Senate Dems Think They Can Pass $6 Billion 9/11 Health Bill

After Republican Senators filibustered the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act because, well, they wanted to make sure they got their $900 billion in Bush tax cuts, there's been a determined push to get the legislation passed before the end of this year. Now New York's Democratic Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer say they believe there are enough votes from Republicans to pass a less expensive, $6 billion version of the bill. [MORE]

Newburgh Men Set Guinness Record For Largest Cannoli

AP NY has been the site of many a Guinness World Record. But this week, not only was a Guinness record set—it was the first time anyone has claimed the record for this particular item. Newburgh residents Giulio Pistolesi and Scott Wilkinson set the record for the world's largest... [ MORE ]

Times Wedding Couple Dumped Spouses For Each Other

The happy couple via Facebook The NY Times wedding section is a place where people go to envy, analyze, or mock couples who manage to get announcements of their happy unions immortalized. It's not usually a place where you reel in disgust—until today's Vows column which describes two successful... [ MORE ]

More Than 6,000 Birds Tallied In Central Park Xmas Count

Varied Thrush, via The City Birder Ah, Central Park: the perennial favorite spot for unleashed dogs, tree-slumbering hipsters, and a wide variety of feathered friends. Today, the 111th Christmas Bird Count took place in the park; citizen birdwatchers, guided by Urban Park Rangers, spent the morning canvassing the entire... [ MORE ]

Teenager Sullies The Good Name Of Butt Dragging

Sometimes a national story is so important, so compelling, that we feel a responsibility to bring it as much attention as it deserves. And the legal battle now swirling around the wrestling move known as a "butt drag" is just such a weighty story. A "butt drag" is a... [ MORE ]

Extra, Extra

Flickr user Tim Schreier Remember to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. From the Gothamist Newsmap: shotes fired on 8th Ave & 138th Street in Manhattan, a fire at Amsterdam Ave & W 63 Street in Manhattan and a stabbing at 3rd St & Driggs Ave... [ MORE ]

Update: Newark Suspicious Package Was Just Computer Monitor

Newark Liberty International's Terminal A is shut down now as authorities inspect a possible explosive. According to ABC News, "The possible device was discovered behind a counter, officials from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey told ABC News. Employees alerted Transportation Security Administration Bomb Appraisal Officers,... [ MORE ]

Greg Seider, Co-Owner Of The Summit Bar

It's fitting that The Summit Bar would be ordained New York Magazine's "Best Cocktail Bar" of 2010 after its owners set out specifically to make it the "Anti-Cocktail Bar." Perhaps TimeOut's appraisal of the Alphabet City staple as the "Most Democratic Cocktail Bar" is more accurate. The Summit Bar... [ MORE ]

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Gothamist Daily: Senate Dems Think They Can Pass $6 Billion 9/11 Health Bill