DCCC tries reverse psychology to boost Stender
3rd district poll: Myers and Adler in dead heat for Saxton’s House seat; Andrews, LoBiondo have huge leads
The Afternoon Wrap: Friday
On Monday…
David Paterson in Jersey City tomorrow
Morin still waiting for answer from UCC
Elsewhere: Yassky Responds, Kryzan Gets W.F.P.
Lending Troubles at Manhattan House Stymie Condo Deals
The Lost World: Remembering Condé Nast When It Sizzled
Fashion Roundup: Marc Jacobs to Co-Chair Costume Institute Gala; Zac Posen Gets the Vote Out; Escada Flattered by Sarah Palin
The Quiet Campaign of Caesar Trunzo
Bloomberg Steps Into Willets Point Lobbying Push
’32 Election Crowds FDR Park Fundraiser at Riverhouse
The Weekly Walk-Through
Matt Levine Insists the Eldridge Is Still Exclusive
Bike Commuters Up (No Shock); Judge Halts Green Cabs
Billionaires for Maltese
Bloomberg’s Green Taxis Stalled
Brave Brooklyn For Scary Halloween Art
Isac’s Predictions for Tuesday
McCain asserts his true independence
Report: LA Weekly Layoffs Include Managing Editor and Copy Chief
That $65 M. Tiger Woods Hamptons Story Finally Debunked
Lydia Hearst Wears Her Protest Against Page Six
Williamsburg Calling Party Chats Up North Carolina and Ohio Voters
The Morning After: Washington Post Plans New Post-Election Web Site
Salon’s Rebecca Traister Closes Six Figure Book Deal With Free Press
Only Connect: Silicon Alley Insider Honors Silicon Alley 100
Michael Says No to Reunion With Brothers and Sisters
In Ocean and Burlington, competitive county clerk races
Weekend TV
In Deborah Poritz’s New Jersey, election law just doesn’t matter
A Matter of Faith
Gramercy Capital: Now Hiring! New CEO Cozzi Has Three-Year Plan
Reporters Bumped From ‘O Force One’?
Brooklyn for McCain, the Libertarian Paterson
Stating the obvious: Quijano will win easily
Socialite Cornelia Guest Will Be Watching Tuesday’s Election Results on Her BlackBerry
Morning Memo: Madonna and Alex Rodriguez’s Double Date; Tracy Morgan Giving Up Strip Clubs; The McCains’ Election Day Plans
Sandoval gains traction with endorsement, while veteran Capuana goes to his base
Palin Supporters Are Still Happy
How Rachel Maddow Landed Barack Obama
Mid-Morning Read: Gerson’s Logic, Hawkins’ Angel, Gotbaum’s Gift
The Round-Up: Friday
Close elections common in N.J., Public Advocate says
Opening This Weekend: Seth Rogen Gets Dirty, Chace Crawford Gets Scary
Recession Cinema: Night of the Living Dead
Good old fashion reporting or lie detectors?
Radar Attracts Media’s Living Dead to Posthumous Party at Citrine
Pindell Report: 7th district House race changed from Leans Democratic to Leans Republican
For Palin and Her Fans, the Election’s Going Just Fine
Lacking Booker’s support but championed by Crump, White stays in the game
Kristol Tells Stewart Times is ‘A Fine Paper’
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2008
Buy Now? No, Buy Later
Breaking the Clinton Jinx
The Record backs Shulman for Congress; newspaper backs Democrats for national office, Republicans in county races
ALFRED DOBLIN
Public perceptions on the environment and energy issues
In the debate, Lautenberg did just fine
FDU Poll: Obama up by 18
Morning News Digest: Friday, October 31, 2008
Extell Steaming Ahead on Giant ‘Riverside Center’ Amid Early Dissent
October 30, 2008
Barack Obama and the End of the Bubba Jinx
Events for Friday, October 31, 2008
Jackson goes all out for Capuana
Beauty’s in the eye of the casting director
VSL:SCIENCE // Could there be new hope for the brokenhearted?
VSL:WEB // These words were *not* approved by the candidates
Boo! A Terrifying Look Back at The Media Biz’s Nightmare Week
The Afternoon Wrap: Thursday
Municipal Art Society Launches Coney Web Site
Silicon Alley Insider Announces Their Top 100 New Yorkers
Three moderates and the future of the GOP
Riding High, Ecco Lures Paris Review Editor Matt Weiland Back Into the Book Business
Elsewhere: Obama’s Ratings, Fares Increasing, Poll Says Lee Leads
REBNY Residential Award Winners (And Their Bosses!)
Going Once, Going Twice! Live Commercial Real Estate Auctions
On Tomorrow…
World’s Priciest Office Markets: Far East Roars, Manhattan Whimpers
Carrie Bradshaw Might Ring You About Obama Tonight
Bloomberg and Maltese and the Republican Majority
Sarah Jessica Parker Phones for Obama
Fashion Roundup: J. Crew Hearts Michelle Obama; How Donatella Versace Got Her Groove Back; Gap’s Forced Vacations
Erica Jong: Obama Loss ‘Will Spark the Second American Civil War.’
The Recession Benchmark, Anti-Bloomberg TV
Wicked Turns Five, Celebrates With Green Playbills
David Lynch Goes Digital for Web Show
Manhattan Building Applications Dwindle… To Three
Bright Brooklyn Gallery To Close
Senator Norcross?
Ivana Trump, Fellow Czech Celebs To Fete Rehabbed Bohemian National Hall
How to Dress Up Like a Socialite for Halloween
Empty Nast Syndrome: Portfolio Cuts 20 Percent of Its Staff; Reduces Publishing to 10x a Year
Joe the Plumber to Become Joe the Country Music Star?
Rapid Response! Friends of Obama, Friends of Jews
Three moderates and the future of the GOP
Willets Point Landowners Join in Negative Campaign Ad Fun
McCain, Like Gore, Dukakis and Bush 41, Struggles in His Home State
Greenwald won’t seek Adler Senate seat
Confirmed: Men’s Vogue ‘Absorbed’ Into Vogue; Will Publish Only Twice a Year
Erica Jong Tells Italians Obama Loss ‘Will Spark the Second American Civil War. Blood Will Run in the Streets’
Having once been spurned by Union County College, Morin challenges their right to host Clinton rally
Death of City’s Biggest Listing: $80 M. Penthouse Off the Market
David Paterson, Fiscal Hawk, Meets Staten Island
Take That, Hamptons! North Fork Feels Home Price Bounce
If Lance wins, Doherty vs. Karrow is the race to watch
Too Late for McCain, the Obama-Clinton Love-Fest
Paterson Scolds Skelos From the Right, Explains the Importance of Being Nice
Magical Mystery Game: Fuzzy Details on Beatles Rock Band Game
The Brain Cell Sell
Should these two geographically contiguous newspapers merge?
Stuff Publishers Like: Ready-Made Ideas That Package Themselves
Clinton, Van Hollen appearances indicate Dem confidence in Adler; DCCC poll has Adler ahead by 4
Van Hollen to visit Stender, Shulman tomorrow
MTV Music’s Video Library Makes Us Pine for 120 Minutes
Starbucks To Introduce Caffeine Junkie Card, Keep Prices Same
Still no decision in Manzo vs. Healy
5th district campaigns use humor to score points
Siena: Incumbents Lead in Senate Races, But Volker and Donno Surge
Halstead Dominates REBNY Residential Awards
Met, MoMA Feel Wall Street’s Pain
Booker Prize Winner Who Ditched William Morris Signs With Top U.K.-Based Agent
Samuel L. Jackson Will Yell in his New Movie
Former Met Director Philippe de Montebello Says Recession Might be Good for the Museum
Obama to Stewart: Sean Hannity Fans ‘Probably Wouldn’t Want to Go Have a Beer With Me’
Morning Memo: The Jolie-Pitt Motorcade; Barack Obama Gets (Sort Of) Hip; Mary-Kate and Ashley Fight Over Breast Implants
Not a Fairy Tale: Bill and Barack in Florida
Mid-Morning Read: Obama’s Infomercial, Hall’s Staffer, Paterson’s Trip
Salon on ‘2008’s Surge of Successful Newswomen’
Who wins the 7th district House race between Leonard Lance and Linda Stender?
Stender poll has Lance ahead by 4 points
Gwynnie (Finally) Gets a Little Goopy in Newsletter
The Round-Up: Thursday
Pindell: Obama can put Snowe in his cabinet so Democrats can get their 60th Senate seat
Single Person’s Movie: Office Space
David Paterson, Fiscal Hawk, Meets Staten Island
Poll: Lautenberg has 20 point lead over Zimmer
Bill Clinton coming to Cranford
If Stender loses, N.J. Democrats ready to blame the D.C. crowd
Pindell: Obama can put Snowe in his cabinet so Democrats can get their 60th Senate seat
Empty Nast Syndrome: Condé Nast Cutting Five Percent of All Magazine Staffs; Future of Men’s Vogue In Doubt
Morning News Digest: Thursday, October 30, 2008
CNN Beams Star Wars Technology for Election Night
A Discussion on a Sustainable Planet, City and Campus
Events for Thursday, October 30, 2008
The Polls Are Tightening. What Else Is New?
