Though inspired by a hate crime, Chisa Hutchinson’s “She Like Girls” is a love story at heart.
Tue 8 Dec 2009
Filed under: Working Man’s Clothes, Culverhouse, Jared, Hutchinson, Chisa, She Like Girls (Play), Homosexuality, Ohio Theater, Theater — @ 11:42 pm
Tue 8 Dec 2009
Filed under: Prayers and Prayer Books, Religion and Belief, September 11 (2001), Islam, World Trade Center (NYC), New York City — @ 6:26 pm
A building damaged on 9/11 and then abandoned has become a prayer space, envisioned as a future Islamic cultural, educational and recreational center.
Tue 8 Dec 2009
Filed under: Tests and Testing, Education Department (NYC), Education and Schools, New York City — @ 4:20 pm
The results on the federal tests differed sharply from those on state-run tests, where the city showed large gains.
Tue 8 Dec 2009
Jesus Leonardo says he makes about $45,000 as a stooper, cashing in on others’ discarded betting slips.
Tue 8 Dec 2009
Jesus Leonardo says he makes about $45,000 as a stooper, cashing in on others’ discarded betting slips.
Tue 8 Dec 2009
Filed under: Legs, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Pain, Immigration and Emigration, New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, Crime and Criminals, Catholic Charities, Queens (NYC) — @ 8:13 am
Andrzej Leonik, an immigrant from Poland, was left unable to work after he was shot by a man who was mentally ill.
Tue 8 Dec 2009
The New York attorney general is focusing on testimony by Greg Curl, the bank’s chief risk officer and a leading candidate for C.E.O., about a merger with Merrill Lynch.
Tue 8 Dec 2009
Filed under: Anderson, Matt, Walder, Jay H, Transit Systems, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Budgets and Budgeting — @ 7:32 am
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s revenue projections are $200 million short, and the agency is coping with $143 million in cuts in state financing.
Tue 8 Dec 2009
Filed under: Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnershi, Garden State Equality, Homosexuality, Trenton (NJ), Law and Legislation — @ 7:30 am
A committee’s narrow vote to legalize same-sex marriage moves the measure to a vote by the full State Senate.
Tue 8 Dec 2009
Jesus Leonardo, a 57-year-old from New Jersey, says he makes about $45,000 as a stooper, cashing in on others’ discarded betting slips.