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New York City taxi drivers have been caught out overcharging passengers by $8.3 million in the past two years. The drivers were found to have been setting their meters at double rate and at least 1.8 million rides were wrongly charged.

A bill introduced in the New York Legislature would ban the use of salt in restaurant cooking, if it is passed. Restaurants would be fined $1,000 for each violation.

Naomi Campbell is in hot water again over her temper. The supermodel allegedly assaulted her driver while he was driving her around midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, a law enforcement official said.

A 18-year old young man, member of the Anonymous a suprising attack on the Scientology building in New York on 8 January 2009. Mahoud Samed Almahadin applied vaseline all over his naked torso and stuck toenail clippings and a huge collection (his and others') pubic hair on himself. He then entered the building belong to the Church of Scientology and paraded around trying to touch the most he could.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture agreed to pay $1.25 billion to settle more claims by black farmers who said they were discriminated against in federal farm loan programs.