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By Staff 3/28/06 11:23am

topics: Politics Daily

Betabeat

Kickstarter Thinks Redditor’s Creepy Dating Book Is ‘Abhorrent,’ But Declines to Remove It Startup Rundown: Brooklyn Tech Triangle Takes on New Startups, and Apple TV Takes on More Vampire Porn Torture Yourself With Handy New ‘Kitchen Safe’ Timed Locker

PolitickerNY

Teachers’ Union Endorses Bill Thompson for Mayor Cuomo to Investigate Legislators After Campaign Finance Reform Fails Prospective Mayors Spar on Transportation Policy

GalleristNY

Naked Ambition: Paul McCarthy Takes the Park Avenue Armory Morning Links: Obsession Edition ‘Martial Raysse: 1960–1974′ at Luxembourg & Dayan

Media

New York Magazine Tests New Homepage Design Hipster Newsstand Opens in Williamsburg Because Hipsters Dan Abrams to Replace Terry Moran on Nightline

Real Estate

Ellen Biddle Shipman's Beekman Place Townhouse House Fetches $35 M.So Much For Picnics: Union Square Park To Get Classy, Controversial Restaurant Prada Intifada: With Luxury Chains Driving Soho Rents to Record Levels, Shops and Eateries Are Elbowed Out By $4,500 Purses

Culture

Naked Ambition: Paul McCarthy Takes the Park Avenue Armory Manhattan Man Sues Gym After Slipping on 'Foreign White Substance' in Sauna 'Quinoa Doesn't Just Live A Modern Fairy Tale, She Wears One': Imaginary Mom Loves Imaginary Well-Dressed Toddler Daughter

Opinion

The Next Flood Waste Not Keep the City Safe

Commercial Observer

Christine Quinn Calls for 10-Year Permit for MSG Wavy Glass Tower to Rise on Site of Meatpacking District Woodshop Ruby Schron Offers $2 B. for Empire State Building

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