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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...

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...

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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...

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...

Man survives after been shot 21 times by police (August 2010) A 23-year-old man is counting his luck today after he survived being shot 21 times by police. Armed officers were involved in a shoot-out with the 23-year old named as Angel Alvarez at a New York street party. It’s claimed that...

Steve Ballmer, Tami Reller, Brad Brooks, Mike Angiulo, and 5-year-old Kylie take the stage to tout the new Microsoft operating system. Link Removed

First Lady Laura Bush (C) and her daughters Jenna and Barbara (L to R) are greeted by Elmo at the 5th annual Sesame Street Workshop gala in New York on May 30, 2007. The event honored the First Lady for her work in promoting early literacy. (UPI File Photo/Ezio Petersen) | Enlarge NEW YORK...

Want a white iPhone 4? Then find yourself a buddy at Apple's Cupertino campus. That's how one - probably the only - lucky US punter got his. The unnamed gent was spotted waving his white one around at an event in New York last night. A flabberghasted Link Removed where the heck he got it...

July 6) -- A heat wave along America's East Coast has left one person dead and sent temperatures soaring into the triple digits, creating dangerous conditions from North Carolina to Boston. A 92-year-old Philadelphia woman has died because of excessive heat exposure, a medical examiner told...