VSL:FOOD // Cooking for the new (downsized) economy
VSL:KIDS // An alphabet you can touch as well as teach
VSL:WEB // See who’s handling your money
Click here to hear all the world’s dialects
VSL:BOOKS // TK TK
VSL:SCIENCE // Ultra-super-mega-close-up pix of world’s most tiniest things
Whatever happens, Spencer readies for next year
Ho-Ho-NO! Hamptons Housing Prices Tank
Menendez rallies Obama supporters in Newark
The Afternoon Wrap: Wednesday
Elsewhere: Hillary Rallies, Treadwell Rephrases
Craig Newmark, Tech Genius, Is an Obama Man
Fashion Roundup: Victoria Beckham Teams Up With Armani; Tom Ford Just Wants to Direct; New Naomi Campbell Photos
On Tomorrow…
Candy Crowley’s ‘Strategic Nice Reserve’ Running Dangerously Low
Writer Inveighs Against Lip Dub Videos; Makes Lip Dub Videos
Manhattan Hotel Boom Now 30 Percent Less Booming
U.S. Senate debate live blogging continued
De Blasio on Bloomberg on Poverty: Bravely Transparent, Sadly Insufficient
Hedge Funds, Last Great Office Market Hope, Starting To Bail
Filibuster-Proof: The 60-Seat Fantasy Looks Less Fantastical
Gennaro TV: Women’s Issues
Punk’s Not Dead, It’s At Christie’s!
The Uncertain Fate of Trump’s Chicago Skyscraper
Live blogging the U.S. Senate debate
Hot Tickets: Black Keys, Zappa Plays Zappa, Billy Elliot
A Big Buy for Maffei, Pennsylvania in Perspective
Silda Wall Spitzer is Doing Just Fine, Thank You Very Much
Paterson Makes the Tax-Gap Argument in Washington
Where Manhattan’s $1 M. Home Sales Happen
He won four terms as Mayor of Newark on the ‘What’ll you have?’ plank, and then killed himself
Queen Beatrix Leases Space in Rockefeller Center
Times’ Business Department Scores Another Writer Thanks to ‘Investment Fund’
Sorry Kids: No Halloween With the Boss This Year!
Not the First Attack on a Running Mate
Kuhl’s Party, Massa’s Push
$10.8 M.: One of Brooklyn’s Biggest Housing Deals Ever
Up against union muscle in the Central Ward, Bell blasts Booker
Sam Donaldson Wonders Why Young Pup Brit Hume Stepping Down at Fox News
Like Humphrey and Dukakis, Obama Goes After G.O.P. Running Mate
Ushering in the Avant-Garde
Monocle Profiles Vermont ‘Press Baron’ R. John Mitchell
Where Manhattan’s $5 M. Home Sales Happen
Plant or No Plant, Zepp’s Goin’ On Tour
When it comes to Newark political history, don’t mess with Steve Adubato
More REITs Slash Investor Pay-Outs
Melrose Place Redux
After the Boom: Can Steve Israel Help the DCCC Play Defense?
More 3Q Fun! Brookfield’s Results Include Merrill Lynch Mulling
Chaneyfield-Jenkins battles for Bell
ABA: Alexander could be White House Counsel
Live blogging the Bergen County freeholder debate
Boston Properties’ 3Q Numbers: Zuckerman Focuses Long-Term
Lobbyist leaves Becker for Mulroy firm
Twenty-Something Bronx Kid Gives Up City Council Dream, For Now
Report: ‘At Least 600’ People to Be Very Disappointed on Halloween
Cynthia Rowley Admits to Getting Changed in the Back of Cabs, Admiring Angelina Jolie
Next Up: Obama Versus Congressional Dems?
Mid-Morning Read: Gennaro’s Attack, Heaney’s Lawyers, Nachbar’s Mailer
In the Observer: President Obama’s New Yorkers
Paterson to Citizens Union: Term-Limits Extension Unseemly But Probably Legal
Stender says ads are ‘comparative,’ not negative
The Round-Up: Wednesday
No More Mad Men for Matthew Weiner?
Cooper Square Hotel Drops Its Rates Out of The Gate
Clinton visit for Stender is evidence that Democrats are worried about Lance
Zimmer backed by Atlantic City newspaper
Lineup for October 29, 2008
Report: Bill Clinton to stump for Stender on Saturday
Readers Choice: Write your questions for the Codey/DeCroce lie detector test
Who wins the race for Congress in New Jersey’s 5th district?
Legislator: Van Drew should have challenged LoBiondo
Morning Memo: Joe Francis Attacks Samantha Ronson; The Seinfelds Get Sued; Britney Spears’s Father Keeps the Reins
It’s not a lie, if you believe it
Events for Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Time Inc. Announces 600 Layoffs
Morning News Digest: Wednesday, October 29, 2008
The Battle of the Boncompagni Sisters May Be Drawing to a Close
Filibuster-Proof: The 60-Seat Democratic Fantasy Starts to Look Real
Who Are Obama’s New York Buddies?
Obama’s Handful: The New Yorkers Who May Be Going to Washington
Obama’s X-Factor: Closer, Democrats Face the Unknown
Have Bob Dylan create your next playlist
VSL:FOOD // We’ll always eat Paris
VSL:SCIENCE // Phantom pains in man’s third leg
VSL:WEB // Taking wrong turns on the information superhighway
VSL:KIDS // Channel your child’s inner Jennifer Beals
VSL:BOOKS // Read the revealing autobiography of a very private man
Original Cable Guy Phil Griffin Tastes Network Revenge
Showgirls Producer’s Old 895 Park Triplex Price Slides Down Pole to $20 M.
Corcoran Broker, Ex-Bear Stearns Hubby List Majestic Co-op at $12 M.
Thanks, Pops! Super-Wealthy Scions Buoy Luxury Market
Everyone Loves Prospect Heights Historic Designation
SL Green’s Holliday Takes a Holiday as CW11 Re-ups at 220 East 42nd
Give Till it Durst! Mogul Investing $300 M. in Financially Troubled Properties
DekaBank Signs Lease in 1330 Sixth; Had Sold It to Macklowe in ’07
Sellers Paying Loans of Their Properties’ Buyers—Really! (Here’s Why)
The New Lehmans
Notes on Black Friday: Maer’s Pot of Gold, David Blum’s Demise Foretold
Special ‘Investment Fund’ to Increase Business Coverage at The Times?
Meet State Dems’ Developer Donor, Peter Fine
Catsuits and California Rolls at Allison Sarofim’s Halloween Bash
Manhattan Inches Toward the $300K Condo
Hammer of the Clubs
Frakes Doesn’t Eat Steaks! Vegan Nymphet Takes Bewildered City by Storm
A Silver Lining
How Cuomo Can Save AIG
Monday Morning Bill Signing for Term Limits
The Daily Beast Gets Sunned
Elsewhere: Bloomberg Throws His Weight Around, Silver Promises Cuts
The Afternoon Wrap: Tuesday
CBS Analyst-Turned-McCain-Palin Advisor Admires Karl Rove, Katie Couric
Santiago perseveres in rugged City Council race
In This Week’s Observer…
Riiiiing! Wake-Up Call for City Hotels
At Liz Smith Fete, Deborah Norville Gets Punchy About Sarah Palin
Updike’s Weird Sisters
A Clinton Calls for Stachowski
The New F.O.B.’s
On Tomorrow…
Press endorses Lubrecht over Vicari in Ocean County
Woody Allen Ventures Out With Soon-Yi and the Kids
De Blasio Sees Public Advocate as Check on Mayor
Everything’s Pietschy At Lean and Mean Little, Brown
Roman Candle
Head Case
Obama Elected President (Of Slate)
More Moreau, S’il Vous Plaît! The Actress at 80 Sparkles as French Jewish Survivor
The Kid of the Sundance Kid
Bicycle Boy Pedals Pot While Cops Shrug
Fashion Roundup: Christian Louboutin Sends Heels Higher; Peter Som Leaves Bill Blass; Harvey Weinstein Counter-Sues Bravo
Eek! AMC and TCM Pin Me to Sofa With Fright-Flick Marathon
Christian Science Monitor Discontinuing Daily Print Publication; Nonprofit To Continue Online
Sara Vilkomerson’s Guide To This Week’s Movies: Sex, Raunch and a Heart of Gold
Clinton for Gillibrand, Pepsi for Obama
Council Candidate Fund-Raises Against ‘Old Guard’
View’s Hasselbeck Would Like to Work for Sean Hannity
Sticky Sweet Dylan Lauren Reopens Her Candy Bar
Oh Brady! Florence Henderson Goes Cabaret
Wednesday, November 5
Monday, November 3
Tuesday, November 4
Friday, October 31
Sunday, November 2
Saturday, November 1
Sizing Up the Public Advocate’s Race
Thursday, October 30
It’s The Kinds of Jobs Being Lost
Wednesday, October 29
McSorley questions Larkin on sick pay
Paterson on Budget: ‘Dire Circumstances’
Devlin readies for high impact election in Republican-dominant Wall
Janet Silver, Tina Pohlman, Gretchen Koss, Jennifer Josephy All Out at Doubleday
At Q-Tip’s Album Release Party, Talk of Mayors Past and Present
When Did David Mamet Wake Up as Joe Six-Pack?
