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After purposely wrassling with Crocodiles and snakes for a living, Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, was killed yesterday in a freak accident, after being pierced by the poisonous spine of a stingray. The fatal and rare attack was caught on tape, police seized all videos.


"King has found his Kong!" shouted Boxing Promoter Don King, as he unveiled for the first time in New York, his latest attraction, Nicolay Valuev, a 7-foot boxer from Russia. The giant, over-sized beast has already earned comparisons to historys largest entertainers, including Andre The Giant. Valuev, is scheduled to fight Monte Barrett, on October 7th in Illinois.




President Bush, will mark the 5th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, with visits to all three of the affected sites. Following the tradition of calling out the name of every victim, this year, those who lost husbands, wives or significant others will call out the 2, 749 names.



Over 2,million people gathered in Crown Heights, Brooklyn for the 39th annual West Indian Day Carnival. The weather couldn't of been better, the food was in abundance and the dancing stretched further than the eye could see.


After a $500,000 make-over, including new motors, Cable cars are now up and running across the East River. The cars were halted from operating after a mishap that stranded one of the cars. All cable cars will stop operating for a few months in 2008, to allow a $15 million renovation, that will include new cars.

A homeless drug-addict has been arrested in the death of Martin Barreto, an aide to former Mayor Gulliani.

Mel Sachs, one of the entertainment worlds most well-known lawyers, has died of pancreatic cancer, at the age of 60. Sachs has represented many A-listers including Ludacris, Lil Kim and David Copperfield.

Mcdonald's has franchise location all over NYC, even in the worst neighborhods...but their possible new location is a huge surprise. The Department of Corrections is pondering opening up a fast food joint, in Rikers Island. This comes after meal alternatives were requested by many officers, who eat the same meals as prisoners. The fast food would only be available to city workers and civilians, prisoners will still get their 3-hots and a cot.