In Case You Missed It...

About 50 laid-off New Yorkers turned their frowns upside down earlier this month with the 2009 Unemployment Olympics, held in Tompkins Square Park, check it out!

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Yay For Arizona!

Pulitzer Prizes were announced today and guess who came up with an underdog victory?! Proving that there is more in Mesa, Az. than just Mormons, the East Valley Tribune won a Pulitzer for its series on the evil Sherif Joe Arpaio. The paper is being awarded for its "adroit use of limited resources to reveal in print and online, how a popular sheriff's focus on immigration enforcement endangered investigation of violent crime and other aspects of public safety." Hooray! The NY TImes came out on top with 5 Pulitzers, while the The Las Vegas Sun, The Detroit Free Press, St. Petersburg Times and The San Diego Union-Tribune all came away with prizes. ConGrAtS!!

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