St. Vincent’s ‘Very Pleased’ With Landmarks Decision, Community Group Vows Appeal [Updated]
Obama Lang Syne
Term Limits for Everyone, the D.N.C’s Big Loan
Can Obama Turn New Yorkers Into Patriots?
Landmarks Approves St. Vincent’s Hardship Application
In Mount Holly, GOP slams door in Dems’ faces
paltrow.com
Happy Birthday, Digital Millennium Copyright Act!
The Plot Thickens: Natasha Boncompagni Strikes Back at Sis Tatiana
In Apparent Bid To Boost Confidence, Gramercy Capital Names New CEO
Havana Have What She’s Having!
‘Downward Forces’ at Work in Manhattan Apartment Market
Will Ferriero indictment affect Shulman’s bid to unseat Garrett?
Nolan Talks Dark Knight Sequel
McCain’s Geniuses Blame the Woman
After Disappointing Year, Random House’s Doubleday Division Cuts 16 Jobs
Radio, CDs Not Dead Yet!
Democrats target Curley in mailer
Even Luxury Hotels Struggling Big-Time
Wylde’s Outlook on Local Economy: Not Good
Bill O’Reilly Does Charlie Gibson Imitation For Letterman
McCain’s Geniuses Blame the Woman
Page Six Calls Lydia Hearst a Liar
A-Rod: A Guitar Hero in Skivvies
McCain-Palin: A Ticket for Yesterday’s Electorate
Jumping the gun on 2010
Teachers Against Bloomberg: Notes From the Rubber Room
Tenants PAC Hopes To Tip Senate To Dems Through Upstate Focus
Bloomberg Endorses New Jersey Democrat Over Gun Control
Morning Memo: Michelle Obama’s Leno Appearance; Chace Crawford’s Guilty Conscience; Models Hit By the Downturn
Environmental Split Over Foley-Trunzo
New York Times President: We’re Not Running Out of Money
The Round-Up: Tuesday
Would you believe 9 points?
Mid-Morning Read: $12 Billion
Bloomberg endorses Shulman on conference call, but not likely to campaign and hasn’t contributed
Gossip Girl Makes Family Hour the Dirtiest Sixty Minutes on TV
The G.O.P.’s Lessons, Another Watershed Year
Schumer Makes a Koch Joke
There’s a poll that shows Dick Zimmer trailing by just seven points
The Morning Digest: Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Events for Tuesday, October 27, 2008
McCain-Palin: A Ticket for Yesterday’s Electorate
Fool’s Errand: Antsy Conservatives Look Past McCain
VSL:KIDS // What these Australian animals can teach your kids
VSL:WEB // Shrink a YouTube clip, save a friendship
VSL:SCIENCE // A new explanation for obesity
VSL:BOOKS // George Orwell, Original Blogger
VSL:FOOD // Know how your sausage gets made
The world’s greatest (and funniest) stuntman
Bloomberg to endorse Shulman
Its about time…its about place
Elsewhere: Rudy for Lee, Plot Against Obama
The Afternoon Wrap: Monday
Executive Editor Bill Keller’s Remarks to the Times Staff Today
High Priestess of Scandanavian Pop: Lykke Li
Twisted Sisters! Tatiana Boncompagni Sues Sis Over Book Copyright
Malcolm Smith Ducks Same-Sex Marriage Questions
Clint Eastwood’s Doing It Again in Gran Torino
Chuck Hagel’s Advice for Life
Friends Remember Film and TV Critic Andrew Johnston
Fashion Roundup: Christian Siriano’s Line Hasn’t Taken Off; Tory Burch Not for Sale; Harper’s Bazaar Expanding
On Tomorrow…
South Street Seaport Developer Replaces CEO Amid $27 B. in Debt
Pete Williams no longer holds the title
Copy Editor to Post: Fix Hed [Update: Our Mistake]
NY heart NJ
NY Mag Art Critic Predicts Doom for NYC Galleries
Another White Powder Envelope, Norquist on Staten Island
Grubb & Ellis Chief: ‘Stay Encouraged’
Smith Responds to Bloomberg on One-Party Rule
Can Someone Please Tell This Jets Defense What to Do?
Will $20 B. in Bonuses Be Enough To Save Real Estate?
ABC News to Transform Times Square Into ‘Outdoor Global Viewing Event’ for Election Night
Lydia Hearst Ditches Her Column at Page Six Magazine
Los Angeles Times Cuts Staff for Third Time This Year; 10 Percent of Newsroom Let Go
Onetime CBS Creative Director, Dorfsman, Dies at 90; Created Network’s Look Down to Elevator Buttons
Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Jonathan Franzen Remembers David Foster Wallace; Mencken Disses Joe Sixpack
Menendez set to headline Obama event in Essex, before heading to Florida
Hikind for McCain
Jon versus Jon
Newspaper endorsement roundup
Keller Says No Further Job Cuts at the Times
Bergen Republicans want to see subpoena
McCain Losing Touch with Iraqi Reality
Republican Lament: What If Sarah Palin Never Happened?
Don Draper Finally Shows His Funny Bone
White Tiger Author Aravind Adiga Ditches William Morris Agency (UPDATE)
Endorsements for Massa and Kryzan, Signs the Presidential Race is Done
What In The World Is In Matt Lauer’s Ass?
Village Voice Building Becomes Just Another Building
I cannot tell a lie; I don’t like the Ledger’s lie detector stunt.
McSam Unloads Yet Another Hotel Onto Voracious Magna Hospitality
Publishing Giants Bob Barnett and Esther Newberg Trade Jabs in Financial Times
Morning Memo: Rock Princesses Trade Photo Shoots; Tabloid Rakes Muck, Literally
Endorsements: Lautenberg 3, Zimmer 3
Burden To Municipal Art Society: Don’t Mess With City’s Coney Plans
Richard Meier on Real Estate Market: ‘Fortunately, I’m Just the Architect’
Republican Lament: What If Sarah Palin Never Happened?
State Poll: Yes to Paterson, Yes to Term Limits
Mid-Morning Read: Newsday’s Endorsement, Gotbaum’s Future, Madore’s Imagination
Former McCain political director calls Garrett a ‘nut’
The (Big) Round-Up: Monday
What Is the Point of CMJ?
Anybody But Palin?
Asbury Park Press endorses Zimmer
Purnick’s Bloomberg Book Now Timed to Re-Election
Week in DVR: Ladies Who Lunch (and Work), Van Sant’s Saddest, Roman Holiday
In Passaic and Bayonne: the Scarinci factor
Mainstream Media Finally Pay Attention To The Daily Beast
Tom Suozzi’s Ticket to Albany?
The ghost of Sharpe James
Again: Should Dick Codey take a polygraph to refute Alex DeCroce’s charges that he offered him hush money?
ALFRED DOBLIN
A Senate race unfit to print
The Morning Digest: Monday, October 27, 2008
Built for Failure, Again: Your 2008-2009 New York Knicks
Republican Lament: What If Sarah Palin Never Happened?
Planned Parenthood Mails Against Maltese, Padavan
Planned Parenthood Mailer Against Padavan
The Local: FiDi Five Weeks On
Going all out in Monmouth County
The Disillusionment of Jimmy Dahroug, Long Island Progressive
Monty Python meets the Marquis de Sade
VSL:WEB // What Samantha and Mr. Kotter can teach us about Obama and McCain
VSL:FOOD // How to make it (or fake it) as a wine aficionado
VSL:BOOKS // Thou shalt listen to these records
VSL:SCIENCE // The science behind chimpanzee behinds
VSL:KIDS // Should your kids play with knives and matches? (The answer is yes!)
With one full week left, 3rd and 7th House races still biggest flashpoints
Foreclosures Driving Home Sales Nationwide
‘Williamsburg II’ Disembarks
Last Days of CMJ
Weekend in Review: Paterson’s Loss, Bloomberg’s Victory Lap
New York Times endorses Lautenberg
In long-shot quest, Zimmer can’t count on the media
New York Times endorses Adler, Lance, Shulman
40% decrease in Star-Ledger newsroom
Lawmaker: O’Byrne Departure a Disaster and an Opportunity for Paterson
General Manager Tells WNBC Staffers That New Strategy Will Focus on ‘Localism’ and ‘Super Serving’ of Community
The Transom Week In Review: Michael Bloomberg, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, and Anne Slowey
Fashion Roundup: Tommy Hilfiger Canoodling; Lauren Hutton Teams Up With Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; Sarah Palin Put On Notice
Newly Opened Club Citrine Could be Doomed From the Start
Elsewhere: O’Byrne Out
Brooke Astor’s Duplex at 778 Park Reportedly Down to (Gulp!) $35 M.
