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Yale grad, philanthropist, pros win at poker World Series
O, by the WayThe World Series of Poker going on in Las Vegas right now always produces its share of intriguing human interest stories.In the last few days, winners of tournaments included a few famous TV poker personalities and a couple of less......Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Politics, Casino and Gambling Industry, Travel
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Top 10 Freeways We Can Do Without
KickingTiresLiving in the city has its pros and cons. One con that would make the top five in a ???Family Feud??? survey would obviously be the traffic, as overpopulated urban streets often leave cities paralyzed during rush hour. When highways......Tags: Bronx (New York City), Travel, Road Transportation, Transportation
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Hofstra: Scenes from a Debate III: Lonely Mac Man
Spin CycleNewsday's team at Hofstra continues to gather color from around the campus as the debate draws near. You can read them here, including: Patrick Whittle, sighting a flicker of the GOP's charges about voter fraud on a sign held......Tags: Republican Party, John McCain, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Boston Red Sox
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New York has third-least broadcast-only TV homes
WatchdogInspired by the item four posts down about Barry Horn's list of the markets with the lowest percentage of pay TV customers, I wondered about the top 10, figuring New York would be in it. Sure enough . . .......Tags: New York, Consumer Electronics Industry, Palm Springs (Riverside, California), West Palm Beach, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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Obama's crowd: Record 2 million?
The Swampby Mark Silva and Richard Simon In the business of crowd estimation, the National Mall is something of a riddle: The National Park Service will not count the crowd. But those sitting on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, some......Tags: New York, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Washington Monument, Travel
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Did a Bush steal Geronimo's bones?
The Swampby Frank James Some news stories leave you wondering just what to believe. A small New York Times story falls into that category. An excerpt: HOUSTON -- The descendants of Geronimo have sued Skull and Bones, a secret society at......Tags: Oliver Stone, Government, The New York Times, Society, Yale University
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Top 10 Places to Hear Good Jazz While You Eat
Dining@LargeBecause I'm on vacation this week, I'm turning Top 10 Tuesday over to a guest poster.I've been thinking about doing this for awhile, but I hadn't hit on the right person. Then Barry Glassman, founder of the Baltimore Jazz Alliance,......Tags: Barry Glassman, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Supreme Court: Race in hiring, promoting
The Swampby David G. Savage With Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. leading the way, the Supreme Court debated today whether to put stricter limits on the use of race as a factor in deciding who gets hired or promoted.......Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Politics, Clarence Thomas, Court Administration
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Obama's new top-court nominee: Reaction begins
Spin CyclePresident Barack Obama's selection of Sonia Sotomayor for the U.S. Supreme Court has two predictable consequences: Celebration of the first Hispanic appointment -- she's Puerto Rican from the Bronx -- mingled with "conservative" admonishments that she's...Tags: Fires, Sonia Sotomayor, United States, Disasters and Accidents, Barack Obama
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Republicans, 'racism' & Latino pride
The Swampby Mark Silva In the course of any debate, the most extreme views have a way of overshadowing sensible discourse. And they have a way of backfiring on the most extreme debaters -- iand perhaps their entire party, when the......Tags: Politics, CNN (tv network), Social Issues, Local Government, National Government
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Firefighters: Sotomayor's benchmark?
The Swampby James Oliphant The Supreme Court's reversal Monday of a discrimination ruling involving a group of white Connecticut firefighters has provided critics of high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with some fresh ammunition. Republican senators and...Tags: New York, Judges, Parliament, Politics, Minority Groups
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Firefighters victims of discrimination
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court ruled today that white firefighters who lost promotions in New Haven, Conn., were victims of illegal racial discrimination, with the court holding that employers should not rely on "raw racial statistics" to set......Tags: New York, Employers, Politics, Minority Groups, Clarence Thomas
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