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  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Huffington Post Explains Its Economic Model...Kind Of

    Yesterday, Runnin' Scared brought you news of Huffington Post's new move to publish university students' seniors theses on its college website (and not pay them), an idea that apparently first surfaced in 2010.

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Susan G. Komen for the Cure: Guns are OK, Planned Parenthood Is Not

    ​More unsettling developments in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure shitshow. The breast cancer advocacy group cut $680,000 in screening grants to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, saying that the organization could not give money to groups that are under congressional investigation. ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Junk Food in Schools Doesn't Make Kids Fat: Study

    Junk-food-loaded school vending machines, long said to lure the nation's youth to dietary debauchery, might not be making them fat, a new study finds. At least 33 percent of kids are overweight, the New York Daily News reports, but access to unhealthy snacks -- such as sugary candy, salty chips, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    The Truth About Pedophilia

    I just got through chastising that Penn State coach all over again for his shady doings with the kids, but in looking back on that scandal, let me remind everyone that turning this into some kind of anti-gay cautionary tale is absolutely absurd. Some family-values councils insisted on doing just th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2011

    Narcissistic Jerk-Wads Make the Best Leaders, Study Says

    ​A study conducted by professors at IMD business school, Penn State, and Erlangen-Nuremberg University has led them to conclude that bosses who display narcissistic qualities often perform better than run-of-the mill executives. Frederick Allen, leadership editor of Forbes, writes that the stu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Joe Frazier: No One's Second Banana

    ​Joe Frazier's death on Monday from liver cancer was overshadowed by the Penn State sex abuse scandal. Wasn't that always the way with Joe? Something or somebody always seemed to steal his thunder. He was one of the greatest heavyweight champions who ever lived, losing fights only to Muhamm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2011

    House Republicans End Symbolic Resolutions

    ​Republican leaders in the House of Representatives have put an end to the process of passing resolutions that are purely symbolic or celebratory. The Washington Post reports that last year, the House "passed more than 250, honoring everything from the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. to the IFC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    What the Presidents Ate: Bill Clinton

    Penn State ArchiveLike George Washington, President Clinton dug ice cream -- lots of it.​Nutritionist might sum up Bill Clinton's taste in food with a single expression: Junk Food. He was said to have gained 30 pounds during his first presidential compaign in 1992, topping out at over 200 pou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Ample Hills Creamery Will Technically Be a Dairy Plant

    ​Last week, Brian Smith alerted us to some new developments at Ample Hills Creamery, the ice cream parlor he's planning to open in Prospect Heights later this spring. Among other things, Smith told us that his will be the only Brooklyn ice cream parlor to pasteurize its own ice cream mix, mean ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    March Madness Day 3: At South by Southwest, They Were Into March Madness in February

    via​Go ahead and turn Twitter off today, you'll thank us. There will be only two types of tweets: people talking about South by Southwest (or, "South by," if you're an insufferable nincompoop) and people talking about March Madness. Both of them will make you very angry. Just so you don't miss ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Gelato University Lures Dairy Fanatics and Unemployed

    Flavio/Flickr​Just as the commercial kitchens of Long Island City may provide a measure of respite for the laid-off, it seems that Italy is also doing its part for the newly unemployed.

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Fro-Yo Wars Be Damned: Rita's Italian Ice Debuts in New York

    Freeze your mouth off this Sunday.​It's probably not what you're craving in this weather, but New Yorkers have a new place to get their Italian ice fix. The city is getting its first Rita's this Valentine's Day, located on the Upper West Side (2486 Broadway). The store is owned by franchisees ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Pittsburgh Shooter George Sodini and his "Dating Young Women" Guru: R. Don Steele

    A shock of recognition went down my spine as I watched Pittsburgh gym shooter George Sodini giving a video tour of his house.Now that Sodini has killed three women and himself in Tuesday's horrific shooting, we're all ghoulishly picking over his Internet corpse. The man's diary, for example, reveale ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    The Gentleman Boxer Goes for Two

    A shock of recognition went down my spine as I watched Pittsburgh gym shooter George Sodini giving a video tour of his house.Now that Sodini has killed three women and himself in Tuesday's horrific shooting, we're all ghoulishly picking over his Internet corpse. The man's diary, for example, reveale ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 3, 2008

    ALLEY-OOP

    Women's hoops for a good cause

  • News

    November 26, 2008

    The Gentleman Boxer

    Well-educated, well-off, from a good family . . . what makes Tor Hamer fight?

  • Dance

    March 25, 2008

    In Memoriam: Amanda Smith (1944-2008)

    An elegy for a fellow dance critic

  • News

    February 27, 2007

    Day of Rage

    Behind the scenes of the NYPD crackdown at the GOP convention

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2006

    Status Ain't Hood Interviews Labtekwon

    Behind the scenes of the NYPD crackdown at the GOP convention

  • News

    March 21, 2006

    Letters

    Behind the scenes of the NYPD crackdown at the GOP convention

  • News

    March 14, 2006

    'Voice' Press Column Wins Media Criticism Award

    Schanberg takes Bart Richards prize

  • News

    January 31, 2006

    Rubble With a Cause

    Redevelopment woes: Williamsburg residents yanked out by their roots

  • News

    November 29, 2005

    Eve of Construction

    In the new Greenpoint, that means destruction for long-timers forced to close up shop

  • NYC Life

    June 21, 2005

    Johnny Comes Marching Home to Loans

    Think joining the army will clear your student debt? Better check the fine print.

  • News

    February 15, 2005

    Borrow More Now! Pay More Later!

    Bush's big plan for sticking it to us again

  • Books

    November 23, 2004

    Cult Following

    A holiday guide to coffee-table books with a jagged edge

  • News

    August 17, 2004

    The Sunshine Patriots

    The GOP's champions of this war had a hard time finding their own way to the battlefield

  • News

    September 9, 2003

    Editorial Flip-Flop

    Daily News Revives Buried Scoop

  • Dance

    February 4, 2003

    Western Beef

    Daily News Revives Buried Scoop

  • News

    January 28, 2003

    The Electrocuting Water Cannon

    Daily News Revives Buried Scoop

  • Books

    December 24, 2002

    Heir India

    Daily News Revives Buried Scoop

  • News

    October 22, 2002

    Event Horizon

    What Would it Cost the City to Host the Olympics in 2012?

  • News

    April 16, 2002

    Brothers to Another Planet

    NASA Tries to Launch Space-Science Dreams

  • News

    January 8, 2002

    Nation

    NASA Tries to Launch Space-Science Dreams

  • News

    July 31, 2001

    Tech Wars in Meat Space

    Protest Goes ‘Star Trek’ With Nonlethal Weapons

  • News

    April 24, 2001

    Girls’ Exodus

    Chasing B-Ball Scholarships in the Deep South

  • News

    December 7, 1999

    Nation

    Chasing B-Ball Scholarships in the Deep South

  • NYC Life

    October 26, 1999

    Tom Birkner and Claire Tondreau

    Chasing B-Ball Scholarships in the Deep South

  • News

    May 4, 1999

    Smoke and Jeers

    Million Marijuana March Protests NYC's Record-High Pot Arrests

  • News

    October 7, 1997

    Sliding Speech

    Do Some People Deserve More Free Speech than Others?

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