Former Yassky Aide Won’t Run Against Him, But Baer Will
Forest City Downgraded; Analysts ‘Particularly Concerned’ About Atlantic Yards
Charles O’Byrne: Man of the Year!
The Great Stack-Up: Now, Yassky and Weprin Wait on Thompson
Crowley Aide Says He’s Not Interested in DCCC Post
At Yankees Hearing, Kucinich Schools City Officials
In E-mail, ABC News President Tells Staff No Holiday Parties This Year; All Print Subs Canceled; Execs Must Stay at ‘B’ Hotels
Fox News Executive VP on McCain Volunteer Race-Bait Hoax: ‘Senator McCain’s Quest for the Presidency Is Over’
Radar Staff Drinking Bottles of Stella As They Pack; Gathering at East Village Bar
Enter Plouffe: The Grim Reaper Returns
02138 Suspending Publication
Which Senator’s Wife is Trying to get her Kid Into Preschool?
Un-Term-Limited Gioia to Run for Public Advocate Anyway
October 24, 2008
Marie Claire’s Reality Show Running in Heels Stops for No Man (Or Reporter)
Are These Really The 30 Best Of 30 Rock?
The Afternoon Wrap: Friday
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Has Huge Bathtub, Bigger Apartment
In Divided Council, Quinn Likely Survives as Speaker
Atlantic Democrats hope to regain losses
Manzo and Healy await judge’s decision
Maer Roshan: The Exit Interview
Stack signs on to family income disclosure bill
Keith Olbermann Like You’ve Never Seen Him
Corzine picks Jackson as Chief of Staff
Memo to Steve Schmidt: McCain Is Not Where Gore Was
Adler camp hits Myers on terrorism task force attendance
McCain is Not Where Gore Was
Lieberman’s Disbelief, Bloomberg’s ‘Surrender Monkeys’
CMJ Day 3: King Khan vs. Mission of Burma
Steven Soderbergh Walks Like a 3-D Egyptian
Memo to Steve Schmidt: McCain Is Not Where Gore Was
Weekend TV
Mary Heilmann, Super-Cool Painter, Has Big Show at New Museum
Napoleon’s Solo
Centerline Tries To Wriggle Out of Mega-Lease at 1095 Sixth
Poll hours set by law, but voters on line by 8 p.m. can vote
Lalor’s Web Ad, on a Budget
Post Wants You To Know Heather Mills Has One Leg
Why Does Today’s Hilary Swank Condo News Sound So Familiar?
Radar Shutting Down (Again)
With Obama Endorsement, Bill Weld Returns to Form
Bill Clinton For Weiner, Not Against Bloomberg
Anthony Weiner Hosts Bill Clinton in Queens
Opening this Weekend: Saw V, Pride and Glory, Changeling
Even at Fancy French Store Openings, Michael Bloomberg’s Power Play Is the Talk of the Town
Bill Clinton for Weiner, Not Against Bloomberg
Payne calls on secretary of state to extend voting hours
Municipal Art Society To Solve All Coney Problems With Charrette
Delle Donna and wife get 51 months apiece
In the Silver Anniversary Breeders’ Cup, Take Kip DeVille
Morning Memo: Angelina Jolie’s ‘Restless’ Kids; Lydia Hearst Serious About the Economy; John McCain Militant (About Ribs)
Mid-Morning Read: Old Bloomberg Versus New Bloomberg
Doctor says Sarlo did not suffer a heart attack
The Round-Up: Friday
The Sarah Palin Show? ‘Americans Just Want to be Entertained,’ Says Tina Brown
Inquirer endorses Zimmer
The Changeling: Two Reviews
A ‘Relatively Ho-Hum’ Election Night?
New York Times Endorses Barack Obama
New Jersey’s two most competitive House seats on GOP death list
It’s stories like this that make you miss being able to call Jack Collins and Joe Azzolina for comment
Friday, October 24, 2008
Will Corzine name a Republican to replace Kuperus?
How many more days should PolitickerNJ.com poll about Dick Codey and the lie detector?
APP endorses Burry and Curley for freeholder seats
The Morning Digest: Friday, October 24, 2008
No Joke: Championship Basketball in New York
Brooklyn, The Borough: ACORN in BK
This Election Night Could Be Over Early
Bloomberg Gets It Over With
Events for Friday, October 24, 2008
VSL:WEB // Turn your YouTube into a movable feast
This hilarious Web video’s a (natural) gas
VSL:KIDS: // Check out a *real* October surprise
VSL:BOOKS // A riveting first novel about the end times
VSL:FOOD // Peek behind the scenes at the world’s most atypical restaurant
VSL:SCIENCE // Going into battle? Leave your helmet at home.
During First Taping of New CNN Comedy Show, Scott McClellan Endorses Barack Obama
Elsewhere: Term-Limits Outrage, Golisano Backs Down
Sulzberger Says Home Page Apple Ad on NYTimes.com is ‘Very Exciting’
Dadey to Yassky: ‘You’re Trying to Have it Both Ways’
The Afternoon Wrap: Thursday
Will The Times Pay Its Writers Based on Page Views?
Top 10 Bars for Beer Snobs
Obama Camp Seeks Treasury Sec. With Staying Power
Restaurant of the Week(end): Five Points
Bloomberg: Council Made the ‘Right Choice’ on My Plan
On Tomorrow…
Single Person’s Movie: Jerry Maguire
Term-Limits Extension Passes
Fashion Roundup: Victoria Beckham on the Cover of Vogue … in India; Sarah Palin’s Charitable Plans for her Wardrobe
Tish James: Term Limits Bill All About Atlantic Yards, Legacy Projects
Ghost Hunters Gets Schooled
Metallica Rules Digital Jukeboxes, But Kanye Gets Played, Too!
Port Authority Sells Some Bus Parking, Clears Room for West Side Hotel
Vacca, Gerson Say Yes to Extending Term Limits, Avella Laments
British Tabloids Quick to Turn on Newly Americanized Peaches Geldof
Yassky Falls in With the Bloomberg Proposal
View’s Hasselbeck Campaigning for Sarah Palin in Florida
Joe the Plumber is the Symbol for What’s Wrong
Amendment Fails: 22 Yes, 28 No, 1 Abstain
HSBC Building–No, Not That HSBC Building–Sells for $26.3 M.
Quinn: Not a Back-Room Deal
Yassky Makes His Case, Barron Says Bloomberg Isn’t Like Chavez and Means It as an Insult
Paterson Checks Staff, Aqueduct Deal Sealed
Finicky New Yorkers May Not Warm to an Underground Mall, Even If It’s at the Plaza
Manzo suit gets first hearing tomorrow
Term Limits Update: All Present!
Delaware North Gets Nod to Develop Queens Racino; Community Groups Peeved
Shattered! Bianca Jagger Loses Rent-Controlled Apartment
Bergen freeholder board subpoenaed
Quinn: At Least I’m Not Like George W. Bush
A Biden Gaffe Is in the Eye of the Beholder
Donna Karan Says the Universe is Giving Us a Wake-Up Call
Queens Tribune Takes Editorial to City Hall
Sires publicly endorses Smith for Bayonne mayor
View From the Top: Jean-Louis Blondeau, Chronicler of High-Wire Walker, Shows Shots at National Arts Club
Bell proud to take James money in Central Ward campaign
NYTimes.com Sets More Records; Janet Robinson Says The Times Will ‘Introduce More Journalists’ For Business
CMJ Day 2: Todd P vs. Red Bull
Times Company Stock Hits 52-Week Low
Michael Wolff on The Daily Beast: ‘It’s Preposterous’; Tina Brown ‘Just an Old Magazine Hack’
Merry Maids A-Milking! Did Madonna Have More Than Moo on Her Mind?
Tom Brokaw Explains Not-Quite-Retirement to Jon Stewart
Yahoo! Cops Charity Tactics for Ad Campaign
Mastro on ‘Legal Infirmities’ of Term-Limits Extension
Let the Lost Countdown Begin!
