Eye Opener: Fare Evaders, Foodie Hipsters

Four New York Democrats could determine the fate of the health care bill. [NYP]

Or Nancy Pelosi might just pass it herself [WaPo]

Fare evaders cost the M.T.A. $27 million last year. [NYDN]

“Hipsters” go on food stamps to subsidize their “foodie” lifestyle. [Salon]

They may be taking advantage of the system, but they probably won’t be taking advantage Michelin’s “Main Cities of Europe” guide, out tomorrow. [Bloomberg]

Iggy Pop is inducted at last into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [NYT]

Sometime Observer Spencer Morgan compiles fond recollections of porn star Jamie Gillis. [NY Mag]

Non-fond recollections of Terry Richardson. [NYP]

Jason Segel will be the “human lead” in a forthcoming muppet movie. [Reuters]

Your dead computer is just a piece of trash; Salman Rushdie’s is valuable archival material. [NYT]

Gregory Meeks isn’t sure where that Katrina money went. [NYP]

Lehman Brothers didn’t take kindly to whistleblowers. [WSJ]

Lehman may come back as an asset-management business. [Bloomberg]

The Fed is debating how, and when, it will raise interest rates. [AP]

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