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8:15 am
Nov. 9, 2012
Hurricane Sandy Claims Another Life; Has Now Killed 41 People in New York City
By Greg Howard
When police entered his apartment building on Tuesday, October 29 in Rockaway Park, Queens, blocks away from the Atlantic Ocean, they found William McKeon, 78, at the bottom of a ... More >>

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4:16 pm
Nov. 8, 2012
Fuel Rationing Now Called "Temporary Gasoline Management Plan" -- And It Will Be in Full Effect Tomorrow
By James King
The term "fuel rationing" has a certain apocalyptic, Carter-esque connotation. But don't worry, we're not doing that here in New York City. Starting tomorrow, the Big Apple and surrounding coun... More >>

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3:41 pm
Nov. 8, 2012
MTA: L Train Back in Action, 14th Street Tube Dry
By James King
Good news on the public transportation front: As of 3 p.m., the L train is running between Brooklyn and Manhattan. "L trains resumed through the 14th Street tube at 3 p.m. with 10-minute headways... More >>

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3:33 pm
Nov. 8, 2012
When Will the L Train Return From Its No-Longer-Watery Grave? [UPDATED] NOW!
By John Surico
UPDATE: We in there. Ladies and Gentlemen: The L train is back.Enjoy your trip home tonight. twitter.com/JoeLhota/statu...-- Joe Lhota (@JoeLhota) November 8, 2012 ... More >>

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2:26 pm
Nov. 8, 2012
Donald Trump: "We Need Global Warming" -- And Other Ramblings From World's Trashiest Billionaire
By James King
Yesterday, we started a petition to get billionaire slimeball Donald Trump thrown off the Internet as a public service to "the Donald" to keep him from continuing to make a complete ass of himse... More >>

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2:01 pm
Nov. 8, 2012
Dear New York, Here's Your Disaster Response
By Nick Pinto
If it weren't colossally tragic, the level of disorder, dysfunction, and all-around clusterfuckery that characterizes the official disaster response in New York City in the wake of Hurricane San... More >>

Runnin' Scared

12:08 pm
Nov. 8, 2012
Amazon Hurricane Registry Organizes About $75K in Donations -- No Thanks to Amazon
By James King
A group of do-gooders have come up with a rather ingenious way to get the victims of Hurricane Sandy the supplies they need to help rebuild their communities after last week's freakish "Frankenst... More >>

Runnin' Scared

10:08 am
Nov. 8, 2012
Vito Lopez Is Still an Assemblyman -- But Maybe Not for Long
By James King
Despite highly publicized accusations that he's a dirty, dirty old man, Democratic Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito "Gropez" Lopez won re-election to the Assembly on Tuesday. But the longtime pol dropp... More >>

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9:46 am
Nov. 8, 2012
Socialism Starts With Your Kids' Allowance, Preacher W.S. McBirnie Warned in 1965
By Alan Scherstuhl
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Teach Your Child Free Enterprise! Author:... More >>

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8:00 am
Nov. 8, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg's Super PAC Scores Victories (and Losses) on Election Night
By John Surico
Last week, we reported on the millions spent by the Hizzoner's self-constructed super PAC on House campaigns across the country in the lead-up to Election Day. The money was sent to candidates th... More >>

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6:38 am
Nov. 8, 2012
MLB Free Agent Delmon Young Sentenced to Some Hard Time at the Museum of Tolerance for Using Anti-Semitic Slur
By Jason Lewis
Looks like Major League Baseball player Delmon Young is about to get his mouth washed out with some tolerance. Young pleaded guilty yesterday to an aggravated harassment charge stemming from a... More >>

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6:08 am
Nov. 8, 2012
Jerome Isaac, Man Who Burned Brooklyn Woman Alive in Elevator, Will Serve 50 Years in Prison
By Jason Lewis
The man responsible for burning a 73-year-old woman alive in the elevator of her Brooklyn apartment building will serve 50 years in prison after pleading guilty yesterday to first-degree murd... More >>

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2:21 pm
Nov. 7, 2012
Sign Our Petition to Kick Donald Trump Off the Internet
By James King
The sun came up yesterday, so it should come as no surprise to anyone that billionaire "Birther" bozo Donald Trump made a complete ass of himself.In addition to making an ass of himself all day ... More >>

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12:33 pm
Nov. 7, 2012
FoxNation's 2 a.m. Wishful Thinking
By James King
This screengrab was snapped by our own Alan Scherstuhl from the FoxNation blog at 2 a.m. -- several hours after Governor Mitt Romney conceded defeat in last night's presidential election.It came... More >>

