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July 2008
- At $68 Per Day, London Parking Obscures Gas Prices
  
  newser | Economist | Jul 16, 08 5:00 PM CDT
  
  Besides skyrocketing gas prices, there's another reason to ditch your car: the steep cost of parking. The Economist breaks down the cities with the most expensive spots: London—$1,167 a month, $68 a day Sydney—$774.76 a month, $54.50 a day Hong Kong—$742.40 a month, $28.20 a day New York—$585 a month, $40 a day Tokyo—$552 a month, $46 a day More »
  
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  New York • London • Hong Kong • Sydney • cars • cities • parking space
- New Yorkers Bolt for Warmer, Cheaper Atlanta
  
  newser | New York Sun | Jul 13, 08 7:57 PM CDT
  
  New Yorkers are flocking to the southern climes and cheaper housing of Atlanta, but encountering a range of culture shocks, the New York Sun reports. About 40,000 yanks moved to Atlanta between 2000 and 2005, drawn partly by a booming job market, and now some wonder how to move back. "Atlanta is a second-tier city," one Big Apple expat griped. "New York is cooler and more exciting in every respect." More »
  
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  New York • Georgia • real estate • Atlanta • job market • lifestyle • South • winter weather
- Cape Cod Baseball Brawl Ends in Court
  
  newser | Cape Cod Times | Jul 7, 08 5:15 PM CDT
  
  A Cape Cod man is in police custody after allegedly beating another man with a baseball bat because he believed—mistakenly, it turns out—that the other man was a New York Yankees fan. Robert Correia and his friends noticed New York license plates on a car leaving a fireworks display in Falmouth, Mass., Friday night and allegedly assaulted William Nestor, the Cape Cod Times reports. More »
  
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  New York • assault • Cape Cod • baseball bats
- iPhone 3G Faithful Already Lining Up in NYC
  
  newser | Apple Insider | Jul 5, 08 4:29 PM CDT
  
  The next-generation iPhone won't ring up sales until Friday, but eager shoppers are already lining up outside Apple’s flagship New York store. Ready with chairs and other gear, ten people have a head-start, and may be smarter than they look: For this release, customers must activate their 3G phones in-store, which could “slow the line down considerably,” Apple Insider says. More »
  
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  Apple • New York • iPhone • iPhone 3G • shoppers
- Park Service Inches Toward Reopening Liberty's Crown
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Jul 4, 08 3:24 PM CDT
  
  The National Park Service has posted an open call for proposals from engineering and architectural firms for opening the crown of the Statue of Liberty to visitors again, the New York Daily News reports. The agency has long contended that the narrow staircase leading to the monument’s observation deck, closed since 9/11, posed an unacceptable terror risk. More »
  
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  terrorism • New York • 9/11 attacks • Lady Liberty • Liberty Island
- Brinkley Ex 'Fesses Up to Sex Mania
  
  newser | New York Post | Jul 3, 08 10:52 AM CDT
  
  Cheating hubby Peter Cook was in tears during Christie Brinkley’s sensational divorce trial yesterday—which the supermodel insisted be open to the public—as he confessed to a laundry list of sexual excesses including spending $3,000 a month on porn, pleasuring himself on web cams, and trolling swinger sites for “young, fit girls,” the New York Post reports. More »
  
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  New York • sex • celebrity divorces • pornography • celebrity trials • custody battle • cheating • Long Island • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook • mistress • cybersex • swingers
- Legendary New York Editor Dead at 82
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 1, 08 2:45 PM CDT
  
  Clay Felker, founder and editor of New York magazine, died today at 82. Felker was the pioneer of a distinctive format that has become the model for weekly magazines: long, novelistic features alongside short, spicy service pieces. "Clay was obsessed with power, and he invented a magazine in the image of that obsession," current New York editor Adam Moss told the New York Times. More »
  
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  obituary • New York • journalism • magazine • magazine industry • print journalism • magazine publishing • Clay Felker • print industry
June 2008
- Newlyweds Toasted at SF Gay Pride Parade
  
  newser | San Francisco Chronicle | Jun 29, 08 7:25 PM CDT
  
  Weeks after wedding bells began tolling for San Francisco's gay couples, revelers had extra reason to celebrate at today’s annual Pride Parade. Thousands watched a procession of kids, drag queens, politicians, and topless men shimmy along Market Street—where a small group of protesters demonstrated against California’s approval of gay marriage. More »
  
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  New York • San Francisco • gay marriage • homosexuality
- States to Motorists: Hang Up
  
  newser | Philadelphia Inquirer | Jun 27, 08 2:10 PM CDT
  
  It might be time to get that hands-free cell: Tickets for phone use while driving are skyrocketing, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. States are increasingly making yakking behind the wheel a primary offense, meaning police can pull motorists over just for that. California and Washington next week join New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and DC in enacting the strictest mobile phone laws. More »
  
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  California • cell phones • New York • New Jersey • driving • Connecticut • motorists
- City Plans to Test Every Bronx Adult for HIV
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 26, 08 3:50 AM CDT
  
  City officials aim to test every Bronx adult for HIV by 2011 under an ambitious initiative to tackle the high rate of AIDS deaths in the borough, the New York Times reports. The voluntary testing would become routine in emergency rooms and storefront clinics and would pare down consent requirements into a 5-minute presentation health care providers could quickly run through. More »
  
