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Guys and Dolls," the 1950s-vintage Broadway musical hit based on Runyon's writings, featured Nathan Detroit (nom de guerre for prohibition-era gangster Arnold Rothstein) extolling the culinary excellence of the cheesecake at "Mindy's. From opening day in 1921 to its ultimate demise in 1969, Lindy's featured the pantheon of great Jewish delicacies — corned beef, pickled herring, sturgeon and gefilte fish. Simply put, cheesecake was the apotheosis of the New York dessert, and nobody did it better than Lindy's. Читать дальше...

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Rafael Nadal's French Open win had us thinking about the greatest lefties of all time. We count down our top 10. Who makes your list?

A low-budget feature film produced in the Capital Region and called "Dreamboy" will be screened tonight at The Linda, WAMC's Performing Arts Studio. [...] the young man, Jamie, begins a telephone relationship with Matt Peterson, an attractive man from California who insists on meeting Jamie; however, Jamie keeps making excuses to avoid such a meeting because Jamie has secrets of his own.

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Living proof that 'familiarity breeds contempt': This giant tortoise couple are hundreds of years old and have lived together for 115 years. But no more. Officials at the zoo in Klagenfurt, Austria, have separated them because they can't stand each other, with Bibi, the female, biting off part of the shell of Poldi, the male. Zoo staff is working on a reconciliation.

Almost human: Young bonobos play together in a park near Kinshasa, Congo. Scientists announced... Читать дальше...

J.P. Morgan's Chief Executive James Dimon told Congress that the bank's multibillion-dollar trading loss emerged from traders who didn't understand the risks. Greg Zuckerman reports on Markets Hub.

Wall Street is dissing disinflation. With all due respect, that may be a mistake. Spencer Jakab reports on Markets Hub. Photo: AP.

It’s time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman, rich, or self-employed. If we truly believe in equal opportunity for all women, here’s what has to change.

Details of forthcoming international cricket tours between ICC full members for which fixtures have been announced.

Details of forthcoming international cricket tours for which fixtures have been announced.

Federal prosecutors urged a jury to convict baseball legend Roger Clemens, saying that as unpleasant as the task may be, he should be found guilty of lying to Congress about alleged steroid use. Devlin Barrett has details on The News Hub. Photo: AP.

The Justice Department is conducting a wide-ranging antitrust probe into whether cable companies are acting improperly to quash nascent competition from online video. Thomas Catan has details on The News Hub. Photo: AP.

Great Latvia Success Story  An animated editorial cartoon by Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Fiore. Mark Fiore, a Bay Area cartoonist and winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning, appears every Thursday on SFGate. | Archive | function writeFlash() function writeGif() document.write'You may not have the Flash browser plug-in installed. To enjoy the interactive components of this animation try downloading Flash from Macromedia.';

We all know exactly what fear feels like. Without our consent, our hearts begin to beat a little faster. The hairs on the back of our neck prickle. Our palms sweat through clenched fingers. Fear is so much more than an emotion; it is a whole body experience. But it doesn't start that way - it starts in our brains. When we sense danger or threat, a signal is sent to the walnut sized structure in our forebrains called the amygdala, which is responsible for alerting the rest of our body to prepa

Eight years ago, Outrigger Connection constructed eight concept Mirages of composite hybrid construction that weighed in at a record breaking 200lbs! That was eight years ago… Fast forward to present. 2010, Outrigger Connection now introduces the “VOSA” and the “GOLDEN GUN,” both M2 Mirages. Each is constructed out of an extremely hybrid layup of natural

Outrigger Connections Team in 2012 Eono Race on the Golden Gun The Golden Gun performed unreal in the massive swells of this years Eono race. Dueto the centered weight of the paddlers (4 paddlers between the iakos), the canoe alwaysstayed in the sweet spot on waves and hardly ever pearled. The surf for the first

Torrent Overview Towards the end of 2011 and after years of success with the Zephyr, the Outrigger Connection Team began work on a new canoe that would become the Torrent. We began testing a prototype that we continued to make adjustments to as was needed. Overall, the Torrent is two inches shorter than the Zephyr

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The men who hate women are on the internet, trying to seduce you by telling you that you're a bitch.

He'll send Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the environmental meeting later this month.