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Barack Obama Address Cold Open
Show Clips The President addresses the nation about his recent dealings with GOP leaders and Tax Cut extensions. > Dec. 11 - Paul RuddAirdate: 12/11/2010 Dec. 4 - Robert De NiroAirdate: 12/04/2010 Nov. 20 - Anne HathawayAirdate: 11/20/2010 Nov. 13 - Scarlett JohanssonAirdate: 11/13/2010 Musical guest Paul McCartney performs his classic song, "Band On The Run." In anticipation of its upcoming 45th anniversary, sign up for unprecedented access to the stars and books in the Days line. D...

wikileaks [35]: 'Suha Arafat loses Tunisian passport ...blurts out against the Ben Alis'
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 TUNIS 001489SUBJECT: THE PNG'ING OF SUHA ARAFAT: MANY RUMORS, FEW FACTS¶1. (C/NF) Summary: The GOT's decision last summer to revoke Suha Arafat's Tunisian Citizenship, which had only been granted less than a year earlier, made international headlines. In a mid-October telcon with Ambassador Godec, Mrs. Arafat attributed her ouster to the personal animus of First Lady Leila Ben Ali, following a dispute over the forced closure of the Bouebdelli Schoo...

Curbed Cup 1st Round: (1) Park Slope vs. (16) Roosevelt Island
The Curbed Cup, our annual award to the New York City neighborhood of the year, is kicking off with 16 'hoods vying for the prestigious fake trophy. This week we'll have two matchups per day, and all the results and the full tourney bracket will be reviewed on Friday. Voting for each pairing ends in the wee hours the next morning. Let the eliminations commence! Not only does Brooklyn's Park Slope head in as the people's choice (it received double the reader nods of the next most popular Curbed C...

NYU Greets Theater Geeks, Protestors at Provincetown Playhouse
On Saturday NYU held an open house to show off the "new" Provincetown Playhouse on MacDougal Street, and like everything connected to NYU these days, there were angry Villagers there to picket. What's their gripe? That NYU broke promises after pledging to preserve the historic theater while building its new Wilf Hall around and over it—promises such as not putting a big hole in the wall. The Controversy even made it into the New York Times! Of course the school also upgraded the theater's f...

Gilt City New York
Includes an 18-month Premium Membership for one person. Offer is valid from December 30, 2010 through June 30, 2012. This includes: Follow the instructions on your Gilt City certificate. Enjoy the New Museum! Offer is valid from December 30, 2010 through June 30, 2012. This offer is final sale and nonrefundable. This offer is final sale and nonrefundable. After purchase, you will receive a Gilt City certificate via email with a unique 10-character certificate number. Please wait until you rece...

Donald C. Morehouse Sr.
Donald C. Morehouse Sr., 91, of 822 Lawrence St., died Sunday, December 12, at Samaritan Keep Home where he was admitted last June. He was born January 8, 1919, in Dexter, NY, the son of Charles R. and Eunice Nottell Morehouse. He graduated from Dexter High School in 1938 and enlisted in The Army in 1941. He served a year with the 101st Calvary regiment, four years with the signal corps and three years in East Africa, Asmara and Eritrea. From 1948 until his discharge in 1953, Mr. Morehouse was...

"Dexter" Costars Hall and Carpenter Divorcing
Jennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall at the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Aug. 29, 2010 in Los Angeles. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) NEW YORK (CBS) It's over between "Dexter" costars Jennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall. The pair, who play brother and sister on the Showtime drama, are divorcing after two years of marriage, their rep confirmed to Entertainment Weekly on Wednesday. "Having been separated for some time, Jennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall have filed for Divorce," t...

Scott Baker: Lessons from the Radical Somewhere
These days, Economic Reform groups have replaced Stock Investment clubs as the trendy thing to join. After two 50-percent crashes in the three major indexes (Dow, S&P; 500, NASDAQ), it is unsurprising that people burned by stagnant employment, opportunities, and wages for years would rise to the occasion by promoting radical reformation of the most complicated thing ever invented by Man, The Economy. But we are. I am part of several economic reform groups and a third-year Student in the Henry ...

