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Happy birthday, Bikini.

Today the bikini turns sixty-five. It was on July 5th, 1946 in France that a nude dancer (they just call them dancers in France) made her indelible mark on history, baring her midriff and pelvic area for all to see.

In the summer of 1946 Louis Réard, a Parisian automobile engineer learned that a French Read More

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Clinton and Bloomberg Join Forces to Save the Planet

Bill Clinton and Michael Bloomberg announced the merger of their environmental groups, launching a partnership both men say could jump start environmental initiatives throughout the United States, and possibly, the world.

“What we want to do, by merging our efforts here,” said Clinton, standing inside Gracie Mansion next to Bloomberg, “is to hammer home the Read More

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Obama and Bloomberg [Update]

Ahead of his first fund-raiser, Obama hung out with the mayor.

Via pool reporter Jonathan Lemire:

Pool held for about 30 minutes in one of the Museum’s empty rooms while Obama taped his interviews with Brian Williams, Erica Hill and Diane Sawyer.

Directly afterward, Obama dropped by the New York City Science and Engineering Fair Read More

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Clinton and Cuomo to Rally the Base in Brooklyn

Bill Clinton will be in Brooklyn tomorrow, helping rally the Democratic base for his former HUD Secretary, Andrew Cuomo.

Clinton has been hitting the hustings rather hard for Democrats this year. At a fundraiser for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Sunday, he told the crowd it was his 100th event of the election season.

And he’s Read More