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December 30, 2007

SFist saw Christmas Day turn tragic after a Siberian tiger escaped from her pen at the San Francisco Zoo, killing a visitor and mauling two others. Phillyist counted down the top ten items on Philadelphia's New Year's wish list. Gothamist looked at the wooden bikes being offered for NYC's first bike share program on Governors Island. LAist received a Christmas present in the form of a drunk Santa Claus in a g-string. Bostonist launched......

Continue Reading "Week Around the -Ists"

July 30, 2007

Could changes finally be coming to Sepulveda Boulevard after more than eight long years of debate? Who knew comic book fans could be so violent? Times reporter Geoff Boucher was attacked covering Comic-Con this past weekend. Sounds like a good idea: Hollywood residents are turning to birth control pills to control the pigeon population. Al Gore's son pleaded guilty to possessing marijuana and other drugs this morning. Seriously, you guys deserve it: members of......

Continue Reading "Extra, Extra: Birth Control for Pigeons & More..."

March 25, 2007

It seems like, all across the network, folks were up to no good. Maybe it was all the green beer from last weekend... Gothamist spent the week writing about New Yorkers behaving badly: at the post office, at the Garden, and at the fertility clinic. Calvin Klein may not be misbehaving, but he's just a little dirty, and in a completely different way than some NYC kitchens. SFist had its share of misbehave-rs, too,......

Continue Reading "Around the World with the -ists"

September 15, 2006

Wolfgang Tillmans isn't your everyday photographer. His work isn't the type thats overly-altered, or posed, or even all that beautiful all the time. Take his photo of Tony Blair, for example: you wouldn't be surprised if Blair asked that snap to be excluded from the new collection "Truth Study Center", since it appears as if the Prime Minister is passing wind or was just accused of doing something disgraceful. His teeth look unclean, his......

Continue Reading "Wolfgang Tillmans Book Signing Today at Taschen"

August 3, 2006

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has made an unlikely pal in rapper Snoop Dogg -- and the pair spent Monday night chatting at the glitzy Hollywood nightspot Skybar. - SFGate Celebrity rich girl Paris Hilton has demonstrated her grasp of world affairs by asking: "Who's Tony Blair?" - Sun Online "At its core, this show goes beyond just finding a new Pussycat Doll; it's about female empowerment, self-discovery and personal transformation," said Dawn Ostroff,......

Continue Reading "One Sentence Celeb Round-up"

March 28, 2006

In LA it's immigration. In France it's a labor law that makes it easy to hire and fire workers 26 and younger. And in England it's all about pensions. England's demonstrations are the largest in 80 years; not including Paris, more than 450,000 took to the streets in France today. Wow. Has everybody seen V for Vendetta? Paris: Much is being made of a clash between affluent, educated young people and rough, poor young people......

Continue Reading "Not just LA: major demonstrations in Paris & London"

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