GothamistGothamist is a website about New York. MoreEditor: Jen Chung Publisher: Jake DobkinFrom Brian Lehrer to Tina Fey: 67th Annual Peabody Award Winners Honored- June 17, 2008 Last night at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, a group of journalists and entertainers were honored for their work in 2007 at the ceremony for the 67th Annual Peabody Awards. This year's awards, administered by the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and selected by a board, are considered one of the most prestigious awards in electronic media (films intended for wide theatrical release are not allowed), were given to 35 different recipients--many of them...http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=6b886bfb982dea23e0ff89af33b50ba0 With Threat of Fare Hike, More Ideas for MTA to Save- June 17, 2008 With talk of the MTA raising fares again after recently raising them (well, not the bus and subway base fare, but still), there are some suggestions about what the MTA can do instead. For instance, City Councilman Eric Gioia proposed that the MTA sell its midtown building at 44th Street and Madison Avenue to raise money. He said, "There's no justification for the MTA to be on Madison Avenue. This is a glaring example of an asset being underutilized." Per the Sun, the MTA noted it has...http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=1450913047b4d54797678f67c6a8be30 In Endorsing Obama, Gore Says, "Elections Matter"- June 17, 2008 At a rally in Michigan, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama picked up an endorsement from Al Gore, the former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate. Gore said, "Looking back over the last eight years, I can tell you that we have already learned one important fact since the year 2000. Take it from me, elections matter. If you think the next appointments to the Supreme Court are important, you know that elections matter. Gore added, "The outcome of this election...http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=e27f009ba67070c217a6492435cc997d Werner Herzog, Director- June 17, 2008 Born in Munich in 1942, Werner Herzog grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria, where he never saw any films, television, or telephones until he was 17. The effects of this isolated childhood can be seen in many of his films, which often focus on the struggles of independent dreamers who deliberately square off against impossible circumstances. Herzog has directed more than 40 films over the course of his career, and although the subject matter varies wildly, one always senses Herzog's...http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=ad9e8b51b19044bb298dec9457b92dcb $16 Million in Cocaine Hidden in Tractor Trailer- June 17, 2008 A tractor trailer stopped in the Bronx turned out to be carrying $16 million in cocaine. Apparently $16 million in cocaine is equal to 400 pounds, as that's how much the authorities confiscated. NY Drug Enforcement Task Force searched the vehicle at a Bruckner Boulevard parking lot. The Post reports that the investigators, "convinced that drugs were stashed in the vehicle, borrowed an X-ray machine from Homeland Security." And they were right, because after 10 hours of searching, they...http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=43b2f41939c0c76f71e93a9a65487a20 Staten Island Fire Kills 2; Arson Suspected in Queens Fire- June 17, 2008 Two men were found dead when firefighters arrived to battle a fire in the Tompkinsville section of Staten Island. The fire at a vacant building was so intense that it took firefighters two hours to get it under control. The fire looks suspicious, and the authorities are investigating whether the men died before or during the fire. Additionally, the building is one of three that was given the go-ahead for demolition last month by the Department of Buildings. As for Saturday's fire in...http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=64820ab4d18fe0e2eebf0fb9b6348820 After Mets Win, Willie Randolph (and others) Fired- June 17, 2008 The rumors swirled viciously before the game. Willie Randolph was safe for at least the week, but some of his coaches would be fired shortly. Randolph and some of the coaches were about to be axed. There were even erroneous reports that Rick Peterson had been fired. The Mets scored two quick runs in the first thanks to a Jose Reyes walk and a Carlos Beltran homer and made it 4-1 after 2. But, the Angels battled back to cut the lead to 4-3 with two runs in the fourth. The Mets added...http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=f3fc9dbfc868290087530ebc4ab9e409 Extra, Extra- June 16, 2008 Photo by Raymond Haddad at flickr Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a water main break on 96th St. and Lexington Ave. in Manhattan, a gas leak on Lafayette Ave. and the Cross Bronx Expressway in the Bronx, and a collapse on Elton St. in Brooklyn. The New York Times did a difficult and good job of painting thousands of Portraits of Grief following 911. It added another face to that tableau this week. Does Long Island have its own Ninja burglar Tiger Woods won. Chien-Ming Wang is out for six...http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=6037bec38208ec695fcf5428f0ed56ae Gay Marriage is Just Hours Away in California- June 16, 2008 In two hours, the state of California will start issuing licenses for same-sex marriages. While ceremonies won't officially begin in Los Angeles County till tomorrow morning, the marriage of Robin Tyler and Diane Olsen will take place in Beverly Hills today. Tyler and Olsen are the who were denied a license at the Beverly Hills courthouse back in 2004 and "challenged that rejection all the way to the California Supreme Court." Tomorrow, Star Trek's George Takei plans to marry his partner...http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=432d87c56d05c94cabc0f38a842d4e98 Peter Braunstein is Happy to be Behind Bars- June 16, 2008 If anyone has been curious about convicted journalist-turned-sex attacker Peter Braunstein, wonder no more. The Daily News interviewed the "fake fireman sicko" in an Ohio prison and learned he's actually pretty content. Braunstein, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for posing as a firefighter, holding a work colleague captive in her apartment, and sexually abusing her for 13 hours in 2005, is in Cincinnati to face robbery charges (while on the run, he stole a psychologist's credit...http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=41ea930c6263e24d2198b2db82045290 |