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Because man—and by man we mean penny-pinching NYU students of either gender—cannot live by falafel alone, God created alternatives. For carnivores, there is shawarma. For the ambivalent, there is shawafel, the love child of shawarma and falafel. And for trendsetting individualists, there is sabich—an upstart sandwich that’s become a hit among Tel Aviv’s finest falafel shacks and has now surfaced at Taïm, a cheerful new takeout shop located on a tree-lined West Village block. Taïm’s sabich follows tradition, up to a point: A puffy pita is stuffed with thin layers of fried eggplant, hard-cooked egg, hummus, Israeli salad, and tahini,...

FOUR friends from northern England have changed the face of terrorism by carrying out the suicide bombings that brought carnage to London last week. It emerged last night that, for the first time in Western Europe, suicide bombers have been recruited for attacks. Security forces are coming to terms with the realisation that young Britons are prepared to die for their militant cause. Three of the men lived in Leeds and the immediate fear is that members of a terrorist cell linked to the city are planning further strikes. The mastermind behind the attacks and the bombmaker are both still...

O'Reilly's Post-Election "Hemorrhage" In response to this morning's post about Paula Zahn's ratings, a CNN insider says: "FNC should be less concerned with Zahn's performance and more concerned with the fact that O'Reilly continues to hemorrhage viewers month-over-month since October." Here are the monthly averages: October: 3,166,000 November: 3,080,000 December: 2,610,000 January: 2,478,000 February: 2,391,000 March: 2,320,000 April: 2,178,000 May-to-date: 2,096,000

A Boston Globe editor was arrested for ``open and gross lewdness'' after two young women complained he turned up at their front door ``naked and masturbating.'' Don't you hate when that happens? Sources say Bryan Marquard, a married deputy city editor at the Boring Broadsheet, has been out on ``personal leave'' since the alleged incident. He is due back in South Boston District Court Friday for a pretrial hearing. ``The charge is false and should not be dignified further with a response,'' said Marquard's attorney, Ellen Zucker. ``We have every confidence that when a judge or jury sees the case,...

Bill O'Reilly just said on his show the Bill Clintoon should be head of the U.N. replacing coffee anon (because he is incompetant)

(CNSNews.com) - And the winner (or loser, depending on one's viewpoint) is Bill O'Reilly, says a liberal group that monitors "conservative misinformation" in the media. Media Matters for America announced that it has awarded its first annual "Misinformer of the Year" title to Fox News Channel's O'Reilly -- who beat out Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Britt Hume and Bob Novak for "top honors." "Our staff analyzed more than 1,000 instances of conservative misinformation captured on our website and tallied the number of times members of the media espoused lies, distortions, or mischaracterizations of fact in order to further the...

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Bill O'Reilly of "The O'Reilly Factor" fame might not know this, or even care for that matter, but the principal members of a Manhattan law firm defending him in a $60 million sexual harassment lawsuit have close ties to the Democratic Party and have been generous contributors to various candidates over the years, among them Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep. Nita Lowey and Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano. This is mentioned here in the interest of full disclosure (call it the "O'Reisman Factor") since O'Reilly's legal team has oddly accused plaintiff Andrea Mackris' lawyer, Benedict P. Morelli, of being such an...

O'REILLY ACCUSER DEEP IN DEBT The DRUDGE REPORT has obtained O'Reilly accuser Andrea Mackris' financial records which show a combined debt of nearly $100,000... Developing...

A psychotherapist years ago introduced me to the term "bear hug." I'm not sure anymore exactly how she defined it (and I don't think she originated it), but I've used it ever since to describe those situations where you are powerless to get out of someone's grip, causing anger and often rage. This, I think, helps explain the sexual harassment suit leveled against Bill O'Reilly. The specifics of the suit — the actual complaint — are all over the Internet, and so I leave it to you to find the gamier allegations on your own. Suffice it to say that...

Loofah enthusiast says recordings will prove he was set upOCTOBER 20--Claiming that Andrea Mackris and her lawyers have intentionally transcribed secretly recorded conversations in a "misleading manner," lawyers for Bill O'Reilly and Fox News are seeking copies of these recordings, claiming that they will back up the cable news star's contention that he was set up by his former "O'Reilly Factor" colleague. After lawyers for Fox and O'Reilly filed the below court petition, a New York judge ordered Mackis and her attorneys to appear at a hearing Friday to disclose whether such tapes exist (and why they should not be...

New Charges Filed Against Fox, O'Reilly NEW YORK (AP) - A Fox News Channel producer who filed a sex harassment lawsuit against talk show host Bill O'Reilly filed new accusations Tuesday, alleging she has lost her job because she complained to Fox about her alleged mistreatment. A lawyer for O'Reilly and Fox denied that Andrea Mackris has been fired or retaliated against in any way. Mackris, 33, said that by Sept. 29 she had told top executives of News Corp. (NWS), parent company of the Fox News Channel, about the alleged harassment and hostile work environment to which she was...

Well, grab me a loofah and toss me the phone! There is a certain irony in how Three Monkey Republicans – most noticeably those inhabiting supposedly conservative bastions such as Fox News, National Review and assorted cheerleader blogs – are reacting to accusations made recently against their Bill of preference. Whereas they could not get enough of All Monica, All The Time, (or, more recently, RatherGate), they appear to have rather less interest in Miss Andrea Mackris of Fox News and her lawsuit against The Freaky Factor, Bill O'Reilly. And yet, self-destruction by sexual impropriety is hardly uncommon among those...

"Mackris' attorney...did say...that O'Reilly's behavior will be proven in court...She returned to work for O'Reilly at Fox in July of 2004, according to her lawsuit, after winning assurances that O'Reilly would no longer engage in inappropriate conduct."

Schaumburg, Ill. - Flamboyant restaurateur Sammy 'Falafel King' Mahmoud received an eleventh-hour reprieve Thursday night when the Schaumburg Restaurant Association's Hygiene Council voted 3-2 for continued health code inspections at his beleaguered Golf Road diner. The move came as a blow to Department of Public Safety officials advocating a shutdown of the restaurant after more than 12 years of continued health code violations. Voting in favor of continued inspections were Hans' Schnitzel Haus, Jade Dragon Take Out, and Frenchie's Fine Restaurant Supply. Voting for immediate closure were Outback Steakhouse and Ira's Kosher Deli. Two neutral council members, Bombay Buffet and...