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Sundown: CIA Director David Petraeus Resigns
Plus remembering Isaiah Sheffer
• In very unexpected news, General David Petraeus resigned his post as the Director of the CIA following an admission of an extramarital affair. He will also not testify in the closed Congressional hearing on the Benghazi attack next week. [NYT]
• Isaiah Sheffer, the Founding Artistic Director for the Symphony Space, has died at age 77. Here’s a very nice tribute to him on the Symphony Space website. [SS]
• Time-share king David Siegel distanced himself from earlier threats to fire any of his employees who voted for President Barack Obama in the most recent election. [Forward]
• David Edelstein reviews the new James Bond and pits it against the franchise. [NYM]
• Jewcy examines one of the most hilarious corrections in the history of the New York Times involving one Bruce Springstein Springsteen. [JewcyS]
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