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Gawker: From the Culture War Trenches: Report from a Kinkaid School Performance of The Laramie Project [War Embed]

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:19:08 -0500

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Among the first casualties of the Kinkaid School's Skip McGee-induced culture war were events surrounding a production of The Laramie Project. Now the play is finally up, albeit with fortified...

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Living in Dryden: Eight Square Schoolhouse: Then and Now

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:18:00 -0500

The History Center in Tompkins County just sent out a message about their annual meeting this Thursday the 10th. They'll be serving refreshments at 5:00pm, having a business meeting from 5:30 to 5:45, and then spending 5:45 to 6:30pm on...' [...]

Gawker: A US Man is Named as Mumbai Terror Plotter [Front Pages]

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:44:44 -0500

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A Chicagoan is named as one of the people behind the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, and the late-breaking Tiger Woods story means the tabloids are behind. It was one of those days when the biggest...

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Politicker NY: The Nurse-Crusader Goes to Washington

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:30:25 -0500

Mary Mundinger doesn’t look like a controversial figure.

A small, prim, 72-year-old lady with wispy white chin-length hair, she sat at a drafty table in Viand coffee shop on the Upper East Side on a tepid November Thursday afternoon and made a fist with her right hand, which she [...]

Gawker: More New York Times Buyout Takers [Updates]

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:13:47 -0500

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We've updated our New York Times Buyout List this morning with tips we received on three more veteran staffers taking buyouts: A photo editor, a sports writer, and another business reporter. If you...

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Politicker NY: The Elephants and the Ants

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:39:25 -0500

Republicans in New York will have something in 2010 that they've lacked for years: a real opportunity to win. What they don't have are candidates.

There's been talk for at least a year now that Rudy Giuliani or George Pataki (or both) might run for statewide office next year.

In [...]

Gothamist: Bruno "Very, Very Disappointed" With Verdict, Vows To Fight On

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:39:00 -0500

Photograph of Bruno with his son by Mike Groll Former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who was found guilty on two of eight charges in a federal corruption trial, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/nyregion/08bruno.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss “I am very, very disappointed in the verdict. The legal process [...]

Gothamist: Police Search For Suspects In Clinton Hill Killing

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:20:00 -0500

The suspects involved in the Sunday night murder of a woman in Brooklyn are still at large. Carrie Audrey Johnson was fatally shot in the head when she stepped outside her family's Clifton Place home to check on her niece and [...]

Gawker: More Dubious Internet 'Activism' around Iran Protests [Journalismism]

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:12:57 -0500

Last month we reported that Twitter was not the widespread organizing tool for activists in Iran that the media painted it to be. Today, in light of new protests, the Wall Street Journal have found...

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StreetsBlog: Today’s Headlines

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:53:05 -0500

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Huge Gap Opens in MTA Budget as Payroll Tax Comes Up Short (NYT, News, NY1, Post, SAS) Albany Messed Up Payroll Tax Projections, But Who Will the Public Blame? (SAS) From the Beginning, Cellular Industry Has Marketed Devices to Drivers ([...]