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Milk Money

New York City Councilwoman Letitia James(D-35), representing Brooklyn and a member of the council committee on oversight and investigations, talks about her new report revealing lax oversight of the state Milk Price Gouging Law. Councilman Eric Gioia, D-26 (Queens), chair of the City Council's Committee on Oversight and Investigations, weighs in.

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How Hot is It?

New Yorkers are buckling down for a week of high temperatures. We will give you tips for how to stay cool when it’s sweltering outside. We’ll also discuss how to get some relief from rising summer energy costs.

Is it so hot that you'll stay at work to reap the benefits of free air conditioning?
Comment now and tell us how hot you think it is!

Read Up On How to Stay Cool
Con Edison's Power Outage Map (Updated Every :30 Mins.)

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What's That Word?

Joseph Bottum, contributing editor for The Weekly Standard and editor at First Things is delighted by words that sound like their meaning. “Verbose”-- it sounds verbose, doesn't it? He christens these agenbites, (pronouced again bites).

Weigh In:What's Your Favorite-Sounding Word?

Bottum's Piece on Agenbites

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18 Million Cracks

Slate's Dahlia Lithwick, Nation magazine columnist and Columbia law professor Patricia Williams and Katha Pollitt, Nation magazine columnist and author of Learning to Drive: And Other Life Stories (Random House, 2007 talk about Hillary Clinton's Saturday speech and her campaign's impact on women and the feminist movement.

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Instant Messenger Less Distracting Than Email?

A new study from Ohio State University and the University of California, Irvine says that instant messaging is less distracting than email in the workplace.

What do you use at the office to communicate? Let us know!

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