Coney Island Freak Show Vows To Deform Puppy

The new owner of a five-legged puppy expedited surgical removal of the dog’s extra limb before a Coney Island freak show could stop her. John Strong is planning a lawsuit, saying he had an agreement to buy the dog for $3000 until Allyson Siegel made a $4000 offer to save the Chihuahua puppy from becoming a sideshow attraction. Following surgery yesterday, Siegel reports the dog, Lily, is “doing fantastic” and “walking like a little puppy dog” would if it just had a useless dangling appendage removed. Read more »

By on July 24, 2009 at 11:37 am
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Bryant Neal Vinas, the asshole who lived on Long Island and one day decided he wanted to kill fellow Americans plead guilty to a whole bunch of things: “conspiracy to murder U.S. citizens, providing material support to a terrorist organization and receiving military-type training from a terrorist group.” He also admitted to giving al-Qaeda detailed information on the LIRR and NYC’s subway system. |Bloomberg|

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Not really sure why Jay-Z’s new “Run This Town” track featuring Rihanna and Kanye West was scheduled to drop on Hip Hip radio stations at exactly 9:11AM—which it didn’t—but here it is. Download now. |NahRight|

By on July 24, 2009 at 10:32 am
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Lance Armstrong Rides New Art Bike to Trial

With the Tour de France underway, Trek offers an overview of Lance Armstrong’s sextuplet of artist customized bicycles. Along with more detailed views of the rolling canvases by KAWS, Shepard Fairey, Kenny Scharf, Marc Newson, comes a closer look at the most recent bikes stylized by Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara and shark cutter Damien Hirst. Read more »

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Parting Shot: Playing With Shadows

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A nighttime shot of artist Ellis G chalking a bicycle’s shadow. Tonight he opens an exhibition of his silhouetted work at Collective Hardware. |Arrested Motion|

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The Predator has established itself as quite a good human-hunter, but make way for the Excalibur and the new generation of drones that have the potential to kill even more effectively. |Wired/DangerRoom|

By on July 23, 2009 at 7:11 pm
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Back in the day, humans were way more gangster than their Neanderthal counterparts according to a Duke University based research team. After investigating the fatal wounds of a Neanderthal man believed to be between 50,000 and 70,000 years old, anthropologists have identified the murder weapon as a spear,” which was exclusively wielded by humans, making them the prime suspect. |ScienceDaily|

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iPhone Captures Chelsea Bike Thief In Action

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This morning, a messenger-looking thief was photographed stealing the front wheel off a bike in Chelsea. An observant cyclist reports he noticed the man ”looking a little sketchy” by the bike rack outside a Starbucks at 6th Avenue and 27th Street. And though the witness didn’t stop him, he was able to shoot a photo of the thief with his iPhone camera before the guy rode off on his carbon fiber road bike.

By on July 23, 2009 at 6:12 pm
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PETA Video Prompts the Government To Probe Ringling Bros.

Even the cold hearted U.S. Department of Agriculture was disturbed by PETA’s undercover video of elephants getting beat in the face with bull whips by cruel circus handlers and will be investigating. Ringling Bros. of course denied they mistreat their pachyderms, but the Animal Welfare Institute might disagree. They also filed a lawsuit that is almost nine years in the making against the circus for the harsh treatment of its Asian elephants. Ringling Bros. responded by launching a website for damage control, complete with propaganda video. Final arguments were finally presented in March of this year, but it’s still unclear how the case concluded.

Photo by Jennie Warren |via|

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The oft-hated lawn chairs in car-free Times Square are falling to pieces, a symptom of their immense popularity. Even after falling through one of the tattered temporary chairs, a Florida tourist still remarked, “This is unbelievable, uh, to be able to sit in Times Square.” Higher quality chairs will be in place by mid-August when the car-free project is expected to be completed. |WCBS|

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