Williamstown High School in New Jersey has removed two books from its summer reading list after complaints from parents. According to the Gloucester County Times, at issue was "a graphic depiction of a lesbian sex scene between a 31-year-old woman and a 13-year-old girl" in Haruki Murakami's bestselling novel Norwegian Wood and "a drug-fueled, Read More
Last night the British writer and essayist Geoff Dyer gave a reading at McNally Jackson bookstore in Soho. As it usually does when Geoff Dyer comes to New York, the conversation quickly turned to Doughnut Plant, and whether Mr. Dyer had sought out his preferred vanilla bean doughnut since arriving in New York Read More
A history of funding for the NYC Department of Education, as presented by Mayor Bloomberg today, in City Hall.
2012: Lessons from GOP debate. [Anna Sale]
Budget Fight: "Two weeks ago the mayor and the governor had a long dinner on the Upper West Side. Perhaps today's quieter Read More
2012: 'Gangster politics.' [Kimberly Strassel]
Obama NYC: "When we say we will never forget, we mean what we say," the president told firemen in Midtown. [Mike Amon]
Obama NYC: "brief but somber visit." [Alison Bowen]
Obama NYC: "a solemn conclusion to one of New York's most emotional weeks since 9/11." [Erik Read More
President Obama Lays Wreathe at Ground Zero. Photo Credit: William Alatriste
White House: Netanyahu to visit on May 20. [JTA]
Mayor Bloomberg opens world-renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s historic outdoor sculpture exhibition - Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads - with AW Asia Founder Larry Warsh, Cultural Affairs Commissioner Levin and members of New York City’s Arts and Cultural Community. May 4, 2011 (Photo Credit: Spencer T Tucker)
Bin Laden Photos: "We don't need to spike the football," Obama said. [New York Times]
Bin Laden Photos: Plenty of senators have seen unofficial ones. [Politico]
Bin Laden Photos: Peter King is skipping his chance to see them tomorrow. [Michael Amon]
2012: King wants Rudy to run. [National Review]
Ground Zero: Bush won't join Obama there on Thursday. [Mark Landler and Peter Baker]
Bin Laden: Killed after, not during, assault on his compound. [Ben Smith]
Bin Laden: White House corrects the record; he was unarmed and resisting. [Julian Barnes and Laura Meckler]
"Bin Laden Bump:" Obama's poll numbers "shot up 9 Read More
9/11: Obama will be in NYC. [Javier Hernandez]
Bin Laden Book: Peter Begen gets it started. [Ujala Sehgal]
Bin Laden Photos: White House may release them. [Helene Cooper]
Bin Laden Photos: Some seem to be Read More
Mission Accomplished: "The raid was the culmination of years of painstaking intelligence work." [New York Times]
Mission Accomplished: "[M]ade possible after Guantanamo prison camp detainees four years ago identified a courier who worked for bin Laden. [Erik Ortiz]
Mission Accomplished: Bin Laden hadn't been a top goal for US in a long Read More
Burying Osama: "Obama administration officials decided to bury bin Laden at sea because they felt finding a country willing to accept his remains on short notice would prove difficult. The Read More
2012: GOP Establishment wants Mitch Daniels and others to enter the race, thanks to unimpressive field. [Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg]
White House Correspondence Dinner: Full video of Obama and Seth Meyers. [C-SPAN]
Trump Jokes: There's a lot of them; Read More
"What's up with medical marijuana in NYC. Is it going to be OK'd soon? Need to know by this weekend" is one question from Twitter Bloomberg read during his weekly radio show, this morning.
Hope Reichbach: Unsure if her death was an accident or suicide. [Sean Gardiner and Michael Saul]
Observer-Dispatch, Friday, April 29, 2011
Cuomo and Obama: Not in the spotlight together. [Ken Lovett]
Hope Reichbach: Daughter of prominent Brooklyn judge. [NY Post]
Hope Reichbach: Wrote about "wanting to unite her generation and help build a stronger Democratic party in Brooklyn." [Shimon Prokupecz and Jonathan Dienst] Read More