Hot Post: Ann Coulter Takes Aim at Butt-Less Chaps
This popular post was originally published here. Liberace, Paul Lynde, the Village People and other Gay entertainers were popular for basically two reasons:  they were perceived as harmless, and many people didn’t realize they were gay.  Yes, today we’d say anybody who didn’t know that was pretty dense, but until quite recently, Homosexuality was so unmentionable that - well - people just didn’t mention it.  And in the public mind, what wasn’t spok

Doormen don't expect big tips & don't get 'em either
'Tis the season to tip the doorman - but some get shortchanged. More than half of city apartment dwellers plan to dish out $500 or less in holiday tips in their buildings, according to an online survey. That may sound like plenty of cheer, but fully staffed properties have 20 to 30 workers, all of whom count on the extra cash to brighten their holiday seasons. "People tip the staff they see," said Teri Rogers, of BrickUnderground.com, which did the unscientific poll. "The people who mostly get...

Bush Sisters: Back Together Again In NYC
Barbara Bush recently made the move to Greenwich Village from her tv-less 5th floor walkup, and now sister Jenna is following her lead. Move over Kardashian sisters! According to the NY Post, Jenna Bush (occasional Today show correspondent) and her husband have put their Baltimore rowhouse on the market for $475K, and are looking for new digs in the big city... at least Jenna is. The Washington Post reports that her husband Harry Hager will continue working at the Baltimore-based Constellation...

What to Make of Julian Assange's Supposed OkCupid Profile (The Atlantic Wire)
WASHINGTON, DC – The industrious netizens of Reddit.com have discovered what appears to be a dating profile created by Julian Assange. The profile is written under the fake name "HarryHarrison," describes what Assange is looking for in a woman, and includes a slew of unmistakable pictures of the Wikileaks founder. Is it authentic? It's impossible to know for sure. The reason so many Bloggers are taking it seriously is because the account was last modified in 2006, long before Assange bec...

Hot fourth period helps Malone boys
NORWOOD — Malone used a 21-8 fourth-quarter run to pull away for a 63-38 Northern Athletic Conference Central Division boys' Basketball win over host Norwood-Norfolk on Monday night. Mitchell Gallaher led a balanced Huskies' offense with 10 points. Jared Heden, Cody Gibson and Ben Honahan tallied eight points apiece for Malone (3-1 overall, 2-0 division). .Andrew Stone paced the host Flyers (1-2, 1-1) with 14 points. POTSDAM 93, GOUVERNEUR 27 The host Sandstoners outscored the Wi...

Celebrities call for release of Iran stoning woman
Celebrities including Robert Redford, Robert De Niro and Sting are calling on Iran to release a woman sentenced to death by stoning for Adultery. In an Open Letter, more than 80 actors, artists, musicians, academics and politicians say that "Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has suffered enough." Signatories include actor Colin Firth, artist Damien Hirst, British opposition leader Ed Miliband and former French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. They say Ashtiani has already spent five years in Prison a...

Vigilante Justice? Texas Refuses to Pay Anti-White, Anti-American Machete Producers
Wall Street Journal: Let’s get this out of the way first: Robert De Niro looks nothing like Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Or Sen. John Cornyn. Or any other Texas politician we can think of. However, Mr. De Niro’s portrayal of the fictional Sen. John McLaughlin in Machete, an B movie shoot-’em-up released in September, has apparently made some folks in Austin upset. The Texas Film Commission says it will refuse to pay $1.75 million in state incentives to the movie’s producers citing a stat

Celebrities Call for Release of Iranian Woman Slated for Death by Stoning
Monday, December 13, 2010 By Staff, Associated Press London (AP) - Celebrities including Robert Redford, Robert De Niro, and Sting have called on Iran to release a woman sentenced to death by stoning for Adultery. In an Open Letter published Monday, more than 80 actors, artists, musicians, academics and politicians said that "Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has suffered enough." Signatories include actor Colin Firth, artist Damien Hirst, Nobel literature laureates Wole Soyinka and V.S. Naipaul, ...

