Character Study: Shane Baker, Raised Episcopalian, Lives for Yiddish Theater

Posted on January 29, 2012
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A 43-year-old Midwesterner raised Episcopalian is helping to keep Yiddish theater alive and well, long after its heyday in New York.

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Pat Sajack admits to being “drunk at the Wheel”

Posted on January 28, 2012
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Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter
Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – Drunk at the wheel? That is the questions many are asking after an ESPN2 interview with ‘Wheel of Fortune’ host Pat Sajak revealed that he had done the show “a little but drunk.” Sajak recounted how he and co-host Vanna White would occasionally imbibe in a some very tasty margaritas at a restaurant across the street from where the game show was shot during filming breaks in its early years. After the media frenzy following the comments, Sajak recanted his statement, saying he painted the tale of his drinking while on the job to make for a more colorful story. He said he was [...] Continue Reading…

Yale quarterback Patrick Witt refutes issue on Rhodes candidacy

Posted on January 28, 2012
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Jojo Doria – AHN Sports Contributor
Hartford, CT, United States (AHN Sports) – Patrick Witt, who made headlines when he chose to play in last fall’s annual Yale-Harvard game at the expense of his Rhodes candidacy, denied that his scholarship application was suspended by a claim of sexual assault. Witt, through his agent, Mark Magazu, provided his version of events Friday and rebutted reports that his Rhodes candidacy had been suspended. “The only thing out of the ordinary is Rhodes saying, ‘Let’s have Yale re-refer him,’ ” said Magazu via the New York Times.com The Rhodes Trust informed Yale and Witt that his candidacy was suspended unless the university decided to re-endorse it, reported the Times, citing [...] Continue Reading…

The coming nursing home shortage

Posted on January 28, 2012
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United States (KaiserHealth) – The latest casualty of the Great Recession may soon be the nation’s elderly. Cuts in government payments for patient care and less construction of new nursing homes are already taking a toll. Add to this the aging baby boom generation and you have a worst-case scenario in which older people who need full-time care won’t be able to get it. “We believe we’re at a tipping point,” says Mark Parkinson, head of the American Health Care Association (AHCA), which represents nursing homes. If so, the timing couldn’t be worse. The first baby boomers hit age 65 last year. By 2030, 20 percent of the U.S. population will be at least 65, up from 13 [...] Continue Reading…

Rabbi’s Followers Say Money Given to Grimm’s House Race Broke the Law

Posted on January 28, 2012
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A former aide to a prominent rabbi helped raise money from the rabbi’s followers for the 2010 campaign of Michael G. Grimm, according to interviews and records.

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So You’re Priced Out. Now What?

Posted on January 27, 2012
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Five pairs of neighborhoods that look and feel alike, without costing the same amount.

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Weak U.S. dollar keeps gold glistening

Posted on January 27, 2012
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Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter
New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Gold prices rallied for a third straight day, spurred higher by a weak U.S. dollar and the Fed’s comments on interest rates made earlier in the week. In mid-afternoon trading on Friday, the most actively traded gold contract, for February delivery, gained $10.50 to $1734.40 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Giving gold prices a boost were comments from Fed officials on Wednesday in which they said in a statement they expected short-term interest rates to remain near zero until late 2014, citing a slow recovery in the labor market, high unemployment, the ailing housing market and moderating [...] Continue Reading…

Hillary Clinton to step down

Posted on January 27, 2012
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Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter
Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Thursday that she is ready to give up politics. During a town hall meeting with State Department employees Thursday morning, Clinton said she is ready to step off “the high wire of American politics.” She said she she is paying no attention in the battle for the Republican nomination nor has she watched any of the heated debates. Clinton gave no hints as to what she plans to do after leaving the Obama administration. Her departure from a very public and storied political life ends a two-person sovereignty in the servitude of the American people. Her husband Bill Clinton [...] Continue Reading…

Burberry, DKNY, Oscar de la Renta dominate Fashion 2.0 nominees

Posted on January 27, 2012
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Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter
New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Leading the nominations for the 3rd Annual Fashion 2.0 Awards are Burberry, DKNY and Oscar de la Renta. All three fashion houses will compete along with Coach and Kate Spade for the Top Innovator prize. In 2011, the award went to DKNY. Oscar de la Renta will go up against Bergdorf Goodman, Dior, Gucci and Burberry for the Best Facebook Award. In December, Burberry made headlines when it celebrated reaching 10 million fans on the social networking site. Oscar de la Renta’s @OscarPRGirl is nominated in the Best Twitter category. The PR twitter site is up against twitter feeds from Betsy Johnson, Diane Von [...] Continue Reading…

City Room: Admiral’s Row Site Is Transferred to the City

Posted on January 27, 2012
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Senator Charles E. Schumer said the handover would allow the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation to create new industrial space that will bring hundreds of jobs to Brooklyn.

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