Video is finally surfacing from this past Saturday's Idiotarod. While the event did gain some enemies this weekend (mostly because not everyone cleaned up after themselves), there was one shining beacon, a team that stuck to the spirit of Idiotarod: Team Danger Zone. If ever a costumed conglomerate of people pushing a shopping cart were to have groupies, it would be this one. Here they are showing off their cart, and their guns: There's more......

Yesterday was the annual Idiotarod, which is both loved and hated by locals. We hear that this year the head honchos were tossing non-competitors out of the checkpoints, this coupled with the amount of jocks tackling people leads us to believe that this (sadly) may have been the last good run. There have also been a ton of complaints about the competitors and organizers littering the streets, leaving their paths trashed with no clean-up effort.......

As of 8 this morning the starting points for this year's Idiotarod had already been changed twice. As with every year, the effort to dodge police and the scramble to find the most updated starting line is still underway, but the carts should be off soon...and we'll keep you updated. In the meantime, check out Team Danger Zone's ride! Photo via lobster rocket's flickr. 12:35pm - Where are the carts? We just received this message:......

Photo via Niznoz's Flickr. Are you planning on joining the masses for Idiotarod this year? The race begins at noon this Saturday, and instead of having one starting point as in previous years...there are four! The pimped out shopping carts will be taking off from Long Island City, DUMBO, Williamsburg and Greenpoint. If you don't want to be a spectator, you can register here. To keep track of the madness we'd love a few......

Happy horse news this Sunday. Last fall the city sued an upstate horse farm owner who was taking care of retired NYPD horses for not taking care of those horses. The city claimed the horses were "grossly underweight, had difficulty chewing, and were kept in stalls without straw bedding." The farm owner countered that the city did not give him funding to care for the horses. The lawsuit was dropped when it was agreed to......

Between fake terrorist alerts and scandals big and small, this just might be the Best Best of the -ists ever. We're exhausted just thinking about it. First up, SFist, who saw their little 'ole site be the center of what was a nice little scandal (even getting their editor on TV) only to find their scandal dwarfed by the even bigger scandal caused by their Mayor boffing one of his aides' wife. We're not......

Now that the NYPD has required processions of 50 or more "on foot, bicycle, or other 'devices moved by human power,'" per the Sun, people are getting ready for a rumble. At a rally yesterday, activists asked the City Council to stop this ridiculous rule from being enforced. The City Bar Association's Peter T. Barbur wondered to amNew York, "Does this mean that if you are on a school trip and crossed the trip......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a police car crash near Wall Street, a fall victim down a hole at Yankee Stadium, and an all hands call in Times Square. WNBC has some amusing highlights from Federal mafia recordings: "In actuality, to be perfectly honest with you, I shot him in the leg first, and he went down screaming, and then I started taking his arm off with the chainsaw. He couldn't move. He felt......

Sad and insane day on the Gothamist Newsmap: "Baby found DOA in Garbage" in the Bronx, a bank robbery in Cobble Hill, and an unusual incident on Riverside Drive: "2 PEOPLE FIGHTING AND DOUSING EACH OTHER WITH GASOLINE AND ATTEMPTING TO IGNITE IT." Here's an unusual method of pedagogy: New York blogs as assigned reading. Tales of skullduggery at the Idiotarod: "The blonde girl on that team, Rebecca, tried as hard as she could......

A cop killer Ronell Wilson goes through his penalty phase, we're learning a lot about him like how he sucked his thumb at 15 and how a kid he robbed 10 years ago (he stole his calculator and bus pass) is doing fine these days. Elmhurst residents will not only get new green parkland from a lot where gas tanks are - that boulder from Fort Greene will be added there too! A funeral......

Despite winter being upon us, the hipsters of New York took to the streets yesterday with strange, creative outfits and shopping carts in this year's Idiotarod. What's the Idiotarod, you ask? It's like the annual Iditarod from Nome to Anchorage except with teams of human idiots replacing dogs. Some of the more creative costumes we noticed: Wonderwoman, the Noid (think Domino's Pizza campaign), the McDonald's mascots, the Cosbys, Ghostbusters with the Stay Puft Marshmallow......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery in Harlem, a suspicious package on the West Side, and a stabbing in Astoria. Bad news for geese: Governor Spitzer has come out against a ban on foie gras, and he controls the state agency that would get to make the decision. There might not be an Idiotarod next year: the NYPD has adopted a rule that says groups of 50 or more have to get......

It's on! This year's Idiotarod, sponsored by Carts of Brooklyn, started in Brooklyn, and the craziness was on. Our report from the field: Race start relocated from Williamsburg to Greenpoint... Clay and Franklin. Huge police presence... Helicopters. Race will proceed... Cops say anyone off sidewalk is getting arrested. No second warning. Dozens of teams... Hundreds of people in costume. First checkpoint is on Creenpoint Ave at West Street... Update 1: On pulaski bridge... Pretty......

THEATER: A one-of-a-kind theatrical event is happening this weekend only in a clothing store and barbershop on the edge of Chinatown. Called American Standard, this solo, seven character ‘sideshow’ is the work of Canadian-American troupe bluemouth,inc., which has been building a reputation for staging innovative theater in bizarre locales. (Other productions have taken place in hotel rooms and the basement of an office building.) In their latest foray, “a preacher, a tourist, a politician, an......

Calling all Idiotarod enthusiasts and people who work in Midtown who might want a lunchtime spectacle. The Carts of Brooklyn Racing Association, aka COBRA, will be holding a press conference at 1PM today outside CBS's headquarters. The group, which is organizing this year's Idiotarod, will be protesting tonight's episode of CSI:NY and its "depiction of shopping cart racing," as the CSI spin-off has been using the Idiotarod name in marketing materials (in the show,......

