State Legislators Slam Anthony Weiner’s ‘Lack of Moral Courage’
Two state legislators are accusing former Congressman Anthony Weiner of displaying a “lack of moral courage” in the face of what they slammed as a “homophobic, misogynistic slur” made by a voter...
View ArticleEngineers Are Simply Too Valuable to Clean Up Their Own Shit, Says Engineer
It’s hard out there for your typical startup employee: making more money than the average American, enjoying perks like stress-relieving massages, free beer and maid service, and worse, being forced...
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And the Buyer Is… The Qatari Prime Minister?
No sneering neighbors here. If you're trying to guess who the mysterious buyer of a townhouse is these days, it seems like a good idea to start with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin...
View ArticleLhota Loves Bloomberg’s School Policies and Thinks Everyone Else Should Too
Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota heaped praise on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s education legacy in a speech this morning, commending the current mayor for achieving “incredible” results, and...
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Howard Kurtz Is Going To Fox News
Howard Kurtz. (Photo via Twitter). Howard Kurtz is going over to Fox News, where he will anchor Fox News Watch, a weekend program that focuses on the media, the network announced this morning after...
View ArticleInstagram Adds Video Feature So You Can Now Show Us Drinking Your Cocktail
The update we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived, and you can now post videos to your Instagram. “Video is a complex medium … it’s hard to edit, it’s hard to manage, it’s hard to upload,” said...
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‘To Reimburse or Drain the City’s Purse?’ DOT Slaps Shakespeare in the...
A Shakespeare in the Parking Lot production of Love's Labor's Lost. Photo by Lee Wexler/Shakespeare in the Parking Lot. The city is demanding a pound of flesh from a downtown Shakespeare troupe....
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How Dan Brown Learned To Write A ‘Blockbuster Novel’
Author Dan Brown books are often described as "blockbuster novels." But how did the author of bestsellers such as The Da Vinci and Angels & Demon learn how to write "blockbuster novels" in the...
View ArticleAttention, Everyone: Steve Wozniak Has Already Met Kim and Kanye’s Baby
Last night, Business Insider reports, Steve Wozniak appeared on “Piers Morgan Live.” Normally, there’d be nothing remarkable about that, but this time he had some rather unusual value to add. That’s...
View ArticleAndrew Cuomo Doesn’t Take ‘Nazi Death Ray’ Threat Very Seriously
Earlier today, the Daily News revealed that an anti-Muslim plot to deploy a “mobile death ray” included none other than New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Needless to say, the publication–which ran an...
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Not a Never Nude, Man Strips on Ferry and Jumps into River
(Getty) Battery Park was treated to an unexpected full moon Thursday night. A man attempted to board two Hudson River ferries around 8:30pm last night in a bewildered state. The first ship's captain...
View ArticleAnthony Weiner Calls Christine Quinn After Anti-Gay Remark Controversy
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner called City Council Speaker Christine Quinn yesterday to offer a personal clarification following criticism over the way he responded to an anti-gay slur directed...
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What the Godfather? Diner Owner ‘Threatens Staten Island Chef With Pics of...
(Getty) Talk about getting chopped... A Staten Island chef is suing his former employer after allegedly being shown pictures of chopped fingers in response to his repeated requests for a tax form....
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The Witches Of Bushwick: New Brooklyn Coven Celebrates Lady Cycles
Pictured: The kind of image the Moon Church want to throw off, but we printed anyway. (Getty) They're the Witches of the East (New York)-but they don't seem all that wicked. A new sisterhood of wiccans...
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Remembering a Jersey Guy: James Gandolfini and the Garden State
Mr. Gandolfini on location in Asbury Park. (Screengrab: "The Sopranos") I found out James Gandolfini died while I was commuting home on NJTransit from New York to Asbury Park. When I got off the train,...
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Are Women’s Backs the New Galoshes on Book Covers?
Screenshot of the Times illustration of the trend. Have women's backs replaced galoshes as the go-to book cover image? Sure seems that way. There have been an awful lot of new books coming out lately...
View ArticleHere Is the Perfect Christie’s Auction for the Engineer With More Money Than...
Looks like we found yet another place to spend those ever-escalating engineering salaries: chichi Christie’s just announced ”First Bytes: Iconic Technology From the Twentieth Century.” It’s an...
View ArticleFeast Your Eyes on Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs in the First Jobs Movie Trailer
Today the world got its first glimpse of Jobs, the soon-to-be-released biopic of Apple’s legendary late cofounder. Directed by Joshua Michael Stern, the film stars Ashton Kutcher in the title role and...
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Bloomberg BNA Cracks Down on Snack Stealers
Bloomberg BNA has a snack problem. And not of the startup variety that Molly Young wrote about yesterday in the Times. Unlike a precipitous weight gain occasioned by the perks of the tech boom, it...
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Gov. Christie Orders New Jersey Flags Fly at Half-Staff for James Gandolfini
James Gandolfini. (Getty) New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has ordered flags to be at half-mast on Monday, in honor of the late actor James Gandolfini, who died on Wednesday at age 51. “All the...
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