important legal precedence set by the Court of Appeals: you can't sue someone for... [ MORE ] |  | Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is sick or something Confirming what was suspected all along, a Senate report says that the Scottish government released the convicted Lockerbie bomber for oil money. According to the Daily News, "Libya's threats to shut British-based oil giant BP out of deals worth hundreds of millions led... [ MORE ] | | |
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