It took authorities more than seven hours to draw blood from an accused drunken cop who killed a preacher's daughter while driving back to a bar for more booze, the Daily News has learned.
The time lag - partly because a doctor wrongly thought Brooklyn Police Officer Andrew Kelly's consent was necessary - could make a dramatic difference in prosecutors' ability to convict the officer.
50 Cent ISN’T FINISHED going at rival rapper Fat Joe. The following message was put up on 50 Cent’s website:
After a long weekend of activities, including performing, throwing a festival in his old neighborhood in Queens, and preparing for his upcoming Thisis50 Concert, 50 Cent has definitely been working hard.
This afternoon while in his Manhattan offices, employees say that 50 Cent was listening to Fat Joe's new album, "J.O.S.E. 2" when all the sudden,… Continue
Hip Hop Weekly interviewed R&B singer Lloyd and he had some CHOICE WORDS for fellow singer Ciara. Here are his exact words:
I don't f**k with Hollywood b**ches and she's like one of the chicks that's just changed along the way with the fame and the money and all of that.
"I don't really get down with her anymore on some real s**t. The truth hurts, but it will set you free. But I wish her all the best.
TMZ has learned the New York City Medical Examiner has determined the cause of death for Adam Goldstein -- DJ AM.
The M.E. says the cause of death is "acute intoxication" due to the combined effects of cocaine, oxycodone, hydrocodone (Vicodin), Ativan, Klonopin, Xanax, Benadryl and Levamisole (a drug used to cut cocaine with).
The manner of death is listed as "accident (substance… Continue
CHICAGO (AP) -- The company that added "venti" and "frappuccino" to American vocabularies is making a push throughout North America to convince connoisseurs to sample what many see as a down-market drink -- instant coffee.Nearly eight months after Starbucks Corp. began selling its Via instant coffee in Seattle and Chicago, the company on Tuesday will begin offering the dissolvable drink to the rest of the country and in its Canadian… Continue
Courtney Love is having trouble gaining access to her daughter's hefty trust fund -- and it's all because the bank claims she's not the only one trying to access the cash.
The First Republic Bank filed papers in federal court in San Francisco last week, claiming there's a dispute over who can access the funds in Frances Bean Cobain's trust -- Courtney or the Laird Norton Tyee Trustee Company.
The bank put a hold on all withdrawals from… Continue
Britney Spears, two tater tots in hand, invaded the Sugar Factory candy store in Las Vegas this weekend ... and dropped more money on candy than most people do on a new TV. We're told Brit went buck nutty on the sweets -- three Halloween baskets for her kids, two buckets of Swedish fish and a box of Sugar Factory milk chocolate. Where she really went off was on lollipops: 25 of her own Circus Tour pops for a whopping $25 a… Continue
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Odom were absolutely glowing yesterday outside of a mansion in Beverly Hills -- where they promised to spend the rest of their lives together ... after only dating for one month. Reality sets in in three, two, one...
A camouflage-wearing thug stabbed a man to death outside the main post office in midtown Sunday because the victim bumped into him, police said.
The sidewalk encounter about 5:45 p.m. caused the thug to fly into a murderous rage and stab the 20-year-old victim twice on the steps outside the James A. Farley Post Office on Eighth Ave. near 33rd St., police said.
"They were walking down the street and one guy bumped into the other," the… Continue
After 99 other victories this season, after all the comebacks on this side of 161st St., the Yankees were putting some official winning into the new place, about five minutes after 5 Sunday afternoon. They were winning the American League East with style, with one more comeback, this one against the Red Sox, and so of course it had to come down to Mariano Rivera over here, the way it always did over… Continue
An arrest that was made occurred on a side street near Baum Ave & S Millvale Ave.
The "Group of 20" is meeting today and tomorrow in Pittsburgh. People have been demonstrating to counter the G20, a group of the richest, most powerful people from the richest, most powerful countries who make decisions which impact all of us. The past few times they have met they decided to bail out big banks, including the biggest, baddest bank of them all, the International Monetary… Continue
The face-lifted 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo will debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show in September, the German automaker confirmed on Friday. Porsche, uncharacteristically, is putting the emphasis on the 911 Turbo's fuel economy, saying in a statement that it "continues to create more from less."
However, the car's actual fuel economy remains a mystery, since neither Porsche nor the EPA have released any official numbers. The EPA says the 2009 Porsche 911 Turbo with a… Continue
Kanye 1st Performance since VMAs @ Common Benefit in LA 9/26/09
He may be a social pariah everywhere else -- but when Kanye West made a surprise appearance at Common's benefit concert last night in Hollywood, he got a hero's welcome.
The crowd at the show -- which featured Common, Nas, Ludacris, De La Soul, The Roots, Mos Def, Talib Kweli and more -- just exploded when… Continue