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Machete, Blood at Home of Missing NYC Woman's Date

Sex-crime suspect told pal not to talk to cops about missing woman

(Newser) - Police have found blood, a machete, and a woman's shoe at the family home of a sex-crime convict suspected in the disappearance of a woman who left a Manhattan nightclub with him, reports the New York Daily News. Suspect Michael Mele, the son of a retired New York City transit...

For Inauguration Week, DC Pushes Last Call to 5am

Some worry late-night partying will increase crime

(Newser) - Preparing for a wave of inauguration visitors (and their cash), Washington legislators loosened the capital’s laws yesterday to let restaurants, bars, and nightclubs stay open all night and serve alcohol until 5am in the days leading up to the historic occasion, the Washington Post reports. The move upset civic...

Lilo, Sam Duke It Out at Club
 Lilo, Sam Duke It Out at Club 
Nov 21, 2008 10:00 AM CST

Lilo, Sam Duke It Out at Club

Couple comes to blows in London nightclub

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan and girlfriend Samantha Ronson had an ugly fistfight in London, “screaming and spitting” at each other, the British tabloid Sun reports. Ronson flew off the handle when she spotted Lilo dancing with ex Calum Best at trendy nightclub Boujis. “And then all hell broke loose,”...

Wills Woos Paris, Xtina at UK Club

Princes party with American divas

(Newser) - Paris Hilton and Christina Aguilera landed a royal pair last night. They “sang cheesy pop songs” with Princes William and Harry at a London nightclub, TMZ reports. Wills first approached Christina, huddled with her and "flirted outrageously," but drifted to Paris’ side once she arrived, the Telegraph ...

Great White to Pay $1M Over Deadly R.I. Stage Fire

Latest legal development in nightclub fire tragedy

(Newser) - The 1980s rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a nightclub fire that killed 100 people in Rhode Island has agreed to pay $1 million to survivors and victims' relatives. The settlement offer from Great White was revealed in court papers today. Roughly $175 million has now been offered by dozens of...

At Green Disco in London, Dancers Foot the Energy Bills

'Eco-disco' aims to help the planet boogie away from disaster

(Newser) - Bust a move, save the world. That's the premise behind a new disco in London that bills itself as the world's first eco-club, reports the Guardian. Its dance floor is designed to harness the energy of dancing feet. The club's owner says that alone will cover 60% of the electric...

Sex Trade Dying Out on Hamburg's 'Mile of Sin'

Red lights are going out on the Reeperbahn

(Newser) - Hamburg's Reeperbahn has been one of the world's most famous red light districts for as long as anyone can remember, but the "Mile of Sin's" flamboyant brothels are dying out, the Independent reports. Discos and cheap bars attracting binge-drinking teens are taking their place. The seedy street's old-timers lament...

Lawsuits Settled for $13M in RI Club Fire

Agreement with relatives still needs approval by a judge

(Newser) - Relatives of those killed in the 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire have tentatively agreed to a $13.5 million settlement with several of the defendants sued over the blaze. A hundred people died and 200 others were injured. The companies involved in the settlement include the manufacturer of the foam...

'Music and Passion' Yield to Subway
'Music and Passion' Yield to Subway
Jul 1, 2007 11:57 AM CDT

'Music and Passion' Yield to Subway

Historic Copacabana awaits transit-expansion wrecking ball

(Newser) - After nearly seven decades, three locations, and an unforgettable hit song, the Copacabana nightclub closed its doors early this morning to make way for the extension of a subway line. In its latest incarnation, the onetime hangout of the Rat Pack and the Mickey Mantle-led New York Yankees bowed out...

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