LARRY MCSHANE

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Stern's Satellite Schadenfreude

Howard Stern finds himself listening to something different these days: "The Howard Stern Show," on satellite radio.

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Fare Is Fair: NYC Subway Fees Stay at $2

After months of angry public hearings over possible fare increases, transit officials announced Tuesday that the base cost for New York's 7.3 million daily subway and bus riders will remain at $2 through 2009.

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Old T-Shirts Mean C-Notes for Rock Fans

Once relegated to the backs of roadies and the bottoms of closets, the rock and roll T-shirt is hanging around some nicer venues these days — like Christie's auction house, where they're expected to sell for up to $4,500 apiece.

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Spitzer Blamed for License Plan Failure

Long before Gov. Eliot Spitzer killed his plan to grant driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, there were plenty of pallbearers awaiting its funeral: CNN's Lou Dobbs, politicians on both sides of the aisle and the majority of New Yorkers loudly opposed to the idea.

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Don Imus Returning to Television

Don Imus is hanging his familiar cowboy hat in a new television home: RFD-TV.

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NYC Reveals New Coney Island Plan

A Coney Island for the new millennium, combining $2.5 billion in private investment with flourishes from its storied past, was unveiled Thursday as the city released its plan to convert the fading beachfront into a world-class, year-round attraction.

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Imus' Return Means Ron Kuby Is Out

Taking Ron Kuby off the radio won't stop him from talking — particularly if you ask the radical attorney about his on-air replacement, Don Imus.

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Suit Dropped Against Dockworkers' Union

A government lawsuit against the International Longshoremen's Union aimed at wresting control of the nation's docks from alleged organized crime domination was dismissed by a federal judge who called the effort well-intentioned but overreaching.

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Shock Jock Don Imus Returns to Airwaves

A little more than six months ago, Don Imus' career seemed doomed. The shock jock had been fired over a racist and sexist remark that ignited an uproar over the limits of taste and tolerance.

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Lou Dobbs Vs. Gov. Spitzer, Live on CNN

Lou Dobbs is sorry about calling Gov. Eliot Spitzer an idiot.

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Clinton Calls Clinton Best Successor

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was hailed by her husband Saturday as the best Democratic choice for the White House at a rally just uptown from his Harlem office where they were greeted by the sweet sounds of the Abyssinian Baptist Church choir and the handclaps of its congregation.

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Italian Mobsters in Widespread Decline

In early 2004, mob veteran Vincent Basciano took over as head of the Bonanno crime family. The reign of the preening, pompadoured Mafioso known as Vinny Gorgeous lasted only slightly longer than a coloring dye job from his Bronx hair salon.

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Chocolate Jesus Sculpture Returns to NYC

"My Sweet Lord," an anatomically correct milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ that infuriated Catholics before its April unveiling was canceled, returns Oct. 27 to a Chelsea art gallery, its creator said Tuesday.

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Has Imus Done His Penance?

A six-month vacation, a multimillion-dollar contract settlement and the prospect of a new, nationally syndicated gig. Does that qualify as penance for acid-tongued Don Imus, fired last spring amid a national furor sparked by his racist on-air remark?

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Indian Group Blasts Meteorite Sale

The Willamette Meteorite is a sacred icon to the Oregon-based Clackamas Indians. The tribe has its own name for the massive space rock, Tomanowas, and holds an annual religious ceremony with the meteorite in its home at the American Museum of Natural History.

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Fox Show Bears Odd Resemblance to Book

Pete Hamill thought he'd seen it all. And then the best-selling writer thought up a character who really had.

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New Yorkers Crowd White House Field

New Yorkers: They're smug, egotistical, and already think they run the country (if not the world). So what's the rest of the nation to do now that three of 'em are mentioned as White House hopefuls, ready to swap Penn Station for Pennsylvania Avenue?

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Don Imus Is Out, but Nobody in at WFAN

When it comes to finding a permanent replacement for Don Imus, only one thing appears certain: David Lee Roth is not a candidate. Two months after Imus' ignominious firing from his syndicated radio show at WFAN-AM, a variety of fill-ins have rolled through the revolving door at the station: tennis great John McEnroe, NBC White House correspondent David Gregory, Chicago morning man Mike North.

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Informant Helped Bust Alleged JFK Plot

Four men accused of plotting to bomb a fuel pipeline feeding the city's busiest airport were so taken by an informant that they were sure God had sent him to them, authorities said.

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Informant Helped Bust Alleged JFK Plot

An informant who helped break up an alleged plot to bomb a fuel pipeline feeding the city's busiest airport was so convincing to the suspects that they actually thanked God he was with them, federal authorities said.

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Astroland Rides Into Darkness

On a Coney Island afternoon, as the screams echo from deep inside the haunted house and laughter rings above the thump of the bumper cars, the good times would seem destined to roll on forever at the Astroland Amusement Park.

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For Imus, a Career of Ups and Downs

Don Imus was under fire, his job was in jeopardy, and his big mouth was to blame.

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Imus Under Fire After On-Air Racial Slur

The radio station that produces Don Imus' talk show pledged to keep tabs on its content after he apologized for calling the players on Rutgers University women's basketball team "nappy headed hos."

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9/11 Presents Challenges for Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani's White House aspirations are inescapably tied to Sept. 11, 2001 — for better and for worse.

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Outcry Cancels Chocolate Jesus Show

A planned Holy Week exhibition of a nude, anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ was canceled Friday after Cardinal Edward Egan and other outraged Catholics complained.

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