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Up in Smoke: Cigarette Ban Bound for City Parks

The Bloomberg Administration has waged an all-out war on smoking, doing the unthinkable seven year ago by banning butts from bars across the five boroughs. With its success (or failure, for those with a pack-a-day habit), cities across the... MORE >

By Matt Chaban | October 15, 2010 | 11:41 am
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Check out Etsy's Zany Dumbo Office

Etsy is an online marketplace for every concievable variety of hand made craft, and their Dumbo office reflects its DIY ethos. Mashable took a stroll through the space, which Etsy has occupied for a little over a year. It's packed with... MORE >

By Ben Popper | October 15, 2010 | 11:22 am
Those were heady days.

The Isla of Mr. Lagerfeld Nothing But a Mirage

So much for Karl Lagerfeld's Dubai dream. Like many things in the Emirate, it has proven too good to be true, falling victim to the city's collapse. Like the hundreds if not thousands of projects that... MORE >

By Matt Chaban | October 15, 2010 | 10:10 am
Ms. Gillibrand, at an HRC event earlier this year.

Gillibrand Explains Her Google Results, Unveils New Partisan-Themed Diet

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand led her keynote speech at the Empire State Pride Agenda's fall dinner with a reference to her Google... MORE >

By Reid Pillifant | October 15, 2010 | 1:29 am
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The Flicker, October 15: Our Handy Guide to the Week's New Openings

Wondering what to watch this weekend? Try our handy... MORE >

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Cuomo Arrives for Cocktail Hour, Pledges to Sign Marriage Equality

After weeks of uncertainty about whether Andrew Cuomo would or would not attend the Empire State Pride Agenda's fall dinner, the attorney general showed up to offer his remarks at a pre-dinner reception. "I hope you’ve heard that I’m running... MORE >

By Reid Pillifant | October 15, 2010 | 12:53 am
The impeccable Walt Frazier. (In dress, not math.)

In Deed! Walt Frazier's Deal; Dikembe Mutombo Shoots; Greenwich Vill Gutted; A Dixie Chick & Glenn Beck; And More!

 -- A few weeks ago, the Times' Big Deal was that Walt "Clyde" Frazier, the Knicks Hall of Famer, had bought three adjoining penthouses units at The Lenox Grand, located at 381 Lenox Avenue, at the corner of 129th... MORE >

By Matt Chaban | October 14, 2010 | 8:50 pm
Paz de la Huerta in the VIP tent at the House of Waris Playboy Literary Salon.

Paz de la Huerta, Playboy, and Madame Bovary—Oh My!

"Am I boring you yet?" Paz de la Huerta cooed into the microphone, her inflection such that it could have been whispered in bed. She was reading an excerpt of the new Lydia Davis translation of Madame Bovary at... MORE >

By Nate Freeman | October 14, 2010 | 6:09 pm
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Man Who Claims To Own Facebook Now Calling Mark Zuckerberg a Hobo

Paul Ceglia claims that when Mark Zuckerberg did some freelance coding work for him back in 2003 he also signed away a majority stake in "The Facebook." Now he wants a federal judge in Buffalo to consider Zuckerberg's $100 million... MORE >

By Ben Popper | October 14, 2010 | 5:31 pm
It's like the go-ahead field goal clanged against the left upright.

Dow Diary: Uggh This Foreclosure Mess!

Dear Diary, I broke a perfectly good winning streak -- a four-session-long, 266-point gain -- all because some underqualified clerks have been throwing away, improperly signing and generally making a mess of foreclosure documents for the... MORE >

By The Dow Jones Industrial Average | October 14, 2010 | 5:10 pm

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Salon 2.0: Baby Hackers Gorge on Twizzlers and Red Bull, Coding Till the Sun Comes Up

When he's in front of people, Ian Jennings Jablonowski, the 20-year-old hacker from New Brunswick, stands over his laptop like a DJ at a...

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New York, Nashville, Addis Ababa: Dinaw Mengestu's Hero Wanders...

Interstate 74 connects the Midwestern United States with the South, running for about 450 miles from Iowa to North Carolina. In Peoria, Ill., I-74...

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The Class Wounds of a Jewish Upstart

The Social Network is many things, but mainly it is a dazzling polemic. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and director David Fincher have performed an ingenious...

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Curtains in Coney Island

The long-murmured auguries of demolition on Surf Avenue had all but taken on the air of ritual, each new summer washing up like a...

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Internal Memo: Eliot Spitzer

Well, it looks like this TV thing might not work out. So far we've been called "icky," "obnoxious," "wonky," "stodgy," "strange," "too polite," "lackluster,"...

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