Finnish, Russian leaders ride new fast train
The president of Finland and Prime Minister of Russia have been among the first passengers on a new high-speed train linking Helsinki and St. Petersburg. The new train, with a top speed of 135 miles per hour (220 kilometers per hour), cuts the travel time between the two cities to three and a half hours. The trip previously took over six hours. Finnish President Tarja Halonen boarded the train in Helsinki and was joined by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the Russian border town of Vybor...

Stylish Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas needs every edge
In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas... LAS VEGAS (AP) - The last major Las Vegas resort approved before the Great Recession will have to lure thousands of gamblers from established neighbors to survive after it opens Wednesday. The $3.9 billion Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, built by a German Investment Bank after its original developer defaulted, may have the hippest-ever TV commercials: Over a garage rock soundtrack with a jazzy interlude, guests with crafty s...

Scott Mendelson: Narnia 3 and Depp/Jolie vehicle The Tourist flop, The Fighter and Black Swan excel in limited release. Weekend
It was a gruesome weekend for wide releases, as two sure-fire openers underperformed, which frankly ought to make Disney very nervous for next weekend. Debuting at a somewhat soft number one was The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The picture is the third in the Chronicles of Narnia series, and likely the last. The first two films in the series were financed in a Joint Venture between Walden Entertainment and Walt Disney. But after the (comparatively) underwhelming domestic p...

Whats $450 million in taxpayer stimulus money among enemies?
First we must determine who is the enemy. Is it China in this case or the Reid and Pelosi lead Congress? When it comes to wasting the Taxpayer’s money, who better than Senator Harry Reid along with Democratic Donors willing to buy his “leadership” and approval?  O.k. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi would be his equal. The story below provides evidence that a Dallas investment group with strong ties to the White House and the current administrat...

WikiLeaks 2009 Cuba Cable Predicts Broke State In '2-3 Years'
Havana — A newly released confidential U.S. diplomatic cable predicted Cuba's economic situation could become "fatal" within two to three years, and detailed concerns from other countries' Diplomats – including China – that the Communist-run country has been slow to adopt reforms. The cable was written last February, months before Cuban President Raul Castro announced a major revamp of the island's economy, laying out plans to fire a half-million state workers and open up the...

Tomgram: Lewis Lapham, Sweet Celebrity
"One of the things I learned about communications is you need to keep it very direct, very straightforward, simple, and you need to be repetitive with it. People need to hear a consistency in your message over time. Don't worry about trying to say something dramatically different every time you talk to people because if they hear the same message enough times it's actually very reassuring that you are consistent in the direction you're trying to take the organization." Think of Stanley McChrys...

Royal photos show relaxed, loving William and Kate
This is one of two official portrait photographs taken on Nov. 25, 2010... London (AP) - Prince William and Kate Middleton look relaxed, poised and very much in love in official photos released to mark their engagement. One of the two images by Mario Testino shows the couple, dressed in jeans and casual tops, smiling in each others' arms. The other, more formal, depicts them standing together in a state room at St. James's Palace. The pictures, released Sunday by the prince's office, were take...

For Parade Magazine, Arianna Huffington Honors Jerry Brown, 'the Returning Warrior'
Parade magazine, a Sunday supplement that appears in many Newspapers across America, offered a cover story on their Personalities of the Year (featuring kids from the documentary Waiting for Superman on the cover.) There was only one politician featured: California's once and future Governor, Jerry Brown, "the returning warrior." Parade sought out Arianna Huffington to praise his endless curiosity and declare "California is a perfect fit for his restless spirit."' But...

Globalizing Pharmaceuticals: Like Agribusiness, Not Research
If, like a near-majority of your fellow Americans, you’re currently taking at least one prescription drug on a long-term basis, Vanity Fair’s article on “ Deadly Medicine ” will make you feel a little sick(er): Once upon a time, the drugs Americans took to treat chronic diseases, clear up infections, improve their state of mind, and enhance their sexual vitality were tested primarily either in the United States (the vast majority of cases) or in Europe. No longer. As re...