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Obama Fried Chicken Owner Wanted $3K For Video

Gothamist -- After it was pointed out that the Obama Fried Chicken sign was mysteriously blanked out in a new Clipse video, the Daily News talked to video director Rik Cordero to find out why. He told them: "The decision was made by the owner of the restaurant, who wouldn't sign our location agreement unless we paid him $3,000 cash. Therefore, the sign had to be edited out for network television. I cant really...     01:13
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Boy with Asperger's Syndrome Rides Subway for 11 Days

Gothamist -- Mari Sheibley's Flickr A 13-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndromea form of autism that often causes difficulty with social interactionspent 11 days in the subway system last month. In a heartbreaking Times article, Francisco Hernandez Jr. tells how he took refuge in the subway for over a week because he got in trouble in class and "didn't want anyone to scream at me" at home. He says nobody spoke ...     01:13
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State Still Can't Agree On Budget

Gothamist -- Albany is doing what it does bestnot coming to an agreement about important stuff!Lawmakers are holding another special session to try to deal with the state's $3.2 billion deficit, something they've been meeting about for the past two weeks. The Assembly is apparently upset the Senate can't get their act together and may even consider a two-way deal with just Governor Paterson. State Senate Presi...     01:13
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Cuomo Targets United Homeless Organization in Lawsuit

Gothamist -- Those curbside tables manned by people soliciting donations for the United Homeless Organization are nothing more than a scam that funnels money to the bosses at the top, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. You'll recall that UHO founder Steven Riley was deliciously skewered in a classic Fox 5 "Shame" segment last month; now Riley and UHO director Myra Walker a...     01:13
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Appeals Court Clears Way For Atlantic Yards

Gothamist -- Photograph by threecee on Flickr The NY State Court of Appeals, the highest in the state, dismissed a lawsuit challenging the use of eminent domain for developer Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project.The NY Times calls the lawsuit the "last major obstacle" for Ratner,"whose 22-acre development has been delayed for three years by a flurry of lawsuits, the collapse of the credit and real estate mark...     01:13
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