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July 2008
- Publisher Sues Lil' Kim, Foxy Brown
  
  newser | Associated Press | 3 hours, 19 minutes ago
  
  Simon & Schuster Inc. sued rappers Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim yesterday, saying they were paid advances for books they never delivered. The publishing house wants Brown to return a $75,000 advance she received in 2005 for an autobiography called Broken Silence and wants Lil' Kim to return the $40,000 advance they doled out in 2003 for a proposed novel. More »
  
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  celebrity • New York City • publishing • civil lawsuits • rapper • Foxy Brown • Simon & Schuster
- Is Ledger's Ex Jonzin' for Love?
  
  newser | Daily Mail (UK) | Jul 24, 08 11:13 AM CDT
  
  Heath Ledger's ex-fiancee, Michelle Williams, may have found love again—in the arms of director Spike Jonze, Star magazine reports via the Daily Mail . Williams and Jonze, who divorced director Sofia Coppola in 2003, were spotted locking lips outside his Manhattan pad. The late actor's best friend, who has been helping Williams care for 2-year-old Matilda, approves of the match. More »
  
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  celebrity • New York City • Heath Ledger • celebrity parents • Michelle Williams • Matilda Rose Ledger
- New Yorkers Bullish on Bare Market
  
  newser | New York Post | Jul 21, 08 2:17 PM CDT
  
  Naked dinner, yoga in the buff and comedy clubs au naturel are turning the Big Apple into Nude York City, the New York Post reports. One New Yorker rents out restaurants for monthly nude dinner parties—the motto for a group often numbering 50 is “no hot soup”—while a midtown studio has a devoted following for its twice-weekly naked yoga classes. More »
  
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  New York City • nudity • trend • public nudity • yoga
- Swimmer Dies During NYC Triathlon
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Jul 21, 08 4:19 AM CDT
  
  An Argentinian man died after experiencing difficulties midway through the swim portion of the New York Triathlon yesterday, the Daily News reports. He was pulled out of the water after fellow swimmers noticed him struggling, and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Initial reports indicate that cardiac arrest was the cause of death. An autopsy is expected today. More »
  
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  New York City • death • swimming • heat • cardiac arrest • triathlon
- Julia Allison Is More Famous Than You
  
  newser | Wired | Jul 20, 08 9:35 AM CDT
  
  Julia Allison is famous, although her only discernible talent is self-promotion. Wired traces just how the online celebrity—nominally a journalist, but known mainly for documenting her every waking moment—climbed her way to the top of the buzz heap: by making an impression, keeping her fans interested, then branching out with her Internet empire. Why, she even has bloggers who blog about her blog. More »
  
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  Internet • celebrity • New York City • journalist • Julia Allison
- NYC's Taxi Fleets in Race for Hybrids
  
  newser | USA Today | Jul 20, 08 6:10 AM CDT
  
  The Big Apple's unprecedented plan to turn its famous yellow cabs green could run into an old-fashioned supply-and-demand problem this fall, USA Today reports. Starting in October, the city is requiring that any new replacement cabs be hybrids. But the transition may be difficult because gas prices have triggered a fever-pitch demand for the fuel-efficient cars. "Consumers have been on waiting lists for months, and even they can't get one," said one analyst. More »
  
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  New York City • environment • gas • hybrid car • green • green transportation • taxi • fuel consumption
- NYC Not Eating Up Calorie-Count Law
  
  newser | MSNBC | Jul 17, 08 6:28 PM CDT
  
  As chain restaurants waddle their way toward compliance with a New York City law that requires them to post the calorie counts of food, the numbers behind the items have diners grappling with some unappetizing knowledge, MSNBC reports. The restaurant skinny is turning out to be anything but, from 630-calorie Dunkin' Donuts muffins to a pecan-crusted chicken salad at TGI Friday's, whose 1,360 calories trumped a burger and fries on the same menu. More »
  
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  health • New York City • food • Starbucks • Dunkin' Donuts • calories • calorie-posting law
- SJP's Mole AWOL at All-Star Game
  
  newser | Huffington Post | Jul 16, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  Sarah Jessica Parker's signature chin mole, on full display as recently as 6 weeks ago, was conspicuously absent during an appearance last night at Yankee Stadium, the Huffington Post notes. One Sex and the City reviewer called the big-screen "growth on her face … so distracting you can't concentrate on anything else." More »
  
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  celebrity • New York City • Yankee Stadium • Sarah Jessica Parker • cosmetic surgery • moles
- Rangel's Fundraising for 'Me' Monument Questioned
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 15, 08 12:16 PM CDT
  
  New York Rep. Charles Rangel has raised eyebrows with fundraising efforts for a new center Republicans labeled his “Monument to Me.” After securing a $1.9 congressional earmark, Rangel is soliciting money from firms affected by his House Ways and Means Committee to build the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at New York’s City College, which would house his papers, the Washington Post reports. More »
  
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  Congress • New York City • fundraiser • earmarks • Charles Rangel • conflict of interest • House Ways and Means Committee
- Madonna 'Loves' A-Rod Scandal
  
  newser | New York Post | Jul 15, 08 11:04 AM CDT
  
  Madonna is reveling in the attention she's getting from the Alex Rodriguez scandal and is considering fueling the frenzy by attending today's All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, the New York Post reports. "She doesn't care about the press it will get—she loves it,” a friend said. More »
  
