 This week marks the 30th anniversary of the assassination of John Lennon, who in the years since has attained the title of Greatest Transplant New Yorker Of All Time. On Dec. 8th, 1980, Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman on the steps of the The Dakota on the UWS. There are tributes and testimonials galore popping up all around the interweb. [MORE]  | It was reported last year that a terrorist tried (and failed) to assassinate Saudi Arabia's counter terrorism chief by detonating explosives in his anus. That turned out to be merely an underwear bomb attempt, not a surgically-implanted bombing, but the fear of body-bombing remains, at least in the media.... [ MORE ] |  | This is not a film still from a Charlie Kaufman panda film (Being Panda Malkovich?) or a panda plushie porno. It's totally real: Panda researchers in China dress as pandas when they reintroduce giant pandas into the wild after breeding them in captivity. They don't want the panda cubs—aww, panda... [ MORE ] |  | Image from Christmas Vacation You could buy a whole new house for the amount of money one Brooklyn family spent on Christmas decorations. According to the Daily News, the Seddio family in Canarsie has been brightening up the neighborhood with their annual display since 1963. They're giving Clark Griswold... [ MORE ] |  | Geoff Ross's Flickr The state legislature's attempt to bail out the MTA last year has fallen $400 million short, because tax revenues were considerably less than anticipated. You'll recall that back in May 2009, with Doomsday looming, the legislature passed a $2.26 billion plan to bail out the MTA... [ MORE ] |  | A little low-budget indie called Tron: Legacy 3D is set to open on December 17th; it concerns the pernicious impact video games have had on two generations of increasingly apathetic, schizoid Americans. This art house experimental flick is sure to alienate audiences and go straight to DVD, so if... [ MORE ] |  | The New Jersey Nets (6-15, baby!) are coming to Brooklyn—via Russia. Check out the new Russian language website pimping the team, which was (mostly) purchased by Russian business oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov. "I’m glad we’re reaching out to our global fan base in a personalized way," Prokhorov said in a... [ MORE ] |  | Original image from NYPL Inspired by Very Small Array's map of the United States of Autocomplete, we took a look over the weekend at what the top autocomplete searches were by city borough. However, considering how many individual neighborhoods are basically cities within the city, we decided to look... [ MORE ] | | |
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