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Team Obama can breathe a sigh of relief, they officially got the Russell Simmons endorsement. From a letter sent out this weekend, Simmons declared:

Today I am announcing my personal endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States. During the last nine months, I have closely observed the presidential campaigns, analyzed the issues and platforms of the major candidates, and have had substantive discussions with Senator Clinton and Senator Obama. From the sidelines of the primaries and debates, I have been particularly inspired by the fact that Senator Obama has built an unprecedented, national movement comprised of people from all ethnic, racial, political, social and economic backgrounds.

Last April, in light of the Imus incident, Simmons tried to clean up rap lyrics; around the same time Obama spoke out saying that often rap lyrics are similar to the derogatory language used by Don Imus. Yet Simmons called Obama "a mouse" for this in a NY Times interview, which confused many. At the time, Simmons also referred to Obama as "a rock star," and seemed unclear on what issues were important to him -- saying he preferred Edwards and Kucinich.

In unsurprising but still headline-generating news, Senator Hillary Clinton has declared herself in the 2008 presidential race this morning. She posted a message on her website, HillaryClinton.com. Here is some of her statement:

I'm in. And I'm in to win.

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Gothamist loves chocolate. In any form: plain, molded, baked into brownies or a cake. We sometimes justify our love with "It's good for us--its got antioxidants!" or "Today I really need the endorphin rush." (Yes, sometimes we substitute food for sex. So do you.)

Hello and welcome to New York City. Today I'd like to introduce you to one of our city's crown jewels: the subway. A glorious municipal means of transport the subway and its siblings the bus and the ferry, can take you almost everywhere in Gotham. Literally from the canyons of Wall Street to the beaches of Rockaway all for the low, low price of $2.00 - even lower if you ride enough and purchase an unlimited Metrocard!

Momus, one of our favorite almost-famous rockers from the mid-1990s, has lately been blogging up a storm on Livejournal. He's been living outside NYC, but has been planning to return. Only one problem: he needs a place to stay:

Dear Gothamist Readers:

Guy Brighton, Trendspotting Bloke

Tonight, Maddin will be at the 7:30PM screening for a Q&A. Maddin has also been contributing his shooting diary to the Village Voice over the past few weeks: "" Here are weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.