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Final push is on for health care reform
Democrats in the House of Representatives on Thursday predicted weekend passage of a sweeping health care overhaul that budget analysts said would cut the U.S. deficit over 10 years and dramatically expand health coverage.
International
Pakistan charges U.S. 5 with terror
A Pakistani court formally charged five young Americans of plotting terrorism in the country yesterday, their lawyer said, in a case that has raised alarm over the danger posed by militants using the Internet.
The Word
James admits to ‘poor judgment’
Sandra Bullock
is having quite a week with her dogs. On Thursday, husband
Jesse James
released a statement to People magazine about the affair rumors swirling around the couple, stating that a “vast majority” of the allegations are “untrue and unfounded,” but says, “It’s because of my poor judgment that I deserve everything bad that is coming my way.
Music
SXSW Day Two
Business
‘Free’ ad leads to fraud suit
NEW YORK.
A Wisconsin college student is suing credit firm Experian — the brains behind the ubiquitous FreeCreditReport.com jingles — for fraudulent advertising after she inadvertently signed up for a monthly $14.95 monitoring service.
My Travel
The key to Kyoto
Kyoto’s temples and Geisha culture are legendary, but this city is no slouch when it comes to mixing in a large slice of contemporary, too.
Photo: EMILY ANNE EPSTEIN/METRO
Something smells funny at bake sale
Forget making your famous seven-layer bars or empanadas for your child’s school fundraiser. The city that cut our fat intake, and wants to curb the salt in our food, is monitoring bake sales.
New York
Med students hope to find perfect match
At noon on the third Thursday of March the country’s graduating medical students receive an envelope telling them where their careers as doctors will begin. Known as Match Day, it’s the emotional culmination of months of stressful interviews with hospitals.
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New York City a toxic playground
The 1.8-mile Gowanus Canal’s legacy of noxious pollutants from the manufactured gas plants, oil refineries, tanneries and other industries was acknowledged with a federal Superfund designation this month, but it’s just one of many toxic sites across the city, large and small.
New York
City blocks this week: Mott Street between Spring and Prince streets
On one of Manhattan’s trendiest blocks, a quaint Catholic school is set to close its doors forever this summer.
New York
Paterson takes swing at Gillibrand
As he denied allegations he may have dissuaded a woman from pursuing a domestic violence complaint and order of protection against a close aide, Gov. David Paterson yesterday took aim at U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
Photo: JEREMY SPARIG/METRO
City gives eateries a lesson in ABCs
From Papaya King to Per Se, the city’s 25,000-plus restaurants will have to prominently display large report cards on their cleanliness starting in July.
New York
City sport: Turnstile jumping
From Harlem to the West Village, fare skipping on the subways is rampant, a new MTA audit finds. And it will only get worse as the MTA prepares to let 450 station workers go, transit advocates warn.
Ever since the 127th Street entrance at 125th Street station lost its token booth agent, the subway entrance has become notoriously easy to sneak into, say both MTA employees and straphangers alike.
New York
New York: A familiar shore
Like many Irish 20-somethings touched by the Celtic Tiger’s swift economic collapse, Sarah Wall left Dublin for Australia. But after a recession Down Under led to tighter visa regulations, Wall landed in the Irish enclave in Woodside, Queens, waiting tables at the Cuckoo’s Nest.
New York
No more need to hide the hive
New York City’s growing group of beekeepers were abuzz about the city’s Board of Health vote yesterday to legalize tending hives of the honey-making stingers after a long ban.
New York
Bank exec charged with fraud
Charles Antonucci, the former president of a small community bank shuttered by regulators last week, became a historic footnote yesterday as the first person charged with defrauding the U.S. Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Pols can’t read writing on wall
Hiram Monserrate, who was kicked out of the state Senate after a conviction for misdemeanor assault of his girlfriend, will head to a Queens polling station today to vote for himself in the special election being held to replace him.
New York
N.J. dad charged in rape of girls
State kills racino slot machine deal with AEG
Cuomo hands off inquiry into Gov.
Young and hoping to be in the way
Suspect charged in hit and run of two women
City Business this week: House Call Haircut. Wherever you live, New York City
Get that salt out of here!
It all started two years ago ...
The MTA robbed by its own employee
Local doctor now Donkey Kong king
New York unwraps winning condom
Cause and effect The costs of smoking
Don’t look now: You may not like the ads you see
Nets arena reveals its ‘intimate’ inside face
Gov. Paterson tries hand at governing
Crane owner charged with manslaughter
Art week sales show rebound
Cablevision gets its Oscars night
Public nudity: Can it still shock New York?
Sugary soda tax may sour in Legislature
Is your phone bill crammed?
