He’s ‘Star Ticked’ at ad ‘botch’

New York Post - Saturday 25th May, 2013

In his "Star Trek" getup. Burton claims the company charged $10,000 a month and botched the job. "Child’s Play Communications failed to provide adequate p.r. services, forcing the staff at Burton’s company to personally take on most of CPS’s duties and to ultimately seek alternative p.r. representation," Burton said in court papers. Philip Semprevivo, the ad ...

DA foe faces TV reality in court

New York Post - Saturday 25th May, 2013

A Manhattan judge yesterday tossed a last-ditch effort by Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes’ political adversary to block next Tuesday’s premiere of a CBS reality show about the DA.Justice Paul Wooten denied an injunction brought by Abe George, a Democrat running against Hynes in the September primary, who sued Hynes and CBS last week for colluding to give the incumbent "millions in ...

Great original ‘Gatsby’ online

New York Post - Saturday 25th May, 2013

PRINCETON, NJ - Princeton University has put the manuscript and corrected galley pages of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby" online.The 1925 novel is a staple of high-school English class reading lists. A new film version, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, opened this month.Princeton officials say the handwritten work shows Fitzgerald’s writing process.Fitzgerald studied at ...

Cheap Wicked Tickets SuperbTicketsOnline.com Announces Reduced Pricing On Tickets For Broadway Production At Gershwin Theatre Wicked tickets are available at SuperbTicketsOnline.com that have been reduced in price for Broadway showings at New York039

Hispanic Business Magazine - Saturday 25th May, 2013

MILWAUKEE, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The hugely popular musical had a San Francisco tryout in 2003 and had its official opening there at the Curran Theatre. On Broadway, it opened at Gershwin Theatre on October 30, where it is still playing today. Touring productions are occurring at different locations across the U.S. and elsewhere. SuperbTicketsOnline.com has reduced the prices of ...

Cuba With Three Athletes in New York City

Prensa Latina - Saturday 25th May, 2013

Havana, May 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will take part in the 3rd stage of the Diamond League in the city of New York with three athletes, as confirmed by Daniel Osorio, technical coach of the Cuban track and field team Friday. Olympic female pole vault jumper and runner-up Yarisley Silva is heading the Cuban trio, said Osorio to Radio Habana Cuba. The other athletes will be Orlando Ortega (110 ...

Cops recover three guns drug cache in Brooklyn bust

New York Post - Saturday 25th May, 2013

Cops busted a pair of alleged Brooklyn drug dealers today, scoring three guns along with a cache of cocaine and heroin, authorities said.David Etienne, 27, and Brian Johnson, 25, were caught off guard when officers from the NYPD’s Brooklyn North Gang Squad stormed their building on Clifton Place in Bed-Stuy and gave up without a fight.Cops with a search warrant raided the drug house at ...

So-Called ‘Hot Dog Hooker’ In Trouble Again Following Alleged Prostitution Bust

CBS 2 - Saturday 25th May, 2013

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Cathy Scalia, the hot dog vendor who once pleaded guilty to prostitution charges, was back in hot water Friday following another arrest for prostitution, according to Nassau County Police. Scalia, 47, was picked up after she allegedly performed a massage, without a license, on an undercover detective at a hotel in Garden City, police said. She is also accused of ...

Feds fight ruling on access to morning-after pill in New York

Fox News - Saturday 25th May, 2013

NEW YORK – Department of Justice lawyers filed court papers Friday again asking a federal appeals court to delay lifting age restrictions and prescription requirements on an emergency contraceptive popularly known as the morning-after pill. The papers seek to delay implementation of a judge's April 5 ruling lifting restrictions on the drugs, including the medications sold under the ...

Residents Say Broken Elevator Is Making Them Prisoners In Their Own Homes

CBS 2 - Friday 24th May, 2013

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Faina Zaltsman, 81, has lived a life filled with struggles and heartache. She and her husband survived the Holocaust, only to see see their son killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Now, the couple says that they are prisoners in their Brooklyn home. The elevator in their building, 7714 Bay Parkway, has not been working for nearly three weeks, CBS 2′s Hazel ...

Yankees Win But Suffer Brutal Loss As Granderson Leaves With Fractured Finger

CBS 2 - Friday 24th May, 2013

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Brett Gardner, Lyle Overbay and Jayson Nix each drove in two runs, and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-4 on Friday ...

