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• Entire House Implicated By Phish Poster

  ISSUE 35•45 | 12.08.99 | News in Brief

  ALBANY, NY—A large Phish poster decorating the living room of a four-bedroom apartment on Broome Street has come under fire from the apartment's three non-Phish-supporting roommates, sources revealed Tuesday. "Because of Ryan's poster, everybody who comes over here automatically assumes that I'm a big, Phish-loving hippie," resident Douglas Beckert, 20, said of the 4'x6' "Picture Of Nectar" wall hanging. "Certain posters, you can hang in a living room without people making assumptions about your lifestyle, but not this one." Beckert has advocated replacing the Phish poster with one of The Beatles or Pink Floyd. more»

• Risk Champ Flunks Geography Test

  ISSUE 40•50 | 12.15.04 | News in Brief

  ALBANY, NY—Alfred Wu, the 13-year-old winner of the 2004 East Coast Risk Championship, flunked his 8th-grade world-geography test, social-studies teacher Jane Laurent reported Monday. "His test paper was filled with names like Kamchatka and Yakutsk, and the Ukraine spread over half of Europe," Laurent said. "And, by his account, the U.S. is made up of only three states: Eastern United States, Western United States, and Alaska." Last week, Wu received an "F" on a paper he wrote about Napoleonic military Stratego. more»

• Man Trying To Remember How That Music They Used To Play Before HBO Movies Went

  ISSUE 38•26 | 07.24.02 | News in Brief

  ALBANY, NY— Local resident Clint Fuster, 33, struggled to remember the old "HBO Feature Presentation" theme music from the '80s Monday. "They had that thing where the camera zoomed through a city street and up into the sky," Fuster said. "Then it went something like, 'Na-na-NAAA, na na-NAAA.' But I also remember a part that went, like, 'NA-na-na, NA-na-na.' It was really cool—almost as cool as the credits for USA Night Flight." more»

• 30 Miserable Lives Lost In Greyhound Bus Crash

  ISSUE 43•49 | 12.05.07 | News

  ALBANY, NY—Emergency crews called to the scene described the remains of the victims as "slightly more lifeless than they were before the accident." more»

  

• RC Cola Celebrates 10th Purchase

  ISSUE 31•01 | 01.15.97 | News

  ALBANY, NY—Royal Crown is jubilant after shattering the hard-to-reach double-digit sales barrier. more»

• Area Woman's Safety Net Braces For Another Impact

  ISSUE 45•16 | 04.16.09 | News in Brief

  ALBANY, NY—Despite already being stretched to its breaking point, the strained threads of Patricia Hapsburg's social safety net have once... more»

• Just A Stay-In-Bed Kind Of Day, Fire Department Declares

  ISSUE 37•26 | 08.01.01 | News in Brief

  ALBANY, NY–Citing inclement weather and a general "blah" feeling among the firefighters, Albany fire chief Martin Brundle declared Monday "just a lazy, stay-in-bed kind of day." "We've been working hard all year," said Brundle, speaking from his firehouse cot. "Our men deserve a day to just lie around and watch TV, and maybe order some pizza in the afternoon." The department's outgoing answering-machine message advised citizens of the greater Albany area to "call back tomorrow." more»

• MacArthur Genius Grant Goes Right Up Recipient's Nose

  ISSUE 39•40 | 10.15.03 | News in Brief

  ALBANY, NY—According to friends, the $500,000, five-year, no-strings-attached MacArthur Fellowship awarded to Jim Yong Kim earlier this month went right up the 43-year-old scientist's nose. "Kim's efforts to eradicate drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis in Russian prisons and Peruvian ghettos amazed everyone—as did his appetite for top-grade cocaine," Marisa Amir said Monday. "As soon as that first check arrived, Kim was on the phone with his dealer, and two hours later, he was in a hot tub full of strippers." His first installment of money gone, the scientist then returned to the task of developing a whole-cell cholera toxin recombinant B subunit vaccine. more»

• In Need Of Dedication, Yearbook Staff Sacrifices Homecoming King

  ISSUE 43•21 | 05.26.07 | News

  ALBANY, NY—˜The decision to drug Edwards and push his car off a cliff came after a year void of fatal bus crashes, teacher death, and other rich yearbook dedication material. more»

  

• Doctor Trying To Get Unemployed Friend A Doctor Job

  ISSUE 43•07 | 02.16.07 | News

  ALBANY, NY—"We have plenty of doctor-types around here already," said Dr. Richard Grafton, who called his newly jobless friend a "fast learner." more»

  

• IBM Emancipates 8,000 Wage Slaves

  ISSUE 39•39 | 10.08.03 | News

  ARMONK, NY—In a move hailed by corporation owners as a forward-thinking humanitarian gesture, IBM emancipated more than 8,000 wage slaves from its factories and offices Monday. more»

  

