Killer::: Photo of Nidal Malik Hasan! Navigating the streets and sidewalks of the United States can be a challenge even for an able-bodied pedestrian or cyclist. For people who depend on wheelchairs to get around, the challenges are too often insurmountable -- nearly two decades since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). [...]

The latest magazine to report layoffs is the gay and lesbian magazine The Advocate.
Mediaweek reports that the magazine laid off a handful of editorial and production staffers last week as it consolidates in the face of economic challenges.
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Elmer's second question comes from a Politico article about the complexity of the healthcare bill. Elmer challenges me to intepret this paragraph, which is part of the Politico story and was supposedly taken from the bill:
(a) Outpatient Hospitals – (1) In General – Section 1833(t)(3)(C)(iv) of the Social Security [...]
Despite preliminary guidelines released by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which declined to ban natural gas drilling inside the New York City watershed, Acting New York City D...
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Gaspare Tumminello Challenges Long Time Incumbent In Nassau's 8th LDDespite lengthy Deptartment of Justice pleas to dismiss the Barnett v Obama case earlier this month, US Federal District Court Judge David Carter decided to “take the matter under submission.” Talk about blowing the wind out of Obama’s sails for once.
Sagely countering the Obama legal team’s argument that no court has the [...]
This last weekend was the 5th DDDB Walkathon to raise money for the legal challenges against Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards scheme. Joy and I have participated in the walkathon each year...and we have taken Jacob along each time, so this has been almost a birthday event for Jacob for each [...]