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​Though new guidelines give the New York City Sanitation Department the authority to remove abandoned bicycles from poles and parking meters, ghost bikes -- usually painted white and adorned with flowers to commemorate killed bikers -- are exempted from the rule, the Daily News reported yesterday. According to the official announcement, "ghost bikes will never be deemed to be derelict." The News counts at least 67 ghost bikes city-wide. It's a small, but not insignificant victory for urban riders, a growing, but still embattled group, who are being recognized by local government and given new lanes, yet have their share of enemies who continue to break their locks, run them over or write mean things about them on the Internet! There's a war brewing; whose side are you on?

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Viacom CEO Sumner "Get Off My Lawn" Redstone.

​So, have you heard about that time Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone left a voicemail for Daily Beast reporter Peter Lauria, attempting to bribe Lauria into giving up sources? It was pretty classic. Even better, it ended with another reporter telling Lauria that he'd never have lunch in Manhattan's media commissary, Michael's, ever again. How'd we get here?

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​Last week, a war of words broke out between two fairly notable New York media presences. It was started after an editor was fired last week, the news of which we broke here. And we thought we'd try to end it here, too, by speaking with both about the spat.

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