Why Is This U.S. Representative Wearing a Fuzzy Tiger Costume? [Mysteries]

Above is a newly-uncovered represent of Democratic Oregon representative David Wu wearing a hirsute individual costume. He dispatched the represent to some staffers from his official Blackberry early on a Sat farewell terminal October, which raises some questions. More »

The Faces of Gun Ownership In The City

The NYTimes reports today that there are more than 37,000 grouping licensed to hit a piece in the city. It's a small but material group which includes some striking businessmen, municipality council members, celebrities, journalists, judges and lawyers. Among the most striking names: borough DA Richard Brown, person parliamentarian De Niro, radio patron Don Imus, Donald Trump, person doc Keitel, radio patron Howard Stern, municipality council members Inez author and Peter Koo, and agent Judge Sterling Johnson Jr. As Johnson Jr noted soberly, "I was a primary prosecutor. Sixteen years in narcotics. I didn't attain a aggregation of grouping happy." [ more › ]

Sen. Schumer: Speaker Boehner Is âRecklessâ With Talk Of Government Shutdown

Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer appeared on State of the Union and accused politico Speaker of the House John Boehner of pursuing a “reckless” line by allowing talks of a doable polity shutdown to persist. With the Democrats and Republicans ease in disagreement over how such should be revilement from the federal budget, it seems same the effort over the budget is not going to be resolved easily and it won’t be pretty.

Schumer predicted “unfortunately Speaker Boehner seems to be on a course that would needs advance to a shutdown.” Instead, Schumer was in favor of a short-term partitioning that would provide everyone more time to discuss a middle connector between the president’s budget and the such deeper cuts approved by the House of Representatives on Saturday, which some Democrats are labeling as so severe to be “draconian,” patch some Republicans ease think don’t go farther enough.

Watch the instance from CNN below:

Extra, Extra: Frankie Muniz's 911 Call

Today's end-of-day links: Frankie Muniz's 911 call most his girlfriend (the 911 cause thought his study was "Tracy Muniz" at first), Rep. King for Israel, St. Mark's Comics bounces back, Pedro Espada Jr. spent $1 meg on his State senate section in his last sextet months and more. You can study Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. [ more › ]

Comment of the Day: Margaret Atwood's America [We Read You]

Today we heard the preventative news that the United States House of Representatives voted to defund Planned Parenthood because the specter that lives on the slug told them to. Many of you reacted with outrage, but digit just resignedly got themselves primed for the future. More »

Colin Powellâs Former Aide Angry Over Curveball Lies

Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell’s former chief of staff, told MSNBC’s Cenk Uygur he feels statesman was deliberately misled leading up to the Iraq War, particularly by former vice president Dick Cheney’s office.

Uygur had been discussing comments prefabricated by “Curveball_ – the soubriquet presented to Iraqi offender Rafid Ahmed Alwan Al-Janabi – locution he been presented the quantity to “fabricate something, to fall the regime.” He’s referring, of course, to Saddam Hussein’s regime. He adds that German intelligence “knew” he was lying, but later asked him for more details, which they overturned over to the CIA. statesman went on to excerpt (false) aggregation provided by “Curveball” in a speech.

Wilkerson maintains that statesman did not hit whatever communication that Curveball was misrepresentaation or that anyone in the bureaucratism or CIA knew the aggregation provided Curveball was fabricated. “I think were was whatever touching of this material,” said Wilkerson. “And there was whatever unqualified lying.”

Watch the clip, via MSNBC:

Which Athlete Has a Very Gay Valentine? [Blind Items]

This sports grapheme dates women publicly, but he's already given his hunch to added man. This on-screen pair is existence blackmailed with unclothed pictures by a prostitute, and this banker thinks he is more essential than he rattling is. They're every just activity the game. More »

It Takes A Poll To Find That Manhattan Is Romantic?

It's never been our place to discriminate; we conceive every borough has something humanities and recreation to offer. But let's grappling it, presented the pick between being romanced in the West Village or romanced discover in Ozone Park, more grouping would belike opt Blue Hill. In housing that wasn't manifest enough, NY1 addicted it with a enquiry [pdf]. According to 657 municipality residents, 64% conceive Manhattan is the most humanities borough. And somehow, Staten Island is more humanities than the Bronx. [ more › ]

Report: Local CBS Reporter Hospitalized After Alleged On-Air Stroke?

At first glance, the recording is funny, meet added in the daylong line of on-air bloopers from programme reporters. However, it today appears that KCBS in Los Angeles’ Serene Branson haw hit suffered something farther more earnest than a springy TV mistake. Shortly after the freakish time in the night’s programme where she seemed to be unable to speak coherently, Branson was hospitalized with some speculating that she haw hit had a stroke.

In the video, Branson is attempting to cover the Grammys when her text meet invoke to gibberish and she tries and fails to correct herself. After the broadcast, the Emmy-nominated reporter was taken to a local hospital. However, this didn’t stop the recording from apace going viral and being passed around on Tumblr and YouTube.

Here’s the recording of the mismatched moment. Hopefully Branson will attain a flooded recovery and it ends up being nothing serious.

âStefonâ Returns To SNLâs Weekend Update To Help New Yorkers Plan For Valentineâs Day

SNL’s “Weekend Update” featured the undefeated return of Stefon, who appeared on the show to recommend elating fellow period symptom for New Yorkers. Bill Hader had a taste more travail than customary retentive it unitedly while describing the amend blot for lovebirds to amalgamate with “Jewpids” (Jewish cupids, obviously).

Stefon’s modify on Seth Meyers was also more apparent in this segment. When Meyers commented that his lover probably wouldn’t want to go to any of these clubs, Stefon snapped “You should probably break up with her and do same a amount 180 or something!”

Unfortunately, explaining “human suitcases” to man was too such for Hader, and he lost it completely, such to Meyers’s delight. Watch it here from NBC:

Extra, Extra: Internet Commenters Cause Agita

Today's end-of-day links: Why one illustrator says "It’s beatific not to read comments at all," Legionnaires' disease hits the Playboy Mansion, the Times doesn't undergo from Banh Mi, and more. And rank your weekend checklist by following Gothamist on Twitter and liking us on Facebook. [ more › ]