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Lance Armstrong Books ‘Moved’ to Fiction Section in Libraries
Comeback 2.0 (via Tumblr) Since Lance Armstrong admitted to Oprah that he had taken performance-enhancing drugs, former fans have struggled to find an outlet for their anger. Some have taken to...
View ArticleJoe Biden Offers Chuck Schumer a Surprise Toast
At the inaugural reception earlier this afternoon, Vice President Joe Biden proved he still has the ability to go off script. As various speakers–including President Barack Obama–stood behind the...
View ArticleGoogle Thinks the Solution to Weak Passwords Is to Put a Ring on It
If you think malware is the biggest threat to Internet security, perhaps you should think back to the last time you actually used a good, strong password. Two Google researchers recently submitted a...
View ArticleFire in Chelsea! Family Business Gallery Burns Show
On Thursday night Ari Marcopoulos, curator of the most recent show at the Family Business gallery in Chelsea, was making a Molotov cocktail in a Snapple bottle. Outside, about 50 people were gathered...
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No, You Are Right, Fox & Friends: Downton Abbey Does Pose a Threat to the...
PBS propaganda (Fox) Props to Fox & Friends for finding something to talk about on this slow news day: Downton Abbey, the popular British upstairs/downstairs saga that runs on the (publicly funded)...
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Artists Still Live In John Cale’s Old Ludlow Street Apartment
56 Ludlow Street: artists still live here! Luxury lofts and a gourmet deli now occupy the former home of Max's Kansas City and Warhol's Factory in the Decker Building has been replaced by a Puma Store...
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The New York Times Edits President Obama’s Inaugural Address For Length
Did President Barack Obama's inaugural address seem a little wordy to you? He sure has a tendency to talk a lot during his speeches, doesn't he? Well, don't worry. The New York Times has thoughtfully...
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Reality Show Version of Girls Has Predictably Self-Deprecating Casting Notice
You know???? (HBO) I'm not sure if we have a term in the English language for something like the singularity, except it happens when Craigslist ads for reality shows based on better scripted programs...
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Whew! Missing $30,000 Torah Stolen During Shabbat Services Recovered
A Torah. (Wikipedia) A car containing a $30,000 Torah that was stolen outside a Brooklyn Synagogue this weekend was found safe on Monday, proving definitely that Rabbis’ have better karma than you do....
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Mr. Pierce Goes to Washington: Bunk at the Inauguration
Wendell Pierce at the inauguration. You probably know him as Bunk, a k a Detective William Moreland, who teamed with Detective Jimmy McNulty in HBO’s The Wire. Or maybe music’s your thing, and you know...
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Queen of the BeyHive: Beyonce Launches Blog
Today, Beyonce launched her lifestyle blog, The BeyHive Blog, adding to the superstar's tech takeover, with her eponymous website, her sleek Tumblr and her sometimes politically loose-mouthed...
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The 40 Years War: Decades After Roe v. Wade, Abortion is Still a Battleground
Anti-abortion and pro-choice demonstrators argue in front of the Supreme Court during the March for Life January 24, 2011 in Washington, DC. This week marks the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the...
View ArticleHow’s He Doing: Ed Koch Stays in Spotlight Despite Health Woes
Edward Koch, the outspoken 88-year-old ex-mayor, is in the hospital for the third time in the past five months, but he’s also in the place where he’s happiest—back in the spotlight. A new documentary,...
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When Your Townhouse Is Actually Too Big
Mr. Naumann's former townhouse. “I realized I hadn’t been up to my library in six months. My wife pointed out that neither of us had been to the parlor in the last three,” art dealer Otto Naumann...
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It’s His World, We’re Just Living in It: Teddy Wayne’s Saga of a Pre-Teen Pop...
Teddy Wayne. Teddy Wayne is an iconoclast, at least when it comes to sandwiches. At the Times Square Hard Rock Cafe (his choice) to discuss The Love Song of Jonny Valentine, his novel about a...
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Chelsea Hot Spot Marquee Tries to Get Its Groove Back
Jason Binn and Selita Ebanks at Marquee. (Patrick McMullan) When describing Marquee, the recently reopened upper-Chelsea nightclub, you might find yourself falling back on that Talking Heads song...
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On the Page: Yoko Ogawa and Alejandro Zambra
Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales Yoko Ogawa (Picador, 176 pp., $14) Be warned: side effects of reading Yoko Ogawa’s magnificently macabre Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales may include sleeplessness, shortness of...
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The Luxury Rental Girlfriend
Illustration by Thomas Pitilli. Jack is in his 30s. He’s good-looking, makes money and has a nice apartment, and in this city, what all that gets you is almost everything. He meets me on Greenwich...
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Actually, It’s Pretty Good! Keith Gessen and Co. Bring Kirill Medvedev to...
There is a curious disclaimer in the colophon of It’s No Good (n+1/Ugly Duckling Presse, 280 pp., $16), the first comprehensive collection of translated writings by the Russian poet Kirill Medvedev to...
View ArticleNew Time, New Place: Just Like Her Show, Nightline Anchor Cynthia McFadden Is...
It seems only fitting that Nightline co-host Cynthia McFadden would embrace the show's move to a new time slot with one of her own—the ABC news maven has sold the three-bedroom, two bath co-op at 129...
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