'Madden NFL 09' to make Brett Favre patch

Seeded on Thu Aug 7, 2008 6:15 PM EDT (amny.com)

EA told amNewYork they're not reprinting the cover, but players will be able to download a new cover photo of Favre in a Jets jersey, and a game patch that has him under center for the Jets.

football, sports, favre, video-games

44-pound cat victim of lean economy

Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:40 PM EDT (amny.com)

Paging President Bush... turns out the 44-pound cat that's become a tabloid and TV star was abandoned because its old owner recently lost her house. Oh, and by the way, 'Princess Chunk'--is actually a Prince

entertainment, economy, cat

Glitch leads to JFK luggage meltdown

Seeded on Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:00 PM EDT (amny.com)

Thousands of American Airlines customers in NYC are fuming after a glitch delayed flights out and forced them to abandon their luggage in giant piles, hoping they'll be reunited later.

business, new, airlines, york, luggage

Jabba's a mafia don, sez Star Wars: The Clone Wars author

Seeded on Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:30 PM EDT (amny.com)

In a great Q&A, Karen Traviss talks about seeing Jabba "not as a giant slug but as the head of a massive crime syndicate, a being forced to compete in a world dominated by fast-moving, sneaky bipeds -- humans", imagining a clone soldier's interior life, and what's coming up next.

entertainment, movie, wars, star

Want a piece of James Brown? NYC auction gets okay

Seeded on Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:57 PM EDT (amNewYork)

Jumpsuits, belts, shades, couches--even a lock of James Brown's hair are all on the auction block in New York this week.

entertainment, music, james, celebrity, brown

'Hours' of explicit video of Spitzer call girl Kristen surfaces

Seeded on Mon Jul 7, 2008 2:31 PM EDT (amNewYork)

Video of ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer call girl Ashley Dupre "in some very interesting sexual situations" will soon be available to the public.

entertainment, sex

Rachael Ray employee charges anorexia bias

Seeded on Thu Jul 3, 2008 4:17 PM EDT (amNewYork)

The company that produces the cooking show for TV's reigning queen of quick eats Rachael Ray has been slapped with a lawsuit linked to an eating disorder.

entertainment, television, dining, rachael-ray

Will Nathan's hot dog eating rule change help Kobayashi top Joey Chestnut?

Seeded on Thu Jul 3, 2008 4:13 PM EDT (amNewYork)

Because Nathan's wants to be more historically accurate, unaccustomed underdog Takeru Kobayashi and defending champ Joey Chestnut will have less time to eat at the 4th of July Nathan's hot dog eating contest.

food

NYC graffiti store ignites culture clash

Seeded on Wed Jul 2, 2008 9:39 AM EDT (amny.com)

A store in Brooklyn, Alphabeta, that sells graffiti culture merchandise such as spray paint, masks, retro boom boxes is being attacked by politicians and some neighbors. Article includes great photos of store and its graffiti murals.

art, arts, graffiti, retro

White men sends girl to school wearing 'N-word' T-shirt

Seeded on Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:23 PM EDT (amNewYork)

A white LI mom who sent her 8-year-old to school in a t-shirt she says was about tolerance is mad after the 90% nonwhite school told her to put a sock in it.

odd, odd-news

'Grand Theft Auto' inspired crime spree, cops say

Seeded on Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:15 PM EDT (amNewYork)

Six Long Island teens inspired by "Grand Theft Auto" went on a crime spree that began with a late-night mugging and ended with the teens parading down the middle of a street armed with bats and a crowbar.

technology, crime, video-games

Coed sues Lindsay Lohan over 'stolen' mink coat

Seeded on Mon May 19, 2008 6:34 PM EDT (amNewYork)

Maria Markova says in a lawsuit 'Mean Girls' star Lindsay Lohan took her $12,000 golden sheared mink coat while in the Chelsea nightclub 1 Oak and kept it for two weeks.

entertainment, celebrity, movies

New mother looks forward to 10,000 diaper changes after giving birth to identical triplets

Seeded on Wed Mar 5, 2008 3:24 PM EST (amNewYork)

The boys are the first identical triplets known to be born on Long Island in almost 15 years. Estimates on the odds of identical triplets being born range from 1 in every 60,000 births to 1 in 200 million births, said Dr. Victor Klein, who delivered the three boys

new-york, odd-news, long-island, in-vitro, triplets, manhasset