No Appeal on Injunction to Stop Council Vote
Murdoch Biographer Says He Tried to Portray Real Mogul: ‘I May Even Like The Man at Various Levels’
Schluter says DeCroce should have reported Codey
Vacca Shift on Term Limits Even Though ‘The Process Stinks’
At the Stylista Premiere, Anne Slowey Charms; Joe Zee: ‘We Weren’t Mean to be Mean’
30 Rock Premiering a Week Early on Hulu–Today!
Lautenberg and Zimmer go head-to-head in Gannett forum
Anti-Bloomberg Citizens Prepare for the Worst
Sometimes, Covering the Front-Runner Is Boring
Term-Limits Extension Passes Committee
Gov Ops Mtg Begins
The Dope Nexus
McCain and Obama Tell Couric About the Last Time They Cried
Lion of Paper
Bono Writing for Times’ Editorial Pages Next Year
Veteran operative says organization favors Bell over Osborne
Cunningham: Let Hugh Carey Speak
Morning Memo: Lindsay Lohan Behaving Badly!; Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise Colonize East Village; Guy Ritchie In Tears
What Makes a Gaffe a Gaffe?
Small Screen Halloween: Spooky Selections for a Week of Freak
The Round-Up: Thursday
Mid-Morning Read: The Lappin-McMahon-Como Vote
Outlook Partly Sunny for Tech Start-Ups!
Report that feds, state investigating Vas
Hornik-Beck collision course is not inevitable – but an inevitable discussion topic
Report of Obama EPA short list includes ex-NJ DEP chief
Court to hear pay to play case next month
Should Dick Codey take the lie detector test offered by the Star-Ledger?
CHARLES STILE
Winners & Losers of the Week
Wake-Up Call: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Burry chastises Democrats over money, while state GOP aids her campaign
Slump! Queens Home Sales, Prices Drop
Related to Build Giant West Side Tower With Theaters
Lance: ‘I am extreme in love for wife and dog’
A Biden Gaffe Is in the Eye of the Beholder
Events for Thursday, October 23, 2008
Patrick Kennedy due in Passaic tonight
Counting on grassroots support, Rone runs against the power
Poll: Lautenberg leads Zimmer by 52%-36%
VSL:SCIENCE // Shrinking heads the old-fashioned way
VSL:FOOD // How you like these new apples?
VSL: KIDS // Send your kids to Seussville University
VSL:BOOKS // A graphic novel for people who don’t love graphic novels
VSL:WEB // Peek through the curtains of a billion people’s homes
A hard-rocking concert that’s paid its debt to society
Judge: Blocking Council Vote ‘Undue Interference’
Elsewhere: Non-Filers Syndrome, Rahm on Kuhl
The Afternoon Wrap: Wednesday
Municipal Art Society Presents: An Anti-Seaport Tower Slideshow
The Amendment
Progress On a Public Project? Brooklyn Bridge Park To Start Construction
On Tomorrow…
Kelly: Moore Staying at Time; Layoffs Imminent
Bleeding for Zaha: Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld Can Only Hope to Contain Her
Send White Lilies: London’s Boom Officially Over
The Obama Grapefruit League
Pennsylvania Is Where Republican Campaigns Go to Die
Blooomberg as a GOTV Advocate?
11 Times Square’s Concrete Core All Set
Pennsylvania: Where Republican Campaigns Go to Die
Pennsylvania Is Where Republican Campaigns Go to Die
Yassky Talks Tough, Bloomberg Strolls By
Can the Court Stop the Council Vote? (No.)
Hot Tickets: Get Your Nostalgia on With the Toadies, Black Crowes, NKOTB
Freeholders’ debate underway in Battlezone Monmouth
Golisano’s Big Anti-Extension Ad Buy
Report: Letter Containing ‘White Powdery Substance’ Was Sent to Times Editorial Editor Rosenthal
John Curley and Freeholder Director Lillian Burry
Woman Attempts to Citizen’s Arrest Karl Rove in California; CNN Makes New T-Shirt
McMahon Voting No on Bloomberg Plan
More drama in the overheating 5th District congressional race
Plumbers Campaign Against Term Limits
Yassky, Gerson, Brewer Offer Amendment, Deny It’s a ‘Fig Leaf’
Times Magazine Reveals You (Yes, You) Were Briefly Potential McCain Running Mate
Peaches Geldof Channels Her Inner Kerouac
CMJ Day 1: Swedish Pop at the Bowery Ballroom
Rahm for Massa, Third Terms All Around
Lorne Michaels Is Having a Good Month
‘White Granular Substance’ Found in Times Building; 41st Street Side of Lobby Closed [UPDATE]
Fashion Roundup: Sarah Palin’s Designer Wardrobe; Kate Moss is a Mystery Shopper; P. Diddy Buys Enyce
Courtney Sale Ross’ Glorious 740 Park Duplex Very, Very Quietly Asking ‘Over $60 Million’
Graphic Porn: Asking Rents Trend Up and Down in Wake of S&P
John Hodgman Demonstrates How To Sell Your Book On TV
Hey, Mr. Stone, Where’d Your Bite Go?
Environmentalists Against Trunzo
Tom Colicchio is Glad the Recession is Happening During Meat Season
Powell Talks to Dowd About Obama Endorsement, New Yorker Photo
Sarlo status update
Torricelli backs Shulman; slams Garrett ethics, calls him an extremist and tax cheat
In a fundraising letter, former U.S. Sen. Bob Torricelli praises Dennis Shulman’s integrity.
Bergen Democrats’ ad features Palin moose hunting in Hackensack
AIA: Architecture Industry Activity Drops Precipitously
Star-Ledger lie detector offer: DeCroce says yes, Codey is mulling
Zeitz formally challenges Smith’s residency
Corzine to appear on The Daily Show
Morning Memo: Madonna Getting Hair Care Tips; Sumner Redstone to Divorce; Will Ferrell On Broadway
Co-Starring Rangel and Obama
Farrar, Straus’s Mitzi Angel Brings Young French Novelist’s Debut to America; Lorin Stein to Translate
The Round-Up: Wednesday
Mid-Morning Read: ‘Suffer’
Paulson at The Plaza: Optimistic on Foreclosures, China
In the Observer: Bad-News Smith, Albany-Pace Island
ricky
Lineup for October 22, 2008
Holt and Bateman to debate tomorrow
In New Jersey, parties rarely lose seats of retiring Congressmen
Poll: Corzine still upside-down
Star-Ledger story on DeCroce-Codey allegations is a must-read
Corzine spent more than $100 million to win two elections, but voters still don’t know he ran Goldman Sachs
Codey will record Adler robocall
After you read Josh Margolin’s story, do you believe Dick Codey or Alex DeCroce
MUST READ
Most voters unfamiliar with Corzine stimulus package
Courier-Post endorses Adler
Flotsam & Jetsam
Flotsam & Jetsam
Wake-Up Call: Wednesday ,October 22, 2008
Malcolm Smith and the Worst Job in New York Politics
Obama Warms Up In Florida With Team-In-Waiting
Ninth Inning
VSL:WEB // A new way to eavesdrop on strangers’ innermost thoughts
VSL:KIDS // Pack an innovative (and delicious) all-natural snack
See the real, weird Russia right here
VSL:BOOKS // Life lessons from a great writer you’ve probably never heard of
VSL:FOOD // Read about all the teas in China (and everywhere else)
VSL:SCIENCE // The amazing biplane dinosaur
Malcolm Smith and the Worst Job in New York Politics
Times’ Beijing Bureau Chief Takes On India
Money Mags Quietly Mull ‘Business World’s 9/11’
A Better News Division, Rockefeller Money Can’t Buy
Judas! Christopher Buckley Declares Mum and Pup’s Park Pad ‘Absurdly’ Overpriced
Anyone, Anyone? Billionaire Hawking Sherry-Netherland Spread for $15 M.
Hugh Jackman in Contract for Over $25 M. at Meier’s Perry Triplex—Will It Last?
In This Week’s Observer…
Defending Eloise
What Color Is Your Commercial Real Estate Parachute?
Events for Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Lloyd Goldman Set to Close on 1372 Broadway for $275 M.
Who’s the New Lehman? No One—Yet! After Five Weeks, Investors See Hopeful Lending Signs
The No Man’s Land of Midtown Retail
BlackRock Unloads Uptown Building for $16.8 M.
Ross, Durst In Battle For Pier 57 Development
Merry Maids A-Milking! Did Madonna Have More Than Moo on Her Mind?
O’Byrne Should Stay Put
Bloomberg’s Terms of Endearment
The Albany Pace of Governors Island
Drew Griffin Lands CNN’s First Interview With Sarah Palin
West 8th Waits for a Table
Kristol Ball: TNR Presents ‘Dan Quayle’s Brain,’ Circa 1990
Gillibrand Versus Treadwell, Live
Our Max Bialystock Victory
The Afternoon Wrap: Tuesday
Elsewhere: Governors on Palin, Subsidized Stadiums, Bloomberg’s ‘Inelegant’ Timing
Corcoran CEO On the End’s Beginning
Anti-Bloombergers Invoke Bush
On Tomorrow…
Julie Grau, Publisher at Doubleday, Writes About Her Abs In Vogue
WSJ Circ Preview: The Soft Pride of Low Expectations
Ross, Durst Set To Battle for Pier 57 Development Rights
Fashion Roundup: Peaches Geldof Getting Divorced?; Fashionites Like Barack Obama; Victoria’s Secret’s Massive New Store
Brooklyn Inn Plays Itself On Gossip Girl; How Much Was Art Imitating Life?
