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New York Activists Form National Coalition to Fight Big Ed-Reform Dollars

Parents, activists and educators who are against the so-called education-reform movement are forming a national coalition to combat what they perceive to be a corporate assault on education. They thought it'd be wise to organize their fight on a more national level -- especially since their oppone ... More >>

CINEMA ON TWO WHEELS

Another great reason not to have a car

'The Bunker' w/ Serge+Dexter+Prosumer+Fred P

David Paterson Nominated For MTA Gig; Paul McCartney To Blame

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that he's nominating disastrous former Governor David Paterson to serve on the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority -- and we have the "cute" Beatle to blame for Patterson's return to public life.Paterson will replace former Board member Nancy Shev ... More >>

'Howlin' for Hubert'

Shoot! Gunslingers Raise Money for Susan G. Komen for the Cure With Assault Rifles (UPDATE)

Yesterday, Runnin' Scared brought you news of a pink gun -- marketed as a fundraising partnership with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation -- on sale for 429 bucks at a Seattle Firearms dealer. Late in the afternoon, a Komen spokeswoman told reporters that the breast cancer advocacy group h ... More >>

Hostess Ding Dongs: Have They Rung Their Last?

The New York Times reports that Hostess Brands -- the company that manufactures Ding Dongs, Twinkies, and Hostess Cupcakes -- has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Target to Sell Only Sustainable Seafood by 2015

​First of all, Target sells seafood? Second of all, this is good news considering the deplorable state of our oceans right now. Overfishing has depleted populations of fish like cod and tuna to dangerous lows, making the fact that a chain with 1,762 locations is committing itself to sustainabl ... More >>

FOOD SCOUTS

Go camping without leaving the city

Rupert and James Murdoch Awarded Handsome Bonuses, But James Turns His Down

​News Corp head honcho Rupert Murdoch received a $12.5 million cash bonus for the last financial year; about the same time period during which the phone hacking scandal exploded into a full-blown crisis, shuttering News of the World and forcing the Murdochs to testify in front of British MP's. ... More >>

Erykah Badu (DJ Set)

News Corp Earnings Call: Rupert Murdoch to Face Wall Street for the First Time in a Year

​News Corp's quarterly earnings call with Wall Street will take place today, and the media conglomerate is putting 80-year-old Rupert Murdoch on the call despite the fact that he's "famous for his off-script comments." This will be Murdoch's first time on an earnings conference call since befo ... More >>

H&H Bagels Will Close Its Iconic Upper West Side Store

Wikipedia​In yet another sign of the impending apocalypse, H & H Bagels will close tomorrow. Forever.

Has the Jefferson Market Closed for Good (a Second Time)?

Lauren ShockeyThe sign says it all.​ The stretch of Sixth Avenue between 8th Street and 11th Street has been witnessing a lot of shutterings recently. First the Qdoba went out of business, followed by the long-standing Bagel Buffet, and now Jefferson Market grocery store has turned off its li ... More >>

Ralph Esmerian, Celebrity Jeweler and Owner of Fred Leighton, Busted For Fraud

​Ralph Esmerian, a Manhattan jeweler who once loaned gems to Hollywood's rich and famous -- including Sarah Jessica Parker, Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jennifer Lopez, and Melania Trump -- was arrested on fraud charges today at his girlfriend's Tudor City apartment.

Leaked Memo from Rupert Murdoch: I Find Your Lack of Faith in Fridays Disturbing

​News Corp chairman and unwitting prankster Rupert Murdoch doesn't get this whole "Summer Friday" thing. Back in his day, the workweek started on Monday, and didn't end until you'd enslaved a few nation-states (Saturday around 3PMish). Apparently, it's such a problem under him that he sent a m ... More >>

Citigroup Plans to Raise Executive Salaries Up To 50%

​According to Bloomberg News, Citigroup Inc., which got $45 billion dollars in bailout money from the federal government, will be raising the base salaries of their investment bankers and traders as much as 50%. Citigroup's market value dropped 84% in the past year.

Allen & Delancey Seems to Have Bitten the Dust

Good-bye to all of that?​ What a week it's been for restaurant shit shows, what with Eighty One's sad demise, Ryan Skeen's alleged fist tango with his GM, and Ollie's bankruptcy. Now it looks like Allen & Delancey has been added to the poop pile: Eater has heard from one of the long-embattled ... More >>

Open & Closed: Say Hello to Dry Dock; Goodbye to Lucy Browne's

Lucy Browne's, the soul food joint that opened in the space formerly occupied by Steak Frites, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after less than a year in business. [Crains]The Village loses some soul food.​ Karaoke Boho, the West Village outpost of Sing Sing, has been shuttered ... More >>

The Decade in Film: A Timeline

A lot can happen in 10 years. Here, the highlights.

Peter Gatien's Latest Club Files For Bankruptcy

​ Peter Gatien is the notorious club owner who brought us New York's unbridled playpen the Limelight until being deported to Canada for tax evasion. Well, my Canadian friend Grant Ramsay tells me about the club Gatien opened up there (but left a few months ago):

More balloon family drama, now with creepy racism

An affadavit released by the Larimer County Sheriff's Department Friday says that balloon mom Mayumi Heene confessed that she and her husband staged the escape of the mylar balloon that supposedly contained their son as a publicity stunt. She's retained a criminal lawyer. Her husband's lawyer, howev ... More >>

Ticket of No Return

Starbucks Clashes With Union, Again

​Last night, Starbucks workers held a protest at the company's Manhattan regional headquarters to protest an increase in the amount employees must pay towards their health insurance coverage. As reported on the Times' City Room blog, this is hardly the first time Starbucks has clashed with uni ... More >>

It's Casual

The Feelies

Ghost+Magik Markers

A TOAST TO BEING TOASTY

Grab your Snuggie and drink for a good cause

COLLISION COURSE

A new play explores a teenager's worst nightmare

Wall Street Humor

New York Photo Festival

Test Tube Meat?

The Hudson Railyard Bids Are In

Protesters Pop In On the Carlyle Group

Profit of Doom

Congestion Pricing Panel Named

Having Won a Pulitzer for Exposing Data Mining, Times Now Eager to Do Its Own Data Mining

2005

Head for the Exits

Pay to Play

Getting bucks from different heads of the music-biz hydra

Some of His Best Friends Are Green

Undermine Your Own Business

EMI cleans house, Elektra merges, Arista folds, what's left?

Eyeing the Wrecking Ball

Midtown Residents Watch a Building Fall and Fear Theirs May Be the Next

Bad Policy, Big Bucks

How Pataki's Disastrous Energy Plan Fattened His Friends and Campaign Coffers

Agenda Items

What Color Is Your Parachute?

Her Boss at United Got $3.2 Million. She Got Shoved Out the Door.

Stiffed by a Stiff

Waiting for That Check From Lazio. And Waiting. And Waiting.

Desperate Dotcoms

Sunny Slogans Mask Huge Losses

Chris Paciello’s Double Life

Dr. Jekyll in Miami, Mr. Hyde in Manhattan

Barneys Rubble