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The MTA is rolling out its new transit campaign this month, so if you haven't seen the ads yet, you probably will soon. Called "Courtesy Counts, Manners Make a Better Ride," the campaign is the same one that just began shaming manspreaders and subway-eaters.
Thirty-two-year-old Eric Hartsburg became one of the most recognizable faces of the 2012 election when he got a red-and-blue R, the symbol for Mitt Romney's failed campaign, tattooed next to his right eyebrow. The professional wrestler got the tattoo as a gimmick — he tells Daily Intelligencer that he wasn't a huge fan of Romney, but thought he was the better of the two choices — but quickly grew disillusioned with his chosen candidate when he showed himself to be a "sore loser." After numerous rounds of laser treatment, the tattoo is still visible, but is much lighter than it was in campaign season. Today his pro-wrestling career is on hold because of injuries, and he is living with his grandmother following the death of his wife from an unexpected turn in a chronic medical condition.
Reached by phone on Tuesday, Hartsburg spoke about politics and ink, before wrapping up the conversation so he could go pick up medicine for his 90-year-old grandmother.
With all the, uh ... excitement surrounding the possibility of Mitt Romney challenging Jeb Bush for the 2016 Republican nomination, we almost forgot that Chris Christie is still threatening to launch his own presidential campaign. Christie's Tuesday State of the State address certainly appeared to be intended for an audience beyond New Jersey — and that's not just because he barred the local media from his pre-speech meeting with national reporters.
"We need to renew the spirit and the hopes of our state, our country and our people."
Already unsavory ISIS execution videos have just taken a turn for the worse. In its latest filmed execution, a child soldier from Kazakhstan — who had starred in an earlier video about child training camps — executes two Russian-speaking men accused of working for the Russian Federal Security Service.
Mike Huckabee, the former governor of a flyover state whose accomplishments I had to Google just now because I literally couldn't think of any, has decided that the best way to drum up attention this election cycle is to insult Beyoncé, a record-smashing pop musician who is on a first-name basis with the entire world.
The Bronx has seen an uptick in Legionnaires' disease during the past month, and now city health officials think they may have pinpointed one of the sources. Co-Op City, a sprawling residential complex in the borough, has a cooling tower that has tested positive for the bacteria that causes the illness, says the Department of Health. Eight of the 12 people who've been diagnosed with Legionnaires' — a severe and sometimes fatal form of pneumonia — live in the complex. Decontamination efforts are now under way in the tower, which supplies water for cooling and heating and not, thankfully, for drinking.
Two and a half years after her emotional ouster from the Today show, Ann Curry is finally done with NBC. The New York Post's "Page Six" first reported Curry's plans to depart from the network on Tuesday, with one source saying, "Ann has been unhappy for a long time because she's basically doing nothing, while NBC is unhappy that she has been paid a lot of money to do nothing."
Several reporters have received advance copies of the newest issue of Charlie Hebdo, due out tomorrow, and have taken to Twitter to reveal what's inside. Some of the content is necessary and staid — an editorial that "thanks millions who've shown solidarity" — while some is predictably inflammatory.
It's inevitable that in the wake of tragedy, sorrow and mourning give way to think pieces, handwringing, and a flock of deranged conspiracy theories. Here, a guide to some of the most creative ideas about the Charlie Hebdo murders, proposed by everyone from Russian tabloid editors to a Turkish mayor.
