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Customers sitting at tables inside a dimly lit restaurant

New York Restaurants Are Being Extorted by Scammers Armed With One-Star Reviews

Scammers have bombarded restaurants with one-star Google reviews, threatening to continue until they receive $75 gift cards.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

London Goop Event Attendees Were Not Pleased With Gwyneth Paltrow

The case may be that vaginal steaming and the Tracy Anderson Method don't resonate as well across the pond.
By Helen Holmes
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer speaks during an interview on Jan. 5, 2015.

Manhattan Judge Permits Eliot Spitzer’s Escort to Discuss Relationship

A former escort, who has accused disgraced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer of threatening to kill her, is now able to discuss their relationship.
By Madina Toure
Longtime Jersey City mayor Frank Hague's custom desk, which had a two-way drawer installed for kickbacks. Click through to see who else made the list.

NJ’s Most Notorious Crooks: 10 Politicians Who Knew the Art of Reciprocity

By JT Aregood
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (Photo: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images).

Judge Rules Against Sheldon Silver But Criticizes Preet Bharara’s ‘Media Blitz’

By Will Bredderman
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. (Photo: Getty Images)

Grand Jury Hands Up Indictment of Sheldon Silver

By Will Bredderman
A little less of this hanging around!

Long Island Man Arrested for Black Friday Home Depot Extortion Plot

By Steve Huff
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