• Dedicated Student Cartoonist Takes On Campus Issues

  ISSUE 36•24 | 07.19.00 | News

  AUBURN, NY–Some people in the public eye shy away from controversy. Not Cayuga State College cartoonist T. Eric Mayhew, a man who, for the past two years, has fearlessly taken on the most volatile of campus issues, unafraid of the personal consequences his hard-hitting, muckraking cartoons might bring. more»

  

• Anarchists Rise Up, Move To Different Cafeteria Table

  ISSUE 35•44 | 12.01.99 | News in Brief

  BATAVIA, NY—After years of working toward an ultimate goal of smashing the dominant social and political hierarchy, the Anarchy League of Batavia South High School rose up and took action Monday, moving to another cafeteria table when this bunch of jerks from the popular kids' table wouldn't stop making faces and shooting spitballs at them. "At long last, the time has come for us to gather our books and sit over at that other table by the window where, hopefully, those guys will stop bugging us," said sophomore anarchist Lindsay Franklin, 15. "I hate those stupid idiots. They think they're so cool." more»

• Jimmy Stewart: 'Please God, I Want To Live Again'

  ISSUE 31•23 | 07.09.97 | News in Brief

  BEDFORD FALLS, NY—Legendary actor Jimmy Stewart, who died last week at age 89, begged God Monday for another chance at life. "Get me back! Get me back! I want to live again!" Stewart shouted from a snow-blown bridge. "Please God, let me live again!" Despite the impassioned plea, God decided not to permit Stewart to return to earth. His longtime guardian angel, Clarence, refused to comment, saying only, "I think I'll have another rum punch." Friends and family gathered at Stewart's home Tuesday to pay tribute, singing "Auld Lang Syne" and praising him as "the richest man in town." They denied rumors that God's decision was due to a 1929 sex scandal in which the beloved star was seen giving money to town tramp Violet Bick. more»

• Apartment-Wide Porn Sweep Precedes Date's Arrival

  ISSUE 36•20 | 05.31.00 | News

  BETHPAGE, NY–Preparing for the arrival of dinner date Amanda Raskin, area resident Randy Thaler conducted a thorough porn sweep of his one-bedroom apartment Monday. more»

  

• Copycat Killing 'Misses Subtleties Of Original,' Say Police

  ISSUE 36•26 | 08.02.00 | News

  BRONX, NY–A young couple was found ritualistically murdered in Crotona Park early Monday in what police are calling a "copycat crime that lacks the artistry and nuance of the original." more»

  

• Uninvited Guest Rapper Ruins Album

  ISSUE 42•38 | 09.18.06 | News

  BRONX, NY—Despite efforts to "meet the sucka halfway," veteran rapper Fat Joe now wishes longtime nigga Lil Wayne would just go work on his own goddamn rap album. more»

  

• Bronx Zoo Unveils New Loitering-Teens Exhibit

  ISSUE 33•15 | 04.22.98 | News

  BRONX, NY—After months of public anticipation, the Bronx Zoo finally opened its new loitering-teens exhibit Saturday. more»

  

• Friends From Home Embarrassing

  ISSUE 44•25 | 06.17.08 | News in Brief

  BROOKLYN, NY—After taking a group of visiting hometown friends out with the circle of friends he has made since moving to New York from... more»

• Boy's Whale-Song Imitation Not Helping Anything

  ISSUE 42•20 | 05.15.06 | News in Brief

  BROOKLYN, NY—Whale songs voiced in a local diner by 8-year-old Sasha Tyler Holgerton Monday did not in any way, shape, or form help anything,... more»

• No Leads Sought In Asshole's Murder

  ISSUE 42•32 | 08.09.06 | News in Brief

  BROOKLYN, NY—The New York Police Department released a statement today confirming its intention to ignore the brutal slaying of local... more»

• Good-Looking One Not Working Today

  ISSUE 46•03 | 01.23.10 | News

  BROOKLYN, NY—Coffee shop patron Justin Burke was disappointed by the Good-Looking One's absence, and admitted that he initially mistook the One With The Slightly Off Face for the Good-Looking One, but quickly realized his error once she turned around. more»

  

• Child Walks Out On Toy Non-Proliferation Talks

  ISSUE 41•12 | 03.23.05 | News

  BROOKLYN, NY—Corrine Feit, 8, has refused to reduce her stuffed-animal stockpile. more»

  

• Visiting Parents Do Their Best To Praise Son's New Apartment

  ISSUE 42•48 | 11.30.06 | News in Brief

  BROOKLYN, NY—Parents of 23-year-old Jack Gambel attempted to put a positive spin on their son's new Brooklyn apartment Monday, referring to... more»

• Police Race To Scene Of Car Alarm

  ISSUE 34•16 | 11.18.98 | News

  BROOKLYN, NY—Law-enforcement officials leapt into action Tuesday, when it became clear that a Saab Turbo convertible was in peril. more»