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	<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 11:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Friday Facts: Hooper Slaw, Sal&#8217;s Famous, Bloop</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/05/16/friday-facts-hooper-slaw-sals-famous-bloop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 11:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: Number of consecutive weeks the Griswold Arthouse has featured Jaws as its &#8220;Friday Midnight Movie&#8221;: 1,664:: Number of &#8220;Jaws Burger&#8221; fried fish sandwiches sold at the adjacent President Heights Cafe&#8217; during in that time: 41,679:: Percentage sold between the hours of 2 am and 5 am Saturday morning: 83:: Number of stars awarded the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Escape of Alfonzo Salazar, Hoarder</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/05/13/the-escape-of-alfonzo-salazar-hoarder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 11:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firefighters in Furleigh Park staged a daring rescue last Wednesday night of local legend and neighborhood oddity Alfonzo Salazar when his townhouse caught fire in the early morning hours.  Mr. Salazar&#8217;s home was a monument to the practice of obsessive hoarding, with items of every conceivable size, shape, and type lining each wall, making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: Discount Pork Credit Rebate A.M.</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/05/09/friday-facts-discount-pork-credit-rebate-am/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: Mayor Wilders&#8217; recent initiative to &#8220;clean up&#8221; the city&#8217;s catalog of archaic, outdated, obtuse or redundant ordinances begins in earnest next Wednesday when he plans to unveil his self-authored C.O.M.B. (Consolidate Our Municipal Bylaws) Initiative. Among the ordinances targeted by the measure are a 1988 ban on  prostitution services for pets, last year&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smorgasbord: The First Forkful</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/05/06/smorgasbord-the-first-forkful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 12:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tableaux
The wait to get into star chef Marlon Picard&#8217;s latest venture has become legend in the city&#8217;s food circles, with the opening night having been booked a full nine months in advance of the room&#8217;s opening.  Sadly, The City Desk&#8217;s staff has yet to actually dine there, but the gorgeous bar offered what could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snapshots: Wondrous Helio-Copter Float, 1940</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/04/25/snapshots-wondrous-helio-copter-float-1940/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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May 1940- Winning float in the 1940 Memorial Day parade, Manufacturer&#8217;s Division. The Samson Aeronautical Manufacturing Company&#8217;s entry, featuring a scale model of a &#8220;Personal Helio-copter.&#8221; Local aerospace magnate Lemuel Samson (he of the tiny homes of Samson Heights) would eventually let his obsession with this mode of transport ruin his company and deplete his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>While We Were Out</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/04/23/while-we-were-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over The City Desk&#8217;s brief hiatus-
:: No city officials were indicted or arrested.
:: William Atherton withdrew from the mayoral race, rightfully citing it as &#8220;gimmicky.&#8221;
:: Eleven people were murdered- eight shootings, two stabbings and one vehicular homicide (pending).
:: Three City-Suburban Transit Authority (CSTA) drivers received medals at a national &#8220;Bus Rodeo.&#8221;
:: The Subway restaurant on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It, No. 2</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/03/25/in-case-you-missed-it-no-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to outside matters and a complete and utter lack of content, The City Desk will be taking a short break. In the meantime, here are some pieces you may have missed the first time around:
Save the Legacy Diner (Maybe)
In which Shek Baker weaves a tale of historical preservation that may or may not be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elsewhere: &#8220;Jewno&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/03/20/elsewhere-jewno/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A brief parody of the film, directed by City Desk contributor Stephen Levinson:

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		<title>Mayor Montgomery, Our Own Eliot Spitzer</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/03/17/mayor-montgomery-our-own-elliot-spitzer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The unfortunate situation with New York&#8217;s Governor Eliot Spitzer has reminded some of a similar controversy which rocked our city in the early 80s. Popular Republican state Representative Karl Montgomery was elected to the mayor&#8217;s office in 1980 and had a relatively low-key, yet effective, first year in office. Then, in February of 1982, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snapshots: The (Proposed) Exact Center of the City, 1912</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/03/14/snapshots-the-proposed-exact-center-of-the-city-1912/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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June 1912- A crew of county and city surveyors poses in at lot at 870 S. Harner Street, which would have been the exact geographical center of the city after the proposed Annexation of 1913. After a bitter battle (both physically and legally) with two of the eleven townships and villages to be subsumed into [...]]]></description>
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