Clinton Now Slipping Even in PennsylvaniaThe tone yesterday in Pennsylvania, the long-awaited next stop in the Democratic primary march, was lighthearted: For April Fools’ Day, Hillary Clinton jokingly challenged Barack Obama to a winner-take-all bowling match for the nomination, then compared herself to Rocky Balboa (“I never quit,” she said at an AFL-CIO event). But contrary to all that, the competition in Pennsylvania is actually getting a lot more serious.
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‘Blood Cell’ Trailer: Lonelygirl15 Returns!YouTube’s biggest star (not Tay Zonday) makes a welcome return to flash video in this new Internet show, which actually doesn’t look half bad.
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Britain Fights Photoshopped Magazine ImagesJudging from the clavicle action on the runways this past Fashion Week, the British Fashion Council’s Model Health Inquiry hasn’t had a major effect on catwalks, but the council is pushing for change in editorial departments.
Felix Dennis: ‘I Killed a Man’The former Maxim publisher makes (and later tries to retract) the bombshell statement in a booze-fueled interview with the Times of London.
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Burger King Is Recessionproof; UWS Gets Food FestivalBurger King’s CEO explains how the economy works in his favor, the Upper West Side gets a festival to celebrate its new crop of restaurants, and the ‘Times’ explores cooking with microwaves.
Robin Williams Bounces Back QuicklyWho is Robin Williams new girlfriend? Which socialite is shipping out of town? And which actress-singer’s voice “doesn’t match her face” according to a Grammy-winning artist? Find out in our daily rundown of the juiciest bits from New York’s gossip columns.
Will Ben Bernanke Tell Us the Secrets of the Island?Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is testifying in front of the Joint Economic Committee today about Bear Stearns and all of the other crazy stuff the Fed has been doing lately.