| J-Lo? OK, but what's Tyler doing on 'Idol?' Jennifer Lopez is no Paula Abdul. Steven Tyler is no Simon Cowell. Has "American Idol" just made a big mistake? The most commonly speculated names in play for the Fox show's big judge bake-off, turned out to be the very stars announced Wednesday: Old "dawg" Randy, the pre-"Jersey Shore" J-Woww (J. Lo) and Steven "big mouth" Tyler. feeds.nydailynews.com |
Off-duty NYC Corrections officer shot by NYPD police after armed standoff Cops shot an off-duty city Corrections officer early Saturday during an armed standoff on a Bronx street, according to officials and police sources. feeds.nydailynews.com |
Soul, R&B icon Solomon Burke dies at 70 Solomon Burke, a life-long preacher and revered soul singer who personified the term "living large," died Sunday at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. He was 70. feeds.nydailynews.com |
Hello, grey skies: 'Happy Days' mourns dad It's been a sad week for the children of television -- first America's mom June Cleaver died, now America's dad. The cast of "Happy Days" agrees that the late Tom Bosley, who played the shows pater familias Howard Cunningham, was the small screen's ultimate father figure. feeds.nydailynews.com |
Bed Bug Boom Is a Boost To One Sector The bedbug boom has brought many people pain, but it does have at least one upside: Exterminators are profiting. The president of PestAway, Jeffrey Eisenberg, who has a loyal following on the Upper West Side, said he receives between 600 and 700 bedbug calls each week, up from about a dozen calls each month five years ago. The former accountant, who launched his business from his Upper West Side apartment in 1991, now has 30 employees and while he refused to discuss profit margins, he said... nysun.com |