Memorial Day revelers might need to double-check their meat before they toss it on the grill this weekend. Click Here: The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service on Wednesday announced a recall of more than 62,000 pounds of raw beef that could be contaminated with E. coli. The products — largely cuts … Continue reading "Massive beef recall announced days before Memorial Day"
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Cost-cutting MNG reaches deal to buy bankrupt Reading Eagle
MNG Enterprises, after losing its $1.36 billion bid to stage a hostile takeover of Gannett, this week got a consolation prize when it reached a deal to pay $5 million to acquire the Reading Eagle out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Click Here: According to a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retaining Notification) notice filed with the … Continue reading "Cost-cutting MNG reaches deal to buy bankrupt Reading Eagle"
Read MoreBlunt-smoking ‘rapper’ busted for assaulting college admissions scam dad
The blunt-smoking wannabe rapper who defended his wealthy parents when they were exposed in the wide-ranging college admissions bribery scandal was busted this week for attacking his father, The Post has learned. Malcolm Abbott allegedly pushed, kicked, bit and whacked his father with a ruler during the assault at their Fifth Avenue home Sunday afternoon, … Continue reading "Blunt-smoking ‘rapper’ busted for assaulting college admissions scam dad"
Read MoreThe Post becomes New York’s most-read Sunday tabloid
Weekends are for New York’s favorite tabloid. The Post has become the top-read tabloid on Sundays — surging past the Sunday Daily News in circulation, according to a new quarterly report from the Alliance for Audited Media. The Post averaged 184,668 Sunday newspapers sold — an increase over last year’s average of 184,418 copies, at … Continue reading "The Post becomes New York’s most-read Sunday tabloid"
Read MoreCops bust alleged subway break puller, investigating if he’s serial saboteur
Police nabbed an alleged subway brake puller late Thursday — and are investigating if he’s the suspect responsible for causing more than 700 commute-crushing delays since February alone, police said. Click Here: Brooklyn resident Isaiah Thompson, 23, was arrested just before midnight Thursday at his Bedford-Stuyvesant home for allegedly pulling a subway brake on a … Continue reading "Cops bust alleged subway break puller, investigating if he’s serial saboteur"
Read MoreHedge fund urges Madame Tussauds operator to go private
A large investor in the operator of Madame Tussauds is waxing nostalgic about the company’s days as a private entity. Click Here: Activist hedge fund ValueAct is urging the company behind the maker of Meghan Markle and Ariana Grande wax figurines to pursue a deal to take itself private, saying a going-private transaction would result … Continue reading "Hedge fund urges Madame Tussauds operator to go private"
Read MoreNKorea says talks won’t resume unless US changes position
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday that nuclear negotiations with the United States will never resume unless the Trump administration moves away from what Pyongyang described as unilateral demands for disarmament. The statement by an unnamed North Korean foreign ministry spokesman published in state media was the country’s latest expression of displeasure over … Continue reading "NKorea says talks won’t resume unless US changes position"
Read MoreEndeavor Group, owner of Miss Universe Pageant and UFC, files for IPO
Endeavor Group, the talent agency that Hollywood mogul Ari Emanuel has built into an entertainment conglomerate, signaled that it aims to keep gobbling up new companies as it filed to take itself public. Emanuel — who inspired the Ari Gold character in HBO’s “Entourage” — wrote in a Thursday filing that Endeavor’s IPO will “further … Continue reading "Endeavor Group, owner of Miss Universe Pageant and UFC, files for IPO"
Read MoreBoiling soup explodes in waitress’ face in Chinese restaurant
A waitress and diner were treated for burns after a pot of boiling soup exploded at a hot pot restaurant in China last week. Two patrons were seated at the Haidilao restaurant in Kunming, Yunnan, Tuesday when one of the diners dropped his lighter into the table’s hot pot, a Chinese cooking method using hot … Continue reading "Boiling soup explodes in waitress’ face in Chinese restaurant"
Read More‘Almost Famous’ musical is almost ready to rock Broadway
It’s going to be Cameron Crowe vs. Alanis Morissette at the Tonys next year. Click Here: Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” begins previews in the fall at the Broadhurst Theatre. But it could be upstaged in the spring by Crowe’s adaptation of his terrific movie “Almost Famous.” Crowe put on a couple of staged readings of … Continue reading "‘Almost Famous’ musical is almost ready to rock Broadway"
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