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  New York • public health • AIDS • HIV/AIDS • AIDS prevention • Bronx
- Silicon Valley, Big Apple, DC Remain Top US 'Cybercities'
  
  newser | MarketWatch | Jun 24, 08 3:38 PM CDT
  
  Silicon Valley, New York, and Washington, DC, still have the most tech workers among US metro areas, a new report shows. New York has the most techies, but when San Francisco and the greater Bay Area are combined with Silicon Valley, it tops the list, MarketWatch notes. The Valley is also tops in concentration of workers and average salary—$144,800. More »
  
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  New York • technology • Silicon Valley • employment • Durham • Bay Area • Washington, DC • Boulder
- Gay Sports Leagues Net Straight Players
  
  newser | Village Voice | Jun 18, 08 9:40 PM CDT
  
  Gay and straight men in New York are teaming up, literally: The city’s many gay-sports leagues feature scores of heterosexuals looking for competition and friendship. “I was reticent,” admitted one straight footballer. “I was used to a high level of play.” But he and others have since sidelined their hesitance, saying gay leagues are just as tough as mainstream clubs. More »
  
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  baseball • football • New York • sports • gay • homosexual • heterosexual
- Poll: New Yorkers Back Recognizing Gay Marriages
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 12, 08 4:41 PM CDT
  
  New Yorkers favor their governor’s order to recognize out of-state same-sex marriages by a 13-point margin, a new poll reveals. By 53%-40%, state residents agree with David Paterson's order—though only 43% said gays should be allowed to marry, the Times reports, with 31% favoring civil unions and 21% rejecting recognition of homosexual couples altogether. More »
  
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  Rudy Giuliani • New York • gay marriage • Michael Bloomberg • David Paterson
- Sex in the City: 26% of New Yorkers Have Herpes
  
  newser | New York Post | Jun 10, 08 4:47 AM CDT
  
  Sex in the Big Apple comes with a higher risk of herpes than the national average, the New York Post reports. A full 26% of the city's inhabitants carry the virus that causes genital herpes. The condition only manifests itself in 15% of carriers but health officials warn that herpes carriers are two to three times more likely to get HIV, and urge that people pay special attention to safe sex in the city. More »
  
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  New York City • New York • AIDS • HIV • STD • safe sex • AIDS prevention • herpes
- Brooklyn Bar Proves Inescapable
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 9, 08 2:06 PM CDT
  
  Most 20-something New Yorkers are accustomed to getting shut out of bars, but how about getting shut in ? A young paralegal who now knows far more than he wanted to about Williamsburg's Trophy Bar shares his tale of overnight captivity with the New York Times, recalling that when he realized the sun was coming up, "I thought, ‘I guess I’m going to be late for work.' " More »
  
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  New York • alcohol • Brooklyn • funny situations
- A Bridge By Any Other Name? Triborough No More
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 6, 08 12:17 PM CDT
  
  New York’s Triborough Bridge will soon be no more. Gov. Patterson is expected to sign a law renaming the landmark the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. But will anyone actually call it that? “It connects three boroughs,” one skeptical Manhattanite told the New York Times . “That’s self-explanatory. I expect people will keep calling it Triborough for a long time.” More »
  
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  New York City • New York • Robert F. Kennedy • David Patterson
- LiLo's Mom a Leech: Ex
  
  newser | New York Daily News | Jun 3, 08 10:11 AM CDT
  
  Lindsay Lohan’s mom Dina must appear in Family Court this morning or face “immediate arrest and imprisonment," the New York Daily News reports. Ex-con and ex-hubby Michael has reopened their divorce case, citing the E! reality star’s drunkenness in front of their children and her failure to comply with court-ordered visitation rights. More »
  
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  celebrity • New York • divorce • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity parents • custody battle • Michael Lohan • Dina Lohan
May 2008
- Tight Economy Leaves Wealthy Vexed in the City
  
  newser | New York Times | May 31, 08 2:10 PM CDT
  
  Think you’ve got it bad in these tough times? Then consider the swarms of Wall Street bankers and Upper East Side developers whose income has slid along with the nation’s economy. Lawyers, art advisers, personal trainers, and hairstylists to the privileged say their clients gripe about having to cut back on $350 highlights and $10,000-an-hour jet rentals. More »
  
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  New York • economy • luxury • rich
- Weld Faulted in NYC Crane Collapse
  
  newser | New York Times | May 31, 08 6:20 AM CDT
  
  City officials investigating a crane accident that killed two workers yesterday think a bad weld may have been to blame, the New York Times reports. The top of the crane, which met all the city's regulations, snapped off and hit a building. The city has suspended all crane construction until Monday and plans to hire new safety engineers. More »
  
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  New York • accident • Manhattan • crane accident • crane • construction crane • construction safety
- Second Man Dead in NYC Crane Wreck
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 30, 08 2:31 PM CDT
  
  The construction crane accident in New York this morning has claimed a second life, that of a 27-year-old construction worker. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the builders were apparently up to snuff with regulations, AP reports, but added, “What has happened is unacceptable and intolerable.” The project was slapped with two stop-work orders last month. More »
  
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  New York • disaster • crane accident • Mayor Bloomberg

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