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Marathon Training and a Full-Time Job? Step Right Up, Overachiever
When Mike Grollman flew to Chicago this October to compete in the Chicago Marathon, it was an anniversary of sorts. His very first marathon, back in 1992, was also in Chicago. “It’s been almost twenty...
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FAQ: Why Does Francis Bacon’s Art Auction Record Matter?
Three Studies of Lucian Freud, a triptych painting by the late British artist Francis Bacon, sold on Tuesday at a Christie’s auction in New York City for $142,405,000. Is that some kind of record?...
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Drink Deception and the Legal War on Vitaminwater
There’s a lawsuit against Vitaminwater? On what grounds? On the grounds that it’s terrible for you. It was first filed in 2009 by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a Washington...
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Life Imitates Hollywood in a $136 Million Jewelry Heist
File this one under “Now did this really happen, or are you just telling me the plot of your screenplay?” Here’s what went down: Yesterday morning, at the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, a...
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No Soup For You: The World’s Most Exclusive Restaurants
1) Rao’s Why Is It So Popular: The Italian-American eatery is a 117 year-old New York tradition, with famous patrons like Woody Allen, Robert De Niro, John Gotti, and Bill Clinton. There aren’t...
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Caught on E-Mail: A Decade of Schemes Discussed Digitally
The most remarkable thing about the George Washington Bridge scandal currently roiling the administration of New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie is just how unremarkable it is for powerful...
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The Meteorologist in Winter: Weather—and Hatred—on the Ones
It’s been a long, brutal winter, and it’s not over yet. This grim truism has made a lot of people very angry. Sometimes they don’t know what to do with that anger, so they lash out at anybody who seems...
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It’s been a long, brutal winter, and it’s not over yet. This grim truism has made a lot of people very angry. Sometimes they don’t know what to do with that anger, so they lash out at anybody who seems...
View ArticleOperation Clean Turf and the War on Fake Yelp Reviews
On Sept. 23, New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that officials had busted 19 companies after a year-long undercover investigation of criminal practices. What were these...
View ArticleThe Case of the Missing $1 Million Norman Rockwell Painting
Somebody may have stolen a Norman Rockwell painting worth more than $1 million from a warehouse in Queens, N.Y.? “Stolen” may be premature, but the painting in question—Sport, which was once featured...
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