Christine Parker
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College ‘screening’ to lower student debt
Silicon Valley is building an ivory tower. As banks wrote off another $3 billion in student loan debt in the first two months of 2013 alone (a 36 percent jump...
Job hunt is now ‘social’ activity
Winter may be over in 10 days, but it’s still a cold world for job seekers. First, the good news: According to Friday’s jobs numbers, employment rose 236,000 last month,...
Crowdfunders cheer on new graduates
Sure, we all believe that youth must be served, but are you willing to invest in their future — literally? Crowdfunding platform Upstart, which launched in October, lets recent college...
Law school applications crater 38% since ’10
The verdict is in: Law school is a risky bet. The number of applicants to US law schools is down 20 percent since this time last year, according to the...
Boomers are a bust to marketers
They were the original darlings of Madison Avenue, a generation of 80 million that made marketers think young.But lately baby boomers have been feeling a little neglected.Once embodied by beaming,...
Annoying ads to be quieter now
The Aflac duck will have put a sock in it now. A new government rule banning loud TV commercials went into effect yesterday. Under the aptly named Commercial Advertisement Loudness...
‘Game Change’ sequel in the works
A sequel to “Game Change,” the TV movie about the 2008 presidential race and Sarah Palin, is in the works, according to HBO. Political reporters Mark Halperin and John Heilemann,...
Car drags Times Square cop
A cop trying to issue a ticket to a livery driver picking up an illegal fare in Times Square yesterday was struck and dragged for a block by the runaway...
Cop dragged for a block by runaway livery cab
A cop trying to issue a ticket to a livery cab picking up an illegal fare in Times Square today was struck and dragged for a block by the runaway...
McAfee sells TV rights
John McAfee may be at the center of a bizarre, international murder case, but that hasn’t stopped him from planning a TV movie or TV project about his strange ordeal....
Social school funding
School fundraising is taking a lesson from Silicon Valley.A new fundraising website modeled after Groupon and Living Social allows parents and community groups to raise money for school programs that...
Thar’s gold in them thar used iPhones
It’s only been a year since the release of the iPhone 4S, but that hasn’t stopped users who aren’t eligible for an upgrade from shelling out hundreds on the newest...
Village club is Cast-away
The show’s over. The sound system forever went silent Monday night at a famed Greenwich Village club that had provided a stage to struggling artists and superstar musicians over a...
Geeks cash in on their Street appeal
They studied advanced algorithms instead of art history, and now it’s paying off. The hottest commodities on Wall Street aren’t silver and gold, but new graduates with degrees in computer...
Digital divided: Whites are lagging in smartphone usage
After all the hoopla, the Apple’s iPhone debut on Friday more than lived up to expectations, with analysts estimating as many as 10 million sales by tomorrow and more than...
At least five people injured after drag-racing Mercedes slams into van near Radio City Music Hall
A drag-racing Mercedes slammed into a van loaded with passengers headed to the airport this morning on Sixth Avenue, police said. At least five people were taken to Bellevue Hospital,...
Elie Tahari
Elie Tahari's spring clothes came charged in electric hues that spanned the spectrum from tangy lime to flourescent pink. Neon printed pants and jackets put a playful spin on prep,...
Kickstarting a Web merger
The creators of two popular Kickstarter projects, which have each raised about $500,000 in less than a month, have joined forces after commenters on the crowdfunding site saw a connection...
Face time
Revlon (industria Studios, 775 Washington St.; tickets at lookgoodfeelbetter.org/revlon) A $50 ticket gets you a consult with Gucci Westman, Revlon’s global artistic director, a makeover and a Jin Soon manicure....
What’s in at Night Out
Skip the cake and candles and fire up your charge card: Fashion’s Night Out is turning four. This year’s style extravaganza, taking place Sept. 6, promises to top previous years’,...