In this courtroom sketch, a U.S. Marshall removes Faisal Shahzad’s handcuffs in the courtroom Monday, June 21, 2010, in New York. Shahzad pleaded guilty to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan just days after a federal grand jury indicted him on 10 terrorism and weapons counts, some […]
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NYPD Bomb Squad Smashes
Windows Of Suspicious BMW
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Images: (American Museum of Natural History) via upload.wikimedia.org; (BMW Gina) via static.dezeen.com)
Grim Moments in Marketing…
The 2007 New York Auto Show
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Images: (original NY auto show vehicles’ photos) c. C.NET.Networks.com; (Bugatti) edge-inc.net;(Swiss Army knife) (cereals) newquebec.blogspot.com; (dairy) bushrefrigeratin.com; (Basic Instinct still) hiring-revolution.com; (metal grocery cart) retaildesigndiva.blogs.com; (lava lamp) simply70s.com; (radio flyer) ace.imageg.net;
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NEW YORK POST, AUGUST 3, 2009
Regional News
Washed Up! Ipod Guard Whistled
Aug. 4, 2009
Now he’s in deep. The city yesterday suspended the lifeguard photographed by The Post Sunday as he relaxed in his chair listening to his iPod through a headset on Rockaway Beach. The nine-year veteran, whose name was withheld, faces charges…
Regional News
Lifeguard Caught Wearing […]
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Calvin Klein billboard in SoHo.
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Could this have been the original concept?
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J. C. Penney catalogue–The Man About Cleveland Collection
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Image: (Penney) via double3.com (Klein) via thegenderbenderblog.files.wordpress.com; (Klein plus)–(ad) images.teamsugar.com via fabsugar.com(Invaders from Mars Jar) via ihousephilly.org;(goat) animals.nationalgeograhic.com; (Beetlejuice characters) via iwatchstuff.com
Photographs and column are here.
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Did you know that the largest attendance to see a Major League team
was not at a venue in the United States?
On October 18, 1936 Nuremberg Stadium recorded an attendance of 322,463 to watch the St. Louis Browns take on the Cologne Atomizers of the Hanseatic League. Baseball Commissioner Keenesaw Mountain […]
January 27, 2009
The New York Times
New York Says Health Chief Abused Power
By DANNY HAKIM
ALBANY — Gov. George E. Pataki’s appointment of Antonia C. Novello, a former surgeon general, as state health commissioner in 1999 was seen as something of a coup for New York.
An appointee of President George H. W. Bush who was the first […]
It seems as if Governor Paterson and his minions made a serious mistake when they ham-handedly hinted that Caroline Kennedy was not what she had seemed.
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Updated: 01/25/09 07:17 AM
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Paterson may feel backlash from angry Democrats
The governor’s handling of the appointment to New York’sU. S. Senate seat has political insiders scratching their heads.
By Tom […]
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Image: (machine) sent as photo by my son; (Dempsey’s) via farm2.static.flickr.com; (pope) (symbols) wikipedia.org
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Alf. P. Lane: From the Bain News Service- Library of Congress
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THE NY JULES DASSIN PROWLER-CLASS; PC-18
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“NAKED CITY”
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Images: (harbor) Steven J. Weber, USN via wikimedia.org (police car model) firstgearmodels.com; (16-inch guns & superstructure) picou.org; (wake) ih6.ggpht.com via picasweb.com (explosions) J. David Rogers via web.mst.edu;