"Nude" Skater Hits Rockefeller Ice
Straphanger Who Pulled Emergency Brake Comes Forward
Should MTV's Jersey Shore Be Cancelled?
Would You Be Comfortable Locked On A Train With A Murderer?
Adam Lambert Says He's A Performer, Not A Babysitter
Here are our picks for the top stories that affected NYC and our state this year. It's been a very eventful year.
Governor Spitzer, a.k.a. Client No. 9, March 10: After reports that he, former crusading Attorney General and Governor whose platform was "Day One: Everything Changes," was involved with a prostitution ring, Eliot Spitzer met the press, with wife Silda Wall Spitzer at his side, saying, "I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family, that violates my -- or any -- sense of right and wrong. I apologize first, and most importantly, to my family. I apologize to the public, whom I promised better." In the days following, there was talk of his habits, resignation, and how the feds caught him. The hooker he met with was revealed to be a Jersey girl with hopes of a singing career and a Girls Gone Wild past. Spitzer ultimately resigned on March 12, retreating to work for his father's real estate company. Post-script: It turned out Spitzer was involved with Troopergate (his 2007 scandal), the feds didn't press charges against him for being a john, and Spitzer started writing for Slate. (Photograph of Silda Wall Spitzer and Eliot Spitzer by Mary Altaffer/AP)
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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.