Yesterday, CBS News revealed its chief foreign affairs correspondent, Lara Logan, "suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating" while covering reaction to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in Cairo's Tahrir Square last Friday. Logan returned to the United States the next day and was treated at a hospital; she is now recuperating at home. According to the Post, CBS News decided to make the statement because it started to get questions from other media outlets: A source said, "A call came in from The [Associated Press]... They knew she had been attacked, and they had details. CBS decided to get in front of the story." [ MORE]  | New York officials are pushing back hard against the House Republican budget proposal, which they say would hurt New York more than any other state. In NYC alone, the proposed budget would cut $452 million in funding, according to some estimates. (Representative Anthony Weiner says the GOP would cut $1 billion in funding to NYC.) If the Republicans get their way, the NYPD and local anti-terrorism programs would face big cuts, and the Daily News reports that there would be $38 million in cuts for schools, almost $122 million taken from the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development, $30 million in cuts for jobs programs and $139 million slashed from the Housing Authority. Here's video of upstate Congressman Maurice Hinchey accusing the GOP of behaving "like a blindfolded child at a piñata party":... [ MORE ] |  | We recently took a look at Sidewalk Etiquette, without which incidents of Sidewalk Rage would likely skyrocket. Just kidding, there is no Sidewalk Etiquette, and everyone you walk by is probably having stabby thoughts about you and the way you carry yourself around town. Today the Wall Street Journal examines Sidewalk Rage, which is so real that one scientist developed a Pedestrian Aggressiveness Syndrome Scale! The scale maps out how people channel their rage—some start Facebook pages, others mutter, and some prefer a flash of "mean face." But the real gem of this article comes in the form of feet—finally, we know how slow tourists really walk. Let's go to the numbers:... [ MORE ] |  | A few months ago the Bloomberg administration announced plans to rename the Queensboro bridge after former Mayor Ed Koch, and reactions ranged from apathetic to downright disgusted. The renaming still requires approval by City Council, Queens member Peter Vallone Jr. will not be voting yes. He recently said, “Mayor Ed Koch is truly a great man and deserving of an honor like this, but renaming a landmark so closely linked to our borough’s culture and history is not appropriate. The city would not rename the Brooklyn Bridge and the Queensboro Bridge should be treated equally.” We couldn't agree more.... [ MORE ] |  | The Post got its paws on preliminary 2010 ridership statistics for the MTA and they are interesting. While overall ridership was down, all those fare hikes meant the MTA's bottom line was actually up. And the subway is as popular as ever. Total ridership on the rails hit 1.6 billion trips—an increase of 24 million trips from 2009. The only year when subway ridership was higher was 1950! ... [ MORE ] |  | Last week, a man attacked a 96-year-old man in a Queens apartment building in order to steal the senior citizen's money. Now the victim is speaking out: Alfonso Scannapieco told the Daily News, "If I run into him, he's got to fight me. I'm still going to lose, but he's got to fight me." ... [ MORE ] |  | In January, Kelli Conlin, who for 18 years served as president of one of the state's most influential political groups, NARAL Pro-Choice New York, abruptly stepped down. The news left many people, including Celeste Katz at The Daily Politics, wondering why. It looks like they now have an explanation: According to an audit obtained by reporter Liz Benjamin (Katz's predecessor at The Daily Politics), Conlin is being investigated for misspending the non-profit's money to lead a lavish lifestyle. ... [ MORE ] | | |
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