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  New York City • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Madonna • celebrity divorces • Yankee Stadium • Guy Ritchie • publicity stunt
- Ledger's Dad: Dark Knight 'Very Good'
  
  newser | People | Jul 15, 08 9:47 AM CDT
  
  Heath Ledger’s parents and older sister turned out for last night’s premiere of The Dark Knight but bypassed the red carpet where the cast paid tribute to the late actor and his performance, People reports. Ledger’s dad, Kim, left the theater giving thumbs up and saying the film was “very good.” More »
  
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  New York City • movie review • Heath Ledger • celebrity parents • The Dark Knight • Kim Ledger
- Wall Street's Wealthy Can't Nab Apartments
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 12, 08 1:50 PM CDT
  
  Manhattan’s most rabid real estate buyers are finding that a million-dollar bonus doesn't cut it anymore, the New York Times reports. With markets in turmoil, Wall Street bankers' staggering bonuses are in jeopardy, and apartment sellers are taking note. “They’re looking for people who have stable incomes that are not so market dependent,” one mortgage company president said. More »
  
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  New York City • Wall Street • real estate • Manhattan • condominium • investment bankers • New York real estate
- Blood Clots Killed Woman in Waiting Room
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 12, 08 10:02 AM CDT
  
  The death of a woman on the floor of a Brooklyn hospital was caused by blood clots from extended inactivity, CNN reports. Chronic deep vein thrombosis formed clots in her legs that eventually reached her lungs. The case has drawn international attention after security-camera footage showed the woman falling to the floor and convulsing, with no one checking on her for an hour. She had sat in the waiting room for more than 24 hours. More »
  
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  New York City • health care • hospital • Brooklyn • autopsy • negligence • blood clots • psychiatric treatment center • Esmin Green • deep vein thrombosis
- Raging Rangel Denies Rent Deal
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 12, 08 5:48 AM CDT
  
  A testy Charles Rangel yesterday brushed off accusations that he had enjoyed special treatment in occupying four rent-controlled apartments, reports the New York Times . The veteran Democratic congressman denied he had a "sweetheart" deal with his landlord and slammed the Times article that started the controversy. The 78-year-old chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee expressed pride in being a lifelong Harlem resident, and said he pays the "maximum legal rent" for the units. More »
  
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  New York City • housing • Charles Rangel • Harlem • rent • congressman
- Rangel Enjoys Sweet Deal on 4 Harlem Apartments
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 11, 08 2:35 AM CDT
  
  A powerful Democratic lawmaker is getting a sweet deal on four Harlem apartments, the New York Times reports. Charles Rangel has four rent-stabilized apartments, whose rents are controlled by city law. Three of the apartments are combined into one luxury unit, and the fourth is used as an office—despite the requirement that such apartments be used as a primary residence. More »
  
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  New York City • housing • Charles Rangel • Harlem • rent • congressman
- Family Wants $25M Over Hospital Death
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 9, 08 11:03 AM CDT
  
  The family of the woman who died on the waiting-room floor in a Brooklyn hospital plans to sue for $25 million, CNN reports. Esmin Green’s relatives are also pushing for criminal charges against the hospital staff, who they say ignored her and falsified records to say she was up and about when she was actually lying ignored on the floor, dying. More »
  
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  lawsuit • New York City • hospital • Brooklyn • patient • negligence • psychiatric treatment center • Esmin Green
- Wolfe on Felker: New York Was His Invention
  
  newser | New York | Jul 8, 08 2:12 PM CDT
  
  Tom Wolfe writes with great fondness—and more than a little self-indulgence—about the giddy heyday of the New Journalism, when he and Clay Felker, the legendary magazine editor who died last week, collaborated on the invention of New York magazine. With a gimlet eye for status and boundless social appetites--one year he claimed to have eaten dinner at home only eight times—Felker created a sociology of the fabulous and stylish, enabling Wolfe to write some of his best and most influential work. More »
  
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  New York City • Tom Wolfe • Clay Felker
- NYC Biz Leaders Search for Next Mayor/CEO
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 7, 08 9:32 AM CDT
  
  New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will vacate his office in 18 months, the New York Times reports, and local business honchos are already hunting for a replacement candidate who shares Bloomberg's financial independence and city-as-a-business approach. "What the business community wants is not just a businessman but a Bloomberg-type businessman, who is not beholden to special interests," said one corporate bigwig. More »
  
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  New York City • business • politics • Michael Bloomberg • mayor • Donald Trump • billionaires • Richard Parsons
- 'Cupid's Cabbie' Rings Up First Engagement
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 5, 08 11:40 AM CDT
  
  A New York City couple will soon be walking down the aisle thanks to a taxi driver who moonlights as a matchmaker, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ahmed Ibrahim, who offers his services for free, has been trying to match up the singles who jump in his cab ever since the day in 2004 when a tearful young female passenger asked him to find her a new beau. More »
  
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  New York City • love • dating • taxi • taxi driver • matchmaking
- Israel to Proceed Directly to Jail
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 3, 08 1:50 PM CDT
  
  A federal judge in New York ordered white-collar fugitive Samuel Israel to start serving his 20-year fraud sentence immediately, the Wall Street Journal reports, and ruled that his $500,000 bail be forfeited. "My hope is it will be applied to the resources taxpayers incurred to find Mr. Israel," the judge said. The former hedge-fund manager could face an extra 10 years for fleeing. More »
  
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  New York City • prison • fraud • fugitive • bail • Samuel Israel • white collar crime • federal judges

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