Entries from LAist tagged with 'maryaltaffer'
March 7, 2008
Photographs of the damaged recruiting center (above) and Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Kelly (below) by Mary Altaffer/AP After reports that 10 members of congress, including California Senator Dianne Feinstein, received letters and photos in the mail that possibly claimed responsibility for yesterday's bombing in Times Square, the FBI did the obvious thing: go to the man's house who was listed on the return address. Nothing turned up when they questioned the man. "We're......
Continue Reading "Hollywood Hills Man Not Connected to NYC Bombing"March 6, 2008
Photograph of police investigating the explosion scene in Times Square by Mary Altaffer/AP Update 8:25am, 3/7: "Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokeswoman in Los Angeles, said an individual was questioned there about the letters to Congress and "there is no evidence linking the letters, which contained no threat, to the bombing," according to ABC7.This morning's explosion in New York City's Times Square has a possible Los Angeles connection in the form of a return address......
Continue Reading "LA Connection to NYC Times Square Bombing*"May 10, 2007
If Paris Hilton is allowed to leave the state, she'd surely be on her way to the Capla Kesting Fine Art gallery in Brooklyn, where Daniel Edwards' "Paris Hilton Autopsy" will be on display through the end of May. According to our Mothership, Gothamist, Hilton is said to have commissioned Edwards to create a sculpture of her for the Sunset Strip. Surely, she'd blame this sculpture of her untanned body on her fired and......
Continue Reading "The Day Paris Died and Went to the Art Gallery"August 12, 2006
MTV is debating on whether or not they should renew an animated program "Where My Dogs At?" after it received negative criticism, among other things, for an episode that poked fun of Snoop Dogg's occasional appearances where he is accompanied by women who have dog collars around their necks and leashes that are held by the famous rapper. "We certainly do not condone Snoop's actions and the goal was to take aim at that......
Continue Reading "Saturday Night Question: What Do You Think About Women on Leashes?"