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more about #accidents more comments → RachelSklar: Wow I love this post. Fab headline. more » DahlELama: Best bonus ever! I DVRed Jimmy Fallon last week (I know, I know) because the Pixies were performing, and I just got around to turning it on now, and i... more » eatsshootsleaves: Also, play "The Sweater Song" and then play this. Just a warning: some things cannot be unheard. more » TheUptightMidwesterner: I love Rivers Cuomo, but lordy, he is so emotionally fragile that this is going to cause him to get a shack in the woods and start typing manifestos. more » James Del: I don't think there's any way for me to explain how much I love Weezer. This band got me through every goddamn break up since the 8th grade, and I swe... more » rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny: Everything is better with muppets. more » DahlELama: Not feeling the last album, or the two before that, but the Blue Album, Pinkerton, and the Green Album make up for any sins--musical or otherwise--tha... more » skt.smth: Over the years, I've come to the conclusion that, no matter how bad Weezer's newer stuff may be, it's still impossible to not love Rivers Cuomo. We ne... more » Matt Cherette: Didn't you mention River Cuomo in last night's SNS? It's all your fault! more » Bobby Big Wheel: I'm with you on Keep Fishin'. Their best song in the past decade too. more » BxgrlJeri: See chain stores? This could have been a mom and pop if you weren't clogging our retail space. Bastards. #scaffoldingcollapse more » legivalcitig: 8th and broadway is a "snazzy" location? a) you're wrong and b) who the f says "snazzy"? more » Mediahohoho: Glad to see NASCAR finally made it to New York. #scaffoldingcollapse more » unclevanya: Upon hearing that their local mailbox was going to be removed by the Postal Service, neighborhood residents banned together to pay a special effects u... more » Trai_Dep: Dueling, racing taxicabs cause tons of twisted steel to fall on a street corner where out-of-towners congregate? Wow. Taxicab driver's hostility towar... more » -
#accidents
Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Injured in Bus Accident, Sweater Possibly Destroyed
No! A nice, friendly rock star named Rivers Cuomo who leads up awesome rock band Weezer got into a bus accident earlier this morning in Upstate New York. More » -
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Freak Taxi Accident Collapses Scaffolding On Broadway and 8th St.
Well, this is swell. Every now and then our fair city will harness its freak powers and make something explode or implode or crash and basically scare the shit out of us. Well, enjoy your next trip under scaffolding. Update! More » -
#death
The Gruesome L Train Incident: Solved
What exactly happened on the L train—NYC's most cool subway line—today? Earlier we heard rumors of a suicide. We got a bunch of tips. And just before we went to put up this post, we saw this. More » -
#fail
AP's Notes on Roman Polanski's Arrest Leak Onto News Wires Everywhere
Will Roman Polanski be extradited? Is he a misunderstood artist, or a rapist who should rot? Questions! But none as interesting as how the AP's notes for the story landed on the pages of Forbes and the New York Times.
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#accidents
Will Conan O'Brien Be Airing On Monday?
Conan's no barbarian. The late night host hit his keppe on Friday when taping a stunt for The Tonight Show with Teri Hatcher. He got a concussion and went to the hospital. What? More » -
#accidents
Cab Crash with Horse and Carriage: New York Death Possibility #427
Every day, this city—and especially this city's metered transportation—will invent interesting new ways to kill you. This is actually one of the more traditional ones: a cab crashed into a horse-drawn carriage on the Upper East Side this afternoon. [Gothamist] -
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Newt Gingrich Briefly Honors Porn Industry
Whoops! Newt Gingrich accidentally named a porn producer "Entrepreneur of the Year." For like a day. Then he rescinded it, the bastard. Why does he hate capitalism? More » -
#mediacrack
Exclusive Jon Capehart Morning Newspaper Flap Fiasco Scandal Explanation!
In your suddenly Tuesday media column: Jon Capehart speaks on his morning workout routine and why MSNBC should get a life, a journalist gets punched, another one gets run over by a football player, and Stars & Stripes grows balls. More » -
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#wtf
Urban Monster That Is New York City Fails To Properly Swallow Its Famous Lineage
Ha. Thank you, Bucky Turco, who asks: What's stranger? A relative of Barnes & Noble falling 30 feet through an NYC sidewalk, unhurt, or doing so after leaving an Off Track Betting parlor? [NY Post] -
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Plane-Helicopter Collision's Air Traffic Controller: On His Cell, Talking About Dead Cats
Morbid and sad: the NY Post reports that the air traffic controller responsible during last weekend's helicopter-plane crash was on his cell discussing dead cats when the crash occurred. Meanwhile, broken down footage is showing the plane clipping the chopper. More » -
#crashupdate
Hudson Helicopter-Plane Collision Update: Bloomberg Statement, Theories, Impact Shot
Mayor Bloomberg issued a statement on today's helicopter-plane collision over the Hudson. He called the crash something "we do not believe was survivable." Bloomberg's presser, an aviation expert's theory, and a supposed picture of the water impact, after the jump. More » -
#publicrelations
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler Is Not Dead, Says Best Press Release Ever
Enormous-mouthed lead singer of seminal Boston rock band Aerosmith (sorry, Boston, the band), Steven Tyler, fell off a stage while performing a crazy twirly dance. His other daughter, Mia, released a PR statement to TMZ last night. This is classic: More » -
#breaking
Helicopter And Plane Crash Over Hudson River
Woah: it's being reported that a small plane and a helicopter have crashed over the Hudson River. NY1 and CNN have the story, we'll be updating as we get more. The Twitteratti are all over this. Update: Bloomberg's statement.
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#sadthings
Freak Falling Limb Puts Google Engineer in Coma
Search expert Sasha Blair-Goldesohn was walking through Central Park yesterday morning when a rotting tree branch, 4-plus inches thick and 100 pounds, snapped off and hit him in the head. The Google engineer is now in a coma. More » -
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San Francisco MUNI Crashes, Several Injured, World Maybe Ending
Jesus. Two San Francisco MUNI light rail trains collided earlier this afternoon; officials are counting over 44 to 60 injured. More » -
#opencaption
"No, what I said was, 'I want you to THROW your hotdog down my HALLWAY.'"
[One of the famed Oscar Meyer Weinermobiles crashed into a Mount Pleasant, Wisconson house yesterday evening after losing control. Nobody was home or injured. Report via AP. Caption via pubb13.] -
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Disney's Scariest Ride: The Monorail Crash
At Walt Disney World in Orlando, around 2 A.M last night: two monorails collided. One employee piloting the monorail was killed, no tourists were seriously injured.
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#twitsoffate
The Deadly Side (For Real) of Twitter
Twitter won't just give you a black eye; as Flavia Maria Boricea found out, Twitter also kills.
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#breaking
Six Dead So Far in DC Subway Crash
Two trains have collided in Washington DC's Metro. One train is on top of the other, officials say, in between Takoma and Fort Totten on the Red Line. Six people are confirmed dead. Unconfirmed: up to seven dead. More » -
#breaking
Sotomayor Breaks Ankle
If you are so"wise," Sonia Sotomayor, then why is your ankle broken? Huh, racist activist Latina judge from the block? Because she tripped at the airport. But she's ok! More »
