Bastille Day Brooklyn, New York 2009: Photos and Video

While Bastille Day is a widely celebrated holiday in France, it is also celebrated in other parts of the world, particularly the New York area. This year, Bastille Day festivities in Brooklyn extend from Cobble...

NYC beekeepers swarm City Hall to protest ban - Obama Buzz Off!

" NEW YORK - There's a secret buzzing around the rooftops and backyard gardens of New York. Despite city regulations prohibiting it, hundreds of New Yorkers have kept beehives on rooftops and backyard gardens...

Your New World of Tomorrow

The Age of Atomic Power Even more sensational is the new age of atomic power, ushered in when the first tremendous atomic bomb exploded over Japan. The awful power of the atom bomb is the same almost inconceivable power that keeps the universe running, the same energy that...

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Brooklyn Building Collapse: Three Injured in Fort Greene Collapse

A four-story building in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn collapsed on Sunday afternoon. The building, located at 493 Myrtle Avenue, housed the Vesper Bar & Lounge. Three people were injured in the collapse...

Thomas Prusik-Parkin Impersonated Dead Mother in 6-Yr Money Scam

Thomas Prusik-Parkin impersonated his mother Irene Prusik for six years in a money collection fraud, after she died in 2003. Parkin, who was in financial difficulty, dressed up in a wig, sunglasses, nail polish, and old-fashioned clothing in order to collect his mother Irene...

K-Baller 24 vs Dunkadelic Superman, NBA Finals Showdown Remix

The Los Angeles Lakers and the Orlando Magic will battle each other in the  NBA Finals starting tomorrow night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. In honor of National Basketball & Hip-Hop Culture...

Lance Stephenson Arrested--In Court For Sexual Abuse Charges

All-American basketball star Lance Stephenson appeared in Brooklyn criminal court after being arrested on sexual abuse charges. The Lincoln High School star was arrested with teammate Darwin Ellis and an unnamed juvenile for allegedly groping a female student. Stephenson...

Fantasia's Fiesta: Birthday Party for a Burmese Python

In Latin American culture, the quinceaños (15th birthday) is a pretty big deal: the quinceañera is queen for a day, and family and friends get together celebrate her coming of age. From what I saw in a local...

Producer Handcancel's New Compilation Album Available for $5,750

Artisanal music producer Handcancel has released his latest album "Handcancel Presents Sampeloco" today. The album is a compilation featuring Rock, Rap, and Reggae by underground legends from Lawrence, MA to Sarasota, FL. A blazing cover of "Pleasure Victim" by Berlin is...

Dreams of Harry Martini a Chelsea Hotel Fiction

Dreams of Harry Martiniby S. Francis Berman Blew Karma Media Copyright 2003 Harry Martin, lurked in the shadows of Serenity, a yawning, New York hot spot, located down below the notorious Chelsea Hotel. Harry stood there each and every night like a dark dense nebula of...

'Hundreds' of children in US have Swine Flu

As not to be expected by now the virus is starting to spread and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that a child from the Bronx and an adult from Brooklyn are in hospital are expected to be confirmed as having...

"Whatever became of the Iceberg that sunk the RMS Titanic?"

There were many theories to what became of the iceberg which collided with the Titanic. One speculation stated by a scientist at the jet propulsion lab was that the hit the iceburg sustained by the Titanic sent it...

"Hitler's Hit List" by Ace Preston

The Borough of King's County New York also known as Brooklyn has had many famous personalities derive from it.  Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Jackie Gleason, Isaac Asimov, Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, Walt...

Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu to Headline Stockholm Jazz Festival

Lauryn Hill will bring her big band brand of soulful madness to Sweden this summer when she headlines the Stockholm Jazz Festival. Hill first gained notoriety in the early 1990s as a singer and rapper with the group...

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