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Space Spin (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
When comet Holmes unexpectedly erupted in 2007, professional and amateur astronomers around the world turned their telescopes toward the spectacular event. Their quest was to find out why the comet had suddenly exploded. Observations taken of the comet after the explosion by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope deepen the mystery, showing oddly behaving streamers in the shell of dust surrounding...
Astronomy.com (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured the picture on the left of Comet Holmes in February 2008, 4 months after the comet suddenly erupted and brightened a million-fold overnight. The contrast of the picture has been enhanced on the right to show the anatomy of the comet. The infrared picture reveals fine dust particles that make up the outer shell, or coma, of the comet. The nucleus of the...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
Image 2: NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured this picture of comet Holmes in February 2008, four months after the comet suddenly erupted and brightened a millionfold overnight. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Ed Driscoll.com (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
Breaking financial news just in from The New York Daily News: "Prostitution has not suffered drop-off despite economic meltdown." But is the world's oldest profession considered a leading or lagging economic indicator?...
Space Ref (Free subscription) | yesterday
When comet Holmes unexpectedly erupted in 2007, professional and amateur astronomers around the world turned their telescopes toward the spectacular event. Their quest was to find out why the comet had suddenly exploded. Observations taken of the comet after the explosion by NASA's Spitzer Space deepen the mystery, showing oddly behaving streamers in the shell of dust surrounding the nucleus...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Sept. 6 - Not even a hurricane could stop Anna Angert and Justin Spitzer from tying the knot. The Manhattan duo planned an outdoor ceremony at the Estate at Florentine Gardens in River Vale, NJ, but Hurricane Hannah forced the newlyweds and their...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
When comet Holmes unexpectedly erupted in 2007, professional and amateur astronomers around the world turned their telescopes toward the spectacular event. Their quest was to find out why the comet had suddenly exploded. Observations taken of the comet after the explosion by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope deepen the mystery, showing oddly behaving streamers in the shell of dust surrounding the...
Wampum (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
ABC is running a multi-pager on SatPhone intercepts against targets in the Green Zone and elsewhere, and predictably the ABC's coverage centers on things like phone sex between consenting US national adults, rather than a tentative timing cross correlation between things that went wrong and resources spent on getting "intelligence" on phone sex. A background read is Steve Peacock's piece on his blog....
ALBANYS INSANITY (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... a Democrat? Does he really think the Democrats will change their mindset over night? We don’t need Spitzer fits in Albany, what we need is a cooperative Democrat controlled Assembly to pass the Bills the Governor and the Republican controlled Senate passed. So if you want to show your frustrations Governor, aim it at Sheldon Silver and his merry group of Democrats puppets. The Republicans...
The Politicker (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Eliot Brown reports that Michael Bloomberg's former deputy mayor, Dan Doctoroff, has hired Eliot Spitzer's former state director of operations for a big job over at Bloomberg L.P.
The Real Estate (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Paul Francis, the former state director of operations under Governors Spitzer and Paterson, has been picked up by Bloomberg LP to take a top job in the company's Financial Products group, a Bloomberg spokeswoman confirmed. Put another way: Dan Doctoroff, formerly Michael Bloomberg's influential deputy mayor and now Bloomberg LP's president, hired last week a former top aide to Governors Spitzer...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Ricky's, the beauty emporium that also stocks tons of Halloween Costumes, is offering Client #9 and Emperors Club VIP costumes, a salute to the Spitzergate scandal . The men's costume is $40 while the women's is $30. Of course, the budget way to go about costumes would be: For Eliot Spitzer, wear a suit and tie and scrunch your mouth into a line (bonus points for male pattern baldness...
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
New York Post | AdAge.com The judges who awarded it Cover of the Year at the American Magazine Conference liked the "directness, humor and simplicity" and noted that "the cover required no headlines. The image succeeds all by itself." New York's Eliot Spitzer cover was also cited for best news cover and best coverline. || More from AMC: Google CEO Eric Schmidt complains that the Internet is...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Dressing up like Elliot Spitzer might be the cheapest Halloween costume in town: just take off everything but those mid-calf black socks. For New Yorkers worried about the late October chill, though, the dress-up emporium Ricky's has an alternative.