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Mayoral Candidates Sound Pretty Skeptical of Regulation-Skirting ‘Disruptors’MIT’s New Robot Cheetah Is a Better Cheetah Than Real Cheetahs Who Run the Universe? Half of NASA’s New Crop of Astronauts Are Women

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Morning Read: ‘Tailor Messages Based on Brands of Toilet Paper’Mayoral Candidates Sound Pretty Skeptical of Regulation-Skirting ‘Disruptors’State Legislature Moves to Ban Novelty Lighters

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‘Martial Raysse: 1960–1974′ at Luxembourg & Dayan Where Do We Go From Here?: Critics Lament the State of Art, but Things Are Looking Up in New Books ‘Subliming Vessel: The Drawings of Matthew Barney’ at the Morgan Library & Museum

Media

Michael Hastings Dies In Car Accident Michael Cooper Moves to The Times Culture Desk Facebook Is Almost a Decade Old and Still Doesn't Get the Advertising Game

Real Estate

Alms for the Upper Middle Class: Subsidized Apartments Aim at $200K Earners 10 Madison Square West: A Study In Classy Neutrals On the Market: NYU Helps Finance Academics' Summer Homes; Nobody Likes SeaPort City; BAM South to Move Forward

Culture

To Error Is Human: The Slapstick Shakespeare in the Park Is Irresistible Stare Thee Well: Eye-Gazing Parties Aren't Just for Pick-Up Artists Anymore Write Man in the Palais: Michael Azerrad's New Site Brings DIY Ethos and Peer Review to Music Criticism

Opinion

The Next Flood Waste Not Keep the City Safe

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Jason Kidd On Hand for Launch of Dwight School’s New Athletic Facility Petland Signs at 332 First Avenue in Latest Turnover at Peter Cooper-Stuy Town Retail 1450 Broadway Welcomes Taiwanese Airline

By Kat Stoeffel 6/05/12 9:00am

Decimated GOOD Will Relaunch Website, Co-Founder Says

GOOD co-founder and creative director Casey Caplowe acknowledged the surprising layoffs that claimed more than half of GOOD’s editorial staff last week and announced that the site will relaunch this summer. Read More

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