Normally, it's good news when a car's engine is purring - except when a cat is trapped inside.
A plucky and downright lucky feline used up at least one of its nine lives in the Bronx Monday when it miraculously survived a 2-mile drive while stuck inside the engine of a hybrid SUV, police said.
The cute tan-and-white tabby was freed from its trap by a pair of NYPD detectives - and appeared to emerge from the harrowing ordeal in good… Continue
A blood-sucking vermin helped put a robber behind bars this week.
Australian police used DNA from a leech found at a 2001 crime scene to put a man who admitted to robbing an elderly woman behind bars, officials told The Associated Press. Forensic science researcher Sally Kelty said this is the first case in Australia - and maybe the first case ever - where investigators have used DNA from a blood-sucking animal to nab a criminal.
First Miley, now all of Hollywood might trash their Twitter accounts.
According to a recent Hollywood Reporter blog post, "there's a growing number of studio deals with new language aimed specifically at curbing usage of social-media outlets by actors, execs and other creatives."
That means no Twitter, no Facebook, or "any other interactive social network or personal blog."
The first alleged victims of the great "tweet"… Continue
LOS ANGELES - Deposed beauty queen Carrie Prejean still owes $5,200 for breast implants floated by pageant organizers in January, a new lawsuit claims.
Ex-Miss California Carrie Prejean stiffed pageant organizer K2 Productions even though she requested the surgery "to be more competitive" at the April 2009 Miss USA pageant and verbally agreed to repay the K2 loan, a complaint filed yesterday states.
As if Lindsay Lohan didn't have enough problems lately, her puffy-faced New York City appearance last night is causing concern.
She showed up at the Whitney Museum of Art Gala with eye lids that seemed to struggle to stay open and lips that looked freshly plumped.
The Daily Mail suggests the 23-year-old starlet is starting to resemble 54-year-old Donatella Versace, and appears to be tampering with her looks. Lohan arrived on the red… Continue
Although Beyoncé agreed to tone down her show for her debut performance in Malaysia, the concert has been postponed in the wake of accusations by Islamic conservatives that the show would be "immoral," according to The Associated Press.
B was scheduled to perform at the Kuala Lumpur stadium on October 25, but Malaysian promoter Marctensia said in a statement, "The show has been postponed to a future date to be announced shortly. The postponement… Continue
A Hartford man is being held in the stabbing death of star University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard, police said Monday.
Johnny Hood, 21, is being held on $100,000 bond in connection with the early Sunday morning stabbing outside a school dance at the Storrs campus.
Cops said Hood was charged with interfering with an officer and breach of peace, but he has not been charged in the stabbing.
A man accused of murdering his daughter in an “honour killing” collapsed in the dock today as his wife gave evidence against him.
Mehmet Goren slumped in his chair and court officials called for medical assistance.
Mr Justice Bean halted proceedings and the jury was led from the Old Bailey courtroom.
Goren had been watching his wife Hanim give evidence for the prosecution about their 15-year-old daugher Tulay.
The city that led the country in banning smoking in bars, restaurants and most public spaces is about to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products.
A long-debated bill authorizing the flavored-tobacco ban was finally approved by the City Council last Wednesday, by a 46-to-1 vote. Mayor Bloomberg - who instigated the city's smoking crackdown in 2002 - said he will sign the bill into law soon.
The ban will likely kick in around February,… Continue
WASHINGTON — European astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system, adding evidence to the theory that the universe has many places where life could develop.
Scientists using the European Southern Observatory telescope didn't find any planets quite the size of Earth or any that seemed habitable or even unusual. But their announcement increased the number of planets discovered outside the solar system to more than… Continue
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Gunmen opened fire on a crowd celebrating the reopening of a newly renovated neighborhood bar and grocery, killing at least seven and injuring 20, police said Sunday.
Dozens of people had crammed into the tiny La Tombola bar in Toa Baja, a municipality just west of San Juan, and were waiting for the band to resume playing when the assailants attacked, police Col. Jose Morales said. Among those seriously wounded were a… Continue
It was supposed to be a big night for top urban fiction author Teri Woods, who had invited 175 people to party at a trendy SoHo nightclub to celebrate her new book.
But Woods ended up in tears when she found almost her entire guestlist being kept outside Greenhouse's notorious velvet rope.
Now a $1 billion class-action suit says the partygoers were denied entry because they were black.
Whitney Houston's comeback had another awkward moment Sunday, and this one couldn't be blamed on an extra-long gabfest with Oprah Winfrey - the diva experienced a "wardrobe malfunction" while performing on Simon Cowell's UK reality show "The X Factor."
Thankfully for all involved, the incident wasn't X-rated, as Houston's incident involved the back of her dress. However, it was another snag, albeit minor, in Houston's long-awaited comeback, which also included a… Continue
WASHINGTON — Federal drug agents won't pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states that allow medical marijuana, under new legal guidelines to be issued Monday by the Obama administration.
Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state… Continue
The mother of Akon's child has been trying (and failing) to serve him with legal papers over child support -- so now she's gonna call him out in the L.A. Times.
The lawyer for Farrah Coleman tells us they will be taking out an ad in Monday's L.A. Times to serve Akon publicly. If he doesn't respond, they will pursue a default judgment.
But we caught up with Akon in NY -- and it's all news to him. As he told our guy, "You got a hold of me and you ain't… Continue