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Stating that “this is about being a New York Yankee again today,” and proclaiming, “I expect to be in the Fall Classic next October,” Joe Girardi met the media as the next manager of the New York Yankees today. Girardi sought to differentiate himself from his predecessor saying, “I am going to be myself. There are expectations on me and my coaching staff, the same that were on Joe Torre when he came in...

Jim Riches is the Deputy Chief of the FDNY. He is one of the producers of Urban Legend, a video that doggedly questions the supposedly heroic actions of Mayor Giuliani on 9/11. We recently asked him a few questions about that, today's anniversary and the future of the WTC.

What goes around, comes around. Rudy Guiliani is being satirized in this painting by Zhou Tiehai that tips its head to Chris Ofili's paintings, by placing Rudy's portrait on balls of dung. Currently at the Whitney Museum, part of "The American Effect" exhibit, which opens today, it's one of many foreign artists' take on America. Giuliani famously showed his disdain for art when he tried to shut down the Brooklyn Museum's 1999 Sensation show because of Ofili's painting of the Virgin Mary that used elephant dung. Ah, the Whitney, trying to drum up their attendance with lightning rods. Gothamist is waiting for some hysterical coverage from the Post and Fox News.