Christie and McDonnell won by shushing the base, while Palin was the kiss of death in a rock-red House district
By Mike Madden Nov 3, 2009
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Voters go to the polls Tuesday for several closely watched elections. What will the results mean?
By Alex Koppelman
November 3, 2009
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The loony wing of the Republican Party prepares for a big day in Tuesday's elections
By Mike Madden
November 2, 2009
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From New York City to Saudia Arabia, China's construction industry is flexing muscles of steel
By Andrew Leonard
October 22, 2009
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I'm artistic, capable, driven ... so where should I live after I graduate?
By Cary Tennis
August 11, 2009
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Life in New York is notorious for sin and excess. But instead of going wild, I went Catholic
By Carlene Bauer
August 3, 2009
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The radio host said higher taxes would drive him and his alternate studio from the state
By Alex Koppelman
July 31, 2009
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This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the riots. We spoke to some of the people who were there
By Jacqueline Linge
June 27, 2009
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Chaos reigns once again in New York's legislature, with neither party truly in control
By Alex Koppelman
June 23, 2009
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A sudden revolt has the GOP back in power in the body after a short period of Democratic rule.
By Alex Koppelman
June 8, 2009
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New York becomes the fourth state to ban an inhumane practice
By Abigail Kramer
May 28, 2009
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That's Washington's byword, where public service is all. New York is a different story.
By Garrison Keillor
May 27, 2009
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G.M. and Chrysler have nothing to smile about, but the battered car industry slaps a happy face on one of its biggest annual events.
By Alex Koppelman and Sara Versluis
April 18, 2009
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Gov. David Paterson plans to introduce legislation that would legalize same-sex marriages in the state.
By Vincent Rossmeier
April 14, 2009
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New York finally overturns the egregious laws that left minor offenders like Elaine Bartlett in prison for 16 years.
By Abigail Kramer
April 6, 2009
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The radio host says a new state income tax hike is the last straw, and that he's moving his alternate studio -- Jon Stewart's glad to see him go.
By Alex Koppelman
April 2, 2009
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Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst makes his directorial debut with this surprisingly quiet, introspective film about a sheltered Ivy League student visited by a bully from his past.
By Stephanie Zacharek
March 27, 2009
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At the height of the real estate bubble, I was desperate to buy a home. I had no idea what kind of trouble I was borrowing.
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
February 28, 2009
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I began to study acting and got sidetracked 12 years ago.
By Cary Tennis
January 28, 2009
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Why New York Gov. David Paterson chose a senator with conservative views that clash with his own.
By Joe Conason
January 23, 2009
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And why Hillary Clinton is a lot more like a different Kennedy.
By Mark Schone
December 16, 2008
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Christmas is all about pleasure, food, bright lights, high spirits, glittering trinkets, razzmatazz. It's pure Broadway.
By Garrison Keillor
December 10, 2008
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Because observant Orthodox Jews may not use intercoms on the Sabbath, things get a little sticky in my building.
By Cary Tennis
December 8, 2008
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The week in indie film, from the gorgeous animation of "Azur & Asmar" to Wayne Wang's edgy YouTube release to the quest for Bigfoot -- in Ohio.
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 18, 2008
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Paul Newman's crusty, kid-friendly, oddly classic final role (as a car). Plus: Film-world eggheads battle over Soderbergh's unconventional "Che."
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 6, 2008
One of these things is not like the other
Are today's elections a referendum on Obama?
Get ready for the Grand Old Tea Party takeover
The Chinese monorail to Mecca
Big city? Big city but hotter? Or Hippieville?
No sex in the city
Remembering the Stonewall riots
Unshackling female prisoners in labor
It's not about me
The New York International Auto Show downshifts
"The Education of Charlie Banks"
Scenes from a housing boom
Kirsten Gillibrand. Really?
Bigfoot's YouTube medieval adventure
Doc Hudson vs. Che Guevara
Glenn Greenwald
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