 With the House voting to defund Planned Parenthood and outrageous billboards popping up in SoHo, the city's pro-choice population is good and angry. So today, they're protesting. The Rally for Women's Health happened this afternoon at Foley Square, with speakers like Senator Chuck Schumer, Gloria Steinem and Christine Quinn, and performances by the Mountain Goats and Nellie McKay. [MORE]  | An estimated 6,000 people took to the streets today to fight back against the recent legislation passed by the house that would ultimately eliminate basic health care for approximately 800,000 New Yorkers and all governmental funding for Planned Parenthood health centers. Over 40 speakers stepped up to the microphone to rally for women's health in Foley Square, near City Hall in Manhattan. ... [ MORE ] |  | In many pockets of Queens, native English-speakers are having a tough time finding their groceries. Many are furious that there isn't enough of "their" food in certain neighborhoods like Flushing, and Queens Assemblywoman Grace Meng has been pushing for businesses to post signs in English. Now, Meng is proposing using private grants to print "The World Guide to Shopping," a pamphlet that would translate common shopping expressions into languages like Chinese, Hindi and Korean. But according to one business owner, English-speakers don't even want what their signs are selling.... [ MORE ] |  | According to a new study by a father and daughter team of psychologists, men are more than twice as likely to continue dating a woman if she has cheated on him with another woman than if she has cheated on him with another man. But wait, we learned yesterday that women don't even like to have sex unless it leads to commitment, or upping their market value, or something. Is it possible that women can only enjoy having sex if they're cheating on their boyfriends with another woman?... [ MORE ] |  | After hours of negotiations, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to approve sanctions against Libya's government and its leader Moammer Gadhafi yesterday. CBS News reports the sanctions include "an arms embargo on Libya, freezes financial assets of family and inner circle, mandates inspections of Libyan vessels, and refers the case of apparent government sanctioned attacks against unarmed civilians to the International Criminal Court."... [ MORE ] |  | Not only did 6,000 people gather yesterday to rally for women's rights and to fight against legislation that would deny Planned Parenthood funding to perform services like breast exams and HIV testing for free, they made some pretty funny signs. Plenty wanted Boehner to say far away from their bodies, while one man simply wrote, "What's she said."... [ MORE ] | ![_[UPDATE] Taxi Rage: Passenger Steals Cab, Crashes In Union Square](http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2011/02/022711cabcrash-thumb-90x90-601713.jpg) | [UPDATE BELOW] Around 4 a.m. a reader sent us this photo of a cab crash on Union Square West around 15th Street, saying the "taxi went the wrong way." We figured the driver may have gotten mixed up driving north from University Place (Union Square West turns southbound only at 14th Street), but the NYPD tells us it's even crazier than that.... [ MORE ] |  | Maybe Charlie Sheen is explaining his odd behavior through his new tattoo: It's a quote from Apocalypse Now (which starred his dad), "Death from Above," with an apple and dripping blood. Sheen said on Alex Jones' radio show, "[It's] the banner from the death card that Kilgore is throwing on his victims, but there's also falling from it, is the apple from The Giving Tree. There's my life. Deal with it. Oh wait, can't process it? Losers. Winning. Buh bye." Because he's totally going Colonel Kurtz by way of Shel Silverstein? Except he's got porn stars (Bree Olson is with him in this picture) by his side, not apples or an army.... [ MORE ] | | |
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