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Morning Media Mix
Good morning! It's been a confusing week: it's cold, it's hot, it's sunny, it's rainy, it's Wednesday. But we are starting to get our bearings and maybe remember to bring an umbrella. And Book Expo...
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A Geraldo Rivera Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Geraldo Rivera with his new spruce. (Kelly Gifford) The residents of north Brooklyn are rejoicing after their favorite tree in McCarren Park was replanted. But who was the old guy with the excellent...
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Google Debuts Post-Sandy Street Views in Ravaged Boroughs
(Google Street View) The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy is ready for its close-up. Google has updated Street View to show the damage done to the streets in Staten Island, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens....
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Foliage Faux Pas: Entomologists Say Cicada Swarmaggeddon Overhyped
Forget those earplugs! There will likely be no need to muffle too many cicada-mating screeches in the coming weeks — especially if your neck of the woods is, well… not all that woodsy. (Getty Images)...
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Pen and Paper Rescue New York City’s Faulty 911 Operating System on First Day
(Getty Images) Looks like a pencil is mightier than a $73 million system. The city’s new emergency response system crashed for 12 minutes on Wednesday, it’s first day of use. At 4:21 p.m., respondents...
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Amanda Palmer Saves the Mermaid Parade
Mermaid Paraders. (Flickr) Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade was nearly dead in the water, until Amanda Palmer saved the day. Maybe she’s not so shellfish after all. On May 25th, the cult musician and...
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Pat Kiernan’s Crowd Rules Pulled After Two Weeks
Pat Kiernan. (Photo via NY1). NY1 morning anchor Pat Kiernan's CNBC show Crowd Rules has been pulled off of the primetime schedule after just two weeks due to poor ratings, The New York Post reported...
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Please Stop The Music! Woman Sues After Getting Herpes at Rihanna Concert
Her lips look fine. (Getty) She found more than love in a hopeless place. A 28 year-old Harlem woman is suing MAC Cosmetics after she contracted herpes from a Rihanna-endorsed lipstick at one of the...
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Patrick Stewart Has Eaten Pizza Before, Tweeted While Hung-Over
This is P-Stew's hangover face. (Twitter) As the world went bonkers over the discovery that Patrick Stewart was eating his first “slice” of pizza in 72 years, New York magazine’s Daily Intelligencer...
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Bay Ridge Residents Bitter About Clothing Recycling Bins
(USagain) Bay Ridge residents are falling apart at the seems over a slew of clothing collection bins. The enormous metal receptacles for used clothing have popping up along Bay Ridge's sidewalks,...
View ArticleMorgue Refrigerator Being Sold on eBay by New York State Is a Great Way to...
As summer approaches, the only sensible way to cool down is to grab a pack of Bud Light Lime, some friends, and lock each other up in a morgue refrigerator until September. Luckily we found a slightly...
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New York Times Redesigns Mobile Site
The mobile site lets you swipe to see different sections Have you visited the New York Times website on an iPhone recently? If so, you were probably prompted to check out the Times's newly redesigned...
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WWII Love Letter Finds Its Rightful Home – Will a Film Soon Follow?
(YouTube) In February of this year, Abbi Jacobson, an aspiring actor, writer and artist living in the West Village, received a 70 year-old love letter originally from a military training facility in...
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Jeb Reed is NY Mag’s New Deputy Editor
Jebediah Reed (Photo via Twitter). Jebediah Reed is the new deputy editor for New York magazine's website. Mr. Reed, who started this past Tuesday, is going to assign stories and work on nymag.com and...
View ArticleEvery ’90s Tween’s Favorite Angst Outlet Xanga Will Shut Down Unless You Pony...
Xanga, one of the original online diary hubs for tweens too cool for Livejournal but not so cool that they didn’t know to eschew blogging altogether, may soon shut down. Who wants to drive around in...
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NYC Sees Most Building Permits Since 2008, But Nowhere Near Enough To Meet...
Construction is up, but it's no 1912. Some good news for New York City's real estate recovery: the city approved more building permits in the first quarter of 2013 than any quarter since late 2008,...
View ArticleThe Great Chris Quinn vs. Bill Thompson Garbage War of 2013 Rumbles Onwards
The rivalry between two mayoral contenders–Christine Quinn and Bill Thompson–is starting to reach a fevered pitch. For the uninitiated, the spat began yesterday morning when Mr. Thompson, a former city...
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Joanna Coles Wants Cosmo to Feel Like an ‘Intoxicating Cocktail’
Joanna Coles at the party for the March issue. (Photo credit: Patrick McMullan). Cosmopolitan editor in chief Joanna Coles explains her vision for the magazine in an interview that will air tonight on...
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‘It’s Truly a Plague’: Tory Burch Files FOUR Lawsuits to Curb Counterfeiting
(Getty Images) For the casual passerby on Canal Street, the storefronts appear relatively pristine. An amalgam of innocent merchandise lines the aisles, with logo-bearing bags seemingly a thing of the...
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Former Observer Talking Penguin Foster Kamer Raps with James Franco and Seth...
Foster Kamer, Seth Rogen and James Franco (Complex.com)...and we've never been more proud of him. Way to not go the traditional route and just ask the two stars of The End about that damn Ruff Rhyders...
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