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• Posted Walmart's Trying To Muscle Into NYC Again to Gothamist
  Looks like that temporary Walmart in Times Square last year may have been a sign of what’s to come for the city. The Financial Times reported today that the retail giant is finally ready to muscle its way into larger cities, including New York. "We already have in our real estate program a robust plan to go after those [urban markets]," Eduardo Castro Wright, the CEO of Wal-Mart's U.S. stores, told analysts
• Posted Researchers Try To Clarify Calorie Labeling Confusion to Gothamist
  Researchers are serving up more explanations as to why two recent reports on the effectiveness of the city’s ground-breaking calorie labeling law appear to contradict one another. The researchers told the Times that differences in focus...
• Posted Knowledge Is Money For College Presidents to Gothamist
  College presidents in New York are making bank. Last year, three of the top 10 highest-paid private-college presidents nationwide received million dollar paychecks from New York’s most elite instititions, the Post reports. According to a report...
• Posted Swine Flu, Big Whoop, Wanna Fight About It? to Gothamist
  A 2006 public service ad warning about a "new flu" by jon miller on Flickr It was only a matter of time before the Swine Flu hysteria escalated to the next level and what better place...
• Posted America's Rabbi Healing Jon Gosselin's Broken Morals to Gothamist
  Breaking news: Fame cancels out conviction. Reality television star Jon Gosselin shared this late-breaking, profound information last night with celebrity Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and a live audience at New York City's West Side Jewish Center. He...