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Bath Salts, Babes and Bills: John McAfee Returns With Bizarre YouTube Sketch Fab Just Raised $150M, But Their Series D Still Isn’t Done Booting Up: Video on Instagram Will (Probably) Be Revealed Thursday

PolitickerNY

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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Morning Links: Obsession Edition ‘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

Media

Morning Media Mix Michael Hastings Dies In Car Accident Michael Cooper Moves to The Times Culture Desk

Real Estate

On the Market: Beer "CSA" Launches In Long Island City; Gays Have a Harder Time Finding Housing; A $2 Billion Offer For the Empire State Building Alms for the Upper Middle Class: Subsidized Apartments Aim at $200K Earners 10 Madison Square West: A Study In Classy Neutrals

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

Commercial Observer

Epiq Bankruptcy Leads Trio of New Leases at 757 Third Avenue REBNY Retail Deal of the Year Awards, Minute By Minute Jason Kidd On Hand for Launch of Dwight School’s New Athletic Facility

By Daniel D'Addario 8/20/12 11:31am

Augusta National Finally Admits Women–Including Condi Rice

Former Secretary of State and current NFL jersey pitchwoman Condoleezza Rice has made history, having been admitted to the nation’s premier golf club, Augusta National in Georgia, which had heretofore only accepted men. Read More

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