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Joe Coscarelli

  1. the sports section
    NFL Ref Penalizes Chiefs Player for ‘Excessive’ Muslim Prayer ‘Celebration’It didn’t look like when Tim Tebow did it.
  2. very scary things
    White House Fence-Jumper Made It All the Way InA Secret Service whistleblower comes forward about the breach.
  3. crimes and misdemeanors
    Everyone Hates a Cat-KickerThis one faces up to a year in jail, with no option for a plea deal.
  4. florida man
    George Zimmerman’s Family Wants to Become the Next KardashiansAs long as they don’t shoot someone else first.
  5. international intrigue
    What’s Happening in Hong Kong? Protest ExplainerExcessive force by police has helped a student sit-in explode.
  6. hummus wars
    The Other Front in the Israel-Palestine Conflict: Hummus Ads“You’re either a member or you’re not,” says the slogan.
  7. america’s sweeheart
    Sarah Palin Almost Remembers the White House Address1400 Pennsylvania Avenue? So close.
  8. islamic state watch
    Britain Agrees to Start Bombing ISIS As WellThe campaign could take “not months but years,” David Cameron warned.
  9. media
    ESPN Sick of Simmons Signature Bad-Boy AttitudeThe network explains its punishment.
  10. local news news
    Local News Anchor Mocks Food Stamps, Drops F-BombSmooth, bro.
  11. talking about the weather
    Derek Jeter’s Final Home Game May Be Rained OutThe forecast says rain in the Bronx tonight.
  12. mea culpas
    Ferguson Police Chief Offers Awkward Apology“For any mistakes I have made, I take full responsibility.”
  13. comings and goings
    Eric Holder Is Just About Done Being Attorney GeneralHe’ll step down as soon as a successor is in place.
  14. boston bombing
    Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Marathon Bombing Trial Will Be in Boston, EventuallyStarting January 5 instead of November 3.
  15. police shootings
    South Carolina Cop Shoots Unarmed Black ManStopped for not wearing hit seat belt, then shot in the hip.
  16. scary things
    NYC’s Fear of a Falling A.C. Unit ReignitedIt happened again! (She survived.)
  17. police shootings
    No Charges in John Crawford III Walmart ShootingThe 22-year-old black man carrying an air rifle he picked up in the store.
  18. big speeches
    What You Missed in Obama’s United Nations SpeechA catch-up guide to the president’s remarks to the General Assembly.
  19. islamic state watch
    U.S. Continues to Bomb ISIS Ahead of Obama’s Case to the U.N.More air strikes overnight in Syria and Iraq.
  20. new york’s finest
    NYPD Slams Pregnant Woman Onto the Street in Latest Rough Arrest VideoTough to watch.
  21. obama’s revenge
    Dinesh D’Souza Avoids Jailtime Despite Letter From Estranged Wife Claiming AbuseHe’ll spend eight months in a “community confinement center” for campaign-finance fraud.
  22. islamic state watch
    President Bill O’Reilly Has a Plan to Fight ISIS“This is a terrible idea,” said an actual military expert.
  23. ferguson
    Michael Brown Memorial Burns Down in FergusonIt may have been an accident, but local residents are suspicious.
  24. terrorism
    Khorasan Group Explainer: What We Know So FarThe Osama bin Laden-affiliated terrorist group intent on striking the U.S.
  25. crimes and misdemeanors
    White House Intruder Had 800 Rounds of AmmoMaking the security breach far worse.
  26. cable news news
    How Fox News Is Covering the Climate Change MarchLike it covers climate change: Ignore and hope it goes away.
  27. very sad things
    Woman Hit by Bike in Central Park DiesThe rider has not been charged.
  28. bloomberg being bloomberg
    Michael Bloomberg Would Much Rather Be the Boss Than a BoyfriendThe ex-mayor went back to work so he doesn’t have to talk to his partner “about feelings.”
  29. crimes and misdemeanors
    Rikers Island Violence Even Worse Than Previously ThoughtAn internal report turned over to the federal government was “sanitized.”
  30. amazing things
    Reporter/Weed CEO Live on Air: ‘F*ck It, I Quit’One for the local-news hall of fame.
  31. the sports section
    NFL Players React to Goodell’s Press Conference “Listening to this is like watching a Mayweather Fight.” Defensive, in other words.
  32. very sad things
    Central Park Bike Accident Leaves Pedestrian in Critical ConditionNo charges so far against the cyclist.
  33. islamic state watch
    France Is Bombing ISIS Now, TooBut only in Iraq.
  34. inglorious traditions
    The Most Embarrassing SMH Moments From iPhone 6 Lines Around the WorldIt’s that time again.
  35. oh canada!
    Rob Ford Endorses Brother for Mayor“Toronto needs Doug Ford as Mayor.”
  36. new york’s finest
    Police Discouraged From Posting Naked Men on TwitterSocial-media school for New York’s finest.
  37. horrible things
    The Latest NFL Domestic-Violence Allegations Are Predictably HorrifyingThe Arizona Cardinals running back allegedly head-butted his wife when she refused sex.
  38. international intrigue
    Scenes From Scotland’s Independence VoteThe yes or no question with global consequences.
  39. dear leader
    Kim Jong-un’s Extremely Smiley Summer Vacation, in PhotosHere’s what the North Korean boy-leader has been up to while holding a 24-year-old American prisoner.
  40. new york’s finest
    NYPD Officer Suspended for Kicking Street Vendor in Melee VideoA street fair gone way wrong.
  41. health scares
    Hide Your Kids: Enterovirus D68 Is in NYCThis season’s hot respiratory illness.
  42. sad and gross things
    Horny Old Racist Has Shockingly Disgusting Excuse for Posting Porn in His WindowHe says it’s not to intimidate his Indian neighbors.
  43. that’s our joe!
    After ‘Shylock,’ Biden Calls Asia the ‘Orient’Proving that, yes, he is your accidentally racist grandma.
  44. ferguson
    Darren Wilson Testified for 4 Hours in Front of Michael Brown Grand JuryThey have until January to bring charges against the Ferguson cop.
  45. sad real estate porn
    Gigantic Graffiti Mansion on Bowery Sells, Will Probably Become CondosIt’s been a single-family home since 1966.
  46. new york’s finest
    Cops Target Times Square Elmo in 10-Officer Sting, Then Brag About It on TwitterThe police department’s social-media strategy in action.
  47. terrorble
    All the Americans Who Have Tried (and Failed) to Join ISIS So Far The latest is a 30-year-old with a Twitter account in Rochester.
  48. ferguson
    Charges in Michael Brown Shooting May Not Come Until January, If at AllThe grand jury has been extended “the full amount allowed by law.”
  49. racial profiling
    Black Women Accused of Prostitution at Hip HotelAnother ugly instance of racial profiling.
  50. crimes and misdemeanors
    Uber Logo Paired With Swastika in Potential Hate CrimeIt was bound to happen eventually.
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