Rats use The Secret to visualize snacks. A study by University College London published in the journal eLife claims that rats imagine walking to food when their path is blocked, visualizing it the way Sir Edmund Hilary imagined reaching the summit of Everest or Michael Jordan imagines getting a great poker hand. EurekaAlert writes: The […]
The New York Post reports that about half of the city’s cops feel bad about “how the public views them” and as a result “feel negatively about the job.” The responses are based on an internal survey conducted by the NYPD. A whopping 85 percent of officers are worried about taking action on the street […]
The New York State Assembly ended its session Thursday night without taking up the bill that would legalize mixed martial arts, the Daily News reports, keeping MMA illegal in the state until at least the next legislative session. The State Senate voted in favor of legalizing MMA earlier this month, and Governor Cuomo said he […]
Kamaal, NYC. (Photo: Abian Sacks) […]
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Aside from being New York’s elected officials, what do Mayor Bill de Blasio, Congressman Charles Rangel, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Public Advocate Letitia James and Councilmembers Ben Kallos, Helen Rosenthal, Andy King and Vanessa Gibson ALL have in common? None of them pay their interns, apparently. As the private sector has come under fire […]
Detroit, a city beset by serious crime, recently issued an arrest warrant for street artist Shepard Fairey. His crime? About nine pieces of paper that authorities claim he pasted up last month while he was in town painting the largest legal mural of his career. In a May interview about the 18-story undertaking, he blatantly […]
Hulu built a recreation of the comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s apartment from the 1990s television program Seinfeld inside of Milk Studios to promote the fact that they paid almost $200 million for the rights to put it online. They apparently used up all the money in the deal, because the set started falling apart on the […]
The center track at the 145th Street subway station is becoming the most iconic gap in the MTA system. It’s been jumped across on skateboard and on BMX bike, impressive stunts that created a mystique. Another young fellow recently made the leap on foot, trying to add his own body to the legacy of filmed […]
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has been on a mission to end the anonymity of shell companies for years. On Wednesday, Vance testified before the House task force in Washington D.C. in support of passing the Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act, which would require state incorporation forms to disclose the identify of beneficial owners […]
