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Front page of the day . The British government is ditching its plans to introduce the highly unpopular "pasty tax", a measure that saw the British tabloids go berserk in March and that provides too much fodder for the likes of The Sun not to roll around in again: Minister for communication Stephen Conroy has announced $15.4 million in funding for ... (more)

I submitted the piece below to the Times, because I feel it's important to counter the fear mongering their views, intentionally or not, may create, particularly for those who otherwise might be planning to visit Montreal this summer.

According to Monday's New York Post, murder suspect Pedro Hernandez told police he stashed Etan's body in a basement refrigerator at the SoHo bodega where he worked before tossing it out with the trash.

The New York Times served up another of those paeans to the victorious financial speculators on Sunday.

NEW YORK: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton bluntly told a "subdued" President Asif Ali Zardari to show leadership in forging national unity to step up the campaign against militants, according to a media report on their May 20 meeting in Chicago.

Cynthia Nixon, the American actress best known for playing Miranda on Hbo series 'Sex and the City' and the two subsequent feature films, has married her girlfriend Christine Marinoni.

POM wonderful has hit back at the Federal Trade Commission with a new advertising campaign, telling consumers when it comes to "FTC v. POM - You be the judge." The FTC and the marketer of pomegranate juice have been locked in a legal battle since the agency accused the company of hyping the health benefits of its juice and related products.

There were no clues as to why she was going. But, if a New York magazine article is to be believed, it appears that the story behind her departure is very interesting indeed.

Iran gains edge in nuclear talks by securing Assad US Dilutes Anti-Iran Sanctions with Incentives Back Stage of the Baghdad Talks A qualified Israeli OK for Obama's interim deal with Iran The Iranian War Wheel Turns again The wanton slaughter by Syrian forces of 92 confirmed victims, 32 of them children under ten, at the Homs village of Al-Houla ... (more)

Some of you may know Liesl Schillinger as a critic for the New York Times Book Review , or seen her byline on cultural essays and articles at various other publications.

Worrying about the fluctuating price of Facebook and whether Morgan Stanley properly managed the IPO misses the major historical and cultural point of what happened.

The New York Times' Azam Ahmed has written a lengthy feature on credit trader Boaz Weinstein and how he profited from being on the opposite side of JP Morgan's disastrous trades , which cost the bank $2 billion and counting.

Very Annoyed Matthews Rips 'Horse's Ass Right-Wingers' Who Cite 'Thrill Up My Leg,' Calls C-SPAN Host a 'Jackass' Camp David has been an historic presidential retreat since World War II, but according to New York Times White House correspondent Helene Cooper, Barack Obama "hates it" because there isn't any golf.

Very Annoyed Matthews Rips 'Horse's Ass Right-Wingers' Who Cite 'Thrill Up My Leg,' Calls C-SPAN Host a 'Jackass' New York Times media reporter David Carr gave an interview to the liberal blog Talking Points Memo about his usage of media and his thoughts on it.

New York construction accident lawyer David Perecman comments on the fall that killed a construction worker on his first day on the job.

Conflict over the future of The Boston Globe between top executives and family members who run and control the New York Times Co.

Radio City Music Hall is hosting Cirque du Soleil's Zarkana this summer. The famed production has returned to New York City after its world tour and to celebrate, Goldstar.com has paired with Radio City Music Hall to offer their members a twenty-eight percent savings to the high-flying event.

Here is another reason why not to trust everything that you read in the New York Times .

Developer Voltaic Solaire is attempting an unusual $1 million renovation that will convert an inefficient Park Slope pre-war into a "net zero" building, one that is neutral to the city's electric grid, the New York Times reported.

The article, called "Woman Dies in a Brooklyn Fire That Is Deemed Suspicious," served as a painful exemplar of the media's salacious, oversexualized understanding of trans women of color, said Carmen Carrera , Escalera's friend and fellow trans-identified drag performer.