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Hard rain due Thursday; Flood Watch posted
Maryland WeatherToday looks fine, with sunshine and highs near 50 degrees. And the weekend looks great, with more sunshine and highs in the 50s beginning on Friday. But in between, like the great Greenwich Village forecaster Bob Dylan said, it's a hard......Tags: Bodies of Water, Floods, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Weather Reports
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Skelos urges billionaire Golisano to turn $$$ his way
Spin CycleBattling to keep and expand on the Republicans' currently razor-thin majority in the State Senate, their leader Dean Skelos today sent a letter to Rocheser billionaire Tom Golisano urging him to support GOP incumbents this fall. Skelos of Rockville......Tags: Executive Branch, Political Candidates, Republican Party, Sheldon Silver, Manhattan (New York City)
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On Letterman Tonight: Funniest Bits
The TV ZoneYa know, the nice people at "Late Show with David Letterman" have taken to transcribing his nightly monologue, and then they send it out to...me. Yes, just me. No one else. On the planet. It's amazing. Well, no one......Tags: Sarah Palin, Paris Hilton, David Letterman, Hillary Clinton
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Bill Ayers: We were not terrorists
The Swampby Frank James William Ayers continues his post-election fight to set the record straight after the recent presidential campaign in which he was labeled a terrorist by the McCain-Palin team. Today, it's on the op-ed page of the New York......Tags: Weather Underground, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights
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Sotomayor missed state and judiciary votes: NY1
Spin CycleU.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor may be politically rooted in New York, but didn't vote in the last two statewide elections, according to NY1 News. The news station's dispatch: "The 54-year old Greenwich Village resident also skipped votes for.....Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, New York, Sonia Sotomayor
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Mary (Peter and Paul) Travers, Bitter End
The Swampby Mark Silva Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called honah lee, Little jackie paper loved that rascal puff, And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy......Tags: Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers, Manhattan (New York City), California, The Associated Press
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Obama, Clinton, lunch and health care
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated again at 5 pm EDT President Barack Obama was in New York today to talk about the government's handling of the financial crisis that threatened the nation as he assumed office. He had lunch with......Tags: Restaurants, New York, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Government, Dining and Drinking
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Talbot County grub and grit
Dining@LargeNew York Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton fills today's review of a Greenwich Village restaurant with all sorts of Baltimore references, most related to The Wire.He mentions Wire characters Avon Barksdale and Stringer Bell. He ends the review by...Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Restaurants, John Waters, Foods and Beverages, Cal Ripken
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Community succeeds in facing down a killer in 'How to Survive a Plague' ★★★ 1/2
From a terrible epidemic comes a beautiful documentary. More than any other nonfiction work I've seen, with far-reaching intelligence and grace, David France's "How to Survive a Plague" relays what happened in the early years of AIDS. And what didn't...
Tags: Movies, Manhattan (New York City), Jesse Helms, Entertainment, How to Survive a Plague (movie)
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Yes, Peter Tork of the Monkees can play
Back when I was still young enough to be entertained by unrequited love, I routinely kissed Peter Tork good night. It was the summer just before I entered high school, and I kept photos of all four Monkees — Peter, Davy, Micky, Mike —...
Tags: Peter Tork, Concerts, Old Town School of Folk Music, Entertainment, The Monkees (tv program)
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'Hit the Wall' is a raw, ambitious telling of historic fight for gay rights
We think we know what happened on the sticky-hot night of June 27, 1969, at a Greenwich Village bar known as the Stonewall Inn. A weary drag queen finally kicked a nasty cop, the story usually goes, leading to riots in the streets, a line in the sand...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Same-Sex Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Lesbian love story takes top prize at Cannes
CANNES, France — When is a lesbian coming-of-age drama not a lesbian coming-of-age drama? We’ll let this year’s Cannes Film Festival jury president take that one: When “it’s a great love story” first and foremost, as...
Tags: Movies, Ethan Coen, French Literature, Festive Events, Gays and Lesbians
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