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Habemus Corruptio! Senates Dems' Deal Settled

Wed Jan 7, 8:49 AM

We know we've said this before, but it looks as if, on the morning of the actual vote, the Democrats of the state senate have pulled together a deal that will get everyone, including the rebellious Gang of Three, on... More >>

Clip Job: Bill Manville Goes Underground

Wed Jan 7, 6:00 AM

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives(For earlier posts, go here.)November 2, 1961, Vol. VII, No. 2Saloon SocietyBy Bill ManvilleA sweet girl wrote to The Voice last week, asking why I didn't write for the paper regularly... More >>

City Releases 116-Page Obfuscation of Stadium Deals

Tue Jan 6, 10:53 PM

photo by Shelley Panzarella (cc) Amid today's hoopla over the Bloomberg administration's decision to give back its free luxury boxes at the Mets' and Yanks' new stadiums - about which it's probably best said that the city decided that... More >>

Council Contender's Campaign Truck Kills Boy, 9

Tue Jan 6, 6:10 PM

Friday we told you there were two Republicans running in the special election to fill the city council seat vacated by state senator Joe Addabbo. (The Democrats contending for the seat are Lew Simon, Frank Gulluscio, Geraldine Chapey, and... More >>

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  • My Brother the Slumlord
    Going public is something Amy Neustein never could resist
    Wednesday, January 07
    In early November, Amy Neustein called the Voice with a message about her brother, an Orthodox Jew who owns a number of buildings in Inwood and... More >>
  • Letters 1.07.09
    Wednesday, January 07
    Mean what we say Re 'Musto's Year in Review' [December 24–30]: Do you really have to write more mean things about a human being who has... More >>
  • Letters 12.31.08
    Wednesday, December 31
    Young at heart Re Rob Harvilla's 'Let's Avoid Neil Young's Next Record' [December 24–30]: The title of this article is insulting, and the... More >>
  • Musto's Year in Review
    The year in pictures—pictures of me!
    Wednesday, December 24
    As the country plummeted into economic despair, the poignant sight of politicos scrambling to the face-saving rescue, alternating with the... More >>
  • Letters 12.24.08
    Wednesday, December 24
    Judgment day Re Tom Robbins's 'Manhattan Bench Press' [December 10–16]: Thanks again to Mr. Robbins for exposing corrupt judges. It still... More >>
  • Will Run for Food
    Based in the Bronx, some of the most successful athletes you've never heard of live to run away with your club money
    Wednesday, December 17
    In the final seconds of the five-mile New York Road Runners Team Championships in Central Park this August, a 33-year-old Kenyan named Evance... More >>
  • Letters 12.17.08
    Wednesday, December 17
    Everyone's a critic Re Kevin Baker's 'Word War III!' [December 10–16]: Wow. What a whiner. So you guys are really telling me that the... More >>
  • In Defense of Mixologists
    Don't say "Hey, bartender!" to these people
    Wednesday, December 17
    In the elbow of Chinatown known as Doyers Street, "Bar Chef" Albert Trummer of Apotheke coats two champagne flutes in his homemade absinthe. The... More >>

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Broward - Palm Beach

The Agent From Iran

How a mother of two ended up in a plot to smuggle high-tech gear to the enemy
On November 29, 2004, Shahrzad Mir Gholikhan and her ex-husband, Mahmoud Seif, checked into Le... More >>

Dallas

Buzz Reviews the News of 2008: Yes. It Was All Bad.

Sex clubs in the 'burbs, teacher layoffs in the district, black holes in the commissioners court—Buzz makes perfect sense of 2008
Buzz's mother had three essential life lessons she attempted to impart to her son: 1) Shut up;... More >>

Denver

Republicans weren't the only ones who took a beating in 2008

Colorado made news in 2008, and we're not talking about Barack Obama accepting the Democratic... More >>

Houston

Cancer Doctor Stanislaw Burzynski Sees Himself as a Crusading Researcher, Not a Quack

He's treated thousands of people from all over the world, so why can't he get FDA approval?
If you were writing the story of Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, he'd probably want you to start with... More >>

Kansas City

Six ways the city has wrecked a vital agency. Two projects that work anyway.

Like most cities of its size, Kansas City gets millions of dollars in federal money to provide... More >>

Miami

The Best Movies of 2008

Gasp! A couple of Hollywood blockbusters made the cut.
Is it a sign of the apocalypse? Something in the water? Or is it just the way the wind is... More >>

Minneapolis

An open letter to the man who raped my wife

A jolting tale of incest, rape, and the strength to heal
At about 10 a.m. on a weekday in mid-November, Bill sat down to write a letter. A steady rage... More >>

San Francisco

The LOL Year in Review

Just check out any newsstand right now and you'll see that 'tis the season — for... More >>

St. Louis

Class Conscious: St. Louis educators are desperately seeking ways to get kids back in school

Lamont White was two months into his junior year at Normandy High School when he dropped... More >>

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  • Mayor Mike and the Yanks: How Suite It Is

    City Hall gift-wraps another present for baseball's richest team

    By Tom Robbins

    The 2009 mayoral campaign begins this month when the richest sports franchise in America puts its hand out for one more bailout. The New York...

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  • Reviving Lead Belly

    A hefty collection of articles and photos plumps up the legacy of the blues great

    By Tom Robbins

    How is it that the glory that was the great folk and blues singer known as Lead Belly is today reduced to a single feeble listing as an "early...

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  • Stanley Schlein Rides Again

    A Bronx fixer's scandalous history doesn't bother Yankees or Democrats

    By Tom Robbins

    A smart lawyer with good connections is a handy person to have around, no matter his pedigree. That's why, despite his steadily outrageous...

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  • How the 'Gang of Three' Ties Up Senate Dems

    By Tom Robbins

    Say this for the scandal surrounding Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich: It's simple and right to the point. What exactly is not to get about a top...

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  • Prosecutors Target a Brand-New Judge

    Another Manhattan bench press

    By Tom Robbins

    New Yorkers who can tell you the precise number of electoral votes in Ohio and Indiana give only blank looks when asked how their own local judges...

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  • The Strip-Search Room

    Students manhandled by police in Bloomberg's schools have no place to complain

    By Nat Hentoff

    When our mayor and schools chancellor accept awards from national education organizations for regenerating New York City's schools, they somehow...

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  • Nat Hentoff's Last Column: The 50-Year Veteran Says Goodbye

    I used to say, 'I've been at the Voice since the Civil War.' But now I'm off to other combats.

    By Nat Hentoff

    I've borrowed Woody Guthrie's 1942 song to report that this is my last column for the Voice. I'm not retiring; I've never forgotten my exchange on...

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  • Federal Court Defendants Joel Klein & Ray Kelly

    Our Education Mayor remains silent about police abuses of students in public schools

    By Nat Hentoff

    While Joel Klein was among those being seriously considered by Barack Obama for Secretary of Education—Chicago Superintendent Arne Duncan...

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  • Obama's Black Widow

    Thanks to Bush and Obama, the National Security Agency now knows more about you

    By Nat Hentoff

    Barack Obama will be in charge of the biggest domestic and international spying operation in history. Its prime engine is the National Security...

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  • What Obama Doesn't Know

    Much has been hidden from the new president by the Bush team

    By Nat Hentoff

    No presidential transition team in recent history has ranged as widely as Barack Obama's in its attempt to find out what minefields he may be...

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