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Ben has a fun piece on Gregg Birnbaum and JustHillary.com. (The Hillary people, he reports, have taken to calling the site "Stalker.com.")

Hillary will campaign in South Carolina.

Nancy Pelosi has a blog, appropriately titled The Gavel, which has a clip of Carolyn Maloney asking questions about funding for the Iraq War.

An $84 million approval fee requested by the Port Authority may doom efforts by Dubai Ports World to divest its US holdings, according to the WSJ political blog.

A toll-free storm damage hotline is now ready for your phone calls.

Daily Gotham has video of City Council candidate Wellington Sharpe.

Newsday has final numbers from the Craig Johnson-Maureen O'Connell race.

A Tom Suozzi staffer is leaving for a job at a Manhattan law firm. Dee Richards hears that Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer may run for Queens Borough President.

Bill O'Reilly antagonist Keith Oberman has a new contract with MSNBC.

And pictured above is Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, who looks like he really enjoyed Christine Quinn's speech today. -- Azi Paybarah]]> http://www.observer.com/node/31471#comments Politics Carolyn Maloney DP World Gregg Birnbaum JustHillary.com Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 31471 at http://www.observer.com The Sand and the Fury: Misunderstood Dubai Is Like a Needy Child http://www.observer.com/node/38566 Dubai—A friend and I once invented a game to keep us entertained at media events.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38566#comments Style Ahmed bin Sulayem BMW AG DP World London Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Chris Wright 38566 at http://www.observer.com Dubai or Not Dubai: Chuck On Killed Deal http://www.observer.com/node/38572 Even by Chuck Schumer standards, there were a lot of cameras set up outside the Farley Post Office i  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38572#comments Politics Charles Schumer DP World Dubai Michael Savage Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Ben Smith 38572 at http://www.observer.com The Sand and the Fury: Misunderstood Dubai Is Like a Needy Child http://www.observer.com/node/51993 Dubai—A friend and I once invented a game to keep us entertained at media events.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/51993#comments Style Ahmed bin Sulayem BMW AG DP World London Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Chris Wright 51993 at http://www.observer.com Desperate G.O.P. Attacks the Clintons http://www.observer.com/node/38525 When Republican politicians get in trouble, their defense often includes one or both of the followin  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38525#comments Bill Clinton DP World Dubai Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Joe Conason 38525 at http://www.observer.com Bush Puts Port Safety In Some Dubious Hands http://www.observer.com/node/38442 When Washington politicians protest the purchase of American port facilities by an Arab company, it  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38442#comments DP World Dubai United Arab Emirates Sun, 26 Feb 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Joe Conason 38442 at http://www.observer.com Port Polls http://www.observer.com/node/28682 In today's Crain's Insider [subscription required]:

"A straw poll yesterday of the New York congressional delegation shows unanimous opposition to letting Dubai Ports World operate in New York Harbor, at least pending an investigation." Crowley, Serrano, Owens, and Velazquez did not respond to the paper's inquiry.

Also opposing the deal: 69% of respondents to a Crain's New York Business online poll.

And what national security story would be complete without an 9/11 refence? Today's comes from Carolyn Maloney who said the port deal is a sign of "pre 9/11 mentality."

--Azi Paybarah]]> http://www.observer.com/node/28682#comments Politics Crain's New York Business DP World Thu, 23 Feb 2006 07:36:36 -0500 Observer Staff 28682 at http://www.observer.com