1.0 link 25796 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-mccarthy/blogging-from-beirut-and-_b_25796.html Throughout the brief seven months that I've lived in Beirut I've been a devoted reader of the New York Times online, with a tendency to dwell in a sentimental way on the New York/Region section. Nothing like a lurid Westchester murder story or cross-borough custody battle or the latest chapter in Eliot Spitzer's excellent adventures to set the homesick mind at ease. Lately I've watched in awe from afar as Con Edison fails day after day to return power to...

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