Lassie, eat your heart out. Upstate New York pet psychic Shira Plotzker, who claims to have spoken to dogs, snakes, wolves and elephants, charges a $100-per-half-hour-price-tagged “service.” Still, once-dubious experts are actually starting to come around to Plotzker’s talents. Dr. Aleda Cheng, a New Jersey-based veterinarian, tells the Guardian that she went from skeptic to pet-psychic evangelist after the owner of an ailing cat she was treating reported that the pet communicator recommended acupuncture. “When I first started vet school everyone thought acupuncture was voodoo medicine; now...…Lassie, eat your heart out. Upstate New York pet psychic Shira Plotzker, who claims to have spoken to dogs, snakes, wolves and elephants, charges a $100-per-half-hour-price-tagged “service.” Still, once-dubious experts are actually starting to come around to Plotzker’s talents. Dr. Aleda Cheng, a New Jersey-based veterinarian, tells the Guardian that she went from skeptic to pet-psychic evangelist after the owner of an ailing cat she was treating reported that the pet communicator recommended acupuncture. “When I first started vet school everyone thought acupuncture was voodoo medicine; now...WW…

They may be New York’s Bravest, but they sure aren’t New York’s brightest.In a Brooklyn neighborhood overrun with , one resident found out that some of the amateur pyrotechnic aficionados are none other than local FDNY firefighters.The 33-year-old Crown Heights resident said he and his wife were passing by Ladder 123 on St. John’s Place near Schenectady Avenue at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday when he saw a group of firefighters ignite what appears to be a fountain firework display.“I thought it was young kids lighting it. And there are. But then I see the firefighters doing it — they should know...…They may be New York’s Bravest, but they sure aren’t New York’s brightest.In a Brooklyn neighborhood overrun with , one resident found out that some of the amateur pyrotechnic aficionados are none other than local FDNY firefighters.The 33-year-old Crown Heights resident said he and his wife were passing by Ladder 123 on St. John’s Place near Schenectady Avenue at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday when he saw a group of firefighters ignite what appears to be a fountain firework display.“I thought it was young kids lighting it. And there are. But then I see the firefighters doing it — they should know...WW…