Crazy Thing Happening On The Subway alert! On Friday afternoon, a deranged man armed with a Phillips head screwdriver climbed inside a motorman's window on the 5 train and told him, "Move the train or I'm going to fucking kill you." Screwdriver Man (which also happens to be the name of the lamest superhero ever) was apparently under the impression that somebody with a gun was after him. (Was this ... more.

Might want to hold off on that ceiling work, bro.Photo-illustration: iStockphoto For months now, August 2 has loomed as the scariest date on the calendar (apart from June 26, which heralded the return of The Marriage Ref. Shudder.) This was the day that, unless the debt ceiling was raised, the federal government would have to stop honoring some of its obligations — debt interest, Social Sec... more.

Job hunting is hard.Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images It's one of those lines always quoted at frustrated office-workers ready to go out full computer-smashing, Office Space-style and find something better: It's a lot easier to find a job when you've already got one. But it turns out, that's not just a nugget of folk wisdom; employers have taken to actually specifying in jobs ads that applicants ... more.

Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Yesterday Mother Jones came out with a story linking a rash of teen suicides in the 38,000-student Anoka-Hennepin school district in Minnesota to Michele Bachmann, the anti-gay presidential candidate. Nine kids who were bullied — for being gay or for being different — killed themselves in Bachmann's district over the past two years. Bachmann has mad... more.

Photo: Getty Images Both President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner interrupted regularly scheduled programming a few hours ago to talk to Americans about how the other is making it impossible to solve the debt-ceiling crisis. Obama was up first, and while he spoke about nice things like bi-partisanship and a balanced approach to solving the debt problem, he also said the GOP was sending the ... more.

Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Now, it's no secret that Michele and Marcus Bachmann don't like gay people. As a state senator, Michele introduced a state constitutional amendment barring marriage equality, and as a United States representative she's said she'd support a federal amendment doing the same. And in recent weeks a number of stories have revealed that her husband's Christian counse... more.

Photo: iStockphoto The day after New York State started joyfully hosting weddings between couples of the same gender, religious groups brought a lawsuit against the state legislature in an attempt to throw out the law that made these marriages possible. Attacking Governor Cuomo's Marriage Equality Act, a group of clergymen sued with the claim that legislators violated the Open Meetings Law during... more.

Qaddafi So says Britain, reluctantly, joining France in agreeing to potentially broker such a deal (which, of course, includes the provision that the dictator step down). “Obviously him leaving Libya itself would be the best way of showing the Libyan people that they no longer have to live in fear of Qaddafi,” the British prime minister said. “But as I have said all along, this ... more.

Photo: iStockphoto One day after New York City witnessed the weddings of nearly 300 gay couples, the first lawsuit aiming to strike down the law that made it all possible has arrived. The conservative nonprofit group New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms has filed a suit in state court that claims the Senate violated open-meetings laws and broke from normal voting procedures to push the Marriag... more.

Photo: iStockphoto It's going to be a hot weekend, but a beautiful one. What better time to take advantage of the vast recreational opportunities available on our city's increasingly lively waterways? Kayaking, canoeing, swimming maybe (four hours in that chop and you're an inch taller). Except that, in a case of unfortunate timing, this is actually the worst weekend for such activities, because ... more.

Once a week, Daily Intel takes a peek behind doors left slightly ajar. This week, the Married Woman Breaking Her No-PDA Rule: Female, Artist/Photographer, West Village, 42, straight, married. DAY ONE 6 a.m. It's too early to be awake, let alone thinking about sex, but apparently my husband is both awake and horny. He's pressing himself against me so I can feel how hard he is and all I want to do i... more.

Yikes.Photo: via Jezebel Hey, look, Esquire has tweeted one of the most insensitive things ever! Wow. That is really awful. What makes it even worse is that they can't even blame it on the fast and frenzied world of Twitter, where people often tweet jokes/penis photos they immediately regret. That's because the tweet links to an article on blowjobs that contained a whole classless introduction, ... more.

A kayaker enjoys a day out on the poop water.Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images The North River Wastewater Treatment Plant is no longer spewing toxic sewage into the water, but it turns out that our local rivers are pretty gross, even in non-emergency situations. In New York City, unlike most cities, rainfall and sewage from homes and businesses flow into the same pipes. Consequently, when the cit... more.

In Europe, he'd get the whole cheesecake, not just the slice.Photo: Melissa Hom Stateside, the Brooklyn borough president has been fined $20,000 for improperly expensing his wife's travel while she accompanied him on official visits to Turkey and the Netherlands. Markowitz explains that the problem wasn't an abuse of power; rather, it's the failure of New Yorkers (and the city's ethics panel) to ... more.

Photo: Getty Images A Harlem man learned a valuable lesson about New York City transportation yesterday: When you're bleeding from a bullet wound and you need to get to the hospital, take the train. The unnamed 20-year-old was shot in the arm in a housing project on 152nd Street early this morning and quickly ran to 150th to hail a cab. At least four taxis passed him over the next fifteen minutes... more.

Photo: Corcoran.com The image of the humble professor living in a modest abode is quickly fading in the light of recent purchases by NYU Law School. According to building insiders, the institution recently purchased two apartments at the super chic, avant-garde 166 Perry Street, with plans to combine them into a home for a professor that would put some Wall Street moguls to shame. The first is a ... more.

Glenn Beck has to make a Nazi comparison every twelve days, or he will die. "There was a shooting at a political camp, which sounds a little like, you know, the Hitler youth. I mean, who does a camp for kids that's all about politics? Disturbing." — Glenn Beck explains the disturbing part of the massacre that killed 68 people at a camp for young members of Norway's ruling Labor Party. ... more.

Anders Breivik, leaving court today.Photo: Jon-Are Berg-Jacobsen/AFP/Getty Images The "good" news first: The death toll from the shooting at Utoya and the bombing in Oslo has been revised down, from 93 to 76 — which is still, obviously, horrible. According to the AP, a police spokesman said the "higher, erroneous figure emerged as police and rescuers were focusing on helping survivors and s... more.

What more could the youth want? (Maybe a side of fries?)Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images "I can’t imagine why any kid in Westchester would want to do anything other than go into Grand Central and shop at Apple and eat at Shake Shack." — MTA Real Estate Director Jeffrey Rosen, in unveiling detailed plans for the new Apple Store at Grand Central Terminal, inadvertently offers a scat... more.

This is basically what the GOP has done to Harry Reid.Photo: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images Throughout the long, exhausting effort to reach an agreement on raising the debt ceiling, one issue has deadlocked the two parties: taxes. Democrats demanded that a debt-reduction plan include some new tax revenues in order to mitigate the pain of spending cuts; Republicans insisted that the package could n... more.