Same-Sex Marriage Bill REJECTED in New York State Senate
UPDATE: City To Remove 14 Blocks Of Bike Lanes On Bedford Ave.
Catholic League Pissed at PETA
Hamster Rides The 4 Train
Bouncer Beatdown at Jay-Z's 40/40 Club
Here are our picks for the top stories that affected NYC and our state this year. It's been a very eventful year.
The Hockey Mom from Alaska, August 29: Stealing Barack Obama's post-DNC thunder, John McCain turned the presidential race on its ear by announcing his VP pick: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Touting her executive experience and "realness" (a child with Down syndrome, a son in the Army, a pregnant teenage daughter), the McCain campaign enjoyed a surge, especially with her charismatic speech at the Republican National Convention. But after a series of awkward interviews (giving Katie Couric some new respect), Saturday Night Live unleashed its bespectacled brunette—former cast member/head writer Tina Fey, using a crazy voice—to spoof the candidate repeatedly and putting the "I can see Russia from my house" line into the history books. But Palin got to laugh as well, by appearing as herself on the show. (Photograph of Sarah Palin, Lorne Michaels, and, on the monitor, Tina Fey from NBC)
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Every day I give thanks that my wife and kids are healthy and I still have a desk waiting for me. Good luck to you all in 2009!
Thank you for a Year in Review that didn't make me want to barf. Here's to 2009!
You missed the best story of the year... How can you not include the President's near death by shoe? Love him or hate him that had to be one of the top three by my estimate.