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Cyclist Left Blind After Getting Run Over by Truck

_Cyclist Left Blind After Getting Run Over by Truck
On the morning of October 8th, 21-year-old Cooper Union student Emilie Gossiaux was hit by an 18-wheel semi-truck driven by one Elio Morales, who police say was not licensed to drive that kind of truck. Gossiaux was rushed to Bellevue in critical condition, and suffered a traumatic brain injury, broken femur, pelvic fractures, facial fractures, and stroke. After the accident, a friend of Gossiaux's told us, "There was a direct impact on her abdomen and the intestines were pushed into her lungs." Her recovery has been arduous, and the crash left her blind, according to a heartbreaking website created to raise money for her medical expenses: [MORE]

_Video: Naked Model's Hair Catches Fire At Diddy's Party

Video: Naked Model's Hair Catches Fire At Diddy's Party

The launch of Diddy's latest album, Last Train to Paris, has been a bit bumpy here in New York. First there was the confusion caused when the album tried to take over a SoHo train station (not to mention the strange sight of Diddy teaching the Bieber to walk)... [ MORE ]
_Harlem Inventor Creates Anti-Sag Device To Stop The Sag

Harlem Inventor Creates Anti-Sag Device To Stop The Sag

Stop the sag! But don't forget to wear a shirt! Earlier this year, Sen. Eric Adams started a "Stop the Sag" campaign, putting up billboards across Brooklyn encouraging teens to stop looking like fools with their pants on the ground. It was an unconventionally proactive advertising campaign, whose impact... [ MORE ]
_New Yorkers Have Nation's Longest Commutes

New Yorkers Have Nation's Longest Commutes

Photo via Jiminy Crow's Flickr We learned a little from the census results earlier today, and now the NY Post breaks it all down in to one depressing factoid: New Yorkers have the longest average commute in all the nation. Especially you guys in Staten Island and Queens. Here... [ MORE ]
_Knives Out At Tompkins Square Dog Run

Knives Out At Tompkins Square Dog Run

It's back to the Bad Old Days in Tompkins Square Park, where dog owners have begun carrying assorted weapons to protect themselves and their pooches against vicious attacks. According to DNA Info, the residents are carrying knives, hammers, billy clubs, and metal rods to the park after recent pit... [ MORE ]
_NYC Still Pretty Good City For Walking, But Not The Best!?

NYC Still Pretty Good City For Walking, But Not The Best!?

digiart2001's flickr A new scientific study done by those pocket-protecting eggheads over at Atlantic Monthly says that NYC has ranked as one of the top five most walkable cities in America. But why aren't we number one? Because standing in our way is the god-forsaken, gay pothead homeless persons... [ MORE ]
_Weather Anchor's Fake Police Report Shocks Co-Workers

Weather Anchor's Fake Police Report Shocks Co-Workers

When it was revealed that WABC 7 weather anchor Heidi Jones was charged with filing a false police report, after making up a story about being attacked and nearly raped by a Hispanic man in Central Park, her coworkers, like the public, found out by reading it in the... [ MORE ]
_Basement Dwellers Get Last Laugh in Nuclear Attack

Basement Dwellers Get Last Laugh in Nuclear Attack

Having perused today's Times article about the government's push for nuclear preparedness, we've got our weekend plans locked in: curling up with some Elliott Smith records and this 135 page Planning Guide for Response to a Nuclear Detonation (Second Edition, pdf). Published by the Obama administration over the summer,... [ MORE ]
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