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NEW YORK -- It is a stomach-churning sign of spring, as reliable as cherry blossoms or allergy attacks: reports of dead bodies rising to the surface of New York's harbor and rivers as the water warms with the season, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. More of these so-called floaters...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn (C), head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), departs a New York Police Department precinct in New York late May 15, 2011. Link Removed due to 404 Error NEW YORK – Haggard and unshaven after a weekend in jail, the chief of the International Monetary Fund was...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New York City-based IT consulting firm Eden Technologies launches a series of fixed-price, fixed-scope Windows 7 migration service packages to meet the needs of strapped IT departments. More...

New York City Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe hold a red-tailed hawk before releasing it in New York's Central Park 2009. Violet the red-tailed hawk nesting on a Manhattan window ledge amazed experts and hordes of online fans when one of her three eggs beat the odds to hatch a...

New York artist Miriam Simun has created cheese made from human breast milk and is offering people the chance to taste it as part of her new art piece. The Lady Cheese Shop is a temporary installation by the New York University graduate and according to the artist is aimed at raising...

Mr. Caesar, who escaped police custody in New York while handcuffed to a chair, has been caught. Red-faced police managed to track down and recapture Caesar after he broke out from the police station before questioning. He was said to have been recaptured while riding a bike with the...

You might say this is one monumental case of mail fraud. Due to a United States Postal Service gaffe, a stamp intended to commemorate New York City's Statue of Liberty features a picture of a Las Vegas replica instead. Though the stamp was supposed to show the real Lady Liberty, the...

A couple tried to check a dead cow onto a transatlantic flight, Virgin Atlantic has revealed in a list of the most bizarre items passengers have attempted to bring onto flights. The couple in question arrived at New York’s JFK airport with the carcass wrapped up on a trolley and attempted...

When New Yorkers see something unusual on the street, they can call 911. When they see something unusual in the sky, they can call Joseph Capp. Capp, a 68-year-old retiree in Brooklyn, has launched what appears to be New York City's first UFO hotline, offering a sympathetic ear to those who...

Link Removed due to 404 ErrorLink Removed due to 404 Error On March 22nd, the long anticipated Crysis 2 was been finally released on the market. Prior to the release, dedicated fans had the opportunity to experience the Demo, which provided a quick glimpse at the multiplayer gaming experience in...

Link Removed due to 404 Error NEW YORK (Reuters) – The venomous Egyptian cobra that slithered its way to fame by escaping its enclosure at New York's Bronx Zoo for a week before being recaptured has been given a name -- Mia, as in "missing in action." The winning name announced on...

A missing cobra in New York City has been 'tweeting' about its adventures via a spoof microblogging account that's racked up nearly 100,000 followers. The 20-inch snake escaped from the Reptile House at Bronx Zoo, run by the non-profit Wildlife Conservation Society, at the weekend...

NEW YORK (Reuters) – It may be weeks before the escaped cobra from New York's Bronx Zoo is found, but the highly poisonous snake has seized the pop-culture moment with a fake Twitter account of her sightseeing adventures around Manhattan. The Twitter account BronxZoosCobra, purportedly posted...

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A would-be thief's attempt to rob a suburban New York bank was thwarted when the teller refused his demand for money. Police said the man remained at large after the attempted robbery on Wednesday in New Rochelle, about 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City. "He...

It was a case of better late than never for Taiwan, as 20 girls in knickers took part in the worldwide craze of No Trousers Day - but a month behind schedule. The crazy celebration, which makes it OK to be caught with your trousers down on the tube, has caught on around the world. The...

When a dog bites a man, it's not news. When a man bites a dog, it's a front-page story. But what happens when a newsman takes a bite of dog food? For Gersh Kuntzman, editor of The Brooklyn Paper, the answer is obvious ... and surprisingly delicious. The New York City journalist (full...

Wounded Man Found in Trunk of Car After Fender Bender This was a fender bender with a dark side. When a blue BMW rear-ended a taxicab in New York City on Wednesday morning, it seemed like a routine traffic accident in a crowded city. Then things took a strange twist. The driver of...

Weird Universe Link Removed - Invalid URL A Vietnam vet jailed for menacing his wife is suing Nassau County, NY for an unusual injury he received during his 2007 incarceration in the county facility. The man was bitten, on the penis, by a rat that came out of a hole in the mattress he was...

Eek! Video of Rat Crawling on Man's Face Goes Viral [VIDEO] A subway rat scampering across the floor, dashing up your leg and dashing away could be any urban commuter's nightmare -- and video of just that is now a YouTube sensation. In the clip posted Wednesday, a fast-thinking...

Crysis 2: Gameplay impressions | GamesRadar Never underestimate the power of a good demo-er. From what should have been a sterling first look at the gameplay of Crysis 2 ended up as a bit of ham-fisted blast-a-thon that barely showed off the brilliance of this New York-based shooter. It's...