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School Handing Out Condoms at Prom

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:01:00 CDT

Ingredients for a memorable prom: a drop-dead dress, special corsage, romantic dances, and ... condoms. The condoms will be courtesy of Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant Preparatory High School, which will offer 500 of the party treats, free, at next month's dance. “As they leave the prom, they are welcome to it,” school principal...

What's It Take to Get a Wikipedia Page? Try $300

Dustin Lushing — Sat, 05 May 2012 07:20:10 CDT

If you're important enough to warrant your own Wikipedia page, it should, in theory, just kind of appear on its own. But sometimes, giving it a $300 nudge doesn't hurt. Two Brooklyn entrepreneurs charge that much to craft an in-depth entry for you or your business on the free online...

'Real-Life Norman Bates' on Trial for Fraud

Mary Papenfuss — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:37:35 CDT

A real-life Norman Bates has been busted for fraud for dressing up like his dead mother for six years and collecting her benefits, according to authorities. Thomas Prusik Parkin, 51, doesn't believe he's done anything wrong—because he actually believes he is his mother, say officials. “I held my mother...

Brooklyn School Bans Hugs

Kevin Spak — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:14:05 CDT

The Brooklyn Prospect Charter School is cracking down on that most deviant of tween behaviors: hugging. The school has instituted a rule banning hugs in the hallways, outraging many students and teachers, the Brooklyn Paper reports. Though the rule was purportedly instituted after a sixth-grader said a hug from an...

4 NYPD Officers Shot After Argument Over Elevator

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:20:05 CDT

An argument over a blocked service elevator turned violent yesterday, ending in a shootout in a Brooklyn apartment during which four police officers were injured. Suspect Nakwon Foxworth, 33, who was with his pregnant girlfriend Jessica Hickling and their 4-month-old son, became angry at movers who were blocking the entrance...

Orthodox Brooklyn School Orders Girls Off Facebook

John Johnson — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:18:37 CDT

An Orthodox Jewish high school in Brooklyn is making headlines for its new zero-tolerance policy on Facebook. The all-girls Beth Rivkah school has a simple rule for students: Delete your page and pay a $100 fine or find a new school, reports the New York Post . “It’s the wrong place...

Brooklyn's New 'Coffee' Lovers: Tots

Matt Cantor — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:32:05 CST

Coffee: It's not just for grownups anymore. Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood is offering toddlers their own "babyccinos"—and the kids are loving it, the New York Daily News reports. At a little more than $1 per cup, the hot frothed-milk drinks—which have no coffee in them—let kids "feel...

Brooklyn Livid at Celebs... Who May Dodge Co-Op Duty

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:37:19 CST

Maggie Gyllenhaal may be a famous actress, but she's still expected to pull her weight at Brooklyn's Park Slope Food Co-op, mmmkay ? Co-op members are upset because Gyllenhaal and other VIPs are reportedly sending assistants or nannies to work their required monthly two-plus-hour shifts at the organic produce haven....

4 Die in Separate NYC Subway Accidents

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:45:00 CST

Four men were killed in four separate New York City subway accidents in a single 24-hour period over the weekend. Two of the men were stuck by trains in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and a third was killed when he was crushed between a train and the platform in the Village,...