SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- It was a simpler sort of drug trade.
Syracuse police say a 45-year-old man offered a slaughtered pig as partial payment for a bag of crack cocaine.
They say two men were spotted making the deal on a street corner just before 8 p.m. Thursday.
Angelo Colon of Fulton was arrested on a misdemeanor drug possession charge and 42-year-old Omar Veliz faces a felony drug sale charge.
After news broke last week that Jay-Z has been speaking to both Warner and Sony since leaving Def Jam Recordings, it seems as if the Brooklyn MC has found a new home. Actually it looks like he found two.
MTV News has confirmed that Jay’s new album, The Blueprint 3, will be coming out on the 8th anniversary of his original multi-platinum selling Blueprint. Rumored to hit shelves on September 11, the disc will be… Continue
Lights, camera, action! The streets of New York have been the backdrop of many films over the years. Take a look at some of the News' favorite photographs from film sets over the years.
No, that's not the new Verizon guy - it's comedic actor Tracy Morgan on location for "A Couple of Cops" and running (err... riding) through the streets of Brooklyn in a big, floppy cell phone… Continue
A really big rap tour is exactly what the game needs right now. A rep for Soulja Boy Tell'em told MTV News that the rapper will be joining Lil Wayne on tour this summer, along with Young Jeezy and Wayne's fast-rising protégé Drake. Sources in Wayne's camp told MTV News they are confident that a tour with at least some of the four players will happen.
In May, Drake told MuchMusic about a similar tour that, at the time, was supposed to… Continue
Rapper 50 Cent has settled his lawsuit against an engineering firm over repairs and renovations to a Connecticut mansion he bought from boxer Mike Tyson in 2003, a court official said yesterday.
Details were not released, and lawyers would not comment.
The case went to trial Tuesday, when the entertainer testified his lawyers hired BVH Integrated Services to inspect the property before he bought it.
Juelz Santana just bared his soul in a recent interview with Honey Magazine. Here’s some of the highlights:
How many relationships have you not cheated in?
JUELZ: None. I got a lady friend now that I don’t be cheating on sometimes. I don’t mean that it’s a constant thing. I’m just being honest. … Yeah, I’ve cheated in the relationship, but that could have been one time, that doesn’t mean I cheated constantly in the relationship.… Continue
Hong Kong officials have found traces of cocaine in cans of Red Bull, a few days after Taiwanese authorities confiscated close to 18,000 cases of the popular energy drink.
Officials at the Centre for Food Safety said a laboratory analysis found tiny amounts of the illegal drug in samples of "Red Bull Cola," "Red Bull Sugar-free" and "Red Bull Energy Drink", a spokesman said.
The drink has now been taken off the shelves of major… Continue
First, she was too "ghetto." Now, she's being called a hooker.
The curvaceous Latina who sued the Hawaiian Tropic Zone after her dream of slinging drinks in a bikini fizzled because she didn't "speak white" was called out as a call girl Friday by a lawyer for the Times Square restaurant.
Pictures of Melody Morales appeared on "very filthy" and "unacceptable" Web sites that peddled X-rated services, lawyer James Rosenzweig said… Continue
The 2ft tall floating phantom figure appears in the bottom right of the screen after a male shopper exits a room to the top left. It makes its way across the busy concourse and seems to head for the same door the man has just passed through. The amazing 36-second tape was taken in a shopping mall in Chile, South America, and surfaced on the internet 06/04/09. It is alleged that the tiny greyish phenomenon is the ghost of a small local… Continue
Sure she's naughty -- but 2009 Playmate of the Year Ida Ljungqvist is also accused of being a very bad girl ... the kind who steals child support from someone else's family.
Ida -- (32-21-35) -- is being sued by a soon-to-be divorced woman named Katrina Kantner, who claims the centerfold and Mr. Kantner schemed to funnel thousands of dollars in child support money meant for Katrina and her children.
When Shaq posted this pic of a personalized private jet bearing his wife's name and face on his Twitter page Wednesday, it seemed like The Diesel had just one-upped any gift any man had ever given his lady ... until Shaunie blew his cover!
While it's not impossible to think Shaq has the kind of disposable income to blow on a PJ, Shaunie immediately cleared up any speculation, telling people via Twitter, "lol... Directly… Continue
Last night his well publicized "Twitter Bash" was in full effect at My House in Hollywood. Black Ty invited his numerous male and female groupies / fans / followers and random ass negroes to party with him! People did came out in droves, but most couldn't get inside after the fire marshall shut it down! A lot of the non regulars were pissed and fighting! Someone didn't tell them you can't just walk in to a party in Hollywood.
A Bronx teenager roasted her ex-roommate's kitten to death in a stove - then brushed off the incident as a joke when she was busted, authorities said Thursday.
"I hate cats," Cheyenne Cherry, 17, allegedly told investigators when asked about the heartless crime.
Cherry's confession came after she was arrested Wednesday by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.