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As all had expected, the shuttered St. Vincent’s Hospital in the West Village will be turned into luxury condos. 350 of them. It also includes 95 parking spaces, down from 152, Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced yesterday. “The loss of St. Vincent’s was a terrible tragedy in our neighborhood,” said Quinn, who represents the area. “The ultimate agreement we have …

Remember the Alabama Supreme Court justice who was booted from office for refusing to remove a two-ton statue of the ten commandments? He’s back…almost.

$2.50 gas. Guaranteed.

After going back and forth with Twitter, Facebook, and meatspace pals, the consensus is that JR’s Houston will be the best spot for next Saturday’s meet-up. I’ll be in Texas for the Haas LGBT Journalists Convening, which this year is sponsored by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. Hosting the whole shebang is NLGJA board member Bil Browning, the …

Last night my loyal companion Aaron accompanied me to the Soho Housing Works Cafe for an Ali Forney Center fundraiser, where I finally met Frank Selvaggi and Bill Shea (above), the JMG readers who donated $100,000 to Ali Forney after reading about them here. Lots of bold-face names were in the house. Via press release from Renna Communications: The attendees …

You may recall that GOProud endorsed Sean Bielat’s failed 2010 bid to unseat Barney Frank, even though Bielat vehemently opposed the repeal of DADT as well as most other LGBT rights issues. Now that Frank is retiring, Bielat is trying again.

After months of obstructionism by the GOP, the U.S. Senate today finally approved President Obama’s nomination of Michael Fitzgerald to the federal bench, making him the fourth openly gay federal judge in the nation. Chris Geidner reports at Metro Weekly: Fitzgerald’s confirmation will make him the first out LGBT Article III judge serving outside of New York City. Article III …

From the appropriately titled Cult Of Mac. There’s already a long line camping out at the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue. Online pre-sales are sold out.

“What makes this so dangerous is despite what the labels say, the actual purchasing market for these games is often young males ages 11-16. This age group is not yet mature enough to not be impacted by these life decisions. There is no argument that video gaming is an extremely effective training tool. These young minds will be indoctrinated to …