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6:20 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
It's Christine Quinn's Turn! Mayoral Hopeful Delivers State of City Speech
By Sam Levin
This story might sound familiar. A mayoral hopeful gets on stage and delivers a speech about the state of things. The elected official takes the opportunity to set the groundwork for a mayoral... More >>

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6:15 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Civil Court Finds Abraham Soldaner Responsible for Cyclist Rasha Shamoon's Death
By Victoria Bekiempis
A New York Civil Court has decided today that Abraham Soldaner is responsible for the 2008 death of cyclist Rasha Shamoon. Shamoon was killed on the corner of Delancey and Bowery on Aug. 5, 2008... More >>

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5:19 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Picture the Homeless Renews Demands for City Survey of Empty Real Estate
By Victoria Bekiempis
About two years ago, Picture the Homeless tried to get the City Council to make a yearly inventory of the New York's vacant properties -- asking Councilman Eric Dilan, housing and buildings comm... More >>

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4:51 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Protestors Descend on Grand Central Apple Store; Reporters Attack Them
By Sam Levin
There were more reporters than protestors at a rally today at the new Apple store in Grand Central. A lot more reporters. But it's an important cause, especially for you iPhone-iPad-MacBook-Ap... More >>

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4:00 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
The Telegraph Would Like to Apologize For Making Things Up About the First Lady
By Keyana Stevens
A note to the media -- if you're going to accuse a public figure of elitism, perhaps you shouldn't totally make things up in order to achieve that goal. The Telegraph of London learned this the h... More >>

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2:56 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg Slams Results of Port Authority Audit, Says WTC Memorial is Worth the Cost
By Keyana Stevens
Mayor Bloomberg has slammed the results of an audit that called the Port Authority "a challenged and dysfunctional organization" with "ineffective cost controls," saying that the cost of the Worl... More >>

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2:07 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Megaupload, Kim Dotcom Might Be Taken Down, But File Sharing Still Strong: Study
By Victoria Bekiempis
When the cops busted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom on Jan. 18, who was brought into custody with the help of an anti-terror squad, police said the takedown was going to thwart online piracy. In... More >>

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1:36 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
Queens Parents Sue City Over Mandatory Vaccinations
By Keyana Stevens
Today in "Religion vs. Medicine," two parents from Queens are asking a judge to overturn a rule that allows public schools to send unvaccinated children home when there are illnesses going around... More >>

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12:47 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
NYC Media Loves Chinese-Parenting Stereotypes
By Victoria Bekiempis
With the slut-shaming, front-page New York Post pic of Greg Kelly's rape accuser -- which we're not linking to because the tab's treatment of sexual violence has been plain. fucking. wrong. -- it... More >>

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12:27 pm
Feb. 9, 2012
New York Post Outs Greg Kelly's Accuser With Front-Page Photo
By Keyana Stevens
Even though Greg Kelly, now exonerated by a criminal investigation, will not be charged with rape after all, the New York Post isn't ready to let his story rest in peace. Not happy with merely na... More >>

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10:54 am
Feb. 9, 2012
New Yorkers Think Ray Kelly Is a Great Guy, Like to Shame One Another Publicly: Poll
By Victoria Bekiempis
New Yorkers think that Ray Kelly is just swell and really like to embarrass one another, according to a new poll. Indeed, the stats suggest that many city-dwellers are a strange bunch. Even tho... More >>

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10:25 am
Feb. 9, 2012
NYPD Blames Warm Winter for Increase in Crime Rates
By Keyana Stevens
If it seems to you like there have been more crime, you're not wrong. There have already been 9,902 crimes reported in 2012, compared to 9,366 in the same period last year. Reports of burglaries,... More >>

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9:40 am
Feb. 9, 2012
SOPA, PIPA, and Kill Switch Bill: Are They Back? Harry Reid to Push for Cyber Security
By Victoria Bekiempis
Late last night Anonymous tweeted that the Senate was trying to sneak in SOPA under a new name, writing: "Le sigh. US Senate Really wants to go another round with the Internet?" The hacktivist g... More >>

