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6%  
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  • 'BUNGLE OF JOY' CABBY ARRESTED (Made Up Phony Story About Abandoned Infant)

    03/02/2008 6:37:39 AM PST · by lowbridge · 14 replies · 175+ views
    NY Post ^ | 3/2/08 | GINGER ADAMS OTIS, LARRY CELONA and TOM LIDDY
    In a stunning turnaround, the cabby hailed as a hero for delivering an "abandoned" baby to a Queens firehouse Thursday was arrested yesterday for making up the heart-wrenching story. In a dramatic jailhouse confession to The Post, livery cabdriver Klever Sailema, 45, said he was only trying to help the infant. -snip Sailema allegedly teamed up with the child's dad, Carlos Rodas, 27, and paternal aunt, Maria Siavichay, to enact a bizarre plot to get rid of the kid, dubbed "Lourdes," but whose real name is Daniella Perez, after the little girl's 14-year-old mother said she could no longer handle...
  • Love the Big Apple, but Where’s Their Customer Service?

    03/09/2006 10:21:03 AM PST · by vwunpimsmyride · 17 replies · 718+ views
    Toward Tradition ^ | 9MAR2006 | Rabbi Daniel Lapin
    Love the Big Apple, but Where’s Their Customer Service? © Rabbi Daniel Lapin New York, I am convinced, is the nation’s capital for appalling customer service. New Yorkers will tell you with pride that this is the famous New York attitude. Well I have just returned from another trip to New York and I don’t like the famous New York attitude. Make no mistake, I enjoy visiting New York. While there I inevitably encounter many stimulating minds and meet many charming people. For the most part, though, being a customer in New York is to be subjected to surliness. This...