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<p>A business associate of graffiti advocate Marc Ecko was <a href="http://weblogs.amny.com/news/local/tracker/blog/2007/03/nothing_spells_fun_like_subway.html">busted</a>. For graffiti.</p>

The head of the NRA is going to <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0307/Dept_of_Strange_Bedfellows.html">attend</a> Rudy Giuliani's fund-raiser.

<p>The state comptroller thinks the governor's spending plan is <a href="http://blogs.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=3975">unsustainable</a>.</p>

Bill Hammond looks at which lawmakers are <a href="http://blogs.nydailynews.com/dailypolitics/archives/2007/03/lawmakers_tilt.php">tilting</a> towards 1199.

<p>The head of the state lobbying commission called the Times to say his mid-day trip to play curling is <a href="http://empirezone.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/curling-the-new-golf/">no more outrageous</a> than going to an AIDS charity walk, or to church.</p>

ReformNY is <a href="http://reformny.blogspot.com/2007/03/reform-road-to-white-house.html">surprised</a> that fixing Albany is considered fodder for presidential talk.

<a href="http://www.urbanelephants.com/nyc/node/6508">Albany Reform</a> is the name of the party line that an Republican-backed Assembly candidate on Staten Island hopes to use.

<p>But he may have some <a href="http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/117327332528730.xml&coll=1">residency issues</a>.</p>

Ben wants <a href="http://www.r8ny.com/blog/ben_smith/draft_rock_momentum_builds.html">Rock Hackshaw</a> to be his City Councilman.

<p>Barack Obama had unpaid parking tickets. Scandal <a href="http://somervillenews.typepad.com/the_somerville_news/2007/03/obama_finally_p.html#more">quickly averted</a>.</p>

Juror Number 9 offers an exclusive, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thenewswire/docs/libby/">inside look at the Scooter Libby trial</a>. 

<p>And above is my footage from a City Council hearing yesterday.</p>

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