Paterson’s support base shows cracks
Queens imam pleads guilty of lying to feds
Hoboken, N.J., preps for boozefest 2010
TV titans put Oscar night in jeopardy
What’s in a name? It depends on the park
This year, upbeat for Armory week
City blocks this week: Smith and Ninth streets, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
Photo: CHARLES MOSTOLLER/METROIs NYC ready to share taxi rides?
Gowanus Canal given EPA Superfund status
Paterson’s future on shakier ground
Look who rides free
Go-ahead in Atlantic Yards land grab bid
Judge orders mentally ill moved into community
Gov. on calls to resign: it’s off the table
Insured or not, getting tougher
Leadership skill murky amid scandal
Police stumped in search for boy
City gets heat on student ride fares
Paterson’s future in politics is dim
New York City: It’s a jungle out there
Madoff family member wants to change name
Self-employed, young, juggling jobs just to get by
Pol: Say sorry for laws over Chinese
MTA set for public hearings on cuts
Toyota cuts deal with New York
Want MMA? City already has its own
Ch. 7 anchor charged with rape
Sting nets ID theft ring of hardened criminals
Williams gets 5-year sentence
MTA critics: Agent layoffs will take their toll on riders
‘Sorry’ man kills wife, two kids
Zazi: I wanted to die in NYC blast
Officers cleared in sodomy accusation
Cops seek hit-and-run driver
It’s a nightmare to apply for high schools in city
Attention New Yorkers: Get prepared to share taxi rides
Hopeful grads are run down in hit-and-run
Is a tiny bus line the worst of MTA’s cuts?
Poll: Sugar tax is a sweet idea
Former top cop Kerik gets four years in prison
LaGuardia the worst airport in U.S.: Report
NYC tops in parked-car hit and runs
What a difference 50 years makes
NYC’s early cemeteries are underfoot
Ranking: Bronx sickest in N.Y.
Governor Paterson sex bombshell, far from it
City Business this week: Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream Company. Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Big change with new Coney rides
Are subway fares set for another big bump?
Cash infusion for Moynihan Station
Bad fit a real condom problem
NYC’s brief hold on presidency
Deadly N.J. plane crash
Pooches battle for the Best in Show title
Fight heats up over plane obesity rules
Confusion over fireball response
Bloomberg stands by fire chief
Top 5 styles chosen for new NYC condoms
A lot of love with a little bit of protest
Controversy brews over Stadium gate
Snow won’t stop the fashion show
City prepares for the worst of snowstorm
Paterson: You’ll have to vote me out of office
Blame the Times for alligator myth
Woman: Police ignored groping
Web rumors just a bunch of lies: Gov.
Senate to grapple with future of Monserrate
Security risk spotlighted in plane death
Bus depot to stir up burial ground
3 children, parents saved in Bronx fire
‘Manhattan Madam’ after Libertarians
Schumer takes swipe at cuts to the Coast Guard
Female boss was a groper: Lawsuit
9/11 settlement closer
Bloomberg: MTA facing a new fare hike
Train heads west, money goes south
Poll: Contest has no racial split
Grand movie theater to get a second life
Hunting homes as credit closes
Pilot error led to Buffalo crash
Man says demons made him set fire
Chuck: Early spring; Phil doesn’t agree
Report: MTA using subpar contractors
Tanning salons feeling the heat
Officials rule arson in fire that killed five
Teachers sue over school closure plan
Foes of 9/11 trial ready to keep fighting
Charges for Zazi’s dad
Cop: Officer put baton in man’s rectum
Luxury spending shows sign of life
Stuy Town calls for stable rent
Search for answers after blaze kills five
President weighing move of 9/11 trial
A dozen Manhattan properties will be sold today online.
Search for jewel thief
Exhibit takes art off wall
Grim city budget cuts jobs, services
Manhattan has a world beneath it
MTA chief: It’s dirty down there
Man, 71, killed in jewelry heist
Bloomberg: Get 9/11 trial out of the city
Over protest, 19 schools close
Wall St. hope fallen: Go East, young man!
Gillibrand takes to tweeting
N.Y. leads nation in teen abortions
St. Vincent teetering on the brink of existence
Report: Subway security in ‘disarray’
City rescue team gets honors for aid work in Haiti
Close call in debris fall
Stuy Town given over to creditors
High winds wreak havoc on streets
Forget the schedule, trains later this year
Colts end magical run for Jets fans
Seeking help for Chinese in Haiti
Park Slope egger targets dogs
7-train riders face misery on weekends
Praying teenager scares flight crew
A guido by any other name ...
Gang Green fans’ sendoff in Times Sq.
Mayor skips over some big issues
Snooki goes to Yale, academics ponder the pouf
Future streets: Making room for everybody?
