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Sentencing Law and Policy (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
This story from the Boston Globe, which is headlined "Death penalty foes rip Coakley for signing brief," highlights that the politics of the death penalty in Massachusetts in quite different than in other parts of the country. Here is the...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Hundreds of New Yorkers fought on Thursday to become Times Square "restroom ambassadors" — a highly coveted gig that pays $10,000 for just six weeks of employment . The toilet paper manufacturer Charmin is looking for five hosts and hostesses who will direct an estimated 500,000 loo-users to the temporary public bathrooms between Nov. 23 and New Year's Eve, when Times Square itself...
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Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
There are two parts to this comprehensive list featured in the New York Times of things a restaurant staffer should never do compiled by Bruce Buschel, who runs a restaurant in Bridgehampton, New York. It's a really great list. If only all restaurants used it.
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Today, the USS New York , which was partly made from World Trade Center steel, will be officially commissioned as a naval warship today and besides the military flyover, there's also going to be a cannon firing repeatedly: "During the Commissioning of the USS New York at Pier 86 & 88 in Manhattan on 11/7/09 at approx. 11 AM, the Sewell's Point Weapons Detachment will fire a cannon in honor...
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LAist (Free subscription) | 53 minutes ago
Photo by The Eye of Brad via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr. Book Signing and Spiritual Guidance If a reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians has never really been your thing, perhaps a reading by Lara Owen from her new book Growing Your Inner Light will get your spiritual mojo moving. Owen's book guides the reader on how to pull from various traditions as well as creative...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
They say he runs the city like a business, so it's only fitting that after a poorer-than-expected performance in last week's election, Mayor Bloomberg's campaign workers are afraid they won't get big bonuses this year. In past elections, the billionaire former bond trader and media mogul has paid out-of-pocket bonuses of as much as $400,000 — "a highly unusual perk in municipal politics,...
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
What the Republican vice presidential candidate would have said -- in victory or loss -- had she been allowed last year. A year ago Wednesday, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stood by while her Republican running mate, Sen. John McCain, delivered his concession speech outside the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix.
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island - prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.
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LAist (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
2009 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year, Chivas USA's Zach Thornton. (Getty Images) Injuries tend to have a yin-yang effect on professional athletes, sometimes they are good, other times, not. For Chivas USA 'keeper Zach Thornton , injuries opened the door to opportunities this year which he may not have had otherwise. First joining the red-and-whites in August of last year, he competed with teammate Dan...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
MySpace photo of Brigitte Harris The Queens woman found guilty of suffocating her abusive stepfather and cutting off his penis in 2007 was sentenced yesterday to five to 15 years in prison — the maximum sentence for the charge of second-degree manslaughter . Brigitte Harris, 29, was acquitted of murder charges last month, but found guilty of the lesser manslaughter charge after her lawyers argued...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Uh oh! For some unknown reason, Bank of New York Mellon, which had electronically deposited $185 million in pension funds into retired NYC teachers' and staffers' accounts a few days ago, decided to withdraw the money yesterday, causing—besides overdrafts— worries, chaos, and outrage. A 70-year-old retired social studies teacher told the NY Times , "Right now I am very annoyed because...
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Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Young Writers Night at Brooklyn Reading Works Make your way to Park Slope for a night of original work—fiction, poetry, and music—from teenagers across the city. Thursday, November 19, 7 PM at the Old Stone House, Fifth Avenue and Third Street
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Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
I am baffled by the release plan for the highly anticipated stop-action animation version of Fantastic Mr. Fox. I don’t get why Fox Searchlight has opted for a limited release two weeks (New York gets it this Friday) prior to opening nationwide on November 25? A family movie with names like Clooney and Streep – treat as a potential blockbuster. Picturehouse/New Line did this with Kit Kittridge:...
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Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Friday, November 6th, 2009 From Wendy Ponte, the Brooklyn Frugal Family Examiner, here are all the free (or really cheap) things to do in Brooklyn the weekend of November 6th through November 8th: Friday, November 6th... Keep Reading »
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bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
"We didn't [win in Maine], and there's a simple reason. Our message to protect our civil rights is about us, not about all of America. We've failed to make our cause a universal battle for civil rights. A message about us also defines the battle as one being waged against them." --Sue O'Connell, Bay Windows
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blainewardd | yesterday
Stuart C. Axilbund, the Maryland family law attorney handles cases related to family law, such as child support and alimony.
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chanah66mkg | yesterday
CUNDY'S HARBOR, Maine – On the big screen, the leader of the Dead Poets Society at an all-boys prep school was an inspirational teacher played by Robin Williams. In real life, it's a balding amateur poet who drives around in his "Poemobile," visiting and documenting the graves of dead poets and calling attention to their works. Walter Skold, founder of the Dead Poets Society of America, just finished...
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exhalednitricoxide | yesterday
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