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9:01 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Obama to Free New Jersey Schools From No Child Requirements
By Keyana Stevens
President Obama is expected to announce today that he will allow ten states to be exempted from the strict test-based measures of the No Child Left Behind Act. The states are Colorado, Florida, G... More >>

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7:20 am
Feb. 9, 2012
Scientology, Deep in the Heart of Texas: The Voice at the Debbie Cook Hearing
By Tony Ortega
Today, former Scientology executive Debbie Cook will try to convince a Bexar County, Texas district judge to lift the strict terms of a temporary injunction as she defends herself against a lawsu... More >>

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7:25 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
If You Give Directions, You Might Get Robbed at Gunpoint -- Even in Williamsburg and Bushwick
By Victoria Bekiempis
Hey, New Yorker! Yeah, YOU! Now you finally have good reason to be that asshole -- you know, that guy or gal who doesn't want to give directions. It could be dangerous! Cops say the four scumbag... More >>

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6:49 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
Despite Fears Of People Marrying Bacon, Washington State Legislature Passes Marriage Equality Bill
By Steven Thrasher
It's turning out to be a very, very gay week for marriage. After the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California's Prop 8 is unconstitutional, the House of Representatives of the State o... More >>

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5:33 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
New York's Ugliest Rat Calls Seventh Avenue Station Home
By Keyana Stevens
Let's face it -- as New Yorkers, we have certainly seen our fair share of ugly rats. They're in the parks, in the subway, and if you're particularly unlucky, in your apartment building. But th... More >>

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4:45 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
New York Hotels to Issue "Panic Buttons" to Some Workers
By Keyana Stevens
Perhaps there might be some positive outcomes from the Dominique Strauss-Kahn fisaco after all. In a direct response to the case, the newest version of the New York Hotel Trades Council union wo... More >>

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3:58 pm
Feb. 8, 2012
Mitt Romney Condoms, 'for Anyone With an Elitist Penis,' Hit the Market
By Victoria Bekiempis
And now we present a form of birth control that will make people want to be abstinent. Forever. Runnin' Scared introduces the Mitt Romney condom -- recently unveiled by the same New York compan... More >>

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Jazz Hayden and the Fight Against Stop-and-Frisk Jazz Hayden and the Fight Against Stop-and-Frisk
By Graham Rayman, Photographs by Lyric Cabral

Jazz Hayden might be the most unlikely character in the long-running controversy over the NYPD's stop-and-frisk campaign, which has affected more than 4 million New Yorkers since 2004. The 70-year-old Hayden,… More >>

House Arrest, Redefined House Arrest, Redefined
By Sam Levin

On a recent Tuesday around 9 p.m., 21-year-old Terrence Brown left his Bronx apartment to take out the garbage. Dressed in slippers and pajamas, he walked down the hall to… More >>

The Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax The Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax
By Pete Kotz

Indianapolis is bracing for war. It’s Super Bowl week, after all. Time for the Annual Invasion of the Hookers, which promises to be as harrowing as the Ottoman Empire’s advance… More >>

Evaluate Teachers? Let Students Also Do It Evaluate Teachers? Let Students Also Do It
By Nat Hentoff

In more than 60 years reporting on public school districts here and in other cities, I’ve often found students to be useful evaluators of their teachers and schools. During the current… More >>

Tea Party Princess Tea Party Princess
By By Gus Garcia-Roberts, Photographs by Giulio Sciorio

Victoria Jackson hurtles through intersections and down side streets while using her left hand to hold a Flip cam to her face. The inside of her car—a weathered Honda Civic… More >>

Don't Fence Me Out Don't Fence Me Out
By Nick Pinto

It's lunchtime on a Thursday, and Paula Segal wants to go to Chase Manhattan Plaza, a large open space that takes up a whole city block between Nassau and William… More >>


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