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If getting in shape is one of your New Year’s resolutions, there is a fitness program which instead of asking you to pick one gym location, hands you free passes for what seems like just about every fitness club in NYC, for a $75 fee.

Every so often, we come across a post so hilariously funny and misanthropic that it deserves to be quoted in its entirety. Michael Orell over at Metroblogs' NYC site has written just such a post in response to his neighbors waking him up at 4am last night. Suggestion for Mike: probably best to stay away from caffeine and sharp objects for at least a couple of weeks:

Second seeded Andy Roddick started out strong, but it was not meant to be. Roddick used his powerful serve to set up his equally formidable ground game in taking the first set of the Wimbledon Men's Final from Roger Federer but ultimately fell 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-4. "I wasn't wanting to get in rallies where he could kind of do his thing, come up with spectacular stuff," Roddick said. "I went out and I tried to take it to him. I was successful most of the time. And then on a couple of key points, I wasn't."

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Fear of TiVO has led NBC to create 1 minute short films during station breaks, in order to keep viewers on the channel and not only to keep watching NBC programming but also the advertisers who pay NBC dearly to advertise on the "Number One Channel for Viewers 18-49!" The Times' Bill Carter looks the scheme, called "1MMs", and its implications for the business.