Gov. unleashes strategy for ‘grin and sin’ taxation
Stuy Town tenants’ win spurs renters on
Push for charter schools stalled
Schumer puts up fight for funds to restore castle
Would-be N.Y. senator slams Gillibrand
Trains snarled by underground blast
Gov.’s office talks down lurid lunch
Cops seek attempted rapist
Man released after JFK scare
Generations bridge gap with volunteer stories
Fired NY1 anchor gets month in jail
Marriage made in Metro
Doctors seek entry to Haiti to give relief
Report rebukes senator
Blog about sleep talking man is a hit
Judge: FDNY snubs blacks when hiring
Paterson says son wasn’t gambling
Hoping for an answer in the Haiti disaster
Latest drama for gov. is his family
Tobacco firms take on city’s new ban
Pink slip on the way for ‘Jersey Shore’ puncher
Some sour over city food as-salt
Coney Island strongman dead
Paterson puts his hand in UFC ring
Just breathe: Cig tax hike floated
Guilt by a Twitter post?
New Yorkers head to the farm in 2010
Farewell kiss led to airport closing
Williams arraigned from bed
New Yorkers still hold tight to their wallets
Video shows dog viciously beaten
H&M to stop cutting clothes
Bitters shortage or hip ploy?
City blocks this week: 14th Street between avenues A and B, Stuy Town
Atlantic, Third aves. worst for pedestrians
Riders hail new Atlantic pavilion
466 murders in 2009
Paterson on thin ice in state of state
Williams fractures neck in DWI crash
New Jersey Senate to take up bill on gay nups
New York No. 1 U.S. destination
Advocate eyes expanded office
Steve Jobs swoops in to save the day
Man left 20 minutes after breach
City pet adoptions seeing steep spike
City’s pedestrian focus is growing
Suspect in murder gets psych evaluation
Giants stadium in rear view mirror
Street name to record ‘50 shots’
City clears Hudson Rail Yards western half for mixed use
Santa’s local: He started out in Chelsea
Mayor taps new head of FDNY
Governor: Health bill hurts N.Y.
Marshall gets 1- to 3-year jail sentence
Storm puts dent in holiday spree
Recession leads to party downsizing
Bar fight brews over 200-ft. bill
New stadium seeks Super Bowl
Three generations murdered in UWS
City asks for comment on eatery grading plan
City’s mistake stirs blogsteria
Schumer tosses B-word on flight
This week: Gerry Street, between Throop and Harrison avenues, Brooklyn
City maps areas with foulest air
UHO told to put a lid on jugs
What does safe sex look like in NYC?
Anger brews as parents slam MTA’s student plan
Ride will be even worse next year
New terror trial in Brooklyn?
$414M Christmas gift for pensioners
New York is a cast of characters at Christmas
When art is used as real estate bait
Gunfire scatters Broadway crowd
Head-banging Hanukkah
Year later, victim vows to move on
City blocks this week: Kingsbridge Road between Davidson and Jerome avenues
Merchants take stock halfway in season
MTA out to beat the bus’s bad rap
Little gain for N.Y. in national test scores
Criminal charges out in chimp case
Ex-Sen. Bruno convicted of two felony charges
Christmas wishes fulfilled for kids
World B. Free ex-lover killed
ATMs that gouge their customers
Biking to the office gets a little easier
A dim future for N.Y. gay marriage
Zazi could face more charges
Call to get tougher on gang activities
Store discounts on tap
Green rules in college, literally
Senate rejects gay marriage
Smoking lawsuit moving forward
City blocks this week: 84th Street between 11th and 12th avenues, Dyker Heights
Gotti truly Teflon in fourth mistrial
Hard words upset celebration
2nd Ave. may have monster air shafts
Priciest office space in NYC, world drops
Cuts anger firefighters
State eyes oil for heat in clean air
Drinking past dawn deadline extended
City to ban roll-down gates
KRS-One recalls life as vagrant in B’klyn
Sharpton’s ex and daughter in NYC court
Learning skills in search of work
Paterson vows cuts with Senate help or not
Hopes for ‘Cyber Monday’ after dip
Homeless collections a fraud: Cuomo
Voices
The Senate’s Weak Health Care Bill
New Hess ‘Truck’ is a wheel drag
’Tis always the season for taking!
This year’s best movie ever made
Q&A: Three the hard way
On Tiger’s rapid fall from grace
Filibuster is bad for democracy
THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL REFORM
Abortions — only for the rich?
Cage match: Glenn Beck Vs. History
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Music
MMMpod
The March MMMpod features conversation and music from
Surfer Blood and The Allman Brothers Band (There's a double-bill you're not too likely to see. However, Gregg Allman does mention Hannah Montana!). We also speak with Vampire Weekend and the Dropkick Murphys.