Manhattan’s Five Biggest Apartment Building Sales of ’08
Tuesday, October 28
Wednesday, October 29
Former Limelight Now Priced Up to $60 M.
Monday, October 27
Sunday, October 26
IRS Gives Thumbs Up to Tax-Free Bonds for Yankees, Mets, Nets [Updated]
Saturday, October 25
Friday, October 24
Thursday, October 23
Wednesday, October 22
The Brooklyn Bright Spot
Andrew Wylie Puts Roberto Bolaño On the Market
Greenwich Lean Time
Twisted Sister
Angelina’s a Bit Too Boopish in Clint’s Corruption Chronicle
New York Retail Turns ‘Darwinian’
Retrade Alert! Toyota Renegotiates Lease at Citigroup Center
The King of Corn
Kelly Cutrone Will Shell Out Dating Advice on The City
Term Limits Vote: Thursday
Paterson’s Contradictions, Stark Goes to Washington
Los Angeles Times Redesigns
So Hot Right Now: Socialists
Bloomberg-Quinn Opponents Make a Turnout Argument
Waterfalls Made Cash Flow? City Says Art Project Brought $69 M.
Rachel Maddow’s Ratings Have Taken Off Fast
Hackett gets 9 months
BeenVerified Checks Your New Online Buds’ Background
Great Scott
In Like Clint
A Perverted Idea of Fairness
Could Synecdoche, New York Be the Worst Movie Ever? Yes!
Thompson Pushes Willets Point Plan Amid Financial Crisis
Sara Vilkomerson’s Guide To This Week’s Movies: Survivors’ Guilt
A Perverted Idea of Fairness
McBurney’s Ego Upstages Miller, Lithgow, Wiest—Even Katie Holmes
The Return of Martín Ramírez
Times Article on Stress Causes Stress
Blink Bling
Elizabeth Banks Wants You to See Her Porno
Another Term-Limits Extension Opponent Makes the Case, on Video
Power Lunchers Munch On
Dear NBC, Pull It Together!
Notable Moments in Pro- and Anti-American History
Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Newest Star of Bravo’s Real Housewives, is Not a Socialite
Get Thee a Creative Director! And I Don’t Mean Joe Zee
Gillibrand vs Treadwell, Round 1
Madonna’s Tale of the Tape
A Patio Man For All Seasons: Brooks Resurrects An Archetype
Judge evicts Devine
Statement on Senator Sarlo’s health
Truman Capote’s Sagaponack Home on the Market for $14.6 Million
Sour on Williamsburg ‘Sugar’ Condos
Blair Waldorf Is Only as Awesome as Leighton Meester
Robach’s Signs
Frank Lautenberg’s real opponents in the 2008 U.S. Senate race: Bill Bradley, Clifford Case, Harrison Williams and Walter Edge
Trick or Treat? Michael Bloomberg, Vera Wang Dress Up as Themselves on Halloween
Kuhl Anti-Massa Ad: ‘Free Healthcare for Illegals’
Yes We Can: Obama campaign sued for trademark infringement by National Canning Center
Vallone Undecided on Term Limits, Indifferent to Billionaires
The bully pulpit or is it bully-in-the-pulpit??
Bergen Republicans vs. BCIA
The Happy Scene in Tampa
Morning Memo: Sean Penn Hanging With Hugo Chavez; The Box’s Second Life; Gwyneth Paltrow Stands By Madonna
Paterson’s Timeline with O’Byrne
If Republicans get their act together, this guy could be a goner
The Round-Up: Tuesday
Mid-Morning Read: Delano’s Debate, Merklinger’s Bid, Kappstatter’s Vision
Consider The Post’s Lobster
Star-Ledger endorses Lance
Tom Wyka’s fuzzy math
Poll: Turning Against Bloomberg’s Plan, But Not Bloomberg
Who wins the race for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th district?
Kean says Palin may have hurt McCain’s chances in New Jersey
Former Gov. Tom Kean with John McCain and Joe Lieberman in Hamilton last March
In races for President, U.S. Senate, a dead heat in Red Jersey
Obama, Clinton and Jobs, Baby, Jobs
Quinnipiac: Voters mixed on Corzine stimulus package
ALFRED DOBLIN
ALFRED DOBLIN
Union County Clerk says voting machines are unreliable; encourages voting by mail
Big Obama win could spell bad news for GOP in local races
Can Obama ’08 top Reagan ’84?
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Get me Rewrite: Many reporters had hand in ‘MAC accounts’
Wake-Up Call: Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Obama, Lautenberg have huge leads in new Quinnipiac poll
The Anti-Congress Congressional Race
What You Have to Believe If You Still Believe McCain Will Win
Obama Cancels Events to Visit Sick Grandmother in Hawaii
The Slow Rise of Manhattan’s Apartment Vacancy Rate
Mickey Mouse Hat, Ill-Fated Debate
Monmouth/Gannett poll: Obama leads by 17 points in N.J.
VSL:FOOD // Mother’s milk . . . now available for grown-ups!
VSL:KIDS // This dinosaur puts Barney to shame
VSL:BOOKS // A seriously gripping book about art, love, and mass murder
Meet a totally original, utterly lovable misfit
VSL:SCIENCE // See all the way inside the human body
VSL:WEB // Just when you thought all the Palin comedy had been mined
Barack Obama is likely to win New Jersey’s 15 electoral votes, according to a Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll
Events for Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Obama Plus Clinton Equals Crowd
The Afternoon Wrap: Monday
Monserrate Opposes Term-Limits Change
Elsewhere: Kerry’s Joke, King Bloomberg
On Tomorrow…
Photo of Obama Wearing a Hat With Big Ears: Priceless
Dismal Holidays Ahead for City Hotels
Somerset freeholder candidates debate taxes, ethics
Fashion Roundup: Tommy Hilfiger’s Sales Up; Wedding Bells for Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen?; Harley Viera Newton and DKNY
Showdown on the river
Robocalling on Term Limits
Jon Friedman to TV Journalists: Quit Your Banging
Golisano on the Battle of the Billionaires
Century 21 NY Metro Chief Out, C.O.O. Takes Over
Logistical Nightmare: Third Party Debates in Political Outer Space
Three Out of Four Baldwin Brothers Back in the Spotlight
Don’t Know Alan Dale? Yes You Do!
Mariska Hargitay Flips Her Penthouse To Big Landlord for $8.15 M.
Ugly Little Herald Square Building Trades for $10.5 M.
FSG Imprint Faber and Faber, Inc. Acquires Nick Cave Novel
Seaport Developer General Growth Looking for Billions
British Literary Agent Pat Kavanagh Dies, Leaving Her Newborn Firm Without a Captain
Citing Real Estate Exposure, Goldman Cuts Prudential, MetLife Ratings
Bloomberg to Golisano: Spend, Please
Obama on What It Takes to Offend Sarah Palin
Former Clinton Finance Chair Hassan Nemazee Defends His Kids’ Political Contributions
Our Critic’s Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Three New Memoirs, Three Branches on the Tree of Grief
Palin the Socialist
1199 SEIU Goes with Robach
Sarah Palin, Socialist
O, Canada! Office Market Up North Buoyant, But Dull
Online Campaign Asks NBC to Think Beyond Caucasian Males When Hiring Next Moderator of Meet the Press
Chanel Mobile Art Exhibit (Inspired by Handbags!) Opens Today
Palin Against McCain Robocalls, Getting Behind Alice Kryzan
Palin Against McCain Robocalls, Getting Behind Alice Kryzan
Quinnipiac poll out tomorrow
Palin Does SNL–Boy Were They Mean!
Brit Gets Twitty With it
Brooklyn’s Tunecore Teams With iLike to Help Indie Artists Sell Music
Thompson and Simmons
Pindell puts Saxton, Ferguson seats in Dem column
Clinton for Foley
Macklowe Further Consolidates Control Over Drake Hotel Site
Report: Judith Miller Joining Fox News [Update]
Once Comes to Broadway
Mark Zuckerberg Eyes MySpace Music Copy Cat for Facebook
Empty Nast Syndrome: Conde Cancels Florida Publishers Retreat, Relocates to New York
Anne Slowey is Still Not Over That Whole Nina Garcia Thing
When Kristol Met Sarah…
Frankfurt Dispatch: Will Books Be Immune to Global Recession?
ING Inks Lease in Monday’s 230 Park, Expands Past 200,000 Feet
Jews Really Are for Obama
If Powell Loves Obama’s ‘Judgment,’ What Does It Say About His Own?
