#Barack Obama trounces Michelle Obama in first-day book sales

#Barack Obama trounces Michelle Obama in first-day book sales

“#Barack Obama trounces Michelle Obama in first-day book sales” Former President Obama’s new memoir has a slight edge on former First Lady Michelle Obama when it comes to first-day book sales. The 44th commander-in-chief’s memoir “A Promised Land,” released Tuesday, sold an astonishing 887,000 copies in its first 24 hours on the shelves. The number…

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#This Metro-North conductor has seen it all

#This Metro-North conductor has seen it all

“#This Metro-North conductor has seen it all” Fisticuffs, drunks throwing up, not-so-sneaky sex and the ritual scalping of rule-breakers on the quiet car — Metro-North conductor Michael Shaw saw it all during his 36 years working the New Haven line into Grand Central Terminal. Nonetheless, the wise-cracking 55-year-old, who retired in September, was devoted to…

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#The best jokes about NYC from Jerry Seinfeld’s book

#The best jokes about NYC from Jerry Seinfeld’s book

“#The best jokes about NYC from Jerry Seinfeld’s book” Jerry Seinfeld has a new book about nothing. “Is This Anything?” — out Oct. 6 from Simon & Schuster — charts the Long Islander’s path to success, almost exclusively through bits and one-liners, from his first set in 1976, at the Catch a Rising Star comedy…

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#David Paterson memoir dishes on Eliot Spitzer sex scandal

#David Paterson memoir dishes on Eliot Spitzer sex scandal

“#David Paterson memoir dishes on Eliot Spitzer sex scandal” “Luv Gov” Eliot Spitzer went from dropping trou to dropping the ball as his hooker scandal exploded — even leaving second-in-command David Paterson the awkward task of breaking the news to then New York Sen. Hilary Clinton, the then-lieutenant governor writes in his new memoir. The…

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