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  1. early and often
    Cuomo Out-Raising Paterson Statewide, in City Thompson Picking Up PaceThe “tortoise and the hare” campaign approach appears to be very popular this year.
    By Chris Rovzar
  2. early and awkward
    City Democrats Shocked that Hired Hatchet Flack Lacks Political IntegrityHoward Wolfson used to rail against Mayor Bloomberg’s wealth and hubris. Now he works for him. Can you imagine?
    By Chris Rovzar
  3. the third terminator
    Bill Thompson: The New Nutter?The Democratic mayoral candidate is eying Philadelphia’s Michael Nutter for inspiration.
    By Chris Rovzar
  4. the third terminator
    The Point Is, Bloomberg Wants to WinHizzoner is breaking spending records, but that’s his right.
    By Dan Amira
  5. early and often
    Bloomberg’s Non-Billionaire Opponents Betrayed Spirit of Campaign-Finance LawIt’s not easy being poor.
    By Dan Amira
  6. the third terminator
    Chris Smith: Between the Lines of Tomorrow’s State of the City SpeechWhat will Mayor Bloomberg be saying when he takes the stage tomorrow?
    By Chris Smith
  7. gossipmonger
    Tony Bennett Marries Down … in AgeRenée Zellweger bought an employee at Saks Fifth Avenue in Southampton a pair of Manolos the two had been eyeing together. Top Chef gay-bashing victim Josie Smith-Malave spoke at a fund-raiser for potential mayoral candidate and current city comptroller William Thompson. Kaz Bayati, the owner of Persian eatery Persepolis, claims his quote in support of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in AM New York was taken out of context. Anna Anisimova finds it strange that people care how much money she spends on Hamptons rentals. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has scheduled a meeting with Angelia Jolie to discuss “global diplomacy,” and he’ll write about it on his blog. Tony Bennett officially ended his marriage to Sandra Grant Bennett and married the younger Susan Crow, though Grant is still bitter she didn’t marry Joe DiMaggio instead.
  8. gossipmonger
    Breaking: Lohans Not Best ParentsLindsay Lohan’s bodyguard claims Dina and Michael weren’t the best parents. Maria Bartiromo pissed off PETA by posing in a Michael Kors coat with fox-fur cuffs. The Box smelled like burnt hair for two hours after a patron’s hair caught on fire. Jay McCarroll’s friend says he has an Upper West Side apartment, contrary to what the designer told New York. Katie Couric belted out “Sweet Caroline” at a piano bar in Nantucket. Harvey Weinstein picked Clint Eastwood to compose the score for John Cusack’s new movie. City comptroller Bill Thompson says he was able to buy an apartment in Brooklyn shortly after graduating college in 1974, but his daughter couldn’t even afford to rent one. Chris Noth will be in the Sex and the City movie.
  9. the morning line
    Is This the End of Braunstein? • Faux firefighter Peter Braunstein will be sentenced today at noon, and our short citywide nightmare shall be over. Oh, jeez, will he write a book in jail? Clemency! [amNY] • The Matos-vs.-McGreevey matter keeps getting more colorful. Now Dina Matos is claiming her ex-husband is sabotaging not just her book sales but her charity work as well. Fellow fund-raisers snip that she’s “taken her eye off the ball.” [NYP] • The New York State Restaurant Association is suing, mostly on behalf of fast-food franchises like McDonald’s and Burger King, for the right not to disclose calorie count on the menus. They’re crying Big Government. [Crain’s NY] • City Comptroller William Thompson is about to become housing activists’ darling: He thinks the recent property-tax cut should trigger a rent freeze in stabilized apartments. [NYDN] • And Eliot Spitzer is apparently ruining Albany’s nightlife. Not through regulation, mind you; it’s just that his staffers are more coffee-shop people than bar people. Figures. [NYT]