Yanks win but lose Granderson Phelps to injury

New York Yankees - Friday 24th May, 2013

NYY@TB: Gardner goes yard with two-run shot in fourth ST. PETERSBURG -- The Yankees seemed to have little difficulty coming up with enough runs and hits to defeat the Rays on Friday night, but they bumped into at least one more serious problem in the injury department. Curtis Granderson was forced to leave the game after being hit by a fifth-inning pitch that caused a left hand fracture, and ...

Report Jersey City Police Officer Exodus Could Cost Taxpayers Millions

CBS 2 - Friday 24th May, 2013

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The chief of police in New Jersey’s second largest city has announced his retirement. Jersey City Police Chief Thomas J. Comey said he’ll step down at the end of May after 32 years with the department. Comey has held a number of positions within the department, and is credited with fostering joint anti-crime initiatives with state and ...

New York fast-food workers protest Wendys in latest labor rights demo

RT - Friday 24th May, 2013

USA Fast-food workers continued demonstrating for better conditions Friday, protesting a Wendy's shareholder meeting just one week after the New York Attorney General announced an investigation into claims of widespread wage theft in the industry. Two labor rights groups, Fast Food Forward and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, organized rallies Thursday and Friday outside the Sofitel ...

Sheik Mansour Hand Behind Manchester City Is Content to Stay in Background in New York

New York Times - Friday 24th May, 2013

The setting was modest, the mood jovial, the dignitaries on hand pretty impressive. In the school cafeteria of P. S. 72 in East Harlem on Wednesday morning, professional soccer was nudged forward in New York City, with talk of a new team with prestigious owners and a new stadium designed specifically for the sport. At a news conference in the cafeteria, Mayor Michael ...

Coney Island marks city beach openings

Newsday - Friday 24th May, 2013

Coney Island reopens after Sandy As wind and rain pelted Brooklyn, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the city's public beaches open Saturday.The mayor joined local and federal officials and residents Friday in front of the historic B&B carousel at Coney Island's newly built Steeplechase Plaza to celebrate the restoration of city waterfronts after superstorm Sandy."We ...

CDC Third of Sandy deaths from drowning

Newsday - Friday 24th May, 2013

WASHINGTON -- One-third of those who died because of superstorm Sandy drowned, according to a U.S. report that emphasizes the need for plans that ensure residents are moved to safety. Of 117 deaths caused by the October storm, 40 were from ...

Upper East Side Librarian Puts On Display To Raise Awareness About Proposed Budget Cuts

CBS 2 - Friday 24th May, 2013

Upper East Side librarian Kristy Raffensberger has been spending an hour a day under glass to raise awareness about pending budget cuts. (Credit 1010 WINS Reporter Sonia ...

Associate of arms dealer Viktor Bout extradited to New York

Reuters - Friday 24th May, 2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S-Syrian citizen accused of conspiring with jailed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has been extradited to New York from Australia to face charges he conspired to buy aircraft in violation of economic sanctions, federal prosecutors said on ...

Horace Mann School apologizes for decades of sexual abuse

New York Post - Friday 24th May, 2013

The elite Horace Mann prep school today apologized for decades of sexual abuse suffered at the hands of teachers and administrators and pledged reforms to improve student safety, in its first public comments addressing the sex scandal."We sincerely apologize for the harm that was caused by the teachers and administrators who abused anyone during their years at Horace Mann School," the ...

Prison $233M in fines for LIRR gravy train doc

New York Post - Friday 24th May, 2013

A doctor at the heart of the massive LIRR "gravy train" scandal was sentenced to eight years in federal prison yesterday for his central role in the audacious $1 billion pension scam - which the judge condemned as "a large pool of corruption."Dr. Peter Ajemian, 63, was also ordered to pay back $233 million for falsely diagnosing hundreds of greedy Long Island Railroad workers ...

Cops Amanda Bynes tossed bong out of window

Newsday - Friday 24th May, 2013

Actress Amanda Bynes appeared in a criminal court Friday, disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats, where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out of her Manhattan apartment building. The 27-year-old former child star was arrested Thursday evening, after building officials at her midtown apartment called police to complain she was ...

Lawyer Plea sought for ex-prison guard

Newsday - Friday 24th May, 2013

LI crime and police reports A lawyer for Nancy Gonzalez, the federal prison guard from Long Island who is accused of conceiving a baby in jail with convicted cop-killer Ronell Wilson, said Friday that a plea in the case is a "strong possibility."Defense lawyer Anthony Ricco made the comments outside federal court in Brooklyn after prosecutors told U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan that ...