Can you say “small soda” and “non-smoking beach”?
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Reading While Eating for Mar. 29: A Good Friday Potpourri
In today’s must-read links for your lunch break: North Korea threatens America, the origins of the Easter Bunny and a possible ‘Gangs of New York’ TV series.
Late-Night Laughs: The 5 Best Comedy Clips of the Week
This week in late-night television, Jon Stewart thinks Bill O’Reilly could be the next Pope, while Justin Bieber thinks he’s holier than thou.
Late-Night Laughs: The 5 Best Comedy Clips of the Week
This week in the world of late-night television, we learned what Michael Bloomberg accomplished this year and we saw what the Olympics of the future could look like.
New York Mayor Calls for Restrictions on Sugary Soft Drinks
Bloomberg wants to ban the sale of sugary beverages larger than 16 fluid ounces.
Almost 40% of New York’s 911 Calls Are ‘Butt Dials’
Some 10,000 calls a day to the city’s emergency response number are accidental, a new report estimates.
Reading While Eating for January 6: Thinner In Person
Friday’s links give you a new look at iconic individuals.
Court Order Lets Wall Street Protesters Return to Zuccotti Park, For Now
Just hours after Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered police to evacuate Zuccotti Park for sanitation purposes, Occupy Wall Street protesters are again returning to the center of what has become a worldwide movement.
Police evicted …
A New York City Bus Gives Women the Back Seat
This week, a woman was told to give up her seat in the front of a Brooklyn bus. The front was reserved for men, riders said. Her place was in the back with the other women.
On TIME.com: ‘The World Is Watching’ Occupy Wall Street Protesters
Since September 17, the protest movement calling itself Occupy Wall Street has been encamped in Zuccotti Park, a patch of concrete and greenery amid the towering buildings of Lower Manhattan. That nearly came to an end Friday morning.
It’s Just Obscene: Celebs Drop the ‘F’ Bomb for Famine Awareness
What has Bono, George Clooney, Michael Bloomberg and Jessica Alba spewing profanities?
The Great Uniter: Even Celebrities Fail to Win The New Yorker’s Caption Contest
“I’m not going to say the word I’m thinking of.”