Brooklyn Sounds, Brews and Chow: A Mile-Long Street Fair With Moxie
This year the Atlantic Antic street fair in Brooklyn includes a bounty of independent music and art. feeds.nytimes.com |
Better to See an Apartment Furnished or Empty?
Is it easier to picture a home with furniture or without furniture and decorations? Can you take a blank space and transform it into a home in your mind? feeds.nytimes.com |
Campaign Trailer: Political Math: What Percentage Equals Lockstep?
Republican challengers are accusing Democratic incumbents, like Representative Bill Owens of upstate New York, of blind loyalty to Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker. feeds.nytimes.com |
'Look away'! Harry Potter wears a bra
For Potter fans who have been itching to see Hermione in her skivvies, they'll have to settle for Harry in them. Daniel Radcliffe appears in a new spot for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" decked out in white bra, his voice high-pitched to imitate Hermione's (Emma Watson). feeds.nydailynews.com |
Union, City Dig In Heels Over Fate of Reserve Teachers
There appears to be no easy agreement in sight in a battle between the city teachers union and the Department of Education over what to do with teachers who are on the city payroll but not in full-time teaching spots. The debate kicked off this spring when a nonprofit group reported that the teachers cost the city $81 million between 2006 and 2007. A second round launched this week when the same group, The New Teacher Project, projected that the teachers will cost the city $74 million this year... nysun.com |