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New York Shuts Down Subway Over Teen Fugitive

17-year-old was busted for stealing jewelry from old ladies

(Newser) - New York shut down four of its subway lines for at least an hour today in pursuit of a fleeing suspect. What sort of dangerous fugitive prompted this manhunt? A barefoot 17-year-old who had allegedly been stealing jewelry from old ladies. Police were leading Vincens Vuktilaj out of his apartment... More »

McDonald's Is Most Visited Business in America

Nearly half of US consumers visited at least once last month, says study

(Newser) - Just how popular are the golden arches? So popular that nearly half of US consumers visited them last month, according to a new study spotted by the Consumerist . The study, from the new Placed Insights service, sought to determine which businesses Americans visit most. Fast food dominates the list, but... More »

NYPD Pepper-Sprayed My Babies: Mom

Marilyn Taylor sues over subway incident

(Newser) - New York police pepper-sprayed a woman and her family—including a five-month-old and two-year-old—after accusing her of trying to get on the subway without paying, a lawsuit picked up by the Courthouse News Service claims. Marilyn Taylor says she was getting on the subway with her four- and two-year-olds,... More »

Teen Killed Crossing Tracks on a Birthday Dare

Liam Armstrong was celebrating on the Upper West Side

(Newser) - Senseless tragedy in Manhattan, where a Long Island high school senior celebrating his 18th birthday tried to cross subway tracks on a dare and was killed by an oncoming train. Liam Armstrong was with two friends last night when they got on the wrong train. They realized their mistake, disembarked,... More »

Subway Worker Rescued in 'Quicksand' Ordeal

Meanwhile, 19 miners rescued in Poland

(Newser) - More than 140 rescue workers converged on a New York subway construction project last night after a worker became trapped in a 75-foot-deep tunnel, sunk up to his waist in what an FDNY source described as "cement-like" mud, the New York Post reports. After a host of failed rescue... More »

Judge's 'Hunch' on Abandoned Baby Pays Off

She asked man who found infant in subway if he'd like to adopt—and he accepted

(Newser) - Playwright and screenwriter Peter Mercurio recounts a story in the New York Times today that sounds like it could be a work a fiction but is instead the story of how he came to be both married and a dad. It began a dozen years ago when Danny, his partner... More »

Man Nabbed in Yet Another Subway Attack

This time in Philadelphia, and this time, the victim survives

(Newser) - Let's hope subway-pushing isn't turning into a horrific trend: After beating a woman at a Philadelphia subway station, a man dragged her by the ankle and tossed her onto the subway tracks Tuesday afternoon, ABC's local affiliate reports. In this case, however, the woman survived with just... More »

Subway-Pushing Suspect Fit for Trial: Judge

Erika Menendez 'thought it'd be cool' to shove man: police

(Newser) - Following a psychological evaluation , alleged New York subway pusher Erika Menendez has been cleared for trial, the New York Post reports. Menendez remains in the hospital, her attorney says. Her arraignment Jan. 29 for second-degree murder is likely also to address an outstanding reckless driving accusation. Meanwhile, the Post reveals... More »

2 Cops Shot on NYC Subway

As NYT takes a look at impact of subway deaths

(Newser) - More depressing news on the New York City subway last night, as two police officers were shot while stopping a man moving between cars on the Brooklyn-bound N-train, reports the New York Times . Two plainclothes cops asked the rider to leave the train with them, but, after initially appearing to... More »

Subway Suspect: Victim 'Attacked Me First'

Naeem Davis tells reporters Ki Suk Han was drunk, aggressive

(Newser) - Naeem Davis, the homeless man who allegedly confessed to pushing Ki Suk Han in front of an oncoming subway train on Monday, said that he was defending himself after Han drunkenly accosted him, reports the AP . "He attacked me first. He grabbed me," said Davis, denying he intended... More »

Subway Victim's Daughter: Help 'Would've Been Great'

Ki Suk Han's daughter says 'what's done is done'

(AP) - The daughter of a man pushed in front of a subway train and photographed a split-second before his death said yesterday after a suspect was arrested that it "would have been great" if someone had helped her father up but "what's done is done." Ki Suk... More »

Panhandler Admits to NYC Subway Murder: Cops

Homeless suspect is charged

(Newser) - New York police have arrested a 30-year-old homeless man and charged him with the gruesome subway murder that has so terrified the city, after he allegedly confessed to the deed. A transit police captain caught the suspect, identified as Naeem Davis, while on a coffee break near Seventh Avenue on... More »

NY Post Bashed for Photo of Man's Final Moments

Some wondering why photographer didn't help Ki Suk Han

(Newser) - The New York Post's front page today features a picture of the last moments of the man who was pushed in front of the subway and killed yesterday, above the blaring headline, "DOOMED." It's obviously sparked outrage on various levels, with many questioning whether the cover,... More »

Cuomo: Subway, Rail Resuming

LIRR goes back online this afternoon, limited subway tomorrow

(AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says limited subway service will resume in New York City tomorrow. Cuomo also says that limited commuter rail service on the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North railroad will resume at 2pm today, and that subway service will be supplemented with buses between Manhattan... More »

Thief Who Left Victim on Tracks Sent to Prison

He robbed drunk man in Sweden, left him to get hit by train

(AP) - A 28-year-old Tunisian who was caught on security camera robbing a man who had fallen onto the tracks on the Stockholm subway and then leaving him to be hit by a train was sentenced today to a year and a half in prison for theft. A Swedish court ordered Nadar... More »

Woman Busted in Scuffle Over NYC 'Savages' Ad

Tries to spray-paint over anti-Islam ad, as another defends it with her body

(Newser) - New York City's controversial subway ads equating jihadists to "savages" did not take long to incite a scuffle: The New York Post has gotten its hands on footage of an intense encounter between two women. The video shows a woman who proudly identifies herself as Egyptian-American journalist Mona... More »

Worst Pickpocket Theft You Will Ever See

Thief leaves drunk victim on subway tracks with train coming

(Newser) - We've got Good Samaritans, we've got people who look the other way, and now we've got ... this guy. Evil Samaritan, maybe? After a drunk man fell onto subway tracks in Sweden, another man hopped down, stole his wallet, and left him there to get hit by an... More »

To Clean Up Subway, NYC Getting Rid of ... Trash Cans

It sounds counterintuitive, but it's making for cleaner stations

(Newser) - It sounds counterintuitive, but it's apparently working. New York City's MTA ran an unusual experiment last year: In an attempt to rid stations of the trash that accumulates beyond the trashcan (the New York Times cites "beside turnstiles and beneath benches, along subway platforms ... and on the... More »

Man Shushes Women on Subway, Gets Stabbed

Ralph Carnegary allegedly attacked by rowdy women

(Newser) - All he did was ask them to pipe down. But when Ralph Carnegary made his request to a group of rowdy women on a New York subway, they allegedly stabbed him in the shoulder, the New York Post reports. Carnegary, a 63-year-old vendor, was heading to work when he encountered... More »

Pizza Hut Launches P'Zolo, With Eye on Subway

Meat-stuffed sandwich unveiled this week

(Newser) - Pizza Hut is entering the sandwich arena and going after fast-food powerhouse Subway with the launch of a new offering this week, the P'Zolo. The $3 P'Zolo premieres in three flavors—Italian Steak, Buffalo Chicken, and Meat Trio—and "looks like a cross between a sub, a... More »

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