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Edward Koch dies at 88; outspoken mayor led New York City comeback
In the late 1970s when Edward I. Koch won his first term as mayor of New York, the city was in shambles, its coffers and confidence sapped by financial crises and a paralyzing blackout. It needed a fighter and found one in Koch, a well-practiced pol...
Tags: United Nations, Religion and Belief, Labor Legislation, Bankruptcy, Career and Workplace
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Ed Koch remembered as 'Uncle Eddie' and a savior of New York
NEW YORK -- To his family, Ed Koch was "Uncle Eddie." To New Yorkers, he was "hizzoner," the omnipresent three-term mayor who was remembered Monday as the man who lifted a grim city to glory but who always had time for his nieces, nephews, and a...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Human Rights, Bill Clinton, Andrew Cuomo, Ed Koch
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'4000 Miles' leads audience on a complex journey through life
SAN FRANCISCO — Amy Herzog, a breath of fresh air on the playwriting scene, shapes her plays out of the missing pieces of conversations, the resonant silences that suggest that emotion is both too heavy and too slippery for words. In "4000 Miles,"...
Tags: Rentals, Arts and Culture, Lincoln Center, Literature
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Victor Garber's gay, he confirms — but didn't you know already?
Actor Victor Garber confirmed Monday that he's gay -- though he did it in a didn't-everyone-know-already way. "I don’t really talk about it but everybody knows," Garber told the Greg in Hollywood blog about living with his same-sex partner, Rainer...
Tags: Social Media, Rupert Everett, Alias (tv program), John Travolta, Screen Actors Guild Awards
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Decent debuts for 'Hitchcock,' 'Rust and Bone' in limited release
Moviegoers didn't exactly go psycho for "Hitchcock" at the box office this weekend, but the film didn't get slaughtered either. The movie starring Anthony Hopkins as legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock debuted in 17 theaters this weekend and...
Tags: A Prophet (movie), Anthony Hopkins, Alfred Hitchcock, Hitchcock (movie), Arts and Culture
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Anna Wintour, the ambassador in Prada (and Dior and Rochas ...)?
There’s buzz that Anna Wintour, the powerful editor of Vogue magazine, is being considered by President Obama for the prestigious post of U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom-- correctly known as ambassador to the Court of St. James's. When White...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Entertainment, Carolina Herrera, Conde Nast Publications, Dan Rooney
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Super storm Sandy damage estimate climbs to $50 billion
Estimates of the economic losses caused by Hurricane Sandy earlier this week reached $50 billion as experts assessed the costs of severe property damage, shut-down subways and power outages. On Thursday, Eqecat Inc. said it expects storm-related losses...
Tags: Government, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Air Transportation Delays, American Apparel, Halloween
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Counter Intelligence: Thou shalt not make substitutions at the Parish
Los Angeles Times Restaurant CriticSang Yoon started the no-substitutions or modifications trope at Father's Office, I think, where he refused to serve his notorious hamburger without blue cheese or countenance ketchup on his fries. Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook turned it into an aesthetic at...Tags: Tribeca, Red Medicine, Foods and Beverages, Fish and Chips, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Sandy takes toll on Halloween parties, could disrupt candy sales
The economic damage wrought by Sandy’s rampage through the East Coast now might encompass candy sales, costume purchases and holiday event planners as the storm shuts down Halloween celebrations along its path. For the first time in 39 years, the...
Tags: Park Slope, Haunted Houses (attractions), Holidays, American Apparel, Halloween
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Doc Watson dies at 89; guitarist and singer
In 1962, Doc Watson and some of his musician neighbors set out from their home in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the journey of a lifetime, to perform at the Ash Grove folk club in Los Angeles.
"I remember the first trip we did," Watson said in a 2008...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Entertainment, Barbara Lee, Radio, Music
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Chris Brown, Drake reportedly brawl in New York City nightclub
Pop & HissA reported brawl between the entourages of hip-hop stars Chris Brown and Drake in a New York City nightclub left four people injured. New York City police are investigating the disturbance.... -
Day of terror in New York: Pages from a reporter's 9/11 journal
The brown-leather journal is my passport to Sept. 11, 2001. When I hold it in my hands, images and memories are no further away than yesterday.
I had no notebook with me when my husband and I dropped our children, 8 and 4, at school that morning. Then...Tags: Bank of New York Company, Local Government, Upper West Side, Stamford, SoHo
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