Locals Put Heat On City For Ignoring House of D Plan
From
Brownstoner: Brooklyn Real Estate and Renovation
A group of Boerum Hill residents is not at all pleased that the city is ignoring the one plan put forth to transform the House of Detention on Atlantic.
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Parents Slam School Budget Cuts
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Brownstoner: Brooklyn Real Estate and Renovation
Thousands showed up to a protest in front of City Hall yesterday to decry budget cuts to city schools, according to The Times. In January the city and state forced schools to slash 1.75 percent of their current budgets, and bigger cuts are expected next year.
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Slopers Sweet on 4th Avenue?
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Brownstoner: Brooklyn Real Estate and Renovation
4th Avenue is seen by some as an architectural shit show, and sales at the thoroughfare's biggest condo so far aren't doing so hot, but an article in the Sun today says the majority of buyers at the avenue's new condos come from just up the hill: Mostly, they live in Park Slope.
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Thursday Events
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Brownstoner: Brooklyn Real Estate and Renovation
Gang Awareness Meeting
Today, Paul Robeson High School and Community presents a "Gang Awareness Town Hall Meeting."
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Thursday Links
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Brownstoner: Brooklyn Real Estate and Renovation
Bed-Stuy Construction. Photo by timothypaulmiller.
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Forget Juno. Out-of-wedlocks births are a national catastrophe.
From
Slate Magazine
We still think of the archetypal unwed mother as a Jamie Lynn Spears—a dopey teenager who dropped her panties and got in over her head. A generation and more ago, that's who most unwed mothers were.
Forget what I got wrong. Why did Mary McGrory and Barack Obama get Iraq right?
From
Slate Magazine
Wrong question. How did Mary McGrory and Barack Obama get Iraq right?
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How early Christians grappled to accept the idea that Jesus returned from the dead.
From
Slate Magazine
Easter Sunday represents the foundational claim of Christian faith, the highest day of the Christian year as celebration of Jesus' resurrection. But many Christians are unsure what the claim that Jesus had been raised to new life after being crucified actually means—while non-Christians often find the whole idea of resurrection bemusing and even ridiculous.
Why Easter stubbornly resists the commercialism that swallowed Christmas.
From
Slate Magazine
Sending out hundreds of Easter cards this year? Attending way too many Easter parties? Doing some last-minute shopping for gifts to place under your Easter tree?
Do three-strikes laws make criminals more violent?
From
Slate Magazine
On Oct. 1, 1993, a man named Richard Allen Davis kidnapped 12-year-old Polly Klaas during a slumber party at her home in Petaluma, Calif. At the time, Davis was on parole after serving half of a 16-year sentence for a prior kidnapping and had accumulated a 25-year rap sheet with charges ranging from burglary to auto theft to public intoxication.
The fifth anniversary of the invasion brings Iraq back to the spotlight.
From
Slate Magazine
The New York Times leads with a look at how the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq provided a stark contrast in the different opinions about the war between Republicans and Democrats in Washington.
"20 March 2008: Morning"
From
The Morning News
The hotel tryst was apparently listed as "constituent services." Paterson may have billed his campaign for a rendezvous.
DailyCandy Launches In NY, LA, Chicago And San Francisco
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mediabistro.com: FishBowlNY
All politics -- and, evidently, all web business -- is local. DailyCandy.com yesterday launched four ''Local Deals'' editions in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco.
Darlene Rodriguez Stands By Accused Rapist Hubby
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mediabistro.com: FishBowlNY
Darlene Rodriguez's police officer husband being accused of rape... We've covered it before. It turns out that, yesterday, she accompanied husband David Rodriguez when he turned himself in on charges relating to raping a 17-year-old-girl.
Memopad Distilled: Doonan Gets A Sitcom
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mediabistro.com: FishBowlNY
WWD has more info on those ASME winners. Barneys creative director/media gadfly Simon Doonan is developing a BBC sitcom based on his life. Says Doonan, "It's a low rent 'Madame Bovary.'
Pershing Square Gives Borders Cash Infusion
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mediabistro.com: GalleyCat
All that talk about the new face-out policy at Borders turns out to be so much window-dressing: The real story comes this morning in the form of a $42.5 million bailout, with funds coming from Pershing Square Capital Management, a major investor in the bookstore chain.
Beah's Supporters Stand Firm: Nothing to See Here
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mediabistro.com: GalleyCat
This week's Village Voice cover story on the questions surrounding Ishmael Beah's memoir reinforces a theme that's taken shape in recent coverage of this story by American media.
Borders Face-Out Strategy: Pump Up the Volume
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mediabistro.com: GalleyCat
Here's an interesting take on Borders's new face-out program, from Dave Marx of PassPorter Travel Press:
"Can an advertising venue with surplus display space fill that space at a profitable rate?" Marx asks.
Salon Gets Through an Entire Article About Gossip Without Writing 'Blog'
From
Jossip - The gossip's gossip sheet - Insider media and celebrity industry gossip
Oh, Salon. The dek head to this story about the gossip industry – “Why the golden age of celebrity gossip is grinding to an end” – proves just how woefully out of touch even web magazines can be.
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Lindsay Lohan Joining the Kristin Davis Sex Tape Train?
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Jossip - The gossip's gossip sheet - Insider media and celebrity industry gossip
First Kristin Davis, now Lindsay Lohan? How many rumored sex tapes can you handle? While Kristin’s ex-boyfriend Eric Stapelman confirms those photos going around are of the Sex and the City star (he sold them to a friend, who conveniently had them “stolen” from him), no word yet on whether this is actually Lindsay.
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