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The Implicit Sadness of ‘Happy Friday’

The increasingly unavoidable greeting, as well as its annoying conjoined twin, “Thank God It’s Friday,” are not benign bon mots but rather unconscious unpleasantries, evidence of widespread worker dissatisfaction.

By David Wallis

Video: Bill de Blasio Threatens to Strip During Storm Briefing

Mayor Bill de Blasio sure knows how to make reporters pay attention to his winter snowstorm briefings. At the very

By Jill Colvin

Charles Hynes Closing Campaign With Musical Score

After Brooklyn District Attorney Charles “Joe” Hynes lost his Democratic primary, his campaign not only soldiered on, it woke up

By Colin Campbell

Cokie Roberts Twitter Parody Delights, Then Disappoints

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

PogueWatch, Day 4: This Is Still Happening

By Foster Kamer

Dow Diary: 11,000 — How You Like Me Now?!

By The Dow Jones Industrial Average

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