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A man was seriously injured after he was pinned between a subway car and the platform at the Bedford Avenue L train station tonight, sources said.... 12:01 AM SYRACUSE — A student was reportedly found dead today in a residence hall at Syracuse University. The circumstances surrounding the student's death... The feds slapped the lead contractor on the MTA’s sprawling East Side Access project with 11 “serious” safety violations following an investigation... A Harlem bus depot was renamed after the famed Tuskegee Airmen today in a moving ceremony attended by many of the surviving members of the heroic group. Twelve Tuskegee Airmen — who battled Nazis and the systematic racism of the 1940’s military —...
Nicky Hilton claims her high-end fashion line was a colossal failure ... and it's all because her partners were irresponsible liars who pissed away the company's cash so they could live like ballers. Hilton claims it all started in 2006 ... when she inked a deal with Eliyahu Cohen and the Asher Group to launch Nicky Hilton Worldwide -- which would market high-end fashion products under Nicky's name. Hilton claims the Asher Group promised to provide $4.9 million in financing for the operation AND pay Nicky a guaranteed annual salary of $250k plus a 10% increase every year. But in a lawsuit filed in L.A.
Divorcer, c'est difficile. Parler de son divorce, c'est difficile. Parler de son divorce devant un public live un peu trop réjoui, c'est encore plus difficile. Alors bravo à Peter Facinelli , car c'est justement ce qui s'est passé mercredi dernier, lorsqu'il est venu co-présenter l'émission Live With Kelly! . Il a dû parler de sa rupture sur fond de sifflets et de cris déplacés de femmes, applaudissant sa rupture avec sa femme, Jennie Garth .
Flower from another hour Russian scientists have regenerated a flowering plant from tissue that was frozen in Siberian permafrost for over 30,000 years. The resurrection of the plant, scientifically named Sylene stenophylla, could pave the way for similar experiments on other extinct organisms, researchers hope. The findings are published in the Feb. 21 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . (Image courtesy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Cell Biophysics)
Meet Harry the hippo, a baby pygmy so small the average person could carry him around with ease. Harry, named after Britain's Prince Harry, was born last week at the Cango Wildlife Ranch in South Africa, the Star reports. His handlers are being forced to hand-rear Harry after his mother Hilda refused to feed him. [...]
The U.S. and Afghanistan have agreed to a deal that will put Afghan troops in charge of deeply unpopular night raids on local homes by special forces in Afghanistan. FULL STORY