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Anna Wintour Orders Obama Donors To Fall In Line Becker Stays on Nan Hayworth’s ‘Acid Hurling’ Controversy PayPal Cofounder Peter Thiel Wants to Found a Libertarian Utopia in Honduras

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The Six Million Dollar Cat: Cat-astrophic Event Leads Dutch Artist to Turn Dead Pet Into Flying Artwork John Constable Painting For Sale at Christie’s Sparks Family Feud 8 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before June 10

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Gypsy Songs and Tarot Readings at the Annual Proteus Gowanus Benefit Marina Abramovic on How Her Brainwaves Are Illuminated To Do Monday: Out Like a Lambda

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At Bloomberg LP, Your Colleagues Know When You're Slacking Off Cheryl Strayed's Memoir So Good Oprah Winfrey Reboots Book Club Bill Clinton, Media Critic

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So That's Why They Tore Down the Sundrome: JetBlue's New T5i and Why JFK Now Has Only Six Terminals Fun: An Interactive Map of Every NYPD Stop from 2011, By Race and Neighborhood!The Secrets of Cameo Appearances on Gossip Girl: Exposed!

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The Six Million Dollar Cat: Cat-astrophic Event Leads Dutch Artist to Turn Dead Pet Into Flying Artwork John Constable Painting For Sale at Christie's Sparks Family Feud Sarah Jessica Parker Cuts New Ad For Obama, Saying He's Her 'Guy'

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HSBC Tests Greek ATMs for Compatibility With Drachma MF Global Invesitgation Focuses on Treasurer, Soros Speaks on Europe: Wall Street Roundup So Now We're Blaming JPMorgan's $2.3 Billion Trading Loss on Biology

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On the Market: Fire at 1 WTC; SLG and Hines Have 'Grand' Plans; New Hotel for NoMad Upper East Side Townhouse Tries For Twice The Price MoMA PS1's Young Architects Program Expands to Istanbul, Joining Initiatives in Rome and Santiago

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By Azi Paybarah 5/13/08 2:42pm

G.O.P. Council Candidate Raising Money for Astoria Campaign

Republican City Council candidate Robert Hornak of Astoria is having a birthday party fund-raiser on May 21.

On the host committee, an interesting mix:

Radio host Curtis Sliwa; former Republican and Democratic 2005 public advocate candidate Jay Golub; consultant Kellyanne Conway; and Herb London, the Republican candidate for state comptroller Read More

By Staff 2/07/06 1:47pm

Weld’s Conservative Bid

With John Faso and Pat Manning scrapping over county-level Conservative Party endorsements and Tom Suozzi romancing Mike Long, the GOP leadership’s preferred candidate for Governor is getting into the game too.

Conservative icon Herb London, the party’s candidate against Pataki 12 years ago, has written Party leaders encouraging them to endorse Read More

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