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One Day After Gupta Gets Two Years, Expert Consultant Cops Year-long Bid for...
Mr. Gupta. (World Economic Forum/Michael Wuertenberg) One day after corporate chieftain Rajat Gupta was sentenced to two years in prison after his conviction on insider trading charges, a different...
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Reproductive Rights on Tap at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Fey. (Paul Bruinooge, Patrick McMullan) “As Matt Lauer once said in the sixth hour of The Today Show, I can’t believe we are still talking about this shit.” Last night, The Observer attended an event...
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The Enduring Appeal of the Haunted House
Imagine having that much space! In New York, there's not enough room for the living, never mind the dead, but we still thrill to the idea of a haunted house. It sounds so exotic! Having a whole house...
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Preservation, Kiddie Tech School Earn Council Support for Chelsea Market
Preserving the preservatives. (Jamestown Properties) For many neighbors of the Chelsea Market, the biggest concern over a massive addition to the market was the shape it would take and thus its impact...
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Islanders Franchise More Valuable in Brooklyn, But By How Much?
Mr. Bynoe Brooklyn is getting a hockey team, you may have heard, which may be good or bad for the borough, but is almost definitely a good thing for the New York Islanders franchise, which will escape...
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Former Stiefel Laboratories CEO Charles Stiefel Picks Up $7 M. Penthouse
The Stiefels' city getaway. Charles Stiefel's life has had its share of ups and downs. First he made a fortune when GlaxoSmithKline bought his family's company for $2.9 billion. But then the S.E.C....
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Mayor Bloomberg: Frankenstorm Is ‘Very Dangerous’ But No Evacuations Yet
No need for lifeboats just yet. (Getty) It's not quite time to break out that evacuation chart and figure out whether you're in Zone A or Zone B, but do take the time tomorrow to get your "go bag"...
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Cokie Roberts Twitter Parody Delights, Then Disappoints
Things aren't looking great right now. A Frankenstorm is brewing, giving us new portmanteaus and reminding us that we live in a low lying city surrounded by water. Horrific crimes are leaving us...
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Big Apple Idolatry: Lohan Is Publicistless, Debbie Harry Scared on Aliens
Debbie Harry, alien hater (Getty) - Debbie Harry made a pretty cryptic comment on the elections, saying "I am thinking we have been invaded by aliens who have reduced the intelligence level of the...
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Harry Reid Misidentified as a Republican After Car Crash
Harry Reid (Photo: Getty) As the news broke that Nevada Senator Harry Reid was in a car accident, a major paper in his home state, the Las Vegas Review Journal, mistakenly identified the Democratic...
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For One, er, Six Night(s) Only: Louis CK Stands Up, and Tells Jokes and...
CK. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) Stating that, “prejudice is entertainment, prejudice is fun,” Louis CK stripped himself of any social standard for morality at the very beginning of his show at...
View ArticleRumor Roundup: Leaking to TechCrunch Will Cost You, Frankenstorm.gov, and the...
Facebook Fiasco Claims Another Scalp Remember that time Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein kept the name of their Watergate informant a secret for decades, thereby providing generations of teenagers an...
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Raphael DeNiro, Star Broker and Star’s Son, Ditches Soho Loft
The living room: impeccable, but bland. As a broker, it must be hard to stay in love with just one apartment. Every day, you see so many stunning views, so many living rooms that flow gracefully into...
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This is a Better Model for Insider Trading
Mr. Rajaratnam The Securities and Exchange Commission settled insider trading charges today against the former tech company chief financial officer alleged to have leaked insider information to...
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Aviva Drescher Responds to Camille Paglia’s Love of Feminist Housewives
Housewife Aviva Drescher and social critic Camille Paglia. (Getty Images) Two weeks ago, feminist Camille Paglia did an interview with Salon.com in which she came out as the world's biggest fan of The...
View ArticleRap Genius Cofounders Dismiss Concerns Over Racist Content in Editor Chat...
Earlier this afternoon, Byron Crawford, founder of the hip hop blog The Mindset of a Champion, posted what he claims are screenshots of a private chatroom for editors of Rap Genius, a website that...
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MTA Could Shut Down Subways, Buses and Trains Starting at 7 p.m. Sunday
MTA workers boarding up subway grates in low-lying areas. (Getty) As with Hurricane Irene, the MTA must decide whether to shut down the system before the storm actually gets here because it takes time...
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Bloomberg to Rockaway Hipsters: Do Not Surf the Frankenstorm
Not cool, bro, says the mayor. (gsz/Flickr) So the mayor announced at today's Frankenstorm briefing that school is, for now, still in session come Monday, as is work for all government employees. Talk...
View ArticleArt Basel Will Reconfigure Leadership, With Marc Spiegler in Top Job
Art Basel, which has three annual contemporary fairs to its name, in Basel, Switzerland; Miami Beach, Fla.; and Hong Kong, announced today that is planning to make some changes to the organization of...
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[Liveblog] Hurricane Sandy
(Yahoo News) As Hurricane Sandy approaches, our staff is out in the city, reporting on preparations and the storm's impact. This post will remain open and updated with the latest. [10:50 a.m.] MTA...
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