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...City eateries, says lines are longer than ever at his Shake Shack. But business is off 5% at two of his nearby, higher-end eateries, both of which are on the first floor of the New York headquarters of financial firm Credit Suisse. One of the restaurants, Eleven Madison Park, features a duck-liver terrine with pineapple and pearl onions on a rum-raisin brioche. The appetizer costs an additional $20 on top of the restaurant's normal $88 tasting menu. But few are buying. "I call it the AIG effect," says Meyer. "Even if you haven't lost your...
...first African American with a real shot at the job. A hotheaded, emotional approach could make many whites uncomfortable. If Obama is elected and does the job well, the next time an African American runs, he or she will be freer to act less controlled. Diane Lake, MACHESNEY PARK...
...Harvard cross country team will travel to New York today to compete in the Heptagonal Championships in Van Cortlandt Park. But this isn’t just another race. It’s the Ivy League Championships, where the Crimson will go head to head with competitors including Yale and No. 4 Princeton.“[The race] doesn’t mean anything in terms of qualifying for the postseason, but clearly there is a lot at stake,” Harvard coach Jason Saretsky said. “Any chance you can go against your peers, there...
Street Sweepers. If you'll be in town this weekend, check out the New York City Marathon runners make their way through all five boroughs on Nov. 2. The course starts in Staten Island and finishes in Central Park; there are two good places in Manhattan to cheer the athletes - along First Avenue, between East 59th Street and the East 90s, and along Fifth Avenue south of East 110th Street, until the exhausted marathoners make their turn into the Park. If you're trying to get out of New York City, be aware of street and bridge closings, detailed...
...Rwandan Hutus in eastern Congo ever since. Despite the 2006 election of a democratic government - not to mention the presence of 18,000 United Nations peacekeepers - efforts to achieve peace have been stymied, in part, because of Nkunda's resistance. His rebel group recently took over a national park that's a sanctuary for endangered gorillas, forcing park rangers to flee. Human Rights Watch has pleaded with the Congolese government to capture Nkunda and prosecute him for war crimes. (See pictures of Congo's child soldiers...