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Wall Street Read of the Week: James Surowiecki's 'Special Interest'

Mar 12, 2010 10:48am

The sad truth about big, smart, journalistic Wall Street critiques is that they're awfully hard to come by. And when you find them, they sometimes turn out to be from reporters who have a history of walking into Goldman Sachs' headquarters in gorilla suits. (Not that there's anything so awful...

Bloomberg and Mrs. Jay-Z

Mar 5, 2010 12:02pm

Michael Bloomberg was with Beyoncé Knowles--who is married to a guy that likes to sit in President Obama's seat every now and then--at the opening of the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center at the Phoenix House Career Academy in Brooklyn this afternoon. I can't think of anything really funny to say about this....

At Meeting About Paterson, Nobody Mentioned Cuomo?

Mar 1, 2010 5:36am

Representative Greg Meeks told reporters on Saturday that nobody mentioned Andrew Cuomo during the closed-door meeting Al Sharpton held with black and Latino elected officials to discuss David Paterson. "There was no discussion of any candidate," Meeks said. They only discussed how to proceed with a progressive agenda, he told reporters. Meeks...

Rangel Is Definitely Running, OK?

Mar 1, 2010 5:25am

Charlie Rangel told a bunch of reporters on Saturday that he is running for re-election. He was leaving a meeting in Harlem hosted by Al Sharpton to discuss David Paterson, who Rangel still supports. Rangel, who has been in office since 1970, is a prominent member of the House and...

Morning Read: Questioning Paterson, Waiting for Cuomo

Mar 1, 2010 5:13am

Murray Weiss has details of the 911 call from DJ's girlfriend. Charlie Rangel and Harold Ford Jr. fight about health care. Jim Odato asks if David Paterson can still govern. Sheldon Silver wants Dick Ravitch, not David Paterson, doing the budget. David Paterson blames Silver. Bill Lynch gave free campaign advice to Paterson while lobbying...

One Way to Ace Your Oscar Pool

Mar 1, 2010 3:23am

Even for serious Oscar ballot competitors, a few categories resist preparation. Foreign films, documentaries and shorts are not something most people think about until handed their ballot, leaving "Funniest Name" as the only reliable criterion. But for the last five years, IFC Center has been trying to change those odds. Its...

Box Office Breakdown: Shutter Island Makes Kevin Smith Eat His Feelings

Mar 1, 2010 3:22am

Not even the prospect of Tracy Morgan dressed as a cellular phone could stop the Martin Scorsese fever dream that is Shutter Island. For a second consecutive weekend the rain-soaked thriller landed on top of the box office, holding off furious pushes from new releases Cop Out and The Crazies....

Paterson Throws in the Towel

Feb 26, 2010 3:56pm

David Paterson ends his campaign, swears he didn't break any laws, and tries to start shaping his......

Cuomo: 'Difficult Choice And A Sad Day'

Feb 26, 2010 1:50pm

The Attorney General's office just sent out the following statement from Andrew Cuomo, who at this point is all but guaranteed the Democratic nomination: "I am sure this is a difficult choice and a sad day for the Governor and his family. It is in the best interests of all New...

Gay Activists 'Bird-Dogging' Ford

Feb 16, 2010 5:07pm

Last month, just after gay activist Jon Winkleman interrupted a lunch meeting between prospective Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. and scores of the borough's elected leaders—an antic for which the activist was promptly thrown out—Mr. Winkleman promised reporters they would see him again. "We're going to be bird-dogging Harold Ford everywhere...