Osborne welcomes Booker’s support in the Central Ward
Eddie Osborne and Newark Mayor Cory Booker today in the Central Ward
Booker backs Osborne
Triskaidekaphobia Afflicts Normally Rational Real Estate Industry
Paterson: Fiscal ‘Ray of Sunshine’ Not a ‘Ray of Hope’
Atlantic Yards Opponents Raise $45K in Walkathon
Let’s Hope the Jets Learn Something From This Pitiful Display
One-Time Olnick Controller Pleads Guilty to Grand Larceny
McCain’s Most Loyal, Axlerod on the Money and the Crowds
Morning Memo: Lindsay Lohan Takes the Train; Madonna and Guy Ritchie Probably Still Negotiating; Milk & Honey Going Private
Thompson Criticizes Bloomberg and Quinn Over Term Limits
Stephen Ross’ Centerline Could Default
Mid-Morning Read: Monday, October 20, 2008
Mid-Morning Read: Monday, October 20, 2008
The (Big) Round-Up: Monday
Mid-Morning Read: Palin, Rangel, Massa
Sarlo condition is serious; friend says he’s stable and conscious
Welcome to O2 on the Web
Welcome to O2 on the Web
The Week in DVR: Cameron Crowe’s Maligned Masterpiece, Touch of Evil, Grace Kelly’s Last with Hitch
State Sen. Paul Sarlo, 40, is hospitalized. Developing story.
Sarlo hospitalized; aide says cardiac related
‘It’s clear Sen. McCain is going to carry both New Jersey and New York’
District Poster Pressures Lappin
Adler camp: Myers + Freedom’s Watch = Bush
What Ever Happened to Jimmy Dahroug ?
Lautenberg confident enough to end campaign with a surplus
Adler, Lance, Glading win newspaper endorsements
Wake-Up Call: Monday, October 20, 2008
Winners and Losers, Monday, October 20, 2008
Obama Gets Powell, and Powell Gets Obama
Damn the Polls: McCain’s Irreducibles Beg to Differ
Damn the Polls: McCain’s Irreducibles Beg to Differ
Monmouth Dems relish APP Obama endorsement in context of county ground war
Democrats Amy Mallet and Glenn Mason
Obama Gets Powell, and Powell Gets Obama
It’s a Beer Market!
Dear Reader: Observer.com Political Coverage Is Being Reorganized
The Local: The Weathermen Townhouse
Tornoe’s Toons: Rangel and O’Byrne Offer Tax Advice
Dear Reader: Observer.com Political Coverage Is Being Reorganized
Weekend in Review: The Reach of Bloomberg Donations, Plumber Wars
The Downside to Having a Billionaire Supporter
Kuhl’s Strategy: I’m Mr. Local, We Had Change Two Years Ago
Term-Limits Hearing: Vallone on Vallone, Parsons on the ‘Perilous’ Economy
Why are Chinese-Americans so good at math?
VSL:KIDS // Add enthusiasm and subtract fear with these DiY math worksheets
VSL:FOOD // Show us the mayo shot!
VSL:BOOKS // The movie buff’s new BFF
Don’t know much about history? Here’s a charming solution
VSL:WEB // See the whole world, whirled
Term-Limits Hearings: Thompson Thunders, Velazquez Jokes
How Bad Can It Get for McCain?
Getting the Knee Jerks Under Control
Rules for Big Spenders
In ‘Must-Win’ Florida, McCain Stumps for ‘Jose el Plomero’
McCain’s kitchen-sink debate
Shulman and Garrett spar at synagogue
Axelrod on the Powell Endorsement, Why McCain and Palin Are Good for Obama
At Dollinger Event, Some Obama Themes
Obama drama shakes up Bayonne
Mayoral candidate Mark Smith talks to supporter Ronald Yadvish
The Lalor Dilemma: A War Candidacy in an Economics Election
Obama volunteer Karin R. White Morgen
Robert Maes
Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone (D-Bayonne) and Cunningham
Mayoral candidate Pat Conaghan and state Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Hudson)
Dueling Fund-Raisers: Bloomberg for Padavan, Kennedy for Gennaro
Myers continues to assail Adler on legislative slush fund
Molinari: Anybody But Straniere, Please
Booker jumps into Central Ward battle alongside Osborne
In a tough political landscape, Schaer bets on Blanco – and Lucianin
The Afternoon Wrap: Friday
Elsewhere: McCain’s Zero, Powell’s Endorsement, Fossella’s Red Lips
Rules for Big Spenders
Transom Week In Review: Sex Drive (the Movie!); Blythe Danner’s Style Tips; Julian Schnabel Ponders John McCain
Fashion Roundup: Burberry CEO Says Stay Strong; Katie Holmes Already Has Comme des Garcons for H&M; Hugo Boss’s New Store
Brooklyn Third-Quarter Report Online
Biggest Willets Landowner in Talks With City; Deal Seems Elusive
Leave It to the Republican to Ask the Tough Questions About Term Limits
Will Ferrell, Original Dubya, Brings Bush to Broadway
Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s Divorce: The News, So Far
Daniel Menaker’s TitlePage Web Show On Hiatus, In Search of New Sponsorship
In ‘Must-Win’ Florida, McCain Stumps for ‘Jose el Plomero’
L.A. Times Endorses Obama
Brad Pitt In Space!
The Nervous Week Nervous Rich People Price-Chopped Nervously
Bonnie Fuller’s Recession Special: Sex, Beauty Treatments, and Twitter
Bar of the Week(end): Tillman’s Bar and Lounge
The Downside to Having a Billionaire Supporter
At Florida McCain Rally, Cheerleaders and Nativism
Will Mad Men Keep Its Boss? Probably!
Rachel Sklar Leaves the Huffington Post
Term-Limits Hearings: Thompson Thunders, Velazquez Jokes
Weekend TV
At Willets Hearing, Where’s the Grandstanding? (So Far)
Pat Kiernan’s Dry ‘Protest’ Against New York Times Format Changes
Zimmer outraises Lautenberg this quarter, but has half the Democrat’s on-hand cash
Congressional cash on hand summary
Term-Limits Hearing: Vallone on Vallone, Parsons on the ‘Perilous’ Economy
New York Post Biz Reporter Zachery Kouwe Joins the Times
Schaer endorses Blanco for mayor and Lucianin for council
The Weekly Walk-Through
Another Awards-Seeker Gets Bumped To 2009
Former Yassky Aide: Term-Limits Change ‘Dead Wrong’
Follow the Feet: The Genius of Fred Astaire
Codey says he won’t invoke executive privilege
Opening This Weekend: Max Payne, Sex Drive, Bees, and Some Movie About the Prez
Your Chinese Democracy Will Come With a Side of Dr. Pepper
In Willets Point Pitch, City Unveils New Property Deals To Council
Apples and Light Bulbs on the Lower East Side: The way to a more eco-friendly New York City
Another Oil Condo: Retired Offshore Drilling Exec Sells for $9.2 M.
Restaurant of the Week(end): Lucali
Julian Schnabel: ‘McCain Looked Like a Crotchety, Angry Loser’
Bloomberg Spokesman Runs the Numbers on Term Limits
Protesters Interrupt Vallone at Hearing, Felder Offers Therapy
Voting Next Week on Term Limits?
Did De Niro’s Greenwich Hotel Pick a Bad Time?
Schumer: McCain Should Try Humor More Often
Michael Bloomberg Explains
Getting the Knee Jerks Under Control
Myers promised Armed Services Committee seat
Treadwell Attacks Gillibrand’s Tobacco Connection
Ohio Deadlock, Blessed With Oil
Morning Memo: Peter Cook’s Girlfriend Talks About Sex Tape; Paparazzi Swarm Katie Holmes on Bway; Gyllenhaal Parents Split
Training Peels! Spa Treatments for Kids Now in Brooklyn Heights
The Morning Read: Friday, October 17, 2008
The Round-Up: Friday
No Menendez endorsement for Blanco
How Bad Will Election Day Be for McCain?
Jackson’s first task: pick three deputies
It’s Nick and Norah’s Playlist; We Just Live in It
Who should Gov. Jon Corzine pick as his new Commissioner of Environmental Protection?
Gov. Jon Corzine’s new Chief of Staff, Lisa Jackson
Jackson will be Corzine’s new Chief of Staff
Wake-Up Call: Friday, October 17, 2008
Debate Sketchpad: Too little, too late
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How Bad Can It Get for McCain?
See the Middle East’s best-kept secrets
VSL:SCIENCE // Become a Cognition Lab guinea pig from home
VSL:WEB // Take a lesson with the maestro–online
McCain to Letterman: ‘I Screwed Up’
Events for Friday, October 17, 2008
Report: Glenn Beck Joins Fox News
Elsewhere: Term-Limits Testimony, the Plumber Still
The Afternoon Wrap: Thursday
Thompson Running Against Bloomberg? ‘Yes’
At Term Limits Hearing, a Scornful Opening
Fashion Roundup: Ed Hardy For Sale; Anna Wintour at the Debate; High-End Retailers Struggling
RPA Wish List: Second Avenue Subway to L.E.S., Free Buses Across Manhattan
Recession Cinema: Young Frankenstein
City to Region: Quit Stealing Our Jobs!
