The New Slavery

"Human trafficking flies below the radar of most people's consciousness, but it happens — even in New Orleans By Sarah Andert The Capri Hotel on Tulane Avenue was no place for human inhabitants in November 2005. Floodwaters from the levee breaches had inundated the building...

NYC Sez Jersey Stinks

Of course, NYC has been saying this for years..."NEW YORK (AP) -- The gas-like odor that hung over Manhattan's streets was gone Tuesday, but city officials were still trying to pinpoint its source -- and eyeing New Jersey. Charles Sturcken, a spokesman for the city Department...

Mystery Smell Settles over Manhattan

New York officials evacuated a number of buildings and shut down some trains after a mysterious gaslike odor was reported Monday. A New York Police Department spokesman said an air quality test determined that the air is not hazardous, and the U.S. Department of Homeland...

Foul Odor Permeates Manhattan [Not Joking]

Looks like the job for another NYC super-hero!" Early reports indicated that the odor was spread throughout Manhattan, from Battery Park City to Upper Manhattan, and in various parts of New Jersey, but the odor seems to have dissipated. Some buildings throughout the city were...

Gas-like odor worries workers across NYC

"Authorities were investigating the source of a mysterious gas-like odor Monday that wafted over a large part of Manhattan, from Rockefeller Center through Greenwich Village. ADVERTISEMENT The Fire Department began getting calls about the odor around 9 a.m. Monday, said...

'Strange Odor' Leads Police to 7 Bodies

"A 911 call reporting a "strange odor" from a duplex apartment in this northeast Missouri city led police to the bodies of seven people. The victims were all thought to be residents of Kirksville, about 165 miles northwest of St. Louis. Police Chief Jim Hughes did...

Flatulence, not turbulence forces plane landing in Nashville

"Flatulence brought 99 passengers on an American Airlines flight to an unscheduled visit to Nashville early Monday morning.  American Flight 1053, from Washington Reagan National Airport and bound for Dallas/Fort Worth, made an emergency landing here after passengers...

Strong, Sweet Smell Reported in Manhattan

I saw this story on Drudge, and immediately thought Mayor B rolled a phat blunt - I certainly smell it more and more on the streets these days, but never the maple syrup variety; maybe it was just a brilliant guerrilla marketing campaign on behalf Aunt Jemima? Residents from...