Best email we've received today - aside from all the speculation on what the damn gassy smell is:After contacting Carts of Brooklyn Racing Association (COBRA)* about this very issue, it appears that the producers of CSI:NY ARE using the name Idiotarod in press releases in regards to Wednesday's episode "Obsession." COBRA, and all shopping cart racers of New York and the country, will not take this disrespect. One, they used the name with out......

A look at some noteworthy programs this week: NFL Football: AFC Wild Card – New York Jets at New England Patriots/NFC Wild Card: New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles (Sunday, 1:00 p.m. WCBS 2 /Sunday, 4:00 p.m. WNYW 5 ) No matter what your New York (ok, technically New Jersey) football persuasion there is a game for you today. At 1:00 CBS served up the Jets playoff game against the Pats and Fox has the......

Gothamist posts on the capture of a NYC perv thanks to Little Brother and a camera phone. They also scour the city for vodka martinis and Shamrock shakes and spot the friend from the Wonder Years at a city law firm. New York police think that Littlejohn is their man. Houstonist is no stranger to megachurches or stripmalls or mega-strip-churchmalls. The children of Houston are under assault by unknown forces as this week a playground......

- Tom Golisano will NOT run for Governor - The Harlem Boy's Choir is suing the Department of Education over its eviction - ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt are headed back to the U.S. - Via eefers, some places to watch the State of the Union - The Flower Market District is nicknamed FloMa, which reminds us of "Aunt Flo" and the MoMA - discuss! - Jersey Man Samuel Alito......

- Another child dies from a family being investigated by the Administration from Children's Services - Most wanted celebrity: There's a warrant out for Natasha Lyonne - The police officer who died while pursuing a suspect happened to work at the World Trade Center site, after September 11 - Snap out of it! The house where Moonstruck was filmed is for sale! If only it came with Olympia Dukakis... - Another round of layoffs......

If you missed our comprehensive Idiotarod coverage yesterday, check it out immediately! Then enjoy this roundup of photos and videos of the event. If you took some pix or video, please add a link in the comments and we'll put it in this list. Also enjoy the Idiotarod tag stream at Flickr and Vimeo. Our Idiotarod Photoset (63 pix!) Lex's Folly Untitled Name Blaine Davis Youngna Bluejake Jesse Chan Norris......

After last night's crazy Critical Mass where two cops were hurt, the Idiotarod meeting place was moved from Willamsburg to Fort Greene Park (at the monument) at 2:30PM Everyone was alerted by text message. Looks like fears about the police trying to spoil the fun of pushing shopping carts while elaborately costumed were founded. Update 1: The racers will run across the east side of the Manhattan Bridge, and the first Manhattan check point......

Oh no! Two cops were injured at Critical Mass ride last night, and seventeen cyclists were arrested. The problems started when a line of cops on scooters attempted to stop the ride, and two of the cops collided with each other. The Village Voice's Power Plays blog has a comprehensive report: Less than 10 minutes after leaving Union Square, a pack of about 100 bikers was moving south on Third Avenue when a line......

With all the trouble last weekend at the No Pants ride, we're wondering what's going to happen at the Idiotarod race tomorrow! The race has been very well publicized on all the New York sites, and the route has been published on the Idiotarod site (starts at Monster Island in Williamsburg tomorrow at 2:30pm [updated] the monument in Fort Greene Park at 2PM.) The NYPD seems to be cracking down on everyone recently-- first......

The Idiotarod is sort of like the Iditarod, except the dogs are humans, the sleds are shopping carts and Alaska is New York City. And sometimes the humans are drunk. The third annual Idiotarod is coming up this weekend! It will start in Brooklyn, run into Manhattan, and end approximately five miles later. Teams of five will race for a cash prize. And glory. Sweet, sweet glory. Here's what you need to do to prepare:......

- NY media blog smackdown: Gothamist asks the experts about the Gawker-FishbowlNY match (1, 2) - The MTA is dangerous, and ahead of its own schedule and - and riders are happy - NYC gets serious about trying to bring the Olympics in 2012 - A bagel gets a New Yorker down - And the Idiotarod was last weekend - Gothamist Food ranks vodkas - Where to karaoke in town, per Ask Gothamist -......

It's been over a week, and the Fire Department still doesn't know what caused the signal room fire at the Chambers Street station two Sundays ago. The FDNY says there's no conclusive information at this time, and the police say there's no evidence that backs up the initial "it was a homeless person with a shopping cart full of kindling" theory (although that theory hasn't been ruled out); officials were able to say that......

As some of us spent our Saturday battling seniors-with-shopping-carts (a deadly combination, Gothamist tells you) about three miles uptown from the Idiotarod, some New Yorkers headed to the Forensics Files casting day. We read that Forensics Files actually does four open casting calls a year and they even cast animals (Philadelphia's City Paper writes, "a goat that pees on command has been the veteran scene-stealer"). While there were no peeing animals at this audition, special......

This past weekend saw people come out in droves - and in costume - for the Idiotarod. The equation is roughly hipsters + shopping carts + clear day. When Gothamist spoke to someone about the event that involved pushing a shopping cart from Fulton Street to Tompkins Square Park, he said, "You know the subway party? And then the other subway party? And then the Chengwin thing? This made those events look sane. And......

Mild today, maybe some showers in the afternoon, with highs in the mid-70s. Oh, crap, this isn't Key Westist. Sigh. Our wind chill and well-below normal temperatures are coming to an end. The winds should die down late this afternoon, making the cold air more bearable. The cold air will stick around until tomorrow morning. Oh, it's not going to be warm, tomorrow's high will only be around freezing, but it will feel warm. Expect......