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Porsche Budget: $15 million Decision date: February Incumbent: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco Market situation Porsche wants to extend its sexy nameplate into a new-and some would say ... via Adweek

“What should I do, what should I do”

The Long Island woman who urged her boyfriend to flee after he struck and killed UConn freshman Carlee Wines with his SUV pleaded guilty today to a reduced charge of hindering prosecution. via Newsday.com

A Georgia fugitive, who is a high-level registered sex offender, was nabbed Wednesday at the City Mission in Schenectady as he prepared to flee to his home state, officials said today. via Times Union

“There is no better time to be working on behalf of New York City's $28 billion tourism industry and to be in the business of marketing and promoting one of the world's greatest visitor destinations.”

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the election of Emily K. Rafferty, president of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, as chairwoman of the 81-member voluntary board of directors of NYC & Company. via Earth Times

“I would not speak at this moment about homosexuality, but pedophilia, which is another thing. And we would absolutely exclude pedophiles from the sacred ministry.”

Pope Benedict XVI landed at Andrews Air Force Base on Tuesday afternoon, beginning a six-day visit after a flight in which he told reporters aboard his aircraft that he was "deeply ashamed" of the Roman ... via New York Times

“Media General's executive compensation received a D grade in [Glass Lewis's] proprietary pay-for-performance model...”

Glass Lewis urges Media General stockholders not to vote for any of Media General's class A nominees NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd. via Earth Times

“NYRI has not shown that the route suggested is the most economic...”

Calling a proposed power line's application for rate reimbursement "a greedy money grab," U.S. Sen. via Middletown Times Herald Record

“We were able to increase education funding to $21.4 billion; that's $1.75 billion more than last year, and literally millions of dollars more for schools in Dutchess and Ulster County”

Larkin: "with all the hullabaloo ... we accomplished a lot" ALBANY The $122 billion state budget was finally adopted by the State Legislature late Wednesday, nine days late, which is not bad by New York State ... via Mid-Hudson News

“It will be nice to go back to New York”

For 24 years Jock Soto was a star at the New York City Ballet , an exemplar of the nobility, chivalry and power that classical dance demands of its men. via New York Times

IN the first three months of 2008, murders were up 25 percent in New York City com pared to the same period last year. via New York Post

“We have some trains that are being rerouted around the area and some trains being held until that track is open”

Tracks here were expected to reopen by this morning following a freight train derailment early Thursday that spilled tons of coal onto the rails and disrupted Amtrak passenger service in Buffalo and as far away ... via Buffalo News

“We have some trains that are being rerouted around the area and some trains being held until that track is open”

An 18-car section of a freight train derailed in western New York early today, spilling tons of coal onto the tracks and disrupting Amtrak passenger service as far away as Chicago. via Times Union

PETER Pan flies, "West Side Story" gang members snap their fingers and a young, muscular Peter Martins rehearses. via New York Post

“Right now, we're doing a program with a man who is teaching us about colonial New York”

NEW CITY - As a lesson in local history, Laurel Plains Elementary School's hallways have few rivals. via Journal News

“She has a lot of different characters and they're all acutely observed and finely drawn”

Need a North London accent? A Scottish brogue? Irish lilt? Call Elizabeth Smith, an expert dialectician. via Playbill

“The question people want answered is how many people saw my spot”

Sharp focus has been placed this season on viewing patterns of ads, driven largely by the switch to commercial ratings. via Adweek

“We're taking this very seriously and we have begun our own investigation”

LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Times will conduct an internal investigation concerning the authenticity of documents used in a story that implicate associates of Sean "Diddy" Combs in a 1994 assault on Tupac ... via Editor & Publisher

“You can go to the best of the best of facilities and there are always issues”

Sullivan County lawmakers have unanimously passed a resolution fighting a state recommendation to close 40 beds at Achieve Rehab and Nursing Facility. via Middletown Times Herald Record

“ELOISE thanks to you the Plaza's through through through flooded floor to floor stem to stern door to door the Venetian ball's a bust Come down with me I want you to see the mess you've made!”

In 1969, the author Kay Thompson mimicked her young friend Eloise in the lobby of the Plaza Hotel. via New York Times

“His ideas are neither new nor transcendent”

Yesterday we compared Barack Obama's Philadelphia address on race in America to Mitt Romney's recent last-ditch speech on faith. via New York Magazine