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April 1, 2015 Prachi Gupta

ABC7 reports that the Manhattan District Attorney’s office is now “fully engaged” in the investigation of the East Village blast. “This is going to be a slow, methodical investigation,” a law enforcement source told the New York Post. “We will be talking to everybody — witnesses, the contractor, the plumbers and landlord, gas experts — […]

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November 11, 2014 Rhett Jones

On Monday, reports of a horrible smell permeating the whole city of Moscow began popping up on social media. The Emergency Ministries Spokesman was compelled to make a statement and he said it was basically no big deal, “The smell of hydrogen sulfide is not dangerous.” What’s that? Hydrogen sulfide? Moscow’s top toxicologist concurred, “The […]

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August 23, 2013 Marina Galperina

Righteous conmen and activist artists the Yes Men just pranked the city of Amsterdam in a big, furry way. Since Shell has just partnered with Russia’s notorious gas-oil giant Gazprom with plans to drill in the Arctic Circle, the Yes Men impersonated some corporate VIPs and delivered a drugged polar bear in a cage on […]

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March 20, 2013 Andy Cush

“I had to syphon gas out of ur car @ 3AM,” reads the note above, found and photographed by Lower East Sider Topper Luciani. “Gas stations were closed. Sorry for the inconvenience. Here’s some cash… Thanks!!!” And beside the note was a fresh $10 bill. I’m not sure if this makes the “random stranger” who […]

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