Runnin' Scared

12:16 pm
Nov. 7, 2012
Perhaps the Board of Elections Will Get this Voting Thing Right One of These Elections
By Jason Lewis
What the heck happened? The New York City Board of Elections just met with the City Council a few weeks ago to ensure things would run smoothly at polling sites yesterday. Unfortunately, there... More >>

Runnin' Scared

8:55 am
Nov. 7, 2012
Last Night's Dispatches From The New York Democrats' Viewing Party on Election Night 2012
By John Surico
When it was called that President Obama had won a second chance in the Oval Office, the entire ballroom exploded in emotion. Chants of "We Love You, Obama," rang through the air, a gay couple ne... More >>

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6:08 am
Nov. 7, 2012
"My Job Is Fucked": NY Republicans Respond to Four More Years of "Obamunism"
By James King
New York Republican Party chairman Ed Cox started last night's "victory party" in a ballroom at the Westin Grand Central hotel in midtown by assuring the roughly 300 attendees that he was confi... More >>

Features

12:00 am
Nov. 7, 2012
The Costliest Battle in the High-Tech World
By Caleb Hannan
The morning that Michael Risch inserted himself into the battle between a Fortune 100 company and the man known as the "father of the iPod" began... More >>

News

12:00 am
Nov. 7, 2012
Sandy, Occupy, and the City's Failures
By Nick Pinto
It has been more than a week since Hurricane Sandy hit New York, and in much of the city, life has returned more or less to normal. Power is... More >>

Runnin' Scared

11:18 pm
Nov. 6, 2012
President Barack Obama Just Won the 2012 Presidential Election
By Greg Howard
MSNBC just called the state of Ohio, with 18 electoral votes, for incumbent president Barack Obama. That gives him 274 votes in the 2012 presidential election. He needed 270 to get re-elected. T... More >>

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11:15 pm
Nov. 6, 2012
SWING STATE UPDATE: The Iowa Decision
By Greg Howard
MSNBC has just called Iowa, with a total of six electoral votes, for Barack Obama. The incumbent is now 14 electoral votes away from winning the 2012 presidential election, up on Romney 256-203. ... More >>

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11:03 pm
Nov. 6, 2012
SWING STATE UPDATE: The North Carolina Decision
By Greg Howard
In his first swing state win of the night, NPR calls North Carolina, with 15 electoral votes, for Mitt Romney. The electoral college now stands at 244-178 for Barack Obama. ... More >>

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The Costliest Battle in the High-Tech World The Costliest Battle in the High-Tech World
By Caleb Hannan

The morning that Michael Risch inserted himself into the battle between a Fortune 100 company and the man known as the "father of the iPod" began like any other, with… More >>

Sandy, Occupy, and the City's Failures Sandy, Occupy, and the City's Failures
By Nick Pinto

It has been more than a week since Hurricane Sandy hit New York, and in much of the city, life has returned more or less to normal. Power is restored… More >>

Christine Quinn, Best Bud Christine Quinn, Best Bud
By Graham Rayman

The Bloomberg administration's handling of the horrific devastation of Hurricane Sandy has an interesting political element to it that most New Yorkers might not have registered. There, for the TV cameras,… More >>

Sandy's Wrath
By The Village Voice

Sandy's Wrath: Christine Quinn, Best Bud by Graham Rayman Flood Zone, NYC by Graham Rayman The People the Storm Killed by Greg Howard Sandy's Unequal Impact by Nick Pinto The Disaster District by Graham Rayman The… More >>

Country Club Sopranos Country Club Sopranos
By Pete Kotz

You wouldn't know it by watching the news or reading the paper, but America's banks are on the largest crime spree the country has ever known. Let's go to the… More >>

Flood Zone, NYC Flood Zone, NYC
By Graham Rayman

While the Bloomberg administration has gotten kudos (so far) for the city's emergency response to the storm, the mayor has an elephant in the room: his administration's encouragement of flood-zone… More >>

The People the Storm Killed The People the Storm Killed
By Greg Howard

Artur Kasprzak, a 28-year-old Polish immigrant and NYPD officer, was able to save seven family members—six adults and a 15-month-old infant—before he succumbed to the rapidly rising waters. He was… More >>

Sandy's Unequal Impact
By Nick Pinto

The scenes on the television as Sandy hurled its full destructive force against New York showed spectacular devastation: an enormous crane broken and dangling crazily hundreds of feet above 57th… More >>

The Disaster District The Disaster District
By Graham Rayman

On Monday night, State Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder slept with his head on a desk in the 101st Precinct station house in the Rockaways for a scant 90 minutes and then… More >>

Enduring in Red Hook
By Tejal Rao

Sadek Abiah pulled up the gate of his Kennedy Fried Chicken at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, determined to serve food to the thousands remaining in a storm-battered Red Hook. But… More >>


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