Manhattan’s Apartment Sales Interactive!
What Is McCain’s Problem?
Will We Get To See The Road This Year?
Single Person’s Movie: Dazed and Confused
Tishman Speyer Unveils Stuy Town Movie Theater, Library
Edie Adams, Dead at 81
Top 10 Brunches Worth Getting Out of Bed For
After Missing Out On Last Hot Debut Novel, Dial Press Wins The Imperfectionists For Six Figures
Golisano to Oppose Bloomberg on Term Limits
City Unemployment Rate Calm Before Storm
Bloomberg on Clinton’s ‘Disturbing’ Comment
Tormenting Yassky, Powers’ War Chest, Too Much Plumber
It Runs in the Family! Two Brothers Both Involved in High-End Antiques Fakery
Stender vs. Ledger
Why in the World is Dov Charney on the Cover of Portfolio?
Term-Limits Hearing Fills Up Early
Same Old, Same Old
Montefusco gets 3 years probation for filing false tax return
The Scoop on Poop
In Trenton, Obama camp counters McCain’s ‘class warfare’ argument
Why Rachel Maddow Never Made it On Fox News
1Oak Using E-mail Blasts to Drum Up Business
Did Ex-Random House CEO Peter Olson Just Tell Portfolio He Regrets Firing Ann Godoff?
50 Cent Gets Real(ity)
Beige Book Blues: Apartment Sales Off, Retail Sales Slow
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Zut Alors! Steve Carell Gets Frenchy…But What About His Date With Tina Fey?
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Gore Vidal’s Former Assistant Daren Simkin Is Having a Good and Bad Day
Pundits: Democratic registration edge doesn’t assure Corzine second term
Why Is There a Question Mark on the Cover of Time?
Zut Alors! Dan Rather to Report on U.S. Election For French TV
Arrested Development Alumni Update: Less Lucille, More Gob
Response to Corzine’s economic stimulus plan
Damn, It Feels Bad to Be Dated
Correction: Weiner departure was not his own idea
Bell and Osborne dominate the field as Booker weighs the battle
Dinner’s Ready! Rooms Not Quite at Cooper Square Hotel
Labor leader Eddie Osborne
Former Councilman Charles Bell
Lance has $258k on hand
Lawsuit Filed By Model Against Jeffrey Epstein Dismissed
The Road to the White House Is Hempstead Turnpike
The Last Spin Room: Davis Gets Angry, Axelrod Gets Sarcastic
Some Unions Supporting Bloomberg for Mayor, Again
The Round-Up: Thursday
Addabbo Gets a Union of His Own
McCain Economic Stimulus Plan Finally Revealed
The Morning Read: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Morning Memo: Peter Cook Sex Tape Confirmed; Madonna and Guy Ritchie Had No Pre-nup; Prince’s Secret Show
NJN will air Corzine economic stimulus package
Sarlo calls for investigation into Garrett’s taxes
Appearances Matter, Plumbers Rule, Twisted Sister on Long Island
Will State Treasurer David Rousseau survive the MAC account scandal?
Democrats might take a pass on Monmouth legislative races, opening the door for Mironov
Councilman Jose “Joe” Garcia
Real estate developer Jose Sandoval
Former School Board President Alex Blanco
Blanco denies involvement in Soto-Rivera scheme
Employing PEOPLE
Wake-Up Call: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Obama Wins by Being Obama
McCain’s Kitchen-Sink Debate
Brooklyn Home Sales Plummet
Events for Thursday, October 16, 2008
Lautenberg has $921,574 on hand
VSL:SCIENCE // The quickest way to get to third base
A riveting search for an elusive father
VSL:WEB // Watch raw footage from ‘the other war,’ in Afghanistan
Hot Tickets: Our Best Picks for CMJ ’08
Democrats want D’Amato and Blee to run for Assembly
Soto faces additional bribery and corruption charges in Passaic
Couples Retreat Might Be the Movie of Our Dreams
The Afternoon Wrap: Wednesday
Elsewhere: ‘Painful Recession,’ Framing the Debate, McCain’s Call to Clinton
Clinton on Term Limits: ‘The People of New York City Should Be Heard’
City Pays $11 M. For Coney Site Once Sought by Thor
Chocolate News Premieres Tonight on Comedy Central
At Key to the Cure, Recession Burgers, Ronsons and Real Housewives
Fashion Roundup: Madonna’s Got Guns; Thakoon Getting Target for Christmas; Comics for Diane von Furstenberg
Empty Nast Syndrome: Condé’s New Hiring Chill
1199 SEIU Backs Republican Maltese
Economist: Local Housing Market Blinded Voracious Wall Streeters
Next Tarantino Flick Has Pitt, But Not Really Anyone Else
Trump: Bush Should’ve Been Impeached
A New James L. Brooks Movie Or What?
Major Changes at Rolling Stone; Minor, Too
What Did Bloomberg Not Know, and When Did He Not Know It?
What do Joe Ferriero and Tom Kean have in common?
Council Holdouts, Wonder Wheel, Switching States
Ten Things We Learned About the ‘Other’ Ronson
Get Your Halloween Freak On Granola Style!
Absentminded Professors, Rejoice! The Atlantic Says Thinking is Cool Again
Debate Prediction
Quinn on Continuity, Committee Assignments
SERDAR TUMGOREN
Debate Prediction: McCain Finds His Voice, It Doesn’t Matter
We’ll Split Rent Evenly and Other Roommate Lies of Post-Boom New York
Republicans go all out after McGettigan
National Book Award Nominees in Non-Fiction: Faust, Mayer, Gordon-Reed, Sheeler, Wickersham
Apocalypse Nu?
National Book Awards Nominees for Fiction: Hemon, Robinson, Kushner, Mathiessen, Scibona
Term Limts Ad
CNN to Air Weekend News-Comedy Show Starring Comedian D.L. Hughley
Democrats now have the edge in Monmouth and Somerset
Advice for Canned Wall Street Masses: Learn to Drill, Baby!
Fedora-Wearing Bobby Kennedy III Throws Obama Fundraiser at Hiro
Jumbo Mortgages Could See Rate Chops
Yo La Tengo to Once Again Rock Your Menorah
London Falling! Housing Market Slumps to ’70s Levels
U.F.T. to Council: Put Term Limits on the Ballot
Shulman and Garrett raise equally in 3rd quarter
Esquire PT Anderson Profile Finally Available For Lunchtime Reading
Quinn’s Plan: Sell Ads, Cut Red Tape, Maybe Lease Assets
Oliver Stone on George W. Bush: ‘He Thinks Differently–He Doesn’t Examine His Life’
The Transom in Print, Oct. 15, 2008: Socialite Halloween!; Kim Hastreiter’s Book on Geoffrey Beene; Chris Wilson’s Tall Tale
Booker Prize Goes to Young Free Press Author Aravind Adiga; Publishing Commentator Michael Cader Unsmiling
Morning Memo: Madonna and Guy Ritchie Split; Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer Back On; Ivanka Trump’s New Lunch Plans
Romney for Lance, Hoyer for Stender
The Round-Up: Wednesday
Bloomberg and Markowitz, M.T.A. Bonds
Lineup for October 15th, 2008
In the Observer: Paterson on Obama and Race, Bloomberg Pushes Willets Point
Codeword: Machiavelli
tornoe
The Morning Read: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
BCRO debuts “Corruption Tax” ad
Continued speculation that Jackson will replace Abelow; Moran to run Corzine ’09; Short list of DEP candidates
New Jerseyans have little faith in government
Sires will endorse Smith in Bayonne mayoral contest
In New Jersey, it’s been ten years since a House seat flipped parties
Wake-Up Call: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The Observer in Print, Oct. 20 2008
Mad About the Man
Barack Obama For President: The Newest Deal
Listen to our world go to the dogs
VSL:WEB // How much of a man (or woman) are you?
See a great film whose time has come (again)
VSL:SCIENCE // When scientists go bad
Paterson on Sinking or Swimming With Obama
Nurse Nonprofit Nabs Lawyer Space in Rudin’s 1675 Broadway
Reality to Construction Industry: Drop Dead; Hard-Hat Workforce Dwindling to ’97 Levels
Is Dubai Boom Done?
Barnett’s Hotel To Rival Trump SoHo
Sale to Break Up Tri-Part Mondo Kim’s, Endangers Epic Video Collection
Obama’s Philadelphia Strategy
Twilight of the Media Idols
Beene There, Done That! Paper Mag’s Hastreiter Remembers ‘Fancy’ Geoffrey
Rub-a-Dub-Dub! Maxim’s Chris Wilson’s Tall Tale Almost Makes it on Oprah
Halloween’s Just Around the Corner! New Yorkers Ponder: Palin, Spitzer … Dracula?
Struggling to Hold Back the Bloomberg Tide
The Coming Youth Glut
