The owner of the Acura that barreled over a young Bloomberg aide in a Brooklyn hit-and-run spoke out for the first time Thursday, blaming her institutionalized sister.
"I am the owner of the vehicle involved in the accident. My sister was the driver of the car involved in the accident," said Cindy Jasmin, 31, stoically reading from notes while her mom, dad and uncle looked on inside her attorney's lower… Continue
Eight people have been hit by subway trains over the last 13 days in a baffling spike of suicides, attempted suicides and accidents, the Daily News has learned.
There was as much carnage on the tracks between Feb. 13 and Wednesday as there typically is during an entire month, NYC Transit statistics reveal.
"It's the most I can recall, and I've been a train operator for 26 years," said Steve Downs, union chairman of the train… Continue
Lucian Grainge, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group International out in the UK, will replace Doug Morris as CEO of Universal Music Group (UMG) January 1, 2011. UMG is the parent company of Def Jam and as you may know L.A. Reid is the Chairman of The Island Def Jam Music Group. I'm hearing when he takes over there will be a lot of "re-structuring" at Universal and Mr. Reid's head may be on the chopping block. Apparently Lucian isn't happy with a string of disappointing… Continue
Supplies of condoms will be doubled during next summer's 2010 World Cup in South Africa, which has about 5.7 million cases of HIV - more than any other country, according to Africa News.
Medical authorities in South Africa say they want to make sure there are plenty around in time for the games, which will be held in June and July.
"There's going to be a large number of people who will be descending onto the country," said Victor… Continue
Crooks burrowed their way into an Orange County, California jewelry shop and carted off a safe with nearly $1 million in jewels, police said.
The bandits - the exact number is uncertain - drilled a hole through a wall into Mission Jewelers in San Juan Capistrano early Wednesday. The robbers then hauled out the safe, which weighed nearly 1,000 pounds, sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino told the Los Angeles Times.
It wasn't a very happy 27th birthday for singer Juelz Santana: Sources say his blowout bash on Monday night was ruined by Snoop Dogg and several other rowdy partygoers.
An insider spotted Snoop arriving at the fete at M2 Ultralounge with an entourage of more than 20 and a four-man security team, which clogged W. 29th St. so badly that the NYPD came to investigate.
"Snoop's caravan was beyond outrageous," says the spy. "It was taking… Continue
The so-called Superwoman syndrome may be to blame for the rise in prescription drug abuse.
Nearly 6% of American women - some 7.5 million strong - say they pop prescription pills to boost their energy, calm them down or for another nonmedical reason, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
And although street drug use is on the decline, prescription drug use has been on the increase since the 1990s, reports msnbc.com.… Continue
Biggie Smalls is smack in the middle of another heated battle in California -- but this time, the deceased rapper's wife, Faith Evans, is the one in the hot seat.
It's all over private home videos of Christopher Wallace -- videos that a company called Kaushi Entertainment wanted to use in a documentary.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in L.A. County Superior Court, Kaushi claims they struck a deal, approved by Faith Evans, in which… Continue
NEW YORK – A Florida woman has sued rapper 50 Cent in New York City, claiming he unlawfully distributed her homemade sex video over the Internet after editing himself into it as a wig-wearing narrator.
Lastonia Leviston filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in Manhattan claiming unauthorized use of her name or image and emotional distress caused by the public release of a video she made with a lover in 2008.
The lawsuit claims 50 Cent posted the video on his Web… Continue
A man gives HIV to over 100 women and only gets a couple years in jail! Dayum! This is crazy! Could you imagine seeing this dude’s face on TV and knowing you slept with him. They are looking to change the laws, because his actions are only a Class D… Continue
Two teachers are in hot water after their videotaped pep rally dance routine proved too spirited for school officials.
Taken last week at a Winnipeg, Canada high school's pep rally, a video shows a male teacher giving a female teacher a lap dance, with bumping and grinding - and that's making parents and students cringe.
"It embarrassed me. While we were first watching it I said, 'they crossed the line,' " one parent told the Winnipeg Free Press. "My… Continue
"Saturday Night Live" star Kenan Thompson got into an altercation all his own after an obviously intoxicated man interrupted his date.
"Kenan just brushed him off, but then the guy patted the top of Kenan's head like you would a little kid," says a spy at Avenue A Sushi, who adds that Thompson was with "a very attractive woman."
"At that point, Kenan got in the guy's face. The waiters came over and threw the bum out… Continue
Looks like even Fabolous has seen an episode of "Jersey Shore."
The rapper took to his Twitter page to reference everyone's favorite Jersey girl, Snooki, after an overzealous club promoter/fan disrupted his performance at Quo on Saturday.
"This drunk ass promoter keep f—ing wit me!" Fab posted. "I'm about 2 Snookie snuff this white boy!"
But that didn't stop the dude: He eventually hopped up on stage and began rapping… Continue
This jewelry heist was as phony as the robbers' beards.
Two Diamond District jewelers were busted for hiring gunmen to dress as Hasidic Jews, don fake beards and fake a store robbery so the owners could collect insurance money, cops said Tuesday.
Atul Shah, 48, and Mahaveer Kankariya, 43, were charged with directing the heist of their W. 46 St. store - ripping off a scene from Guy Ritchie's film "Snatch" in the… Continue